‘Arab summer?’

September 30, 2012

This column was transcribed from a Sept. 12 audio column from prisonradio.org. Several years ago, a new American president charmed…

Toronto tribunal & assembly demands: “Free the Cuban 5!”

September 30, 2012

Toronto, Canada — Toronto City Hall was the site of the Breaking the Silence Peoples’ Tribunal and Assembly Sept. 21-23.…

Marking the death of BAYAN leader in Manila, Philippines

September 30, 2012

By Renato Reyes, Jr.   “The place of honor is in the line of fire.” – Lean Alejandro Sept. 19 —…

What’s next after March on Wall Street South

September 29, 2012

The March on Wall Street South was a resounding success. The streets of Charlotte, N.C., vibrated and shook on Sept.…

Protest, public hearing challenge Pennsylvania solitary confinement

September 29, 2012

Philadelphia — In August 2011, Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, stated that solitary confinement “may cause…

Ongoing protests target racist Pa. voter ID law

September 29, 2012

On Sept. 18, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent the state’s controversial voter identification (ID) law back to a lower court…

Alan Blueford supporters shut down Oakland City Council

September 29, 2012

Oakland, Calif. — The Justice for Alan Blueford (J4AB) campaign, angry and over a hundred strong, led by Alan’s family,…

Pa. guv meeting disrupted by protest

September 29, 2012

Protesters disrupted Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s “Town Hall” meeting on Sept. 19. Ten minutes into the event at the Philadelphia…

OWS free university welcomes radical ideas

September 29, 2012

In the week following Occupy Wall Street’s one-year anniversary demonstration, occupiers convened a “free university” in Madison Square Park in…

‘They don’t really care about us’

September 29, 2012

Michael Jackson was right, singing, “They don’t really care about us.” The superrich not only don’t care about us, they…