Racism and Self-Determination

Resist killer cops in 2015

The end-of-the-year holiday season in the United States did not slow down the “Black Lives Matter” demonstrations demanding justice for…

January 5, 2015

Autopsy confirms Los Angeles police murder of Ezell Ford

Occupy LAPD Headquarters Los Angeles -- After four months and an order from a mayor responding to pressure from protests…

January 5, 2015

‘Black lives matter’ to Wisconsin activists vs police terror

Milwaukee and Madison, Wis. — The youth-led fightback against racist police terror and Wall Street austerity continues to escalate in…

January 5, 2015

Youth activists condemn police state

Four leaders of the youth group Fight Imperialism, Stand Together spoke at a joint forum sponsored by FIST and Workers…

January 5, 2015

Making torture legal

Taken from a Dec. 12, 2014, audio column posted on prisonradio.org.   In the wake of the Senate Intelligence Select…

January 3, 2015

Demonstrating respect

Taken from a Dec. 23, 2014, audio column posted by prisonradio.org Throughout much of modern American history, the seasons of…

January 3, 2015

An open letter from Assata Shakur: ‘I am a 20th century escaped slave’

My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left…

December 30, 2014

Conference unites Southern Black movement forces

Savannah, Ga. — “The deep crisis facing Black people requires bold, radical action,” begins the Draft Manifesto for Black Liberation…

December 22, 2014

Campaign builds to free Rev. Pinkney

Michigan political prisoner the Rev. Edward Pinkney, now being held in Jackson State Prison, remains in good spirits despite the…

December 22, 2014

Statement on Brooklyn, N.Y., shootings: Uprising must stay strong

The New York City Peoples Power Assembly Movement issued this “Don’t let this incident be used to crush the uprising”…

December 21, 2014