Racism and Self-Determination

Justice again denied for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Philadelphia, PA The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Oct. 26 denied Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeals, filed in 2019 following…

November 1, 2021

U.S. protesters demand release and repatriation of Aafia Siddiqui

Reprint from Al Jazeera Excerpts from an article in Al Jazeera Dozens of protesters and human rights activists are calling…

October 28, 2021

Medical release for Maroon

Oct. 25 — Pennsylvania political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz’s petition for medical release was finally granted by Philadelphia County Court…

October 25, 2021

Defend Apache people’s Oak Flats

Apache Stronghold activists rallied in San Francisco Oct. 21, the day before the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard…

October 25, 2021

The tip of a rotten iceberg

The National Football League is the oldest professional sports league in the U.S. Its owners are among the most reactionary.…

October 18, 2021

International tribunal of legal experts to judge U.S. human rights abuses against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples, Oct. 22-25

The following is lightly edited from a press release issued by the tribunal: In the Spirit of Mandela, an unprecedented…

October 18, 2021

National Week of Action in Support of Black Migrants

The following lightly edited statement was issued by Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Color of Change and other Black-led groups…

October 15, 2021

U.S. rejects Haitians fleeing utter misery

There are two streams of Haitian refugees fleeing the utter devastation of their country, inflamed by the feckless, decades-long U.S.…

October 15, 2021

78th birthday of Imam Jamil Al-Amin

The 78th birthday of political prisoner Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly known as the Black militant activist, H. Rap Brown) was…

October 11, 2021

Annual Philly Trans March 2021

Philadelphia The annual Philly Trans March kicked off with a short rally in Washington Park near Philadelphia’s historic district on…

October 11, 2021