Maryland

March for jobs and justice from Baltimore to D.C. May 11-12

The following is a May 9 national press release.   Baltimore, Md. — On Saturday, May 11, 2013, community, civil…

May 9, 2013

Poor People’s March highlights police terror

A recent report from the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement concludes that Black people in the U.S. face a crisis in…

May 8, 2013

Poor People‘s March for jobs, justice

‘Ignite revolution Dr. King called for’ The following press statement was released by Witherspoon, president of the Baltimore chapter of…

May 7, 2013

Momentum grows for May 11 Poor People’s March

A march to uphold the legacy of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, by protesting for jobs, racial and economic justice,…

April 23, 2013

Números mágicos no pueden ocultar la crisis de desempleo

El informe mensual de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales (BLS por las siglas en inglés), la inminente amenaza del “secuestro”…

April 17, 2013

Poor People’s March to revive Martin Luther King’s revolutionary heritage

Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s…

April 7, 2013

Poor People’s March to revive Martin Luther King’s revolutionary heritage

Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s…

April 1, 2013

Baltimore SCLC leader announces May 11 march on D.C.

Excerpts from a talk by the Rev. Cortly “C.D.” Witherspoon, president of the Baltimore area Southern Christian Leadership Conference and…

March 12, 2013

Sequester means Europe-style austerity plan

Using an obscure, impersonal term — “sequester” — U.S. finance capital is trying to put over European-style, across-the-board budget cuts…

March 7, 2013

Baltimore community groups sue to stop school closing

Community organizations in Baltimore have opened a struggle to keep a high school open in defiance of the city school…

February 28, 2013