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Trial for Oscar Grant’s killer excludes Blacks from jury
The murder trial for Johannes Mehserle is set to begin in Los Angeles on June 10. Mehserle is on trial…
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Arizona march on Tempe City Council demands non-compliance with SB 1070
The Party for Socialism and Liberation joined other groups and individuals, including local immigrant rights group Puente, for a protest…
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Border Patrol agents kill 15-year-old
On June 7, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca, a 15-year-old boy from Chihuahua State, Mexico, was killed by a U.S. Border…
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Health care workers win strike
Workers at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia recently returned to work after a successful month-long strike. Led by the Pennsylvania…
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Los Angeles Unified School District slashes services for the disabled
This past school year was a tough one for Los Angeles Unified School District employees, and next year promises to…
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Chicago rallies in solidarity with struggle against SB 1070
On May 29, 100,000 people marched against SB 1070 in Arizona, while 250 people came out in Chicago to oppose…
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San Diego protests killing of immigrant worker by U.S. border agents
On June 3, community activists and family members held a candlelight vigil to denounce the killing of Anastacio Hernández-Rojas. Hernández-Rojas…
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New West African alliance vows to confront neo-colonialism
On May 28 and 29, a newly established Pan-Africanist alliance of student associations and left political parties convened the Pan-African…
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Gulf fisherman files for restraining order against BP after falling ill
Gulf shrimper John Wunstell Jr. has filed a restraining order in federal court against oil giant BP. Wunstell became sick…
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BP spill destroys Native American fishing grounds and livelihoods
Native American tribes in southern Louisiana continue their struggle against Big Oil after decades of land destruction. The Choctaw, Chitimacha,…
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Imperialist failure: The ‘New Middle East’
For background to the Israeli attacks on ships carrying aid to the blockaded people of Gaza, we publish Chapter 15…
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Important victory in legal battle against racist hiring policies in Chicago, but fight goes on
African Americans won an important Supreme Court victory in late May. They have been continuously fighting the racist hiring policies…
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U.S. government covertly paid thousands of dollars to Miami journalists covering the detention and trial of the Cuban Five
A press conference held June 2 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., attended by a variety of national…
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Rally against BP draws 1,000 ‘pissed-off New Orleanians’
On May 30, around 1,000 people from across Louisiana gathered in New Orleans to take part in the BP Oil…
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A turning point in the Middle East
The Freedom Flotilla massacre has made it absolutely clear that the status quo in the Middle East is unsustainable. While…
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Ten facts about Israel’s massacre of the Gaza aid flotilla
Click here to download a "Ten facts" flyer for distribution. 1. The Gaza Freedom Flotilla is an international aid project…
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Housing market weakness, continued unemployment puts economic recovery in doubt
For the last several months, analysts tied to the U.S. government and major banks and investment firms have touted a…
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500 supporters of immigrant-rights protest at Giants stadium in San Francisco
On May 29, a protest in San Francisco, meant to coincide with Arizona's Day of Action in Phoenix, attracted well…
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Eyewitness reports on actions protesting attack on Gaza flotilla and Israeli blockade
Participants from the indicated cities sent in the following reports. Click here for more information and a list of protests…
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100,000 march in Phoenix to stop racist SB 1070
Around 100,000 people marched through the streets of Phoenix, Ariz., May 29 to demand an end to SB 1070 and…
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