civil rights
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CIA standard practice hits the front pages
The capitalist media have been writing stories about a secret U.S. Justice Department decision to approve more extreme forms of…
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Reports of racist noose hangings surface
As people across the country have taken to the streets in the past month in support of the Jena 6,…
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Fidel Castro: the elections
This first appeared Oct. 20 in Cuba's Granma Daily. Over 8.3 million Cubans will participate in municipal elections on Oct.…
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Bolivia to withdraw from School of the Americas
Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced that his country’s military will gradually withdraw from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security…
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Racist judge jails Mychal Bell
Until September, Mychal Bell, one of the Jena 6, had been unjustly imprisoned for nine months. He is now back…
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LAPD to blame for May Day brutality
On Oct. 9, the Los Angeles Police Department released a 90-page report faulting its policies, officer training and commander communication…
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Chicago cops disband unit after crimes
The Chicago Police Department announced on Oct. 9 that it is disbanding an “elite” drug and gang unit. The unit…
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Cuban father fights for custody of daughter in Miami courts
Rafael Izquierdo, an agricultural worker from Cabaiguan in central Cuba, is fighting for custody of his five-year-old daughter so he…
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Racist immigration raids sweep United States
Over the past two weeks, the U.S. government has stepped-up attacks against undocumented workers with mass arrests and deportations. In…
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Over 200 rally to support Jena 6
On the morning of Sept. 29, activists and community members rallied and marched in Hartford, Conn. to support the Jena…
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