civil rights
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Unconvicted Palestinian Prof. Sami Al-Arian held in prison, harassed by government
Back on Dec. 6, 2005, Palestinian activist and former University of South Florida professor Dr. Sami Al-Arian was acquitted of…
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Imperialist war and the prison-industrial complex
The writer is a student at Santa Monica College. He delivered this brief speech on behalf of the ANSWER Coalition…
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Bush administration suffers legal defeat in Salah, Ashqar case
On Feb. 1, 2007, the Bush administration suffered another setback in its racist campaign against Arabs and Palestinians in the…
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ANSWER Coalition: Free Speech Victory! Permits Secured for Pentagon Demonstration
We have all won a tremendous victory! Contrary to what many people told us was possible, or impossible, we have…
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Historic legal victory in Los Angeles 8 case
The writer is a member of the Committee for Justice for the LA8. On Jan. 30, the U.S. government suffered…
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Mumia Abu-Jamal legal update
Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania’s death row since 1982 on false charges of shooting a Philadelphia cop.…
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Reconstruction and African American political power
The period of U.S. history known as Reconstruction, following the Civil War, lasted from 1865 to 1877. During this period,…
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Racist disaster ‘relief’ did not begin with Katrina
Over 75 years prior to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the greater Gulf region of the United…
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What is behind the expansion of U.S. prisons?
The police killings of New York 23-year-old Sean Bell in a hail of 50 shots on Nov. 25 and of…
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How the Klan and fascism were beaten back
Karina García was one of the Columbia University student leaders who confronted the Minutemen in October 2006. This article is…
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