civil rights
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Legal brief filed in Muma Abu-Jamal’s case
Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania’s death row since 1982 on charges of shooting a Philadelphia cop. He…
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Struggle to free the Cuban Five continues
While the U.S. government slashes education, healthcare and builds bombs, there is one country in the western hemisphere that provides…
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Attorney Lynne Stewart sentenced to prison in phony ‘terror’ case
On Oct. 16, attorney Lynn Stewart was sentenced to 28 months in prison for representing Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, who…
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Brown University admits complicity in slave trade
A central foundation for the emergence of large scale capitalism in America was slavery. It was a brutal institution within…
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Show trial of FARC-EP spokesperson Palmera begins in U.S. court
On Oct. 10, the trial of Simon Trinidad, also known as Ricardo Palmera, began in federal court in Washington, D.C.…
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Remembering the Black Panthers
This article first appeared in the October 2006 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. Forty years ago, in October 1966,…
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New Jersey prison conditions ‘reminiscent of Abu Ghraib’
On Aug. 4, New Jersey State Prison went on lockdown for the third time in 17 months. The lockdown followed…
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Colorado man arrested for anti-war comments to Cheney files lawsuit
On Oct. 4, Steven Howards, an environmental consultant, filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government alleging civil rights violations.…
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Minutemen at Columbia University: Racist and fascist groups are not welcome!
On Wednesday night, Oct. 4, progressive students at Columbia University protested the racist Minuteman Project inside and outside the auditorium…
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Racist law funds 700-mile wall along U.S.-Mexico border
President Bush on Oct. 4 signed a bill into law that pays for the construction of a 700-mile wall along…
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