civil rights
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Malik Rahim: ‘We will be the alternative’
On July 17, Socialism and Liberation’s Ben Becker sat down with Malik Rahim, New Orleans community activist and co-founder of…
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1951 KKK murder of Florida NAACP activists ‘solved’
On Aug. 16, Florida attorney general Charlie Crist announced that the 1951 murders of civil rights activists Harry T. and…
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‘Terror alerts’ and racist round-ups in Britain
On Aug. 10, in the midst of the U.S.-directed Israeli assault on Lebanon—which had been dominating news coverage across the…
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Leonard Peltier’s statement to commemorate the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
On Sunday, Aug. 13, more than 20,000 people in Belfast, Northern Ireland commemorated the 25th anniversary of 1981 Hunger Strike…
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Bush’s racist terror detainee bill promotes fear, erodes civil rights
In yet another attempt to enhance the atmosphere of fear in the United States and to strip away basic rights,…
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Court documents show NYC mayor planned to ban mass rallies in Central Park during RNC
According to documents released Monday, July 31, by the Partnership for Civil Justice , and reported in the New York…
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Why greedy corporations care about the Voting Rights Act
After being held up by racist politicians on the floor of Congress, the Voting Rights Act extension finally passed at…
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Immigrant rights activist Gabriela Pacheco and family rounded up by government
In the early morning hours of July 26, Gabriela Pacheco, a student activist and advocate for immigrant rights, was taken…
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New York court gives ‘green light to racial profiling’
When civil rights activists charge cops or courts with racial profiling, the answer is always the same: racial profiling is…
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New Orleans residents still plagued by racism, neglect
One year ago, in late August 2005, the forces of nature, capitalism and racism combined to create a perfect storm…
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