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Struggle to free Mumia gets media, legal boost
The intense mobilizing efforts of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s supporters broke through the media blockade that has helped deny the African American…
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Indict the capitalist system
The following article is a modified speech from a Nov. 23 public meeting in Washington, D.C. On Nov. 2, Mayor…
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The prison guards and the prison gangs
A Liberation reader reports from inside Rikers Island, the world’s largest prison complex. In "State and Revolution," comrade Lenin admonished…
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Doctor ‘not guilty’ for protecting anti-war protester
On Dec. 3, an Arbor Michigan jury found Dr. Catherine Wilkerson not guilty on both criminal counts she was facing.…
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Miami police go on killing spree
Within an 18 day period, Miami-Dade police killed four Black men and wounded one. The killings began with 19-year old…
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Police kill with impunity in South Dakota
Police killings of working-class people do not happen in South Dakota as often as in big cities like Oakland or…
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Taser death met with outrage in Canada
Public outcry sparked an inquiry over tasers in Canada after a Polish immigrant was killed at an airport only 46…
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Muslim community defeats racist LAPD ‘mapping’ plan
Community outrage stopped a Los Angeles Police Department attempt to identify and "map" the Muslim community in the area. The…
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Violent Chicago cops go unpunished
The Chicago Police Department has one of the worst records of abuse and violence in the country. It also has…
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Michigan doctor faces charges for defending protester
"When I became a doctor I knew I would encounter a lot of human suffering, but I never envisioned a…
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