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Tag Archives: Black
Rise Up Texas
An overflow crowd at Bluestockings Bookstore in New York City heard Hallie Boas speak on “Come and Take It: How the Fight to Protect Wom¬en’s Healthcare Is Launching a New Wave of Feminism in Texas.” Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, African Americans, Arab spring, Black, Bluestockings Bookstore, feminism, Hallie Boas, healthcare, Latino, Middle East, Occupy Wall Street, patriarchy, religious fundamentalism, Rise Up Texas, sexism, Texas, United States, Wendy Davis, women's liberation
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Detroit 1967: ‘Law and order’ from the barrel of a gun
“Abolish the slums!” was so clearly and loudly the demand of the Negro Revolt in every single part of the country–North, South, East, West–that even President Johnson couldn’t pretend not to have heard it. In words, the President even claimed that that was part of his “war on poverty.” Hadn’t he asked for rat control, and hadn’t Congress denied him even that piddling sum? … As Commander-in-Chief he need not plead. He orders, and his orders were clear and unequivocal: 1) Shoot first… Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Black, Black revolt in the U.S., capitalism, Civil rights movement, Congress, Detroit, Detroit Rebellion of 1967, Edwin WIllis, freedom now movement, Freedom Riders, George Romney, House Un-American Activities Committee, Hubert Humphrey, J. Edgar Hoover, James Eastland, John Little McClellan, Kerner Commission, Kwame Toure, Lyndon Johnson, Montgomery Bus Boycott, racism, repression, Stokely Carmichael, United States, Womanpower Unlimited
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March against violence
From the January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: March against violence Chicago—Dozens of people marched on Chicago’s South Side to take a stand against violence on Jan. 15, followed by a speakout and vigil. Occupy the Southside organized this … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Black, Chicago, criminal injustice system, gun violence, Latino, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Drive, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Movement, Occupy the Southside, Occupy Wall Street, racism, Rahm Emanuel, South Side Chicago, Southside Together Organizing for Power, United States
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Chalking a felony?
[Update: If in Chicago, please support Marissa Brown at her court date, Monday, Dec. 17, at 2:30 PM, at 2452 W. Belmont, Chicago. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/206707866130402/%5D From the November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Chalking a felony? Chicago—On Nov. … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, Black, Budget Showdown, Chicago Police Department, criminal injustice system, Dakota Bright, IIRON, Jane Addams Senior Caucus, Lakeview Action Coalition, Latino, Marissa Brown, Medicaid, medicare, National Nurses United, Northside POWER, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Police brutality, Political Repression, racism, SOUL
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Commemorating the Los Angeles Rebellion
From the July-August 2012 issue of News & Letters: Commemorating the Los Angeles Rebellion Los Angeles, Calif.—On April 28, people from the Black community, some from Occupy LA, and others gathered at the 71st and Normandie Ave. block party on the 20th … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Black, capitalism, Cease Fire Committee, Damien Williams, Florence and Normandie, Immigrant Rights, Keith Watson, LA Black Workers Center, LA-4-Plus Defense Committee, Latino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992, Marxist-Humanism, Maxine Waters, Mollie Ball, poverty, Project Cry No More, racism, Reginald Denny, Rodney King, South Central Los Angeles, Unemployment, Watts Labor Community Action Center, Youth Justice Coalition
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Occupy Movement faces racism
From the July-August 2012 issue of News & Letters: Occupy Movement faces racism Chicago—On June 18, Occupy Chicago held the first of a series of discussions on “The Elephant in the Room: A workshop about dismantling racism in the Occupy Movement.” Discussion … Continue reading
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Tagged Black, capitalism, Chicago, Elephant in the Room, feminism, Karl Marx, Latino, Native American, New Mexico, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Movement, Occupy Rogers Park, Occupy the South Side, Occupy Wall Street, racism, Republican Party, sexism, Un-Occupy Albuquerque, United States, women's liberation
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Paths of destruction
From the May-June 2012 issue of News & Letters: Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2012-2013 (continued from Part II) III. Paths of destruction A. From war to war to war War is one of the rulers’ most potent counter-revolutionary weapons when … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Afghanistan, Anatole France, anti-war movement, Arab spring, Black, China, climate change, climate chaos, European debt crisis, eviction, Famine, foreclosure, global warming, Golden Dawn, Great Recession, Greece, homelessness, indignados, Iran, Iraq, Iraq war, Israel, Latino, M15, Memphis, NATO, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Pentagon, Puerta del Sol, racism, San Francisco, Senegal, Somalia, Spain, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Tahrir Square, Taliban, United States, war, Zimbabwe
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