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Carlos Montes claims victory
From the July-August 2012 issue of News & Letters: Carlos Montes claims victory Los Angeles—Carlos Montes was targeted by the FBI and charged with six felony counts in 2011 for his long history of anti-war and Chicano rights activism since the 1970s. … Continue reading
In the belly of the beast
From the May-June 2012 issue of News & Letters: Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2012-2013 (continued from yesterday) II. In the belly of the beast A. Occupy and anti-Occupy The very new phenomenon of the Occupy Movement brought this moment of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1921 Tulsa race riot, 2008 Republican Party convention, abortion rights, Academi, birth control, Black, Blackwater, Bradley Manning, Bush administration, capitalism, Cecily McMillan, Chicago, Chicago Spring, Contraception, criminal injustice system, Emmett Till, Espionage Act, FBI, forms of self-organization, Governor Phil Bryant, Hyde Amendment, I-Witness Video collective, labor, Latino, Liberty Plaza, Los Angeles Rebellion, May Day labor/immigrant rally, Mental Health Movement, Million Hoodie March, National Defense Authorization Act, National Poverty Center, National Protest Against the War on Women, NATO, NATO summit, NDAA, New York City, NYPD, Obama administration, Occupy, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Movement, Occupy Oakland, Occupy the Midwest, Occupy Wall Street, Patriot Act, Planned Parenthood, Police brutality, prison industrial complex, racial profiling, racism, Rahm Emanuel, Reproductive Justice, Republic Windows and Doors, Rodney King, Serious Energy, Sit Down and Shut Up anti-protest ordinance, stop and frisk, Stratfor, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Tea Party, Trayvon Martin, war on women, Welfare, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks, Woodlawn mental health clinic occupation, workers
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Reverse convictions by tortured confessions
From the January-February 2012 issue of News & Letters: Reverse convictions by tortured confessions Chicago—Twenty-four Black men are still in jail almost 40 years after the first allegations of torture were brought against the Chicago Police Department. In every case, … Continue reading
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Tagged ABU GHRAIB, African American, Anita Alvarez, Black, Burge, CAARPR, Chicago, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Police Department, criminal injustice system, death penalty, FBI, Goldston report, Guantanamo, human rights violations, Illinois, Javan Deloney, Joey Mogul, John Byrne, John Yucaitis, Jon Burge, Judge Paul P. Biebel Jr, Mark C. Clements, NAACP, National Coalition of Black Lawyers, Peter Dignan, Police Brotherhood, Police brutality, race, racism, Richard Devine, Richard M. Daley, Sanders report, Standish Willis, torture, U.S. mass incarceration
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FBI hounds Memphians
From the March-April 2011 issue of News & Letters: FBI hounds Memphians Memphis, Tenn.–In response to the roundups of Colombia and Palestine solidarity activists across the Midwest by the FBI, members of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center (MSP&JC) and … Continue reading
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Tagged antiwar, Brad Watkins, Ceylon Mooney, Congregational Church, Ernest Greenleaf, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jacob Flowers, Larry Godwin, Mayor A.C. Wharton, Memphis Police Department, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Peace, raids, repression, Shelby County Sheriff's Department, Sport utility vehicle, SWAT, TACT, United States, war
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FBI and Memphis Police harass peace activists
I’ve been hearing from friends in Memphis about a series of events carried out by the FBI, the Memphis Police Department tactical squad, and Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday, Jan. 25. In short, the day of a gathering at … Continue reading
Protesting repression
From the Nov.-Dec. 2010 issue of News & Letters: Protesting repression Los Angeles–On Sept. 28, over 100 activists from diverse organizations met at the downtown Federal Building to protest the FBI’s Sept. 24 raids on selected activists in Chicago and … Continue reading
Midwest against war
From the Nov.-Dec. 2010 issue of News & Letters: Midwest Regional March for Peace and Justice Midwest against war Chicago–Over 1,000 people marched in the Midwest Regional March for Peace and Justice on Oct. 16. It was truly … Continue reading
Campaigns intensify counter-revolutionary onslaught
Here’s a link to the Lead article from the Nov.-Dec. 2010 issue of News & Letters: It is sadly ironic that at this moment, when the crisis of capitalism has shown itself as both deep and intractable, some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, class, Economic, election, fascism, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, midterm, Politics, racism, raids, repression, Tea Party, United States
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A News & Letters subscriber’s statement on the FBI raids
A National Lawyers’ Guild member who subscribes to News & Letters sent this message: On the morning of Sept. 24, teams of FBI agents from the “Joint Terrorism Task Force” served search warrants and grand jury subpoenas on anti-war and … Continue reading
Stop the FBI raids!
Here is the statement that News and Letters Committees has issued about the recent raids: 28 September 2010 Stop FBI raids! The FBI raids on anti-war activists’ homes in Minneapolis, Chicago and North Carolina on September 24 recall some of … Continue reading
