We, the undersigned demand, an end to the state of emergency declared today in Ferguson MO, an end to the killings and legal lynchings of Black people in the United States, and the resignation of MO Gov. Nixon as he… Read More ›
Racism
In travesty of justice, Rasmea Odeh found guilty despite history of Israeli torture
The following statement was issued by the Rasmea Defense Committee: In a travesty of justice, Rasmea Odeh today was found guilty of one count of Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization. For over a year, Rasmea, her supporters, and her legal team… Read More ›
Fascists Attempt to Storm Teach-In at Chicago Union Hall
April 12 saw a heated confrontation between Fascists and Anti-fascists when about forty Maidan supporters attempted to break into an Anti-fascist sponsored teach-in at United Electric Hall on S. Ashland. The forty Maidan supporters included demonstrators flying the flags of… Read More ›
Michael Parenti: What’s a Slum? Urban Poverty and Marginality in America
When I was about thirteen-years-old I chanced upon an article in Henry Luce’s Life magazine that described East Harlem ( a Manhattan working class neighborhood) as “a slum inhabited by beggar poor Italians, Negroes, and Puerto Ricans,” words that stung… Read More ›
MLK Day: the Lessons of Pacifism & the Civil Rights Movement
Today is the celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States. While it is ostensibly celebrated to promote the Civil Rights Movement, one wonders why MLK, among all other more active and progressive civil rights… Read More ›
Wounded Knee Anniversary: A family remembers
by JOKAY DOWELL, Oklahoma Native Times Magazine Among Indigenous activist circles it is said that many generations ago ancestors who experienced the loss of life, land, culture and language had prayed for the coming generations to take up their causes… Read More ›
“Dreadful Deceit”: Race is a myth
A historian argues that one of the defining elements of American culture is merely a “social fiction” by LAURA MILLER Jacqueline Jones’ provocative new history, “Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race From the Colonial Era to Obama’s America,” contains a startling sentence on… Read More ›
