by Robert Saleem Holbrook The inclusion of Assata Shakur, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Terrorists list last month – marking 29 years since her liberation from a New Jersey maximum security prison in 1979 by members of the Black Liberation Army – while aimed at Cuba’s leadership […]
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by the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China The State Department of the United States recently released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, posing as the world judge of human rights again. As in previous years, the reports are full of carping and irresponsible remarks on the […]
by Kijana Tashiri Askari, Yafeu Iyapo, Baridi Yero and Ifoma M. Kambon Due to the litany of contradictions that we as an oppressed people are confronted with, it is easy for us to focus solely on the problem and lose sight of formulating concrete solutions to our problems. The current discussions that are centered around the revisions to the gang […]
source url: http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2004/71/churchill.html In 1975, an investigating committee headed by Senator Frank Church found that COINTELPRO had, from start to finish, been no more than “a sophisticated vigilante operation…fraught with illegality.” Ward Churchill Issue #71, December 2004 In 1980, former FBI Director L. Patrick Grey and Edward S. Miller, one-time head of Squad 47, the […]
Counterpunch, May 17, 2013 FBI Twists History ‘Terror’ War Gets Stupider as Shakur is Added to the List by LINN WASHINGTON Jr. Federal authorities publicly plot encouraging bounty hunters to kidnap a fugitive black radical from a foreign country for return to prison in the U.S. to achieve long-delayed justice. This sounds like the […]
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling on the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ending racial segregation in public facilities. This week marks the 59th anniversary of the ruling. First integrated classroom In July 1955, six black children completed their first week at Griffin Elementary, a […]
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thenancylockhartshow/2013/05/16/assata-shakur-fbi-terrorist-list-2-million-dollar-bounty “Twenty-eight years ago, in a highly disputed trial, an all-White jury convicted former Black Panther Assata Shakur of the murder of a New Jersey state trooper. In 1979, while serving a life sentence, she escaped from prison and eventually resurfaced in Cuba, where she was granted asylum and has lived ever since. But the U.S.. government […]
The lines between the military and law enforcement have blurred even further. May 15, 2013 | The manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects offered the nation a window into the stunning military-style capabilities of our local law enforcement agencies. For the past 30 years, police departments throughout the United States have benefitted from the […]
On or around May 19th and February 21st, many Black activists reflect upon the life and work of Malcolm X, with the former his birthday and the latter the day that he was assassinated. Two years ago the publication of the late Manning Marable’s biography Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention had been a moment […]
Sign this petition Dear President Obama: We write to urge you to overrule the FBI’s decision to put Assata Shakur, aka Joanne Chesimard, on the “Most Wanted Terrorists List, with $1 Million FBI Reward Offered for Information Leading to Her Capture and Return,” as phrased by the FBI’s May 2, 2013 announcement. This $1 million combines […]
