LEONARD PELTIER, FOR THIS WE THANK YOU when you were in the dark steel and concrete belly within the belly of the beast caged in the hole for days without a glimpse of sun […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe On this year’s annual holiday to commemorate the life, times and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), news had quickly spread regarding the long-delayed decision to commute the life sentence […]
By Arun Kundnani Earlier this month, I was finally able to visit Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly H. Rap Brown, at the federal prison in Tucson, Arizona. Imam Jamil is one of the great political activists […]
PAY-TO-VIEW GENOCIDE lest we forget the film on Oskar Schindler’s list was oscarized lest we forget this black and white film was memorialized by the sight of a child dressed in red fleeing the nazi […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the early morning hours of December 9, 1981, cab driver and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was wounded and arrested on charges related to the shooting death of a white Philadelphia police officer. […]
TO KHALIIFAH AND REFAAT Khalifah – they put you to death the day after the birth of the poet who also became their martyr – Refaat Alareer one of your last poems also wrote about […]
SOUL-PROOF STROLL TO THE BEACH a lost bandaid decorated with comic strip fun is glued by the heat to the pavement where lizards frolic it is difficult to tell which palm trees are not artificial […]
By Julia Wright As freedom fighters who have seen many wars from Vietnam to Algeria, from Palestine to Kanaky, we do not take the good news that comes our way lightly. First, because we fought […]
By Robert Inlakesh Known internationally as a revealer of inconvenient truths and a political prisoner of the West, Assange had profound impacts on almost all corners of the globe. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is finally […]
THE DEAD NO LONGER NEED TO BE BROUGHT HOME Greetings Sisters, Brothers, Comrades, Today is May 19th – the birthday of three iconic revolutionary ancestors – Malcolm X, Yuri Kochiyama, and Ho Chi Minh. I […]
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