Category Archives: Opinion

Dan Berger on US Political Prisoners

Radical scholar and author of Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity discusses political prisoners and prisoner movements in the US. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFcDyyj4_Yw&feature=player_embedded#t=28] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucNf0_KP-o&feature=player_embedded]

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Denver ABC Statement on the Colorado Democratic Party Headquarters Incident

On August 24th, eleven windows at the Colorado Democratic Party Headquarters were purposefully broken. The media quickly took up the story, but only within a narrow framework that couldn’t explain the incident. As members of the Denver Anarchist Black Cross, … Continue reading

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Beyond Attica: The Untold Story of Women’s Resistance Behind Bars

Book Review: RESISTANCE BEHIND BARS The Struggles of Incarcerated Women by Victoria Law PM Press, 2009 by Hans Bennett, AlterNet “When I was 15, my friends started going to jail,” says Victoria Law, a native New Yorker. “Chinatown’s gangs were … Continue reading

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Looking back at the GOP convention one year later: Police kicked into ‘disruption mode’

One year later, law enforcement officials continue to defend their handling of the Republican convention, arguing it was the only way to keep extremists from disrupting the gathering and preventing violent incidents. Full Minnesota Post Article/Editorial

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How Leonard Peltier Could Leave Prison by August 18

By Harvey Wasserman For a formidable and growing global community of supporters, the prospect of Native American activist Leonard Peltier finally leaving prison inspires a longing that cuts to the depths of the soul. So Peltier’s first parole hearing of … Continue reading

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Mumia on the SF8: “No More SF8”

        “No More SF8”

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