…Over the years Marilyn’s ability to walk deteriorated requiring her to rely on a cane and then crutches. About a year ago she suffered a nasty fall at the Dublin Federal Correctional Institution where she has been incarcerated…
By Nancy Kurshan & Steve Whitman
Qwusu Yaki Yakubu (aka James Sayles) was an extraordinary human being and a committed revolutionary. He was born on May 29, 1947 and went to dance with the ancestors on March 28, 2008, at age 60. He spent almost 40 years, on and off, in prison. James [...]
In Puerto Rico, we women are fighting for our rights as workers, we are fighting for a healthy environment, for poor and marginalized communities, for the freedom of the political prisoners…
International Women’s Day: Learning and Leading Through the Legacy of Puerto Rican Women
March 9, 10AM-1PM
Batey Urbano • 2620 W Division Street
(From National Radio Project website)
In 1971, John Young, a San Francisco police officer was killed. Members of the Black Panther party were arrested, charged and then tortured by San Francisco and New Orleans police. Courts eventually dismissed the charges based on the police extracting confessions via torture. Now more than 35 years later, the case [...]
Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer
A San Francisco judge refused to dismiss murder conspiracy charges Thursday against three alleged former militants accused of orchestrating a war against San Francisco police officers nearly 40 years ago.
State prosecutors were forced to drop murder conspiracy charges earlier this year against five of the eight original defendants in the [...]
Toronto man accused in ‘69 cop shooting pleads guilty
Fugitive will donate $250,000 to police aid fund, serve 30 days
By Kristen Kridel | Tribune reporter
1:43 PM CST, February 22, 2008
A man who shot a Chicago police officer in 1969 and fled to Canada where he lived for more than 30 years will serve minimal jail time [...]
Chicago Indymedia
“This act of civil disobedience by an undocumented mother today is a proclamation of the ‘State of the Latino Nation.’”
Following in the footsteps of her friend Elvira Arellano, Flor Crisotomo announced today that she will refuse to report for deportation as ordered by Homeland Security and will take sanctuary in Adalberto United Methodist [...]
Carmelo Ruiz Marrero spoke last year on his new book, “Transgenic Ballad”, which he presented at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.
January 28th, 2008
Two years ago I was arrested in a raid that destroyed the lives of hundreds of IFCO workers and their families. The raid was part of the campaign of “attrition” through “enforcement only” that is the current wrong-headed policy of this government.
I have exhausted all my legal appeals and I have been ordered [...]
