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Come on up to Seattle for a week of actions against the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit conference! The LEIU is a secret, cops only network that maintains files on individuals and groups, trains intelligence operatives, and basically does some pretty messed up stuff. To find out more about them, go to www.riseup.net/noleiu, or read the introduction to the LEIU document below....
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2003 10:59pm PDT
On July 3, cities throughout the country will host Public Hearings to Repeal the Patriot Act...
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2003 6:32pm PDT
The Mount Olive Correctional Complex / WV Dept of Corrections inmate regulations call for a 90 day Loss of Privileges for an inmate's name being found on the Internet through search engines....
Posted: Tue, May 13, 2003 7:39pm PDT
[Previously published via Knight Ridder
for the Progressive Media Project.]...
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2003 2:45pm PDT
Action in solidarity with the political prisoners and prisoners of war outside the Peruvian Embassy in Paris, France...
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2003 10:40am PDT
This new photo-essay features a new interview with Ramona Africa of the MOVE organization focusing on what the corporate media hasn’t told us about the May 13 FBI and City of Philadelphia bombing and murder of Africa’s family in their home at 6221 Osage Ave. Also new are photos from 6221 Osage today in 2003....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2003 10:32pm PDT
Jury deems Knepper 49% at fault, gives $765K...
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2003 9:13pm PDT
Racist Governor Ed Randell Promises The Execution Of Mumia Abu-Jamal,...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2003 2:13pm PDT
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A deputy used pepper spray on a 12-year-old girl and wrestled her to the ground when she ignored repeated orders to stop jaywalking, the sheriff's office said Friday....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2003 6:30pm PDT
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 9:51pm PDT
On April 24 supporters of black death-row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered at Philadelphia City Hall for the “Death Row? Shut it Down!” demonstration organized to commemorate both Abu-Jamal’s birthday as well as the passage of the 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. After Pam Africa (MOVE member and coordinator of The International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal) and others made a visit to mayor John Street’s office, the crowd marched to Governor ...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 4:12pm PDT
Police fired long bursts of automatic gunfire into the air as a crowd of around 1,000 demonstrators marched on the local governor's offices chanting "Government resign" and demanding tents and food after a powerful tremor destroyed their homes and trapped hundreds of children in a school dormitory. 83 children remain trapped and rescuers reported hearing some of their screams....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 2:16am PDT
A Mayday street party in central Stockholm this evening led to clashes with the police followed by several arrests and wounded....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 1:05pm PDT
Please take action to stop torture and killings of ancient tribal people in West Papua...
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 8:28am PDT
translators needed for the Radical Exchange...
Posted: Fri, Apr 25, 2003 1:38pm PDT
On April 24, 2003, supporters of Philadelphia’s death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered in front of Philadelphia City Hall, marched to Ed Rendell’s office, and then to 13th and Locust where both Mumia and Police Officer Daniel Faulkner were shot in 1981. This is part one of the photoessay. Part 2 (out soon) will have a detailed essay from the day. FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 24, 2003 2:45pm PDT
DNA evidence shows that a man on death row for a grocer's murder is innocent and that another inmate was the killer. Ryan Matthews, who was 17 when he was arrested for the 1997 murder of Bridge City grocer Tommy Vanhoose, 43, was the victim of suppressed evidence and questionable identification by two witnesses, said Clive Stafford Smith, Matthews' attorney. The actual killer is a man imprisoned for slashing a woman's throat in 1997. "This is a classic case of wrongful conviction," ...
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 3:45am PDT
Firefighters and police defend actions as criticism mounts...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2003 9:10pm PDT
“Our sisters and brothers workers of Brukman have suffered another attack at the hands of the justice system, the government and the bosses. In a brutal police operation, with more than 250 police, attack vehicles, fire-engines, buses and with the presence of infantry, our factory was evicted....
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2003 3:45pm PDT