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Bail & Phone Calls for Mumia Protesters Needed Bail money and phone calls are needed now for the arrested protesters at the Mumia Abu-Jamal demonstration in Philadelphia on December 8, 2001 who are victims of a police riot against a peaceful, permitted march in Philadelphia of over 1,000 people commemorating Mumia's 20-year imprisonment on Pennsylvania's death row for the murder of a cop perpetrated by a self-confessed hit man, Arnold Beverly....
Posted: Mon, Dec 10, 2001 10:38am PST
12/15 SF Rally for Mumia Abu-Jamal & Leonard Peltier Rally in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier in San Francisco, December 15, 2001 at 7:30 at Mission High School at 18th and Dolores, San Francisco (16th St BART). For information, call 415-695-7745 or see: http://www.freemumia.org/events.html#14...
Posted: Sun, Dec 9, 2001 1:21pm PST
Police attack 12/8 Mumia Demo in Philly The police attacked the march for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia today, December 8, 2001. This march commemorated the 20th anniversary of the arrest of Mumia for the shooting of a cop by a self-confessed hit man, Arnold Beverly, for which Mumia now sits on Pennsylvania's death row. Mumia Abu-Jamal is a world-renowned journalist who has been a lifelong outspoken opponent of police brutality and supporter of all progressive causes, from labor to peace....
Posted: Sat, Dec 8, 2001 3:53pm PST
United Nations Slams US Police/Prisons All this talk about Taliban human rights, we shouldnt forget the torture, oppression, sexism and brutality that goes on everyday in this country....
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2001 3:10pm PST
Santa Cruz Green Party In Power Fails The Test Homelessness and political repression, the Green Party fails the test....
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2001 5:00am PST
Flashpoints Radio, Dec 3: Palestinian insider + Assata Shakur in Cuba interviews KPFA Flashpoints Radio, Dec 3, 2001: (audio link in full text below)
-Interview w fem Palestinian resident victim of Israeli shelling (7 min)
-Noelle talks to Amira Hass, of Jerusalem's Ha'aretz newspaper (5 min)
-About the upcoming Tear Down the Walls Conference in Havana (3 min)
-Walter Turner interview with political refugee Assata Shakur in Cuba (27 min)
-Noelle Hanrahan with the Pacifica Watch segment; Carol Spooner reports (7 min)...
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2001 11:59pm PST
Video of Sultana High School pepperspraying incident sparks controversy The officials representing the Hesperia Unified School District, and the Hesperia Police Department claim they peppersprayed over 20 African-American students to keep the peace. However, a video tape taken of the incident challenges their version of the facts....
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2001 2:26pm PST
Off. of Homeland (In)Security & policeone.com A letter sent out by the PoliceOne.com web site, to its "law enforcement" members, announcing its new connection to the White House.
Can we say "seeeeecreeet pooooliiiiiice"?...
Posted: Tue, Nov 27, 2001 12:16am PST
Cops Arrest Man for Videotaping Brutality While many people never question the role that the police play in our lives until it directly affects them or their loved ones, one thing you should know: videotaping police will always get you in trouble, even though it is our constitutional right....
Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2001 2:07pm PST
Stick a fork (or needle) in him - Mumia is toast PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A judge on Wednesday rejected a plea for a new trial from Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther and journalist sentenced to death for killing a police officer in 1981....
Posted: Thu, Nov 22, 2001 9:02am PST
US PRISONER HUNGER STRIKE 12 prisoners from the Virgin Islands being held at Wallens Ridge State Prison
in Virginia begin hunger strike on November 1, 2001!...
Posted: Wed, Nov 21, 2001 6:52am PST
SCRUZ: 4th Anniv Protest of Cop Murder of Happy John Dine (video/x-pn-realvideo 21.7MB) Interviews with activists protesting on the 4th anniversary of the fatal police shooting of activist Happy John Dine in Santa Cruz. Video, 13mins 56k / 128k
Note: modified version of original stream (reduced to 2 substreams) because of potential RealServer issues preventing playback....
Posted: Sat, Nov 17, 2001 7:56pm PST
SCRUZ: 4th Anniv Protest of Cop Murder of Happy John Dine (video/x-pn-realvideo 20.0MB) Interviews with activists protesting on the 4th anniversary of the fatal police shooting of activist Happy John Dine in Santa Cruz.
Video, 13mins 28k / 56k / 128k...
Posted: Sat, Nov 17, 2001 1:12am PST
Women Activists Then and NOW This Special Event Women Activists Then and Now examines the Legacy of three generations of women activists...
Posted: Fri, Nov 16, 2001 8:14pm PST
Black students at Sultana High peppersprayed during sitin When a group of white students demanded that a group of black students give up their seats at lunch, they refused. What followed was not only an exercise in police brutality, but a chapter torn out of the civil rights movement....
Posted: Fri, Nov 16, 2001 2:11pm PST
Copy of police "how to spot a terrorist" flyer 
A copy of the Maricopa County Sherrifs deptt flier on how to spot a "domestic terrorist". No doubt other police depts are distributing and following similar "guidelines"....
Posted: Fri, Nov 16, 2001 12:27pm PST
Santa Cruz: Protesting the Cop Killing of Happy John Dine 
Approximately 6 people gathered for a protest and candlelight vigil at the corner of Soquel and Front St in Santa Cruz, Monday night from 6 - 7p, at the downtown bus stop where resident "Happy" John Dine was shot to death under suspicious circumstances by SCPD 4 years ago that day. Local activists Becky Johnson and Robert Norse were in attendance, among others. Police presence was minimal and not problematic. Protesters maintain the police planted evidence after the killing to justify a se...
Posted: Wed, Nov 14, 2001 9:46am PST
Who is Tom Ridge? A review of Tom Ridge's record, since you won't find basic information like this in the comatose corporate media....
Posted: Mon, Nov 12, 2001 1:26pm PST
Office of Homeland Security: We Suspect You 
Someone has set up this parody website of the Office of Homeland Security. Wonder how long it will take for OHS to shut it down? And yes, OHS does suspect you. Secret searches forthcoming....
Posted: Mon, Nov 12, 2001 4:00am PST
More on Indefinite State of Alert And furthermore, OHS Director Tom Ridge confirmed that what began as a temporary state of alert is now an indefinite state of alert. Ever wonder how they would get a police state?...
Posted: Wed, Nov 7, 2001 6:03pm PST
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