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Murder Charges Against Former Black Panthers Based on Confessions Extracted by Torture Police in California, New York and Florida arrested eight former Black Panthers earlier this week on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Charges were thrown out in 1974 after it was revealed police used torture to extract confessions in the case. We speak with two of the defendants’ attorneys....
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 8:15am PST
American students attack Palestinian students on US soil "It was the ugliest thing I have ever seen," said Awartani, a freshman pursuing a double major in aerospace and mechanical engineering at NC State. "I've seen Israeli soldiers doing this to me in Palestine, but I've never seen this with citizens. It just came with punches, kicks and brass knuckles. There were witnesses that told me they were picking up rocks and bricks and hitting me."
All this was accompanied by 'sand niggers,' 'fucking Palestinians,' 'terrorists.' I would like to say seve...
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 7:41pm PST
Promoting proximity: Islamic scholars meet in Doha Islamic scholars meet in Doha and call for unity in Islam amid fiery sessions and latent accusations, writes Rasha Saad...
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 6:13pm PST
Film-"The Untold Story Of Emmett Louis Till" Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1924 Cedar (1 block east of MLK Jr. Way @ Bonita)
Berkeley, CA 94709...
Event Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 11:03pm PST
Honor Leonard Peltier in San Jose Pagesincolor.com
Fair Trade Store
888 East Santa Clara Street
near 19th Street
San Jose, CA 95116...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 6, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 5:58pm PST
Public Showing of Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110...
Event Date: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 4:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 5:47pm PST
FORMER BLACK PANTHERS ARRESTED AND INDICTED 1/23 IN 1971 HOMICIDE Preliminary reports indicate several arrests including former Panthers that resisted a 2005 grand jury and others in a 1971 SF case involving the death of a police officer. In 1975 cases were dropped as the evidence against Panthers was derived by the torture of several arrested in 1973....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 10:01am PST
LEGACY OF TORTURE: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement Roxie Theater
16th & Valencia Streets, San Francisco...
Event Date: Sun, Jan 28, 2007 12:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 9:48am PST
State of the Union: African Americans are Against War In black communities across America, the war in Iraq, continued racial discrimination and violence in the streets weigh heavy on the minds of its average citizens, according to a recent BlackAmericaWeb.com survey....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 7:23am PST
tuesday: 8 BLA arrests for 1971 police killing in S.F. Eight men were arrested Tuesday [1/23/2007] in the 1971 killing of a police officer that authorities say was part of a black power group's five-year effort to attack and kill law enforcement officers in San Francisco and New York....
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 4:38pm PST
FCC Commissioner: Declining Black Media Ownership is a ‘National Disgrace’ NEW YORK (NNPA) – The level of Black ownership of broadcast media, which has fallen by 30 percent over the past nine years, is a “national disgrace” and reflects overall retrenchment in the march toward justice and equality, a member of the Federal Communications Commission has charged....
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 9:04am PST
European Recipe to End Islamophobia PARIS — A leading European anti-racism watchdog has proposed a recipe to fight the spiraling Islamophobia and deep-seated discrimination of Muslims in jobs, education and housing across the European continent....
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 8:58am PST
‘Dr. King was nation’s greatest unionist’ Millions commemorate peace, civil rights leader Last week, Americans marched, rallied, petitioned, held community service events and worshipped in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here are only a few of the tens of thousands of events honoring King’s legacy, the civil rights movement and the fight for peace, dignity and economic justice for all....
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2007 7:01am PST
UK Monitors "All" Muslim Pilgrims CAIRO — UK spy chiefs are putting on the terror watch list every single British Muslim who travels to the holy city of Makkah to perform hajj or umra to filter out those who might be linked to Al-Qaeda, a leading British newspaper revealed on Sunday, January21 ....
Posted: Sun, Jan 21, 2007 10:33am PST
Oakland: Free the Liberty City Seven! Study & Meeting of Uhuru Solidarity Uhuru Solidarity Center, 1601 - 2nd Ave, Oakland...
Event Date: Mon, Jan 22, 2007 7:00am PST
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 6:01am PST
Muslims Regret Less Tolerant Australia SYDNEY — Ignorance of Islam, widespread intolerance and misunderstanding have left many Muslims feeling under siege in Australia with young generations being trapped between two cultures....
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 3:12pm PST
US Muslims Decry "24" Nuke Plot WASHINGTON — American Muslims have decried Fox television network's action drama '24' season premier for stoking racial hatred against the Muslim minority....
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 3:11pm PST
FILM: RACE TO EXECUTION Oakland Museum of California
10th and Oak Streets / one block from Lake Merritt Bart Station
Oakland, California 94607
Free parking in museum garage enter on Oak Street at 11th Street...
Event Date: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 12:32pm PST
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Medical scholar Harriet Washington joins us to talk about her new book, “Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present.” The book reveals the hidden underbelly of scientific research and the roots of the African American health deficit. It also examines less well-known abuses and looks at unethical practices and mistreatment of blacks that are still taking place in the medical establishment today....
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 10:49am PST
Turkish-Armenian writer shot dead Hrant Dink, a prominent voice in Turkey's shrinking Armenian community, has been killed by a gunman at the entrance to his newspaper's offices in Istanbul on Friday....
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 10:34am PST
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