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Famed Attorney Johnnie Cochran Dies: Helped Free Geronimo Pratt Best known for representing O.J. Simpson, Cochran for years represented victims of police brutality and government oppression. In 1997 he won the freedom of Black Panther leader Geronimo ji Jaga Pratt who spent 27 years in jail for a crime he did not commit....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 5:42pm PST
Human Rights Advocate, Chicano Activist, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales, Ill Mr. Gonzales was
diagnosed with coronary and renal distress, but doctors have agreed to
discontinue any further medical treatment of those conditions. On
Thursday, March 24, 2005, Mr. Gonzales was released to the loving care of
his family, and he is resting comfortably at home....
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 1:03am PST
4/1-3: Women of Color & Allies Summit In only two weeks, hundreds of activists and leaders from across the country will gather in Arlington, Va., to "Empower, Enfranchise and Energize" women of color. The Women of Color and Allies (WOCA) Summit, April 1 through 3, will feature dynamic speakers, music, forums, comedy and workshops....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:18pm PST
Bush's Grand Plan For Blacks: Put New Leaders In Charge It is a great mistake to view the Bush regime’s ferocious assaults on Black and poor America as simply a more vicious version of standard Republican behavior since Ronald Reagan’s presidency. The Bush crowd is different than their predecessors; they don’t just want to defeat Black political leadership, but to replace it....
Posted: Sat, Mar 12, 2005 11:22pm PST
Rally 4 Hip Hop: Stop racist Hot97 New York City’s hip hop community rallied Friday afternoon in Union Square against the racist radio station Hot97. “The heart of the hip hop culture has always been the community, and we feel Hot97, the supposed place “where hip hop lives,” has lost its respect and responsibility to the community a long time ago, and it is about time for the community to step forward and take it back,” the organizers explained....
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 11:38am PST
India: further evidence Hindu-supremacist BJP culpable in Gujarat pogrom Fresh evidence has emerged that demonstrates that the February-March 2002 pogrom against Gujarat’s Muslim minority was orchestrated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the dominant partner in India’s then coalition government, and its Hindu-supremacist allies....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 6:31am PST
Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement; CIW to End Taco Bell Boycott; Taco Bell to Pay Penny-Per-Pound Surcharge Demanded by Workers, Will Work With CIW to Raise Farm Labor Standards in Supply Chain...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 12:08pm PST
Ward Connerly’s Payback Ward Connerly and the Bradley Foundation...
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 3:53pm PST
Study of Asian Pacific American LGBT People Reveals High Rates of Discrimination "Asian Pacific American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are often at the margins, experiencing discrimination in both the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and the Asian Pacific American communities..."...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:43pm PST
Hip Hop community joins protest of radio racism NEW YORK — Protesters were on the street outside the office of Hot 97 here Feb. 14, the second day back on the job for suspended morning show deejays.
The “Miss Jones in the Morning” crew on WQHT-FM sparked outrage last month when it played the “Tsunami Song,” a racist parody of “We Are the World” that made fun of the victims of last December’s South Asian tidal wave that killed almost 300,000 people. “We Are the World” had brought an array of stars together in the 1980s to aid victims of ...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:27am PST
The Undiscovered Malcolm X: Stunning New Info on the Assassination On this the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, we spend the hour with historian Manning Marable who has spent a decade working on a new biography of Malcolm X. He is one of the few historians to see the three missing chapters from "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" that he says paint a very different picture than the book with Alex Haley and Spike Lee's film. Marable has also had unprecedented access to Malcolm's family and documents that shed new light on the involve...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:23am PST
ADL Applauds the City of Ceres Police Department for Arresting White Supremacist for Hate The Central Pacific Region of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) applauds the City of Ceres, CA. Police Department for making an arrest in the case of the savage beating of a postal carrier Wednesday afternoon....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:30pm PST
"Community" Radio Favors Peace, Not Justice "Free Speech Radio" Cancels Black Community Talk Show Host...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 12:01am PST
Black History Month This should have preceded the piece Black History Month/White History Month but for some resason it wasn't posted....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 1:51pm PST
Preliminary Analysis of Bush's Budget NCLR RELEASES PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S BUDGET
Expresses Strong Concern Over Budget Priorities...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:58am PST
Devin Brown Shooting - Debate and Outrage Continue LOS ANGELES - Residents in South Los Angeles react to the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old suspected car thief with shock and anger and question whether it was justified....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:23am PST
Legal Update on the Appeals Proces of Mumia Abu-Jamal The following legal update was approved by the National Task Force for Mumia Abu-Jamal at a December 12, 2004 meeting in New York City. This update was also reviewed and approved by Attorney Robert R. Bryan, Mumia’s lead counsel. A popular summary of these legal issues will be prepared by the task force in the near future:...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 8:41pm PST
photos:HEAR THE EVIDENCE!, Feb.11 for Mumia 
On Feb.11 2-300 supporters of Black death-row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered in Philadelphia.... They marched from the Friends Center and circled City Hall before the crowd joined the French delegation in City Hall where they recieved Liberty Bell awards from the City of Philadelphia....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 12:43pm PST
BTL:Campaign to Free Leonard Peltier Continues as the... ...Native American Activist Spends His 30th Year in Prison ~ Interview with Barry Bachrach, attorney for Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 4:09am PST
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