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Press release concerning the Anna Mae Aquash case and Leonard Peltier It has become clear that certain factions are maliciously and wrongfully framing Leonard Peltier as a patsy to be falsely blamed for the death of Anna Mae Aquash. First and foremost, let us be clear that Leonard had no involvement in the murder....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 1:56pm PST
Arrest of members of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Copwatch Program Three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Lumumba Bandele, Desaw Floyd, and Djbril Toure were arrested in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn just past midnight this morning. At the time of their arrest, the three were engaged in the legal monitoring of police activities as part of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Copwatch Program....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 10:35pm PST
Ossie Davis 1917-2005: A Tribute to the Actor and Civil Rights Activist Actor and civil rights activist Ossie Davis died Friday in Miami Beach. He was 87 years old. For half a century, Davis led a distinguished career as an actor, playwright and director. Along with his wife, Ruby Dee, he was a renowned civil rights activist and an unforgettable figure in the African American struggle for equality. We spend the hour remembering Ossie Davis: From his eulogies to Malcolm X and Martin Luther King to his opposition to the war in Iraq. We hear from actor Danny Glover ...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 9:24am PST
Ossie Davis - A Life of Commitment and Dedication "If I had to fear any of the 'isms' that plague us
today, it would have to be classism. How much
suffering will make it necessary to liberate us
all?"
Ossie Davis,
Cornell University,
November 1, 1996...
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 6:11pm PST
Readers On Ossie Davis: Marilyn Albert, Ed Kent, Ken Nash and Ed Pearl We will always remember Ossie Davis....
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 6:04pm PST
Remembering Ossie Davis The passing of Ossie Davis at age 87 today, Feb 4, 2005, was a shock to those of us who remember him and his era, although he certianly lived to a ripe old age, active up to the last minute. Since this website is among other things, a preservation of the workingclass movements of our day and its predecessors, I thought I would add some memories....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 9:48pm PST
San Francisco Gay Asian Pacific Alliance group launchesnationwide photo search Furthering its goals of visibility for gay Asian and Pacific Islander males (GAM), Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) announces a nationwide call for photography submissions around the theme "Coming of Age: GAM in America." Winning entries will be presented in a multimedia arts exhibition scheduled for Gay Pride Month, June 2005, and be featured in a calendar slated for national distribution....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 12:50pm PST
Ward Churchill Comes Under Fire as He Prepares to Speak at College in New York Prof. Churchill is scheduled to speak at Hamilton College in New York this Thursday, and family members of people who died in the 911 incidents have been protesting his right to speak....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 11:27am PST
Ward Churchill's statement regarding Roosting Chickens January 31, 2005
The following is a statement from Ward Churchill:
In the last few days there has been widespread and grossly inaccurate media coverage concerning my analysis of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, coverage that has resulted in defamation of my character and threats against my life. What I actually said has been lost, indeed turned into the opposite of itself, and I hope the following facts will be reported at least to the same exte...
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 8:18pm PST
Armenia: Country’s Jews Alarmed Over Nascent Anti-Semitism Armenia’s tiny Jewish community is growing concerned by what it says is mounting anti-Semitism in the South Caucasus country. Virtually nonexistent in the past, the issue has emerged over the past year amid a rise in anti-Jewish propaganda and the desecration of a Holocaust memorial in Yerevan. The government has so far done little to address the Jewish community's concerns....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 9:22am PST
Urgent Action! Racist Music Attacks Asian Tsunami Victims at Hot 97, New York City! Calling A Protest Letter And Rally Against The Radio Station!...
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 4:17am PST
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968 Today is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Day. He was born in 1929. Last week, he would have turned 76 years old. In the early 1960s, King focused his challenge on legalized racial discrimination in the South where police dogs and bullwhips and cattle prods were used against Southern blacks seeking the right to vote or to eat at a public lunch counter. After passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, King began challenging the nation's fundamental priorities. He maintaine...
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 1:51pm PST
To the Memory of King: A Love Letter to APOC So now, in 2005, when there is a greatly disproportionate black prison population, a greatly disproportionate percentage of blacks in poverty, when there is one black senator, few blacks in other positions of political or economic power, whither King's dream?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 12:19pm PST
James Forman 1928-2005: Civil Rights Pioneer Dies At 76 Civil rights organizer James Forman has died at the age of 76. In the early 1960s he served as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and was seen as a major strategist within the civil rights movement. We hear a 1969 speech by James Forman and we speak with former field secretary for SNCC Robert Moses and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 9:56am PST
CSFH Warns Against Hate Groups Exploiting Tsunami Crisis Stay clear of sectarian groups such as India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF), Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), Sewa International and Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America (VHPA)....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 1:38am PST
Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton on the Life of Shirley Chisholm Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress and a 1972 presidential candidate, has died at age 80. We talk to Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C. [includes rush transcript] Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress and a 1972 presidential candidate, has died at age 80. She died Saturday night in Florida. Chisholm was known as an outspoken advocate for women and people of color during seven terms representing New York...
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 8:55pm PST
American Charity Sues to Have its Humanitarian Assets Unblocked The American non-profit humanitarian relief organization, Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA-USA) has filed suit against Departments of Treasury and Justice, in the District of Columbia, to have its assets designated for humanitarian aid, unblocked. The U.S.-based charity, which has been unfairly targeted and forced to shut down on the eve of its busiest month of the year, wants its humanitarian aid sent to the most needy in Asia and Africa....
Posted: Fri, Dec 31, 2004 12:52am PST
Folks Don't Get It: On African-American voter disenfranchisement in the 2004 election Since the election all the discussions which have raised the issue of Black disenfranchisement -- whether in the context of Ohio this year, Florida in 2000, or generally -- as a form of electoral fraud have ended up devolving into ignorance....
Posted: Mon, Dec 20, 2004 3:43pm PST
44% of Americans Back Limits on Muslims' Rights: Poll CAIRO, December 18 (IslamOnline.net) – A new nation-wide poll showed that a major section of the American society believes fellow Muslim citizens pose a national threat and supports curbing Muslims’ civil rights and monitoring their places of worship....
Posted: Sat, Dec 18, 2004 9:23am PST
Standing up for justice and truth SAN ANTONIO, United States, 5 December 2004 (BWNS) -- When she was just a girl, Elsie Austin (1908-2004) bravely stood up for justice and truth, and she never stopped doing so throughout her long life. One of only two African-American children in her Cincinnati classroom, Elsie pointed out errors in a textbook that denigrated the role of Africans in world history....
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 2:58pm PST
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