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Why Thousands Of Troops Are Still In Dc
30,000 National Guard units summoned to the Capitol resembled an armed camp...
Posted: Sat, Mar 20, 2021 12:39pm PDT
Philly Police, Proud Boys & 1/6/21 seditious insurrection
Zach Rehl, president of the Philadelphia Proud Boys chapter, a Marine veteran, has family ties to the Philadelphia police department. Philadelphia Police detective Jennifer Gugger is under investigation for her alleged attendance at the attempted coup, the seditious insurrection of 1/6/21 at the US Capitol, when Nazi Trump supporters tried to overthrow the US government by force and violence. This is the same Philadelphia police department that is clearly dictating the policies of Philadelp...
Posted: Sat, Mar 20, 2021 11:15am PDT
Unemployment myth and "Migrantization" of precarity
Involuntary unemployment is afflicted with many prejudices, which impute a supposed lack of motivation and utility to those affected. Although these prejudices are easy to refute, politicians and representatives of the media cling to the neoliberal notion of individual guilt in unemployment. Unemployment has primarily structural causes and thus requires the assumption of political responsibility....
Posted: Sat, Mar 20, 2021 7:04am PDT
Legal update from Mumia Abu-Jamal's attorneys Judith Ritter and Sam Spital
Reprinted below is a short legal update from Judy Ritter and Sam Spital, the attorneys who are litigating Mumia Abu-Jamal's conviction. On March 17th, they filed a response to DA Larry Krasner's position on the issues that are being re-litigated, following Tucker's ruling to reopen all appeals filed by Mumia's attorneys between 1998 - 2012. Maureen Faulkner also filed a motion yesterday. Both filings are attached....
Posted: Sat, Mar 20, 2021 4:04am PDT
International Dockworkers Council letter for Mumia Abu-Jamal to PA Gov Tom Wolf
This new letter from Spain was sent today to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf asking him to "reconsider Mumia's release for a murder that we believe he did not commit and that is purely for political reasons."...
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 6:21pm PDT
Dr. Nicole Fleetwood Tour of Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704...
Event Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2021 9:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 4:22pm PDT
The Great Labor Rebellion of the 1930s.
Zoom meeting. Login info on our website: ICSSMARX.ORG...
Event Date: Sun, Mar 21, 2021 10:30am PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 3:17pm PDT
Homeland Security Now Spying on Americans
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV´s) and Space-Based Domestic Spying Surveillance technology the U.S. Government is now watching American citizens under the guise of disaster management and controlling the U.S. Mexican border...
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 10:55am PDT
G7 Supports Emergency Funds for Developing Country COVID Relief
G7 finance ministers agreed to create emergency reserve funds for developing countries wrestling with coronavirus economic impacts....
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 10:13am PDT
International Workers Committe says Free Mumia and All Elders...
The international campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jamal launched by the International Workers Committee Against War and Exploitation, For a Workers International (IWC) is under way. This new IWC release declares: Free Mumia and All Elders, Vulnerable Inmates and Political Prisoners Immediately!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 2:32am PDT
The Shortwave Report 03/19/21 Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Spanish National Radio, Sputnik Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan....
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 12:32am PDT
The Angola 3 support Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Color of Change petition
In this new statement from from former Black Panther political prisoners Albert Woodfox and Robert King of the Angola 3 declare about Mumia Abu-Jamal: "He has always fought for all of our human rights from inside prison walls. Please fight for his human rights today."...
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 12:02am PDT
Watsonville: Stop AAPI Hate
Watsonville City Plaza...
Event Date: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 7:41pm PDT
Sit Walk Listen at San Francisco City Hall: #StopAsianHate
San Francisco Civic Center Plaza...
Event Date: Sun, Mar 21, 2021 11:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 5:51pm PDT
Defund Oil Pipeline 3 Virtual Rally w/ Indigenous Frontline Leaders
Virtual protest rally on Zoom or livestream...
Event Date: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 10:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 3:24pm PDT
Dakota Access Pipeline attacks Water Protector Legal Collective led by Native Women
Water Protector Legal Collective, formed at Standing Rock, is being attacked by Energy Transfer Partners and Dakota Access Pipeline, with a subpoena, aimed at seizing confidential records, and meant to intimidate. WPLC led by Native American Women is challenging this legal attack today....
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 12:56pm PDT
There is currently no alternative to national debt
A private economy left to its own devices is completely incapable of immanently combating the crisis. This is especially true for increased, future-oriented investments for ecological modernization that serve climate protection. Even the vaccine against Covid-19, which will apparently be available shortly, would not exist without billions in government funding (subsidies)....
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 11:12am PDT
Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State
Email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to obtain Zoom meeting access info....
Event Date: Wed, Apr 21, 2021 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 9:06am PDT
The International Federation of Journalists calls for Mumia Abu-Jamal's release
Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African-American journalist with close ties to the Black Panthers, who has spent nearly 40 years in prison, has tested positive for Covid. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has backed calls from US (NWU) and French (SNJ-CGT) affiliates for his immediate release amid growing fears over his health....
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2021 10:35pm PDT
Protest Outside Federal Facilities in Mountain View
On March 15 SIREN (Services, Immigration Rights, and Education Network) led a protest against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ consideration of Moffett Federal Airfield as a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children....
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2021 5:37pm PDT