Author: John Parker

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Political Prisoners

A celebration of Mumia in South Central LA

May 8, 2021 John Parker
On April 24, in celebration of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s birthday and in solidarity with the national call to save his life from the murderous attempt to kill him through medical neglect, the Los Angeles Branch of […]
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Labor and strikes

Los Angeles May Day caravan vs. Kroger

May 7, 2021 John Parker
On May 1, Los Angeles community organizations, civil rights and church organizations, and unions mobilized for a third unified demonstration — this time a car caravan. The coalition demanded the end to Kroger’s planned grocery […]
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Fight racism

Police killings = modern day lynchings

April 18, 2021 John Parker
Human-rights organizations have already done multiple studies on the existence of white supremacist gangs within police forces in this country. Perhaps this is why police refuse to hold their fellow officers or the gangs within […]
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Labor and strikes

Stop Kroger’s grocery shut-downs: ‘It’s all about greed’

April 13, 2021 John Parker
Los Angeles — Kroger is the largest supermarket chain in the country. During the pandemic the company increased its profits by 56%, to $2.6 billion, while its workers risked their health and their lives to […]
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In the U.S.

Ramsey Clark, enemy of imperialist war and racist oppression

April 12, 2021 John Parker
On April 9, a dear friend and inspiration of mine died: former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. I traveled with him to many targets of U.S. imperialism and met heads of state. He had the […]
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Around the world

From the streets of Haiti: End the dictatorship of Jovenel Moïse

February 28, 2021 John Parker
Paralleling the dictatorial aspirations of Trump, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is attempting to hold onto office, a position that was stolen in the first place with the support and backing of the U.S. government. In […]
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Elections

What Biden’s cabinet picks show

December 25, 2020 John Parker
Many organizations participated in the Dec. 12 International Human Rights Day: Uniting Beyond 2020 webinar, with speakers addressing the need for continued political struggle against policies of war and poverty promoted by both the Democratic […]
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Elections

Biden’s picks don’t treat capitalist disease

December 13, 2020 John Parker
If the treatment for a symptom exacerbates the underlying illness, unleashing far more dangerous symptoms, then that “cure” would be considered a failure — especially if it accelerates the death of the patient. The disease […]
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Fight racism

Trump admits extrajudicial killing on U.S. soil – and the silence is deafening

October 25, 2020 John Parker
It’s a slope that increases without notice. Former President George W. Bush started a secret assassination by drone program, run by the CIA. These were overseas, extrajudicial murders of people of color who were never […]
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Environment

Fires, climate and prisons: Systemic racism, sexism is deadly

September 19, 2020 John Parker
Los Angeles, Sept. 18 — The National Interagency Fire Center, which provides unified guidance for fire agencies in the U.S., said the fires burning in Washington state, Oregon and California since the end of August […]