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Former Black Panther To Be Released After 49 Years in Prison

September 25, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
One of several Black liberation radicals incarcerated for decades in the wake of political and racial upheaval in the 1960s and 70s, Jalil Muntaqim won his decades-long struggle for freedom after a New York parole […]
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Tribute to the Attica Uprising

September 22, 2020 Sharon Black
Video of Attica Uprising tribute If you missed the incredible program marking the anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, you have a chance to watch it on video. Featuring never seen coverage of Tom Soto, […]
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Defend activists and organizers under attack! Defend Black lives!

September 19, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
As the anti-racist uprising of 2020 roiled “business as usual” in cities across the U.S., many protesters have been hit with severe charges after being arrested for offenses that would normally be considered violations or […]
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Julian Assange, political prisoner by Mumia Abu-Jamal

September 11, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal
First things first: Who is Julian Assange? And second, why is his struggle of import to any of us? Assange, born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, in 1971, is the founder of the global online media […]
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A salute to the heroic Attica Rebellion

September 9, 2020 Sharon Black
“We are men! We are not beasts, and we do not intend to be driven or beaten as such!”  — Elliot L.D. Barkley, a 21-year-old leader of the Attica Rebellion who was murdered by the […]
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Philadelphia protest: Free Mumia! Free them all!

July 7, 2020 Stephen Millies
Over 500 people came to Philadelphia’s City Hall on July 4 to demand that Mumia Abu-Jamal be freed. It was the largest action inside Philadelphia for the imprisoned revolutionary Black writer in years. Every July […]
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What to a Prisoner is the Fourth of July?

July 3, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
On the occasion of Nelson Mandela’s visit to Philadelphia in 1993.    “At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.  Oh! Had I the ability and could I reach the nation’s ear.  […]
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Never forget Shaka Sankofa

June 22, 2020 Stephen Millies
Shaka Sankofa was executed 20 years ago on June 22, 2000. Texas governor and future president, George W. Bush, conducted the legal lynching in Huntsville. Sankofa spent half his life on death row. He was […]
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#FreeThemAll caravan honors Marlyn Barnes

May 23, 2020 Prisoners Solidarity Committee
Baltimore — Marlyn Barnes would have turned 32 years old on May 14 if he had not died in custody at the Harford County Detention Center last year. The jail claims he committed suicide, but […]
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Free them all now! National day of protest May 30

May 22, 2020 NAARPR
The recently refounded National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) calls upon all its members, comrades, friends and allies to join in a national day of protest on May 30, 2020, at 3 p.m. […]