Kshama Sawant spoke out against the killing of a young Black man in 2016. Backed by corporate money, the cops involved are suing her for defamation.
civil liberties & police
Fight to free Peltier heats up
Help in the renewed fight to finally free Peltier, Native American leader wrongly convicted for killing two FBI agents during a shoot-out at Pine Ridge Reservation in 1977. Also: carpenter’s strike coverage, and a recent book on the Bolshevik Revolution.
What’s up? Crime is down but imprisonment soars!
The rate of imprisonment in Australia continues to skyrocket. It is now its highest in a hundred years!
Passivity is complicity! Canberra is silent while Assange faces torture
The Australian citizen and journalist is charged in the U.S. under the Espionage Act for publishing information, with a potential sentence of 175 years.
Liberdade aos presos políticos de Cuba
A seguir estão dois artigos, o primeiro uma declaração do Comitê pelo Reagrupamento Internacional Revolucionário e o segundo um artigo da jornalista cubana Lisbeth Moya González que descreve o caso… Read more »
Libertad a los presos políticos en Cuba
A continuación, se presentan dos artículos, el primero una declaración del Comité por el Reagrupamiento Internacional Revolucionario y el segundo es un artículo de la periodista cubana Lisbeth Moya González… Read more »
Free Political Prisoners in Cuba
The Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment joins with Cubans including Lisbeth Moya González in supporting prisoners like Abel Lescay, detained for protesting for survival needs.
The murder of Eric Garner: Justice denied
It took seven years for a judicial inquiry to probe the murder of Eric Garner. In the end, no accountability. What will it take to get justice?
International commission investigates Border Patrol crimes
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is investigating, for the first time, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
How gun violence is being used to revive “law and order”
What is the reality behind the headlines?
