In October 2015 in Cincinnati, the defense team of Palestinian-American community leader Rasmea Odeh argued her case in the U.S. Court of Appeals. A decision was expected in one to… Read more »
civil liberties & police
500 years of police brutality
Police stand guard against Occupy Wall Street and union protesters on May Day 2012. Five hundred years before Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice were murdered by police, white… Read more »
Dirigente sindical costarricense Orlando Barrantes – Pena de prisión de 12 años en una emboscada política
Orlando Barrantes Orlando Barrantes ha dedicado su vida a mejorar las condiciones de los pobres y de los trabajadores en Costa Rica. Durante muchos años fue el Secretario General del… Read more »
Costa Rican union leader Orlando Barrantes faces 12-year prison term in political frame-up
Orlando Barrantes. Photo courtesy of Orlando Barrantes Orlando Barrantes has dedicated his life to improving the conditions of poor and working people in Costa Rica. For many years he was… Read more »
Keep pressure up to free Nestora Salgado
As the third year of Nestora Salgado’s unjust imprisonment begins, her supporters continue to organize in Mexico, the USA and internationally for her release. Salgado, a U.S. citizen, was jailed… Read more »
The criminalization of protest — Radicals and unionists persecuted in Mexico and Costa Rica
President Peña Nieto of Mexico brags about his neoliberal policies to privatize public resources, cut social services, and force anti-union education “reforms.” His government has also been exposed for its… Read more »
Rasmea Odeh’s victorious appeal staves off deportation
Odeh, a Palestinian and community organizer, won a partial victory against the U.S. government’s attempt to deport her.
Visita a prisioneros políticos y sus sequidores en Guerrero, México
“Es un enorme apoyo tener la solidaridad de otros países”, me comentó Arturo Campos mientras nos encontrábamos dentro de la cárcel donde está detenido ilegalmente en Ayutla de los Libres,… Read more »
A visit to political prisoners and families in Guerrero, Mexico
“It is enormous support to have solidarity from other countries.”
Freedom Socialist Letters to the Editor — April 2016
Political prisoner news, a salute to Heidi Durham, thanks for the article on Puerto Rico, and more.
