Emma’s Notes (Joaquin’s message to follow)
One of the most important lessons of my early activism: when i was 16, working in the dc boycott house, which attracted a number of activists from a variety of tendencies, came from a veteran black panther, named paul (i forget his last name.) he left the house one night [...]
Archive for the ‘Prison Industrial Complex’ Category
A Reflection on “the Left” and my Arrest by Joaquin Cienfuegos
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Calling out the liberal left!, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Now who's the terrorist?, Prison Industrial Complex, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Laila el Haddad and children, Denied Entry to Gaza, Held 36 hours, Deported to U.S.
Posted in Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Prison Industrial Complex, The war against the children, U.S. empire, Women's Lives on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“I am the only one here because I cannot go home- you are all being deported home, I am denied home”
-Laila el Haddad
Laila el Haddad’s Update
from twitter.com/gazamom
After 36 hours of being held at Cairo Airport, where she was repeatedly
interrogated and given contradictory information as to what would
happen, Laila el Haddad and her two children are now [...]
Supreme Court lets Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction stand
Posted in Death Penalty, Human Rights, Mumia, Prison Industrial Complex, U.S. empire on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There will be a book release/birthday party for
Mumia and to free all political prisoners on
Saturday, April 25, 5-7 pm at the Southern
California Library for Social Studies, 6120 S
Vermont, L.A. We must continue to mobilize for
Mumia and all political prisoners, and against
the death penalty. We will be showing “In Prison
All My Life” a new British documentary [...]
The Impending Execution of Troy Davis, and Amerikan Justice
Posted in Death Penalty, Human Rights, Now who's the terrorist?, Prison Industrial Complex, The Americas, U.S. empire on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
VIDEO OF TROY DAVIS:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/99578/jimmy_carter_calls_for_clemency_for_troy_davis/
New York Times
September 13, 2008
Death Penalty Is Upheld in Publicized Georgia Case
By ROBBIE BROWN
ATLANTA — A Georgia parole board on Friday upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989, despite a group of witnesses who recanted their testimonies against the convict.
It was the second [...]
The silence of the left: When is police brutality an acceptable reality?
Posted in Disability Rights, Education, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Prison Industrial Complex on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted to several relevant listserves
While this story of a disabled man dumped from his wheelchair by a deputy while in custody, hit the disability rights lists right away, and the major news networks carried the story, there was NO discussion of the issue, not one post, not one email on the matter [...]
Free Mumua! End the Death Penalty! No More Political Prisoners!
Posted in Art and Activism, Death Penalty, Human Rights, Mumia, Prison Industrial Complex, U.S. empire on May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(This announcement comes from the International Action Center. The IAC is not affiliated with ¡Cafe Intifada!)
All Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal! Join Danny Glover, Cynthia McKinney and many others in Philadelphia!
Thurs • May 179:00 a.m. in front of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 6th and Market Streets
What you can do to help get [...]
ADL, FBI, BDS, UTLA, HRC
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Latin America, Palestine, Prison Industrial Complex, Privatization, Simon Wiesenthal Center, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on October 7, 2006 | 1 Comment »
“By perpetrating the insidious lie that Israel, where all citizens have equal rights, is no different from the former apartheid regime in South Africa, these activists seek to delegitimize and demonize the Jewish State. In fact, Israel is a democracy that encourages vibrant debate, has a flourishing free press, and is one of the United [...]
