Ron Jacobs, author of The Way the Wind Blew: a history of the Weather Underground, has reviewed Projectiles for the People, Volume 1 of The Red Army Faction: A Documentary History. You can check it out on the Counterpunch website: http://www.counterpunch.com/jacobs04102009.html “The editors of this work, J. Smith and André …
An excellent statement from the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, FIERCE, Queers for Economic Justice, the Peter Cicchino Youth Project and the Audre Lorde Project, about how hate crimes legislation is a bad idea, as is incarceration as a solution to violence in our communities: SRLP announces non-support of the Gender …
The above is a video recording of Ward Churchill Speaking On Colonialism as Genocide at Concordia University in Montreal last Wednesday, recorded by Maximilian Forte on Vimeo. i was tabling so i missed the talk, which makes me extra-grateful to have this video available. i certainly don’t agree with …
Brilliant fucking action by persons unknown in Montreal, who have very recently engaged in an educational graffiti campaign exposing the sordid history of police murder in this city. As an article in today’s edition of La Presse, with the scandalously biased headline “Des graffitis haineux contre le SPVM” (“Hate Graffiti …
TO VIEW VIDEO AT ORIGINAL LOCATION CLICK HERE Video footage obtained by the Guardian shows that Ian Tomlinson, the man who died at last week’s G20 protests in London, had been attacked from behind and thrown to the ground by a baton-wielding police officer in riot gear. Reports are that …
Ward Churchill has won a symbolic victory. From the New York Times: Jury Says Professor Was Wrongly Fired By KIRK JOHNSON and KATHARINE Q. SEELYEPublished: April 2, 2009 DENVER — A jury ruled Thursday that Ward L. Churchill, a former University of Colorado professor who drew national attention for an …
The following announcement from the Revolutionary Communist Party (the on based in Quebec, not to be confused with the Avakian-led group in the united states!), regarding the opening of their new bookstore in Montreal. The original French is available in pdf here. The Opening of the Maison Normal Bethune The …
Comrades in Calgary seem to be getting mixed results against the Aryan Guard vermin in their town.The Aryan Guard is a neo-nazi outfit based in Calgary – for a good quick overview on the group, i’d recommend checking out this pdf from One People’s Project. The AG’s recent activities include …
The Spanish State is cracking down on the Basque nationalist left. From Reuters on March 23: MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish judge Monday charged 44 Basque nationalists with membership of the militant separatist movement ETA, which the Spanish government calls a terrorist organisation. All were members of three banned separatist …
above: Aftermath of Nisoor Square massacre, September 16, 2007,where Blackwater mercenaries opened fire on civilians and Iraqi police,killing seventeen people From UPI: Blackwater still works for U.S. in Iraq Last update: 5:48 p.m. EDT March 17, 2009WASHINGTON, Mar 17, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — The U.S. State Department re-signed the …