In the 1970s and 80s, Torkil Lauesen was a member of a clandestine communist cell which carried out a series of robberies in Denmark, netting very large sums which were then sent on to various national liberation movements in the Third World. Following their capture in 1989, Torkil would spend six years in …
October 30, 2016 Dear Friends, Carol Saucier, Ray Luc Levasseur and I write today to ask that you help our dear sister and former co-defendant, Barbara Curzi. Barbara is a former political prisoner, one of the Ohio 7, who, after their arrests in Ohio in 1984, went on trial for …
Nov 12 at 11 AM to Nov 13 at 6 PM Église Saint-Denis, 454 Laurier E. ( entrĂ©e principale / main entry 5075 Rivard, accessible entry/ en fauteuil roulant 5050 Berri ) With more than 200 participating publishers, Expozine 2016 is an exceptional opportunity to dive into the wild universe …
Kersplebedeb Publishing is seeking to raise funds to translate and publish the book Det Globale Perspektiv (The Global Perspective), by former Danish political prisoner Torkil Lauesen. In the 1970s and 80s, Torkil was a member of an underground communist cell which carried out a series of robberies in Denmark, netting …
People gather in Montreal, Thursday, July 28, 2016, to denounce the death of Abdirahman Abdi in Ottawa. Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS Read the rest of this post on the original site at Opinion: Realities faced by black Canadians are a national shame
Their public conference had been interrupted by a demonstration march and a bomb threat, so the white nationalists decided to meet secretly instead. They slipped past police officers and protesters into a hotel in downtown Memphis. Read the rest of this post on the original site at The white flight …
Of the 2016 presidential election, New York Times international affairs correspondent Roger Cohen wrote, “The race is tightening once again because Trump’s perceived character – a strong leader with a simple message, never flinching from a fight, cutting through political correctness with a b Read the rest of this post …
Donald Trump’s supporters deserve to have their concerns taken seriously. If the media and commentators in 2016 can agree on nothing else, it’s this. It’s a bit of an odd meme. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Taking Trump voters’ concerns seriously means listening to …
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 5:30pm at the Center for Gender Advocacy 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #404 (mĂ©tro Guy-Concordia) Join us as we launch the 2017 Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar alongside Clandestine Occupations: An Imaginary History, a novel by Diana Block. Diana spent thirteen years living underground with a …
The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers in Montreal, Toronto, and New York, in partnership with three political prisoners being held in maximum-security prisons in New York State: David Gilbert, Robert Seth Hayes and Herman Bell. The Certain Days Calendar can be purchased …