Posts Tagged ‘racism’
The 99%: a community of resistance – Angela Davis
The Occupy activists and their supporters have brought us together as the 99%. They call upon the majority to stand up against the minority. The old minorities, in effect, are the new majority. There are major responsibilities attached to this decision to forge such an [Read More]
Color of Change: Stop Discriminatory Sentencing
Every year, thousands of people are put away for long prison terms because of arcane and racist sentencing laws. They punish people caught with crack cocaine — who are often Black and poor — 100 times more harshly than those caught with powder cocaine. These laws have [Read More]
Call to action: NY Post: This is not funny – Color of Change.org
Yesterday, the day after President Obama signed the stimulus bill, his first major piece of legislation, the New York Post ran a cartoon depicting the bill’s author as a dead monkey, covered in blood after being shot by police. In the face of intense criticism, The [Read More]
After Obama’s win, white backlash festers in US
The election of America’s first black president has triggered more than 200 hate-related incidents. “To a lot of people, the idea of secession doesn’t seem so crazy anymore,” says Tuggle. “People are talking about how left out they feel, [Read More]
ATF disrupts skinhead plot to assassinate Obama
Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday. read more | digg story [Read More]
Families of the Victims Tortured by Chicago Detectives Rejoice at First Arrest
A 25-year fight to bring Jon Burge and police who systematically tortured black men to justice makes a critical breakthrough. At the head of Chicago’s police torture ring was Jon Burge, a decorated Vietnam veteran who once made his name for himself as a young cop on [Read More]
