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Justice Deferred is Justice Denied

Mumia Denied a New Trial, Appeal in the Works By Noelle Hanrahan, prisonradio.org On October 26, 2022, a proposed order denying Mumia Abu-Jamal’s constitutional claims of jury bias and suppressed evidence was issued by Common Pleas court Judge Lucretia Clemons. Abu-Jamal’s defense petition had included newly discovered evidence buried in the prosecutor’s own files.  This evidence documented key witnesses receiving promises of money for their testimony and evidence of favorable treatment in [...]

By |2022-11-06T15:28:39-05:00November 6th, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Constitution, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Movements, Noelle Hanrahan, Police, Politics, Prisons, Protests and Rallies|0 Comments
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Critical Race Theory and LA City Council Racism

Critical Race Theory is for the Children By Alicia Vargas The people of Los Ángeles have spoken— they expect three city council resignations. One down… When former L.A. City council member and president Nury Martínez had the audacity to believe stepping down from her role as city council President would provide sufficient absolution from her racist wrongdoings, the people of Los Ángeles got louder. And most of these Angelenos that are now [...]

By |2022-11-06T15:26:16-05:00November 6th, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, California, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Commentary, Elections, Indigenous Nations, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, News|0 Comments
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Taste of Soul Came Back to Crenshaw

Taste of Soul LA 2022 by Nia Asante Where else can one find all in one place skate boarders and grandmothers; toddlers and teachers; ball players and bakers; concert goers and church members; ministers and musicians and oh yeah, THE BEST SOUL FOOD IN LA!? No better place does all this come together with some of the most phenomenal family fun. Nowhere else but one of the most legendary streets in the [...]

By |2022-11-06T15:25:31-05:00November 6th, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Calendar, Food, Gentrification/Displacement, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Reviews|0 Comments
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KPFK: Under New Management

and Open to the Community KPFK – Under New Management By Michael Novick, KPFK interim General Manager Change Links has carried many articles with my byline before, but this one is unique. I am writing to you as the new unpaid interim General Manager of KPFK. I was recently appointed to that position by the Pacifica Executive Director, Stephanie Wells. She and the Pacifica National Board determined that there was no money [...]

By |2022-10-03T00:03:57-05:00October 3rd, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Asian-American, Black liberation, California, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Economy, Free Speech, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Public Radio|0 Comments
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Books: No Pasaran! Anti-Fascist Dispatches

No Pasarán! Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis Shane Burley (Editor); Tal Lavin (Foreword); David Renton (Afterword) Publisher: AK Press  https://akpress.org Format: Book Binding: pb Pages: 564 Released: October 25, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781849354820   Now available for preorder. Order your copy now and receive a ¡No Pasarán! enamel pin with your copy. Both will ship as soon as the book is released! ¡No Pasarán! is an anthology of antifascist writing that [...]

By |2022-10-03T00:08:33-05:00October 3rd, 2022|Activism, Anarchism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Book Reviews, Books, COVID-19, Free Speech, Historical, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Labor, LGBTQ+, Movements, Police Brutality, Politics, Prisons, Protests and Rallies, Psy-Ops, Reviews, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Hip-Hop vs. Columbus

Goodbye Columbus A compilation of Rap lyrics exposing the colonial, white supremacist reality of Columbus, compiled by XXL magazine.   “Dig It!” by The Coup “Gunned us, stunned us exploited and they hung us/I'd like to take a moment to say, 'Fuck Columbus!'”   “The Illest” by Immortal Technique, Featuring Jean Grae and Pumpkinhead “My arrival is genocidal like Christopher Columbus” —Immortal Technique   “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)” by Lupe [...]

By |2022-10-03T00:07:40-05:00October 3rd, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Black liberation, Music, Poetry Corner, Police Brutality|0 Comments
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Involuntary Servitude in Prison is Slavery

They Killed ACA3 But Prison Slavery Continues in CA by SF BayView Editor Nube Brown https://sfbayview.com/2022/08/they-killed-aca3-but-slavery-still-lives/ Last month [SF BayView] ran an article about the killing of ACA3, The End Slavery in California Act. To be clear, just because legislators allowed themselves to be strong-armed against their better nature and fear-mongered by the governor to ensure the bill didn’t make it to the floor for a last and final opportunity to [bring [...]

By |2022-08-12T11:31:00-05:00August 12th, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, California, California, Commentary, Democracy, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Justice/Injustice, Movements, News, Politics, Prisons|0 Comments
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What is Black August?

We honor the revolutionaries and political prisoners who have given the ultimate sacrifice for the liberation of Black people. This month we are celebrating Black August by learning and building with our community. https://www.theblkcollective.org/blackaugust Black August is honored every year to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the Black Liberation Movement, to call for the release of political prisoners in the United States, to condemn the oppressive conditions of U.S. prisons, and [...]

By |2022-08-11T00:53:15-05:00August 11th, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Calendar|0 Comments
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Peoples Summit for Democracy 2022

Peoples Summit June 8-10 at LATTC, in the tradition of each Summit of the Americas since the 2005 Mar Del Plata Summit, we, unionists, activists, grassroots organizations and progressive people of the Americas are calling for a People’s Summit to counter the 9th “Summit of the Americas” to be held in the US for the first time, here in Los Angeles, CA. The People’s Summit will host three days of art, music, [...]

By |2022-06-04T23:48:46-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Black liberation, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Democracy, Economy, Films, Health Care, Homelessness, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Movements, Politics, Puerto Rico, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Unions, Unity|0 Comments
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PDF of June 2022 print edition

By |2022-06-03T02:01:44-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Abortion, Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, China, Elections, Europe, Feminism, Free Speech, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Movements, News|0 Comments
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Poetry Corner: How Far?

How Far…?   by Nia Asante   How far back do we roll amerika? How far back do we go?   If we roll back Roe do we go back to whips and chains? Do we go back to chastity belts?   We still have marriages that are arranged. Honor killings and genital mutilation should seem strange!   How far is too far amerika? Do we build you with chain gangs? Is [...]

By |2022-06-06T17:15:25-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Abortion, Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Feminism, Health, Health Care, Historical, Humanism & FreeThought, Movements, Nia Asante, Poetry Corner, Reproductive Rights, Slavery, Women|0 Comments
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Welcome to the Oppressed

A welcome to the oppressed by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/a-welcome-to-the-oppressed/ Dear friends, I greet you all at the People’s Forum in New York City. As we reason and reflect on the plight of Palestine, let us not forget the recent passing of the late and beloved archbishop Desmond Tutu who is remembered today for his fierce critique of the oppression of Palestinians, which he compared to the generations of sufferers in his native [...]

By |2022-06-03T01:50:54-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Events, Historical, Israel and Palestine, Movements, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Palestine, Palestinian, Solidarity|0 Comments
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