January 5, 1946 - May 25, 2026 Dorothy Kathleen Herrera Settlage of Los Angeles, California, passed away unexpectedly on May 25, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Los Angeles on January 5, 1946, Dorothy grew up in Visalia and Bakersfield. She earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from UCLA and went on to earn her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the People’s College of Law in 1986. She was a probation [...]
© by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/michael-parenti-presente/ Michael Parenti was a wonderful writer, for his work was peppered with wit, insight, and a deep well of learning. Years ago, I received one of his books, that I found particularly interesting, on the Roman Empire. His thinking was original, and ground-breaking. It made you think of Rome and its Empire in a brand-new way. I got a letter from Michael, and he remarked that he [...]
El Libro No Murió: In Memory of Dr. Rodolfo “Rudy” Acuña, 1932–2026 https://threesonorans.substack.com/p/dr-rudy-acuna-father-of-chicano-studies Somewhere in a Tucson storage facility in January 2012, a copy of Occupied America sat in a cardboard box — put there by bureaucrats afraid of what a history book might do to Brown children. Today, the man who wrote it is gone. But Dr. Jessica Bernal-Mejía — a girl who was once told by a school counselor she [...]
Harrison Weil passed on March 1, 2026 at the age of 82. He was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Alhambra. After he graduated from Alhambra High School, he went on to earn a B.S. in Sociology from Stanford University. He returned to Stanford a little later to earn both his Masters and PhD in Sociology. After teaching Sociology at a Midwestern university, he went on to the East Coast [...]
US anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist academic (1933-Jan. 24 2026 ) by Bella De Soto Michael Parenti was a political scientist, historian and cultural critic who wrote for scholarly and popular publication. He taught at universities and ran for political office. He was well known for his Marxist writings and lectures. In the 2000s, he became embroiled in controversy when he asserted that Serbia's war crimes in the former Yugoslavia had been exaggerated in [...]
© 10/10/25 by Mumia Abu Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/assata-returns-to-the-ancestors/ Her name, Assata Shakur, has become an iconic symbol of Black revolutionary resistance to the white nation and American Empire. Shot, beaten and threatened with death, Assata lived up to the meaning of her name: “She who struggles.” Born Joanne Deborah Byron on July 16, 1947, in Queens, N.Y., she came of age during the tumultuous 1960s, when young Black people joined movements and organizations [...]
Theodore (Ted) Hajjar was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend, and mentor to many. He was also an educator and peace activist, with a passionate and unwavering commitment to justice. Ted died May 30th of gastric cancer. He was 82. CSPG’s featured poster promoted November 15, 1969, date of the huge Moratorium against the Viet Nam War—over 500,000 protested in Washington, DC and over 250,000 in San Francisco. The San Francisco march [...]
We here at Change Links learned belatedly last month of the passing of our crew member and comrade Jeffrey Hirsch. Jeffrey was the artist and activist who contributed the "Y. B. Normal" editorial cartoons that have appeared monthly in Change Links for many years. He would've been 81 had he lived until his birthday in February, but his housemates found that he had passed peacefully in his sleep from coronary artery disease [...]
John Martin Bachar Jr., a man of intellect, passion, and enduring spirit, passed away on December 6, 2024, at the age of 96. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 21, 1928, he was the eldest son of John and Christine Bachar, whose roots traced back to Slovakia. John’s life was marked by a rare combination of academic brilliance, athletic prowess, and a deep commitment to social and political causes. He attended Steinmetz [...]
As you know, Earth lost a star, and Heaven gained an angel...Sally Marr passed on October 5th in Ecuador. She co-created Compassion Kitchen. Sally toiled daily for sustenance for those much less fortunate! The Cosmos, however, have placed her for us as an Angel / Avatar. To honor her legacy, enjoy some photos of her favorite moments on the street, sharing, where she felt happiest, to be privileged and able to [...]
© 2024 by Mumia Abu-Jamal Her name was Bariki Hall Shabazz, but I knew her as “Maestra,” my music teacher. Her community knew her as “Sister Bariki” or “Mama Bariki,” a Black woman who, as the old saying goes, was truly Black on both sides. She lived her Blackness by joining and supporting a wealth of Black organizations. She was a self-described “foot soldier” at the now-famous National Black Political Convention [...]
