Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! (DN!) interviews Mumia Abu-Jamal from Death Row a week after his plea for a new trial was rejected. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘prison’
Mumia Abu-Jamal: Without Struggle, There Is Nothing (Video)
Posted: 17 April 2009 by Editors in National News, Political ScienceTags: activism, appeal, criminal justice, Death Penalty, fascism, jailhouse lawyers, law, lawyers, liberty, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Newspeak, Obama, prison, racism, trial, US
Racist Abuse of Pennsylvania Prisoners: “The Other Inauguration Celebration”
Posted: 17 March 2009 by Editors in National NewsTags: abuse, Camp Hill, fascism, guards, HRC, human rights, liberty, Obama, Pennsyvania, prison, racism, US
Infoshop: For millions of people, both in America and abroad, the inauguration of a Black person as President of the United States was a moment of transcendent history, one of meaning and significance that suggests real change in a nation that has long labored under its racist history. (more…)
Transparency on Bagram Detentions Needed from Obama Administration
Posted: 10 March 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, Amnesty International, Bagram, detainees, fascism, Gates, George Bush, Gitmo, human rights, international law, Iraq, Middle East, Newspeak, Obama, prison, terrorism, UK, UN, US, War
Amnesty Int’l calls for Obama administration to abide a court ruling in providing more public information on ‘the other Guantanamo’. (more…)
US Drug Arrests Skewed by Race
Posted: 4 March 2009 by Editors in National News, Political ScienceTags: cocaine, crack, drug war, fascism, HRW, law, libertarian, marijuana, prison, race, US
9/11 is the Wrong Case to Try
Posted: 1 March 2009 by Stefan Molyneux in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: 9/11, 9/11 truth, Alex Jones, anarchism, anti-Statism, conspiracy theory, dictators, foreign policy, genocide, George Bush, human rights, international law, Iran, Iraq, Latin America, Middle East, military, Nicaragua, objectivism, prison, terrorism, UN, US, Vietnam, War, war crimes
Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, on the prosecution of state crimes, in particular 9/11. (more…)
The ‘Other Guantanamo’
Posted: 21 February 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International AffairsTags: ACLU, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Amnesty International, Angela Birt, Bagram, Cuba, detainees, Dilawar, fascism, Frakt, George Bush, Gitmo, habeas corpus, HRW, human rights, international law, Middle East, Mohammed Jawad, Obaidullah, Obama, prison, terrorism, torture, US, War
A US detention center in Afghanistan receives a large boost in funding shortly after the president signs an order to shut down Gitmo — Bagram Air Base a.k.a. “The Other Guantanamo”. (more…)