Thursday, February 23, 2012

Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement and Occupy 4 Prisoners, By Bill Quigley

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Today US Army Private Bradley Manning is to be formally charged with numerous crimes at Fort Meade, Maryland. Manning, who was nominated...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Message to Occupy Prisons Protests, By Robert King

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The below message, from Robert King , a former New Orleans Black Panther and member of Angola Three , was recently published in the Intern...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Report From Resistance in Alabama to Racist Anti-Immigrant Bill HB56, By Ingrid Chapman

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I arrived in Alabama 2 days before HB 56 went into effect with the original plan of being here for 2 weeks. That turned into 3 months. I ...

What Does Gender Have To Do With Housing? By Shana griffin

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From the Bridge The Gulf website: This article is adapted from my comments on the panel “Laying the Groundwork: Why do we need to unders...
Monday, February 13, 2012

For Volunteers in New Orleans: Principles of Partnership, Collaboration, and the Struggle for Justice

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More than six years after Hurricane Katrina, volunteers are still coming to New Orleans from across the US. We appreciate the solidarity, bu...

How Much is a Black Vote Worth? Who Wants to Buy it? And Who is Willing to Sell? By Parnell Herbert

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On May 10, 1994 former political prisoner Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was elected the first Black President of South Africa. I remember see...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Sentencing in Noose Incident at Louisiana Middle School

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Three men, aged 21 - 25, were sentenced today in an incident in which they sought to intimidate African American children away from attendin...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power, By Bill Quigley

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“Corporations are people, my friend.” - Mitt Romney at Iowa State Fair Corporations are obviously not people. But Romney is accurate in th...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Big Freedia And The Week New Orleans Took Over The World

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Last week, New Orleans rapper Big Freedia made her national television debut on the Jimmy Kimmel Show . Freedia, who has been quickly taking...
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Social Justice Quiz 2012: Thirteen Questions, By Bill Quigley and Sam Schmitt

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Note: See below for quiz answers. Question One. The combined pay of the 299 highest paid CEOs in the US is enough to support how many medi...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Community Profile: Betty Wells Allen

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From our friends at VOTE-NOLA : Some members join VOTE out of a sense of social responsibility or a personal mission. For Betty Wells Allen...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Inside Orleans Parish Prison, By Rosana Cruz

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From the Bridge the Gulf blog : In a letter to the editors of the Times-Picayune this month , New Orleans resident Mona Castillo wrote that...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Possible MLK Day Hate Crime Against Civil Rights Family in Washington Parish

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Family member had been founder of Bogalusa chapter of the Deacons for Defense and Justice The following article was originally published by ...
Monday, January 23, 2012

New Orleans Filmmakers Are Hit of Sundance With Film "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"

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A new film by a collective of filmmakers based in New Orleans has emerged as one of the major success stories at this year's Sundance Fi...

Ten Steps for Radical Revolution in USA, By Bill Quigley

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“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of valu...
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