Thursday, May 31, 2012

Call to Action: Stop Deporting Community Organizers!

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From our friends at the New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice : “The main reason people don’t stand up for themselves and defend th...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Warning NOPD: Not My Sons! by Tracie Washington

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My friends Richard and Hilda McCline needed a couple of guys to help them move boxes from the American Can to storage. So on Thursday, Ja...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

New Orleans Filmmakers Win Major Award at Cannes Film Festival

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Beasts of the Southern Wild , the remarkable film by a collective of New Orleans filmmakers calling themselves Court 13 , won the Caméra d’...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Official Statement From Women With A Vision After Recent Arson

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This letter and video is reposted from the website of Women With A Vision . You can donate on their site: http://wwav-no.org . Dear friends,...
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Break-in and Arson at Offices of Women With a Vision, Local Organization That Advocates for Poor Women of Color

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UPDATED: See youtube video embedded below featuring Deon Haywood and footage from WWAV office. For the official statement from WWAV, as we...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Another Day in Court for Angola Three Prisoner

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From our friends at the International Coalition to Free the Angola 3 : On Tuesday, May 29th, Albert Woodfox will begin a 3 day hearing tha...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Five Reasons Drone Assassinations Are Illegal, By Bill Quigley

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US civilian and military employees regularly target and fire lethal unmanned drone guided missiles at people across the world. Thousands...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

We Belong Together: Women's Delegation to Georgia, by Williana Washington-Tadlock

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My name is Williana Washington Tadlock and I am a member of STAND. I became a member by getting involved in the BW Cooper campaign to fight ...
Monday, April 30, 2012

New Orleans Workers’ Center Calls on Janet Napolitano to Stop Deporting Labor Organizers and Civil Rights Defenders in the South

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From our friends at the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice: Hundreds at Local Rally Will Call for ICE to Grant Legal Status...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Conviction of Black Mayor Overturned by US Court of Appeals in Case Closely Watched by Civil Rights Activists

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In a 2-1 ruling today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal reversed the conviction of former Waterproof mayor Bobby Higginbotham, and vacat...
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Statement in Response to the First Criminal Indictment from the BP Drilling Disaster

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From a statement by our friends at the Louisiana Bucket Brigade : Today a former BP employee has been indicted . We believe that there are...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Two years on, anger and frustration on the Gulf Coast

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A shorter version of this article appeared today in newspapers around the world through Agence France Presse , the newswire service. Two y...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Another Victory Against Louisiana's Crime Against Nature Statute: Judge Orders Plaintiffs Removed from Sex Offender Registry

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A judge's order yesterday took another step towards ending the harsh legacy of Louisiana's Crime Against Nature Law. Below is a p...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Isabella's Story: A Transgender Person's Story of Survival Inside Louisiana's Prisons

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The letter below came to us from our friends at BreakOUT! . This Thursday night at 9:00pm , the Allways Lounge will host a benefit for Break...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Danziger Sentences Bring Closure, With Controversy, By Jordan Flaherty

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This article originally appeared on the New Orleans Tribune/TribuneTalk website . On Wednesday, five officers were sentenced for firing on u...