Hugo Pinell on Hunger Strike

by | Jul 14, 2011 | Criminal Justice

Via Kiilu Nyasha Greetings All: I got a letter today from Yogi Bear, Hugo Antonio Lyons Pinell.  As  most of you know, Yogi has been tortured in the Pelican Bay SHU since  1990 and in other California gulags since the early 1970s.  He began ...

Mumia Abu Jamal

by | Jul 8, 2011 | Criminal Justice

"For the Liberation of Mumia Abu Jamal!"   Note: Following is an interview with Suzanne Ross, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, William E. Bachmann, US Labor activist involved in Mumia's defense, and Omowale...

Kevin Powell needs support

by | Jul 1, 2011 | Criminal Justice

A group called the Friends of Kevin Powell Support Committee is assisting Kevin's family (mom Sandy and brother Peter).  There will be things the community can do down the road but there is an immediate need. This Friday, July 1st Kevin will appear in Judge...

Sundiata Sadiq on Mumia

by | May 16, 2011 | Criminal Justice

PHILADELPHIA IS FRANZ FANON’S “BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS” IN REAL TIME The white ruling class strategy since the end of the ruthless reign of Frank Rizzo, as former chief of police and then mayor of Philadelphia, is to replace white faces with black...

Jalil Muntaqim update

by | Jan 7, 2011 | Criminal Justice

Jalil Muntaqim is a political prisoner being held at Auburn Correctional Facility in NY as a member of the Black Liberation Army and victim of COINTELPRO. Recently denied release on parole for the third time, as well as release by pardon or commutation of sentence,...

The Gutted Writ

by | Jan 7, 2011 | Criminal Justice

The Gutted Writ: On Habeas Corpus Robert Perkinson The Nation January 10, 17, 2011   On a lazy afternoon in February 1961, Wilbert Rideau decided to rob a bank in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Rideau, a smart but impulsive eighth-grade dropout from a violent home, had...