There are few media reports at this time about the alleged police murder of 26-yr-old Amos G. Smith who was shot eight times in the back of the head in early March of this year by Union City, California police officers who claimed he had a gun and pointed it at them.

The two officers involved claim they were pulling over Mr. Smith in a routine traffic stop (Driving While Black?) and that he pointed a gun at them at which point they shot the young man 8 times in the…

William Conder Graduate Research Assistant at Southeastern Oklahoma University has responded to Merle T. Rutledge Jr and others in regards to statements made allegedly by him in regards to the Martinsville, Va Hodge Quilt Controversey!

William Conder Graduate Research Assistant at Southeastern Oklahoma University has responded to Merle T. Rutledge Jr and others in regards to statements made allegedly by him in regards to the Martinsville, Va Hodge Quilt…

Picture below is Will E Conder · Graduate Research Assistant at Southeastern Oklahoma State University direct…

Two NYPD officials involved in separate altercations during chaotic moments of Occupy Wall Street demonstrations won't face criminal charges, officials said Friday.

Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna and Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona were investigated by the…

TONIGHT @ 7PM!

Young Lords & Black Panther Veterans; Jose "Cha-Cha" Jimenez,  Aaron Dixon & Erika Huggins To Speak On Thursday @ Brooklyn's Theatrical Performance Of "PARTY PEOPLE"

Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported on Sunday evening that the autopsy report of detainee Arafat Jardat, who died Saturday at an Israeli interrogation facility, revealed that the detainee died due to extreme torture.

In a joint…

Attorneys for the man convicted of killing 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes have asked a judge for a new trial, arguing that prosecutors made improper statements to the jury and withheld information.

Michael Maurice Johnson was convicted this month of second-degree murder in the death of Barnes, a…

Christopher Dorner‘s mother Nancy is being urged by her family to sue the Los Angeles Police Department over her son’s…

By Aaron Leonard, Truthout | Op-Ed 



The story of 1970s FBI informant Sheila O'Connor provides lessons for today's progressive organizations about infiltration by the state security apparatus.

(Official Notice From Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.)

Apparently the State is not happy with the fact that Chairman Fred Hampton Jr of the P.O.C.C./BPPC is building bridges and doing work in Oakland with like-minded community organizations dedicated to improving life conditions for oppressed, repressed and terrorized citizens in the city of Oakland…

by SAUL LANDAU

Five Cubans fighting terrorism in south Florida have served 14 years of prison, more than enough time for the US public to learn from its media about the horrific injustice done by the US government to these Cuban men. But the media has barely touched the grotesque frame up of Gerarddo Hernandz, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzlaez, Ramon Labanino and Rene Gonzalez, the Cuban Five as they are called. These Cuban intelligence agents volunteered in the 1990s to…

By Matthew Lyons

As some of you may already know, up to 25 people were arrested in San Francisco at an anti-colombus day/ decolonize demonstration. Many of these people are Oakland comrades, including some who you may know have been in contact with in some capacity.



Most people arrested were beaten, and there are still people in jail with multiple injuries. Everyone has serious felonies and will be arraigned on Tuesday or Wednesday, when the bail will…

To whom it may concern and all California Prisoners:

Greetings from the entire PBSP-SHU Short Corridor Hunger Strike Representatives. We are hereby presenting this mutual agreement on behalf of all racial groups here in the PBSP-SHU Corridor. Wherein, we have arrived at a mutual agreement concerning the following points:

1. If we really want to bring about substantive…

Yesterday 9/24/2012, I laugh my way out of court and 2 traffic tickets because of a Virginia State Trooper working in Pittsylvania Country simply being unprepared. One thing that most police know throughout the State of Virginia is that I have never lost a traffic ticket case that I have showed up to defend. Once again, I had to prove the point of never and I mean never ever think you won a case already without having your due diligence in having proper paperwork prepared. I woke up for…

A Toronto police officer sparked an international movement when he allegedly told a group of college students that they should not dress like “sluts” if they want to reduce the risk of being raped. Many women were offended by the comment and have taken to staging “SlutWalk” events in several countries to raise…

Fox News is reporting that  a man who is either a US citizen or an Israeli citizen living in America who supports Israel is behind the film that sparked outrage in Egypt and Libya that so far has resulted in the deaths of four US state department workers. The film was also promoted by the Koran burning…

Right wing propagandist and all around Muslim hater Robert Spencer is angry that the NYPD is shutting down its illegal spy ring that targeted Muslims in several states…

By Tom Burghardt



In a story which should have made front page headlines, Narco News investigative journalist Bill Conroy revealed that “A high-ranking Sinaloa narco-trafficking organization member’s claim that US officials have struck a deal with the leadership…