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Political Prisoners' Rights Activist Visits Twin Cities from Palestine

Submitted by katrina plotz on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 00:02
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This week nearly 70 people packed into a classroom at the University of MN to hear a presentation from Ala Jaradat, the program manager for Addameer, a Palestinian prisoner support and human rights organization in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Jaradat was in the Twin Cities for 2 days as part of a national speaking tour to raise awareness about the plight of political prisoners in Palestine, and the specific practice of administrative detention where Palestinian detainees can be held indefinitely without charge or trial. 
 
Over 750,000 Palestinians have been arrested by the Israeli government since 1967. Of the 3.8 million Palestinians currently living in the occupied territories, nearly 35% of them have been arrested by Israeli officials at least once. Since the majority of those arrested are males, it’s estimated that 70% of Palestinian men have been held prisoner by Israeli security forces at some point in their lives.

Minneapolis Activist and Artist Falsely Jailed! Support AC!

Submitted by Support Raymond Merchant on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 02:48
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Please help get a Twin Cities artist and activist out of jail!

Our friend, Raymond Merchant, aka AC, father of two, Hip Hop artist, and
community organizer in Minneapolis was recently wrongly arrested in
relation to a robbery in South Minneapolis to which he was no party.
Missing for several days, friends became worried when Raymond failed to
arrive to a show he was scheduled to perform at. After contacting his
family, it was confirmed he had been abducted by police just blocks from
his home while out for a walk.

Noam Chomsky on the Cuban 5

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 19:53
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Chomsky was interviwed by Radio Havana Cuba on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the arbitrary arrest and detention in Miami of Cubans Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Hernandez, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez, who after a legally flawed trial in Miami District Court, are incarcerated in US prisons for infiltrating anti-Cuba Miami based groups of terrorists with the aim of defending Cuba against US based terrorism. As Professor Chomsky says in this interview "They weren't criminals. They were heroes".

Leonard Peltier is up for parole--support needed urgently

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 12:28
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Grassroots support seen as key to July 28 Peltier parole hearing
 
Leonard Peltier, America’s most prominent political prisoner and a symbol of indigenous resistance, is up for parole this month. Having served more than three decades in prisons, Peltier is subject to mandatory Parole Commission regulations stipulating that federal prisoners are presumed eligible for parole after 30 years, at least in the absence of severe prison infractions or threats to reoffend.
 

Government's response to AETA4 Motion to Dismiss

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 17:41
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On June 16, the government filed their response to the motion to dismiss the AETA4 case.  Defense attorneys, along with the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the Civil Liberties Defense Center filed the motion to dismiss on May 22, attacking the constitutionality of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, which criminalizes animal rights activism as terrorism.

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Government Reply to Dismissal Motion

“Little Guantanamo”: Exposing the CMU by Daniel McGowan

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 21:07
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“Little Guantanamo” Exposing the CMU by Daniel McGowan, Spring 2009

Support Marie Mason: Fight the Greenscare

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 12:49
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New Marie Mason/Green Scare zine out now

The New Marie Mason Zine has information on Marie, her case, and the greenscare, with excerpts from Between Orwell and McCarthy: The Crucifixion of Marie Mason by Henry Reed and Marie’s statement at sentencing.  It also contains some of her poems and drawings.

Color cover version:

Fri.April 10,11am KFAI Radio: RAMONA AFRICA

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:31
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04/10/2009 11:00


"Catalyst:politics & culture: host/producer Lydia Howell
90.3fm Mpls/106,7fm St.Paul All shows live-streaming& archived for 2
weeks after broadcast at "Catalyst" page at: http://www.kfai.org

Hear a conversation with lifelong activist RAMONA AFRICA, of the MOVE
organization of Philadelphia who will be in the Twin Cities APRIL 18-19
(see EVENT info below). She is most known for her work on the
international defesne committee to free Pennsylvania death row dissident

Prison Reform Project Hosts: Ramona Africa of MOVE at Hamline Law School

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 16:22
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04/18/2009 11:15

The NLG midwest regional conference & Hamline Law School's PRISON REFORM PROJECT present:

RAMONA AFRICA AT HAMLINE LAW SCHOOL: Speaking on the legal battle of the MOVE 9, the upcoming MOVE 9 parole hearings, the MOVE organization, Political Prisoners in America and the American Prison System.

LOCATION:

GeoClan.com interview about Journalists for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 20:32
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An Interview with Hans Bennett

 

Interview by Clayton Ruley

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