Yesterday at 110th Street and Fredrick Douglas Blvd in Harlem a small crowd of approximately 30 people gathered at 3pm for a rally to show support for Ramsey Orta who has recently been released from Riker’s Island on Bail
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Photos from #ShutDownA14 at Brooklyn Bridge
AS many as 14 or so were arrested on the Brooklyn side. Some, myself included, avoided arrest by climbing the 10 or so feet up to the footpath from the roadway.
Mark Passio at Free Your Mind Conference
I attended the FREE YOUR MIND 2015 Conference this weekend which highlights great speakers and discussions. I am going to focus on one of them, Mark Passio.
Over 200 at NYC Protest to End Broken Windows
At least 200 activists and marchers took to the NYC streets this Good Friday chanting before a rally took place in front of Police Plaza and City Hall
The People’s Resurrection! Easter Sunday NYC
We plead with all institutions, groups, and people of conscience to join us, for the Easter Sunday NYC afternoon National Day of mass direct action against racist state violence
Photos: The D.A. Versus Ramsey Orta in Court
Timed moved slowly this morning at the Richmond County Supreme Court when activists, family and supporters waited in the second floor courtroom for the Ramsey Orta proceeding that was scheduled for 9am
PHOTOS: Rally at the White House to Stop Endless Wars
It was the 12th anniversary of Shock & Awe, the U. S. attack on Iraq on Saturday the 21st of March but, it’s been 24 years since the U.S. has been dropping bombs on the country of Iraq
Lessons About Organizing From a Prisoner
Criminalizing someone like Hasan who came from a challenging background, abuse and poverty instead of giving people like him the help they need is a clear sign that the system we live in is completely inhumane
IRS Whistleblower Joe Banister: Health is Criminal
Joe Banister, the famous former IRS agent turned whistleblower, was one of the guests on my radio show Tuesday evening on Awake Radio along with Marcy Brooks, the juror in the case of Whitey Harrell as depicted in Aaron Russo’s documentary, “America: Freedom to Fascism”
Harlem Rally for Jailed Eric Garner Cameraman
A small crowd of around 15 people were at 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell in Harlem at 1pm today for a last minute rally and press conference for Ramsey Orta, 22, the man who filmed NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo placing an illegal, fatal chokehold on unarmed Eric Garner