Houston Despite dire predictions of more rain for Houston, the First Annual Tejas Xicana/o Moratorium gathered at Eastwood Park on the morning of July 27. The drizzle stopped. Brown Beret activist Willie Rodriguez stated: “The Xicana/o Moratorium is not just a commemoration of a past historical event but a statewide . . .
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When tens of thousands of people demonstrated against Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on July 24, the day he spoke to Congress, a strong labor contingent was part of the march. Six unions — Association of Flight Attendants, American Postal Workers Union (APWU), International Union of Painters, United Auto Workers (UAW), . . .
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Houstonians gathered at City Hall on July 28 to condemn the vicious murder of African American Sonya Massey in Springfield, Illinois, on July 6. Massey was shot in her face by a white sheriff, who has been charged with murder. The video of the killing is damning and very hard . . .
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By Mumia Abu-Jamal Note: This is a lightly edited commentary that first appeared on PrisonRadio.org. What happens in our minds when something quite unusual happens, like when an assassination attempt occurs? I don’t know, but invariably my mind turns to a movie such as the Danny Trejo film “Machete,” where . . .
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