Reportedly over 130 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have entered the 100th day of the hunger strike protesting their INFINITE detention. The US Government has denied and underplayed the hunger strike which began on February 6th, 2013, after cells were stripped and Qu’rans were searched following a fight with the guards. “The 166 prisoners have been [...] Continue reading → 
Although described by the media as a race riot, on April 29th, 1992 the LA Rebellion and poor of all races opened up a new stage for the American Revolution, which took the National Guard, Army, and Police to bring to a halt. The residents actions brought to life Marx’s words as they Expropriated the [...] Continue reading → 
by JoNina Ervin, Acting Chair, Memphis Black Autonomy Federation A Defeat For Mayor A C Wharton The most significant outcome of Saturday’s demonstration was that at least 1,200 people (according to estimates by local mainstream news media), the majority of them Memphis residents, defied Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and came downtown in pouring rain [...] Continue reading → 
Dec. 13th, Joliet, IL Warning us not fall for attempts to pit black, white, and latino workers against each other, Pastor Craig Purchase proclaimed “We’re black, brown and white, and we’re all in this together, “ to a cheering crowd of over 300 residents gathered for a community meeting at Our Lady of Mount Carmel [...] Continue reading → 
by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin To grasp what happened at the March 30, 2013 Klan demonstration, you need to understand what led up to everything. The Klan said it came to Memphis to protest the renaming of the racist Memphis Confederate Parks system. Of course, all police preparations and media reporting claimed that the cops “had” to [...] Continue reading → 
by Chris Burkhardt It’s not cool. It’s trespassing, and that is breaking the rules. Cool people make the rules. They don’t break the rules. And if those kids want you to break the rules then they’re not really your friends. — Leslie Knope Parks and Recreation Municipalities are in recent decades increasingly responding to [...] Continue reading → 
The city of Memphis decided to rename a park where the first “grand wizard” of the KKK, Nathan Bedford Forrest, is buried. In an attempt to get the park renamed after their hero, Klan members plan to protest in Memphis “bringing thousands.” Meanwhile, residents of Memphis have been organizing a counter-demonstration against the Klan, but the city [...] Continue reading → 