Thursday March 18, 2010
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Community members speak out on the University of Florida campus
(Allan Brooks)
Gainesville students protest police shooting
Gainesville, FL - Over 400 angry protesters - a coalition of students, local residents and university professors - rallied and marched to protest the racist police shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong.
PFLP comments on Israeli settlements, negotiations and role of the U.S.
Palestine - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemned negotiations of any shape or form with the occupier, saying that what is needed for the Palestinian people is action, not words with the...
Chicago mobilizes for immigrant rights - next step March 21 in Washington D.C.
Chicago, IL - Over 1000 young, undocumented immigrants and supporters gathered at Union Park here, March 10, followed by a march to “come out of the shadows.”
Drivers licenses for immigrants passes first legislative hurdle
St. Paul, MN - On March 10, a bill that would allow immigrants to get drivers licenses in Minnesota passed its first hurdle in a key vote. By a vote of 8-5-1, the "drivers license for all" bill, HF1718,...
Colombian activist Liliany Obando's trial postponed again
Colombia - The jailing and repeated postponement of trials of Liliany "Lily" Obando tells the story of a powerful woman. She is dealing firsthand with the extreme repression facing many Colombians who...
“Stop threatening education rights protesters”
Milwaukee, WI - On March 11, over 70 students, professors and teachers assistants picketed outside the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee chancellor’s office, as several organizers met inside with the chancellor to...
UC Berkeley Black Student Union protestors
Education Struggle Heats Up
As the March 4 Day of Action draws closer, campuses across California are getting restless. The latest series of struggles began Feb. 24, on the...
Hundreds of students, campus workers, and their supporters filled the hallways
Photos from UCLA education rights protest
Taking action on March 4, hundreds of students, campus workers, and their supporters filled the hallways outside the chancellor's office, in...
March 4 protest at UCLA
Campuses rocked by education rights protests March 4
Thousands of students, workers and faculty at over 100 campuses in at least 39 states participated in a national day of action March 4.
Protestors on Edmund Pettus bridge
1965 Bloody Sunday March commemorated in Selma
Thousands gathered here, Sunday, March 7, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the 1965 Bloody Sunday civil rights march