Filipino Farmers to Aquino: Make Land Reform a Development Priority (tags)
Philippines, March 2014 -- With less than four months remaining before the upcoming “death” of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)’s land distribution component on June 30 2014, 300 farmers from the Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA) today trooped to Malacanang, calling for a drastic acceleration and overhaul of the implementation of the land reform effort.
Solidarity to Sara Jane Olson from RNC Welcoming Committee and Arise! in the Twin Cities (tags)
The RNC Welcoming Committee and the Arise! Books and Resources Collective would like to extend their sympathies and solidarity to former St. Paul resident Sara Jane Olson and her family. While some call into question the actions of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the only way to avoid criticism is to remain silent, and so we find the words and actions of the SLA inspirational. The everyday violence of the state, of which the murder of several SLA members was only a part, is immense. Sara Jane Olson spent and continues to spend her life in accordance with her conscience, bravely resisting systems of oppression. We regard her a hero and history will as well.
Sara Olson (SLA) Re-Arrested (tags)
Sara Olson EX-SLA Member Re-Arrested
"Our Military is Being Treated as Human Fodder" - Mother of Soldier (tags)
Police in Eugene, Oregon have arrested 21-year-old Army Specialist Suzanne Swift for refusing to return to fight in Iraq. Swift served in Iraq for a year but decided she could not return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq. We speak with her mother, Sara Rich.
URGENT! World Can't Wait--High School student suspended for organizing (tags)
High School students organizing to Drive Out Bush! at Reseda High suspended!
Protest Against Racist Attacks In Workplace (tags)
A protest is being organized against racist attacks on workers in San Francisco. There is a national epidemic of racist incidents in the workplace.
The Punishment of Sara Jane Olson (tags)
Today in the current post 9-11 climate of "anti-terrorist" hysteria and repression, the authorities are determined to make an example of Sara Jane Olson and lock her up for the rest of her life. Faced with possible life in prison, Sara Jane Olson has refused to renounce the radical politics of the '60s.
Sara Jane Olson Asks for Guilty Plea to be Withdrawn (tags)
From the AP. Many twists and turns in this story; which, perhaps, should come as no surprise given the labyrinthian structure (and now increasingly Kafkaesque nature) of the US court system. However, Sara Jane Olson is going to make a stand and fight the charges against her -- even in this frightening political climate.