The Jena Generation --An interview with Jordan Flaherty (tags)
If this city is going to recover, the first step is getting out the truth that New Orleans is not okay. Most of the country believes either that New Orleans has been rebuilt, or that, if not, it’s because people here are lazy and/or corrupt and wasted the nation’s generous assistance. But New Orleans is still a city in crisis. The oft-promised aid, whether from FEMA or various federal and private agencies, has not arrived.
Protest to Free the Jena 6 (tags)
“What we’re dealing with is not just a group of red necks who are going around hanging nooses from trees, we’re dealing with a system. We need a revolution, no voting, no waiting around. . . . We need to resist! Resist! Resist! We need to resist every day. We need to start acting like we’re in Nazi Germany. . . ." -- Toni
Young woman provides new leadership to African liberation struggle (tags)
Ivory Muhammad, President of Uhuru black rights organization will speak at African People’s Solidarity Day events in Oakland; says police brutality, discriminatory prison rates, the Jena 6 show that African people in the U.S. are still not free
Sept. 20: Protests Around the Country in Support of the Jena 6 (tags)
Watts, Los Angeles Locke High School Students Walk Out in Support of the Jena 6
Free the Jena Six, Stop the War on African People (tags)
This last week, thousands of people converged on the small town of Jena, Louisiana to show support for the six African teenagers who face felony charges following a series of attacks by a hostile white school and criminal justice system.
LA INDY DOESN'T THINK ITS IMPORTANT TO PUT THE JENA 6 ON THE FRONT PAGE. HERE IS A LINK TO AN ARTICLE ON THE JENA 6 POSTED ON THE NYC INDY SITE.
FREE The Jena 6 Rally TODAY 4pm-7pm in Leimert Park (tags)
FREE The Jena 6 Rally TODAY Thursday 09.20.07 4pm-7pm in Leimert Park (Crenshaw/43rd St .) Los Angeles, CA 90008
Small Town Love? (Not So) (tags)
Small towns are where people that have certain commonalities and are prefered over other other min