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Apr 28 2012
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11th Annual Cesar E. Chavez - "Si Se Puede" March |
Austin, Texas - Saturday March 31, 2012: In order to celebrate and recognize the role of Cesar E. Chavez as a civil rights, farm worker & labor leader, a diversity of organizations and community members participated in the 11th Annual "Si Se Puede" Unity March. The Unity March also commemorated the 50th anniversary of the United Farm Workers Union. The event was organized by PODER - People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources. This video by Rene Renteria Photography highlights speaker excerpts from:
* Honorable Gonzalo Barrientos
* Mike Martinez - Austin City Councilman
* Margaret Gomez - Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 4
* Anita Quintanilla - Organizer for Cesar Chavez
Read More Here | Watch Video (on Youtube) | Related: Activism in the Tradition of Cesar Chavez
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Mar 30 2012
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Alice Walker & Frances Goldin on the Life of Legendary Poet Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) |
Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage.The legendary poet, essayist and feminist Adrienne Rich died on March 27, 2012, at the age of 82 in her Santa Cruz, California home. Rich was one of the most celebrated poets of the last half-century and a lifelong advocate for women, gay and lesbian rights, peace and racial justice. Rich drew widespread acclaim for her many volumes of poetry and prose, which brought the oppression of women and lesbians into the public spotlight.
Adrienne Rich was a key figure in the women’s movement and an uncompromising critic of the powerful. Rich won numerous awards and honors, including the National Book Award for the 1973 collection Diving into the Wreck. Refusing to accept the award alone, she appeared onstage with poets Audre Lorde and Alice Walker, and the three accepted the award on behalf of all women. READ MORE: Alice Walker & Frances Goldin on the Life of Legendary Poet Adrienne Rich
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Mar 24 2012
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Thousands flood Union Square to demand justice for Trayvon Martin; Police Clash with Protesters |
March 22, 2012, NYC — Occupiers turned out in force last night in response to a call from Occupy The Hood. Their message was to protest racist brutality and to demand justice for Trayvon Martin, a Florida boy who was killed last month by George Zimmerman, a "self-apppointed neighborhood watch leader" with a history of racist behavior. Martin's murder has yet to be prosecuted by local authorities.After last night's rally, Occupiers were dispersed by police into three marches, while hundreds stayed in the Square to chant and speakout for hours. "I am Trayvon Martin!" and "Who's Next?" were some of the chants. Police closed the subway station around 8:30pm, saying they had found a "suspicious package", and later barricaded and evicted the protesters for the second night in a row. Read More & Roundup | Photo from "I Am Trayvon Martin" Rally in DC | Reports from Bay Area Solidarity Rallies
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Mar 19 2012
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Scott Crow at Monkeywrench Books: "Black Flags and Windmills" |
Scott Crow talks about his new book "Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective" at Monkeywrench Books on February 12, 2012. The video is a long version of an Austin Indymedia show produced for Channel Austin in February 2012.
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Mar 12 2012
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The Deplorable, County-made, Reality of Burials Without Dignity |
Oatka Cemetery—the Monroe County cemetery for the poor and homeless—is about 15 miles from downtown Rochester, NY. Three of us took a drive down Scottsville Road past the airport, past R.I.T., into the country, and finally through the Village of Scottsville to a small cemetery known as a “potter's field.”
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Feb 25 2012
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"Sissy ni watumishi wa community / We are servants of the community" — Nyagah wa Kamau / Stephen Nyash, RIP |
Kenya Indymedia has reported that on Tuesday, February 21, radio journalist and organizer Stephen Nyash was shot dead in the Korogocho ghetto of Nairobi, where he had lived and worked for most of his life. Korogocho is the third largest slum in the world [1]. At writing, the motive for his murder is not clear.Nyash was one of the founders of KOCH FM [2], a close partner of Kenya Indymedia. He was also a leader in "Koch Hope" and "Ghetto Films," which worked to empower the slumdwellers of Korogocho. He brought this wealth of experience to the fourth IMC-Africa Convergence in Senegal last March as a representative of Kenya Indymedia. He was also integral in organizing a "Conference of People" held in Korogocho to coincide with the Conference of Parties (COP-17) gathering on climate change. Fellow organizer John Bwakali writes, "From the moment that he knew about Kenya Indymedia, Nyash became not just an active participant but fellow leader of the movement… Upon return [from Senegal], he immersed himself into the vision and work of Kenya Indymedia." Read John's Full Reflection HERE [3] and his audio interview with Nyash [4] on the fight against State injustices.
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Jan 02 2012
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New Year Remembrances |
Remembering those whose courage, suffering and sacrifice has awakened our consciousness and propelled us to work for transformation.December 17, 2011 — One year ago today, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in response to his mistreatment by the Tunisian police, setting off a chain reaction worldwide. Let no one forget that the wave of uprisings still sweeping the globe did not simply spring from the hard work of activists, however long some labored to pave the way. It did not begin with people setting out to better themselves or the world. It began with the ultimate gesture of despair and self-destruction. [Read More | Pictured: Tunisian Government Stamp depicting Mohamed Bouazizi]
December 29, 2011 — Today marks the thirteen-year anniversary of the police murder of Tyisha Miller, a nineteen-year-old African-American woman shot by the police department [in Riverside, CA]. The murder caused an outcry, particularly among the city's black community, and led to some of the most militant and long-reaching organizaing the region had seen in years, including a shutdown of the 91 freeway and the establishment of numerous bureaucratic apparatuses put in place to prevent such tragedies. [Read More]
December 31, 2011 — I learned from William Singletary's wife, Jeannette, that he died this morning. Bill was a courageous man who lived fighting to make the truth known — that Mumia [Abu-Jamal] is innocent in the shooting death of police officer Daniel Faulkner. For that Bill suffered severe personal and financial consequences. I've known Bill since June 1990 when he came forward with his eyewitness testimony for Mumia and as a witness at the PCRA hearing in 1995, when I was co-counsel for Mumia. [Read More]
Related Coverage: Sean Bell Case is Not Over | Oscar Grant: Gone But Not Forgotten | from Rafu Shimpo: Civil Rights Icon Gordon Hirabayashi Dies at 93 | from Facing South: Top 5 of 2011 - #3: The fight to save Troy Davis | from AllHipHop.com: 2011 Playback: The Year In Memoriam
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Dec 31 2011
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Oscar Grant: Gone But Not Forgotten |
In a call-out for a march from 14th Street & Broadway to a rally at the Fruitvale BART station on January 1st, 2012, organizers write: "The movement that touched ground in January 2009 — the organizing to address police terrorism — laid the ground work for the movement against the 1% here in Oakland. The polarizing disparity of wealth and the numerous police killings in our communities are inextricably linked. To unravel a system that forecloses homes, pushes our families into poverty and criminalizes our youth while gentrifying our neighborhoods, we need to not only address a system based on greed but a system that needs police brutality to survive and thrive through state terror. On this 3rd anniversary of Oscar's murder, lets take to the streets to show that Oscar Grant is gone but not forgotten. Oscar lives on in the memories of his family and friends and in our resistance to the police." Read MoreRelated: Sean Bell Case is Not Over | Remembering Mohamed Bouazizi
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Dec 29 2011
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Frantz Fanon Fifty Year Years Later |
A South African militant reflects on Frantz Fanon
Fifty years after Fanon’s death in Bethesda, Maryland new generations of young people encounter his books with electric excitement.
Re-posted from NYC.Indymedia.org | More from Richard Pithouse: video | syllabus
Fifty years after Fanon’s death in Bethesda, Maryland new generations of young people encounter his books with electric excitement.
Re-posted from NYC.Indymedia.org | More from Richard Pithouse: video | syllabus
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Dec 04 2011
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Georgia, America and the World loses Martina Correia |
On Thursday, December 1st, 2011, Human Rights Activist Martina Davis-Correia lost her hard faught battle with breast cancer. She was 44. Martina was the sister of death row inmate Troy Davis, for whom she waged a twenty year battle to save his life and exonerate him from prison. Troy was executed by the state of Georgia on September 21st. Martina was able to turn a local issue into a global movement to save her brother's life and focus the worlds attention on the Death Penalty in America. Both Troy and Martina mantained their claim of Troys innocence to the end, both with resolve and grace. VIDEO | READ MORE
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Dec 01 2011
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Austin Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil |
The International Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil was held at City Hall on November 20, 2011. The event remembers people who have been murdered due to anti-transgender prejudice. The event honors those who have been killed and raises public awareness of hate crimes. More information about the event can be found at transgenderdor.org and through the Transgender Education Network of Texas at transtexas.org.Photo: The Theraphy Sisters perform "Color Esperanza/Color of Hope" by Lopez/Sorokin/Torres
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Nov 29 2011
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video/photos-Native American Day Of Mourning-Thanksgiving Day 2011 |
The 42nd annual National Native American Day of Mourning took place in Plymouth, Mass. on "Thanks-taking" Day. Several hundred protesters from across the Americas participated; listening to Native speakers about the plight of Native peoples, then marching through downtown Plymouth.Plymouth being the supposed location of the first "Thanksgiving" in the 1620s. Read More & Photos | Video | More PhotosRelated: 10th Annual Black Friday Demonstration to Protest Desecration of Sacred Ohlone Shellmounds
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Oct 26 2011
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Troy Davis Park is seized; re-occupation planned soon |
When Mayor Kasim Reed revoked his executive to allow occupants to stay in Troy Davis Park (formerly known as Woodruff Park) until November 7th on Monday, many remained skeptical that there would eviction efforts made any time soon. Their skepticism was ostensibly validated when, after a night of intense police presence alongside a small and fairly passive crowed, nothing happened.
That skepticism began to dissolve tonight around 9pm. The police presence grew enormously, the park was re-barricaded, and warnings of imminent eviction sounded through the P.A. system. When police stationed on horses came and blocked off the north side of Peachtree St., it became clear to everyone that this was more than another round of cautionary muscle-flexing: this was the night.
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Oct 18 2011
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Celebrate the Life and Work of Milton Rogovin with his son, Mark Rogovin |
On Friday October 21, 2011 at 7:30pm the Flying Squirrel and Rochester Indy Media will host an evening to celebrate the life and work of Milton Rogovin with his son Mark Rogovin.
The evening will include the screening of the film "The Rich Have Their Own Photographers" followed by a chance for a discussion and Q & A's with Mark Rogovin.
In 1957, Milton Rogovin was declared “The Top Communist in Buffalo”. In reality, he was an optometrist active registering Black voters. Refusing to be silenced, he found a new political voice, a camera.
Through his photographs, Rogovin depicts the extreme inequalities that exist and conveys that message through beautiful works of art. But for Rogovin, his prints are his protests, his only concern is the continuing fight for social justice.
Link: Milton Rogovin: Social Documentary Photographer
The evening will include the screening of the film "The Rich Have Their Own Photographers" followed by a chance for a discussion and Q & A's with Mark Rogovin.
In 1957, Milton Rogovin was declared “The Top Communist in Buffalo”. In reality, he was an optometrist active registering Black voters. Refusing to be silenced, he found a new political voice, a camera.
Through his photographs, Rogovin depicts the extreme inequalities that exist and conveys that message through beautiful works of art. But for Rogovin, his prints are his protests, his only concern is the continuing fight for social justice.
Link: Milton Rogovin: Social Documentary Photographer
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Oct 02 2011
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Rest In Power! Troy Davis Memorial Rally: Washington, D.C. |
The DC Day of Remembrance for Troy Davis was held today and was described as “an organic, emerging grassroots collective comprised of activists and citizens opposed to the execution of Troy Davis and opposed to the death penalty. We see the death penalty as representative of the much greater problems of the criminal injustice system, including political prisoners who have been incarcerated in an effort to quell dissent… “ Related: Casket laid at the White House to protest Obama's role in Troy Davis execution