Local News & Activist Reports

Temple University protest versus anti-Muslim bigots

Protesters far outnumber racist conference-attenders

May 8, 2012

On April 23, racist, anti-Muslim forces held what they titled an “Islamic Apartheid Conference” and were met with a militant counter-protest many times the size of their audience.

May Day marked by protests

30,000 march in NYC; thousands more around U.S.

May 3, 2012

May 1 is celebrated around the world as International Workers Day. Following are May Day reports from the streets by activists with Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Justice for Jordan Miles

Pittsburgh rallies against racist police brutality

April 26, 2012

On the rainy, cold morning of April 21, more than 100 Pittsburghers gathered for a rally against police brutality and racism.

Virginia Commonwealth University students defend free speech

Administration appears to back down in face of resistance

April 22, 2012

Virginia Commonwealth University administration proposed changes to the student code of contact with broad language that could be used to restrict peaceful protesting on campus.

SF prison solidarity forum draws a crowd

California prisoners' struggle heats up

April 21, 2012

An April 6 prisoner rights forum in San Francisco was a well-timed expression of public support for the prisoners' struggle following the Feb. 2 fatality resulting from a state-wide hunger strike.

Youth demand funding for education—not jails

Rally, march against school-to-prison pipeline

April 17, 2012

April 1 was the third annual Youth Justice Sunday to meet needs of youth and protest the Maryland's criminal treatment of Baltimore’s youth and compliant role in the school-to-prison pipeline.

Baltimore protest against Stanley McChrystal

War criminal denounced

April 10, 2012

On March 27, in Baltimore, the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) held a protest against the former top commander of U.S./NATO forces in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal.

Teach-in featuring Ramsey Clark marks ninth anniversary of Iraq war

An indictment of U.S. imperialism

April 8, 2012

ANSWER San Francisco, in partnership with the Unitarian Universalists for Peace, held a widely attended event on the ninth anniversary of the Iraq war exposing the atrocities committed by the U.S. government and the Pentagon.

Hoodies for justice! Racism is racism!

Liberation News reports from the streets

April 7, 2012

Spontaneous demonstrations are taking place in cities across the United States in solidarity with Travyon Martin's family's demand for justice. Following are a few reports from Liberation News reporters from the streets:

Sacramento youth unite to oppose racism

Militant protest against white supremacists

April 1, 2012

On Feb. 27, a group of 40 white supremacists held a demonstration on the steps of the California State Capitol in Sacramento but were outnumbered by counter-protesters.