Washington, DC — When Maria Hamilton lost her son Dontre over a year ago to police brutality, she wondered what Mothers Day would be like without him. She would soon realize his loss would be a calling to rally mothers from around the country to waken the Nation to police […]
John Zangas
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Moms are coming to Washington DC to tell the Obama Administration a few things: their children are the nation’s children and they don’t want to lose any more of their sons and daughters to police violence. Over 50 mothers who have lost children to police violence plan to rally and […]
On Saturday, March 21, Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box People’s Network rallied with Answer Coalition and over 50 groups in Washington, D.C. outside the White House to demand the U.S. end its campaign of “endless wars” in the Middle East and Africa. Sheehan joined a dozen speakers decrying U.S. involvement in […]
On March 20th over fifty groups will gather in Washington, DC to call for an end to U.S. involvement with the continuing conflict in the Middle East. “Spring Rising” will present teachings all day Friday, March 20th at University of DC Law Center. The next day, anti-war actions will mark […]
Washington, D.C.-Zero Net kicked off a campaign on Saturday against the Obama administration plan to spend billions on nuclear weapons upgrades over the next decade. Organizers erected a 48-foot Intercontinental Ballistic Missile replica on the ellipse near the White House to dramatize dangers of the aging missiles, saying nuclear weapons are vestiges […]
The assault on Charlie Hebdo offices and killing of ten journalists on January 7th was an attack against freedom of expression. It was an attempt to silence free thought but instead woke the need to preserve it. The killers themselves proved this the very moment they opened fire–it was then […]
New York, NY- Like the waves of a tsunami tens of thousands surged through Manhattan on Saturday to decry police violence and the killings of unarmed Blacks. The Millions March reflected growing public anger towards a broken justice system tilting towards police impunity for misconduct. The Millions March was “unlike […]
Washington, D.C.,-Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN) got a special visit from a group today at the Justice For All March: hard ground Ferguson protestors. Judging from the activity on the stage at Freedom Plaza, it is clear that protestors who made an 800-mile trip from Ferguson, […]
Washington, D.C.,- At least 12 mothers of children killed by police stood in a brisk wind at the Department of Justice Wednesday night to speak out against police brutality. They recounted the lives of their loved ones cut short and demanded reform to the justice system, prosecution of police who kill […]
New York, New York- A grand jury declined to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner today. Garner, an unarmed Black man was being arrested in Brooklyn on suspicion of selling unlicensed cigarettes when Pantaleo used a banned practice to subdue Garner. The entire incident was caught on […]
New York City- While the country has it’s attention focused on Ferguson, Mo in the wake of the Grand Jury decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson, people in cities all across America took to the streets in solidarity with the protesters in Ferguson. In New York City, those protests […]
Washington, D.C.- Just minutes after the Ferguson Grand Jury announcement decision was read, a spontaneous protest gathered at the African American Civil War Memorial. Students marched from Howard University to express shock and dismay at the Grand Jury decision, but protesters also arrived from all parts of the city and […]