Archives for April, 2008

C.L.R. James Scholar Essay Contest


We are constantly bombarded with images concerning the victimized state of women around the globe. Politicians, academics, and even some social justice activists tell us that women’s liberation is little more than a mirage. Yet, these images hide a reality much more profound, inspiring, and courageous.
There is a proud tradition of women who have refused [...]

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Hogtied in Harris County


Quanell X and protesters rallied Sunday, April 27 in front of the Harris County jail. Clarence Freeman was brutally beaten, strangled, choked, and hog tied by police, and was in LBJ County Hospital for five days before Harris County Sheriff officials contacted his wife.

Via Houston IMC

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Don’t Mourn Sean Bell


By illvox.org
This past week, the New York City police officers who sent bullets ripping through the body of Sean Bell were acquitted. The judge in the case criticized witnesses and family members as insincere players in the tragedy.
Some leaders have called for protests to shut down New York City. Political activists have called this travesty [...]

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A Short History of the ‘Critical’ in Critical Race Theory


By Lewis R. Gordon
Brown University
Critical Race Theory is strongly associated with Critical Legal Studies—an approach to American jurisprudence advanced by a group of progressive, often liberal and sometimes Marxist jurists in the 1980s and the present decade. The Critical Legal Studies group, of whom the most prominent associates are Patricia Williams, Richard Delgado, Kimberlé Crenshaw, [...]

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Illvox.org Launches People’s Liberation Library


Illvox.org announces the addition of a large collection of political documents to the Downloads section of the site.
The People’s Liberation Library consists of over 1,700 pages of historic writings, pamphlets, brochures and articles focusing on the Black liberation movement, indigenous struggles, Chicano uprisings and anarchist thought. All the documents are provided free in PDF format [...]

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