Remembering Fred Hampton & Mark Clark
On December 4, 1969 Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago cops while they slept. The murders were part of the FBI’s COINTELPRO. Fred was deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and a rising charismatic leader. He was only 21; Mark was 22. There are potential Freds and […]
Military Rape: Remember LaVena!
The Congress is currently discussing legislation to the rampant and pervasive culture of sexual assault in the military. The Pentagon’s recent report on rape indicated 26,000 people were assaulted in 2012, up front the 19,000 from the previous year. This means that even with all the bright lights on the issue, the military has been […]
Michelle Alexander
For those of you who missed Michelle Alexander when she came to St. Louis recently, here’s the next best thing–a YouTube video. Alexander was humble about her lack of awareness of how deep and wide the problem of mass incarceration really was. Although many of us have been doing prison reform work for decades, The […]