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PA POLICE CLAMPS DOWN ON ISLAMIC LIBERATION PARTY

desertpeace wrote 5 hours ago: From Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Palestinian Authority (PA) police on Saturday, 4 July, arr … more →

Tags: Associate Post, Corrupt politics, Palestine, palestinian authority

Media: Girl shot in head during protests in Kwazakhele

antieviction wrote 2 days ago: 2009/07/02 Luyolo Mkentane – HERALD A PORT Elizabeth girl was admitted to Livingstone Hospita … more →

Tags: Archives, Mainstream and Other News Articles, Police Murder, Police State

Cops zap pastor protesting traffic stop at church

m0k3d wrote 2 days ago: By ARELIS HERNANDEZ Associated Press Writer WEBSTER, Texas (AP) — Police used a Taser on a pa … more →

Tags: Moral Decay, Police State, church, moral deacay, New World Order, Pastor, pepper spray, police, taser

gay bashing from bros to popos1 comment

mixedqueer wrote 3 days ago: disturbing.  i’ll give a quick rundown of the incidents i read about, but i suggest checking o … more →

Tags: gay bashing, Homophobia, police misconduct, transphobia, Violence

7/2/2009 Shiraz Update

seamorg wrote 3 days ago: From Shiraz Today: Abandoning a Sinking Ship I don’t know where to begin. Things are pretty b … more →

Tags: Shiraz, Children, HOPE, Résistance, togetherness, Street, Global movement, Fathers, car headlights

Important info and dates regarding the Rainbow Lounge police brutality

girlonpiano wrote 3 days ago: Read this post for information about ways to get involved Media Contact Blake Wilkinson 214-679-63 … more →

Tags: activism, LGBT rights, News, Queer Liberaction, Rainbow Lounge

Sending the Devil to Hell for a Trial?: DFW Leaders Demand Independent Investigation in Rainbow Lounge Raid

unfinishedlives wrote 3 days ago: Fort Worth, TX – In the wee hours of Sunday, June 28, 40 years to the day after the Stonewall … more →

Tags: Hate Crimes, Law and Order, Anglo Americans, Beatings and battery, blame the victim, Domestic Violence, Gay men, harassment, Texas

Shiraz Update 7/1/2009

seamorg wrote 4 days ago: Just got this note from Shiraz: 6/30/2009  Hunkering Down for the Long Haul I drove to a friend … more →

Tags: Action, Allah U Akbar, Allahuakbar, Basij, black, Defae Moghadas, Global movement, Green, Iran

NorthEast Two-Spirit Society and Executive Director of Audre Lorde Project ejected from Pride March

Inside The Q | Queer Black Cinema News & Happenings wrote 4 days ago: LR: NYPD, Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of Audre Lorde Project NEW YORK – The NorthEast T … more →

Tags: QBC REELTALK, ALP, New York Pride, Kris Hayashi, audre lorde, Heritage of Pride March, Lieutenant Connoly

ft worth tx cops have a stonewall commemoration1 comment

mixedqueer wrote 5 days ago: if you happened to be celebrating pride weekend at the ft. worth, tx bar rainbow lounge, you might h … more →

Tags: FWPD, Pride, stonewall, systematic oppression, transphobia

Felicia's story

sweat01 wrote 5 days ago: Felicia’s story My name is Felicia. I’m 39 years old. I come from Limpopo Province, a place called L … more →

Tags: decriminalisation, sex worker, human rights violations, Abuse, police, Client, jozi, Hilbrow

Police raid gay bar in Dallas on anniversary of Stonewall. WTF?1 comment

girlonpiano wrote 5 days ago: Really? Are you kidding me?  Police raided the Rainbow Lounge in Forth Worth on Sunday. They were s … more →

Tags: Legal, LGBT rights, News, Rainbow Lounge, stonewall

Don't Let Met Get Away With More Lies!

cosmodaddy wrote 6 days ago: Bob Broadhurst would have you believe the outrageous police tactics and violence at the G20 protest … more →

Tags: Popular Culture, Politics, Human Rights, Civil Liberties, database state, Police State, surveillance society, metropolitan police, Protest

Today is the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots1 comment

A Concerned Citizen wrote 6 days ago: On this day, in 1969, a small bar in the West Village of Manhattan became the epicentre of an event … more →

Tags: News, Gay, Gay Rights, NYC, stonewall, Civil Rights, 40th, Riots, Gay History

6/26/09 Shiraz Update

seamorg wrote 6 days ago: 6/26/2009  Protesters Still Active in Shiraz, Although Smaller in Numbers I was corrected by a neigh … more →

Tags: Ahmadinejad, Allah U Akbar, Basiji, Brutality, censor, Civil Disobedience, civilian death, Filter Shekan, Friends

Black on Black Crime

glciii wrote 1 week ago: I wrote this poem after seeing another story about a black man being shot by police. While the outr … more →

Tags: African-American, black, Crime, Literature, Poetry, Society, united states, black community, Black Issues

On the John: Why I care about Iran7 comments

readjack wrote 1 week ago: On the John Why I care about Iran Originally posted on the readjack.com blog, June 27, 2009       As … more →

Tags: 2009 Iran Election and Protests, On the John, Iran, Iran fallen, Iranian election, iranian protest, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Black People and the Police Force: Can't Trust'em?

eomillner wrote 1 week ago: By Elliot Millner, J.D. In the past several weeks, there have been numerous incidents involving the … more →

Tags: Black Affairs, Black Authors, black attorneys, African-American, .conscious., Black People, Black Issues, urban communities, Current Affairs

6/27/09 Shiraz Update: The Rage Runs Deep

seamorg wrote 1 week ago: My mother-in-law called tonight to check if we were ok. We are all fine for now. The kids are kids a … more →

Tags: Violence, Children, Brutality, Rage, Women, Résistance, alive, Shiraz, togetherness