CHICAGO — As many as 200 people, mostly African American men, were allegedly tortured while in the custody of the Chicago Police Department during the 1970s and ’80s. The goal, victims charge, was to force them to falsely confess to crimes they did not commit.
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July 1, 2006
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LOS ANGELES — A standing room only crowd came out June 25 to discuss how the immigration issue affects the African American community.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — With over 4,000 international delegates from some 90 countries and the participation of thousands more from across Canada, the World Peace Forum 2006 opened here June 23. Dozens of panels, concerts, workshops and other events continued over the next five days.
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The pressure of antiwar public opinion going into the fall congressional elections was clear last week as Republican strategists tried to sidetrack Iraq withdrawal calls by newly emboldened Democrats.
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The Korean Christian Association, which represents Christians in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea), has condemned the U.S. authorities for denying a KCA delegation entry into the United States.
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La masacre de civiles iraquíes, incluso de mujeres y niños, perpetrada por tropas norteamericanas en Haditha como en otras partes está trayendo repercusiones de gran envergadura tanto para Irak que para EEUU.
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CHICAGO — Más de 100 simpatizantes, incluyendo líderes religiosos y funcionarios electos, protestaron al frente del tribunal de inmigración el 1 de junio mientras antiguos empleados de IFCO Systems, quienes fueron arrestados como parte de una redada por agentes federales en abril, se presentaron a sus primeras audiencias de deportación
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“No question,” President Bush said June 14, “Guantanamo sends, you know, a signal to some of our friends — provides an excuse, for example, to say, ‘The United States is not upholding the values that they’re trying to encourage other countries to adhere to.’”
No kidding.
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Two excerpts from “A Puerto Rican in New York and Other Sketches” by acclaimed author, newspaperman, activist, and communist Jesús Colón (1901-1974).
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CHICAGO — This city’s North Side Humboldt Park neighborhood and the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center celebrated 40 years of struggle, culture and progress in the Puerto Rican community, June 12-18.
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