Daily Archives: January 26, 2009
Congo’s riches belong to the Congolese
Forty-eight years ago, the first freely elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrice Emery Lumumba, was brutally murdered by the United States, Belgium and certain local elites because he wanted the resources of the Congo to benefit the Congolese people.
Obama is president: Time for self-deliverance
"Electing Barack Obama president doesn't mean we have overcome ... We could put too much faith in him to deliver us, when we need to be organizing to deliver ourselves."
The terrible aftermath of Marsy’s Law
Life-term prisoners - lifers - are beginning to experience the effects of Prop 9, Marsy's Law. On Jan. 14, when political prisoner Hugo Pinnell appeared before the Parole Board, he was told to come back in 15 years!