As Movements Like Stop Cop City Gain Power, Police Treat Free Speech as a Crime
This playbook has been used and reused, depending on the political winds of the time.
Freedom or Martyrdom: Walid Daqqah’s Fate Is in Our Hands
The Palestinian Youth Movement calls on the international community to demand the immediate release of Walid Daqqah and expose the illegal nature of his imprisonment.
Remembering The Legend: Indispensable Truth Seeker Daniel Ellsberg
Remembering the legendary life of a rare legend in American history.
Warnock Probes Whether State Trampled Free Speech Rights of Cop City Protesters
Even while raising concerns over free speech, however, Warnock praised the law enforcement involved in the case.
Supreme Court Weakened Legal Protections for Striking. Only Jackson Dissented.
Unions still have the right to strike, but eight Supreme Court members erected barriers to that fundamental right.
‘The Whole World Is Watching’: Atlanta City Council Approves Cop City Funding
"We're here pleading our case to a government that has been unresponsive, if not hostile, to an unprecedented movement in our City Council's history," one opponent of the police training…
56 Years of Occupation: Explaining the Palestinian ‘Naksa’
When Palestinians commemorate the Naksa, they are not only commemorating a historic loss of life and land, but the ongoing military occupation that every day, strips them of their rights…
Progressive Groups Sue Mississippi Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Anti-Protest Law
"We should not have to risk arrest and imprisonment for exercising our constitutional rights, including freedom of speech and equal protection under the law," asserted one of the plaintiffs.
Lessons From Transgender Stonewall Icon Miss Major on Survival and Hope
A new book explores how Miss Major has persevered over six inspiring decades on the frontlines of the queer and trans liberation movement.
Flag March: The Annual Israeli Display Of Jewish Supremacy
By Miko Peled / MintPress News The annual display of Jewish Supremacy in Palestine, known as the Flag March, is not limited to the Old City of Jerusalem. It is…
Detained “Cop City” Journalist Sues Atlanta Police, Alleges Intimidation
The lawsuit alleges that the arrest is part of a pattern of retaliation against journalists by Atlanta police.
Reflections on the 75th Anniversary of a Nakba That Never Ended
In the decades since the event Palestinians know as “the Catastrophe,” dispossession has become a timeless theme of the Palestinian experience.
Cop City Protesters Face Felonies for Flyering as Police Repress Student Sit-Ins
Truthout obtained Cop City’s certificate of insurance as activists and students target the project’s investors.
One Granted Bond, Two Denied Pretrial Release: Forest Defenders Appear for Preliminary Hearings
By Sean Summers / Unicorn Riot DeKalb County, GA — Two defendants arrested in March during a music festival against ‘Cop City’ were again denied bond Wednesday in DeKalb County…
BlackRock Security, NYPD ‘Brutalize’ Climate Protesters
Eleven out of 75 activists were arrested after storming the headquarters of the world's largest fossil fuel investor with pitchforks and fake oil.