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Zimmerman Walks Free

How Long Will This System Continue to Get Away With Murder?

by Carl Dix | July 13, 2013 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us 

NOT GUILTY!?! This verdict is an outrage, a punch to the gut, a slap in the face. The facts could not be clearer. George Zimmerman saw a Black youth with a hoodie, decided he was "up to no good," stalked him, confronted him, and shot him through the heart. And, after all that people did to force the authorities to put Zimmerman on trial—the lynching realit

Washington, DC - Calling the vote a giveaway to organized labor that will actually hurt the prospect for job opportunities in the nation's Capitol,Justin Danhof, Esq., director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project, is criticizing the D.C. City Council for passing a super minimum wage that off

The Project 21 black leadership network has joined an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief filed with the U.S. Court in support of Michigan voters who overwhelmingly sought to remove preferential race policies in that state.

Marvin X and Academy of da Corner at San Francisco Jazz Festival

Wellness Coach Michael Bennett has taken upon himself to get Marvin X in shape. Lately, the poet has lightened up on Henny and drinks blender and juiced drinks of vegetables and fruits. He retreats to the Central Valley where he likes to take morning swims for exercise. We are awaiting the pic of Marvin X with San Francisco's controversial Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, posing with a copy of Marvin's pamphlet The Mythology of Pussy and Dic

 week-and-a-half into the trial of George Zimmerman, members of the Project 21 black leadership network say the prosecution's case is faltering, and increased tensions as a result appear to be harming race relations in America.

As reported in the Washington Times, state prosecutors trying to make the case that Zimmerman committed second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin have "stumbled" and that "several key witnesses have cast

With the second week of the George Zimmerman trial underway in Florida, featuring the procedural testimony of officers who were involved with the case and crime scene experts, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are critiquing last week's high-profile coverage of opening arguments and alleged "star witness" Rachel Jeantel.

Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper, a former law professor, was critical of what he called the overall "rush to prosecution" of Zimmerman. Cooper notes that

 While the George Zimmerman trial moved on to other witnesses, people are still talking about the dramatic cross-examination of the late Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel. Stacy Swimp, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network, said the demeanor and language exhibited by Jeantel on the stand "was a clear manifestation of the cultural perversions that are normalized throughout many of our urban communities."
Swimp suggests that, rather than criticizing Jeantel's actions, Ame

 While the George Zimmerman trial moved on to other witnesses, people are still talking about the dramatic cross-examination of the late Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel. Stacy Swimp, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network, said the demeanor and language exhibited by Jeantel on the stand "was a clear manifestation of the cultural perversions that are normalized throughout many of our urban communities."
Swimp suggests that, rather than criticizing Jeantel's actions, Ame

From The Ramparts
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Stranger Than Fiction

“The world's first genetically modified humans have been created, it was revealed last night. The disclosure that 30 healthy babies were born after a series of experiments in the United States provoked another furious debate about ethics. So far, two of the babies have been tested and have been found to contain genes from three 'parents'. Fifteen of the children were born in the past three years as a result of one experimental progra

Let’s not mince words – this week’s Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder left our country with a badly weakened Voting Rights Act. The Shelby County decision stopped the enforcement of Section 5, which was probably the most effective tool ever in the battle against voting discrimination. In response, the Lawyers’ Committee and its allies are launching the RISE UP FOR JUSTICE campaign!

The Lawyers’ Committee has already started working to address the damage done by this shorts

William E. Spriggs

Can Congress Redeem Itself?

By William E. Spriggs

In the trial of George Zimmerman, the so-called "star witness" for the
prosecution, Rachel Jeantel, ended two days of testimony.

Members of the
Project 21 black leadership network are commenting.

Jeantel, a friend of
Martin since elementary school, spent several hours on the phone and texted with
Martin on the day of this death, including during the moments before the
altercation with Zimmerman that ended in Martin's death.

In the long
cross-examination, Jeantel was reported by the

 IREX's latest Africa Media Sustainability Index (MSI) found that traditional media remain the preferred source of news. Many benefits presented by online media have yet to reach most citizens in the 42 sub-Saharan African countries analyzed. Nonetheless, transition to online and mobile format media appears inevitable. See www.irex.org/msi for the full report.

Malian journalists characterize online media as in its infancy. In Botswana a participant stressed that his colleagues do not ade

The Supreme Court Decisions of the past two days severely narrowing the application of “race” in achieving “diversity” at colleges and universities and the gutting of Section 4 of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 mark an intensification of the assault on the unfinished civil rights movement of the 60s under the guise of “race neutral” public policy.

While there is no question that Blacks and other minorities have made significant progress in the past 50 years, conservatives includin

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States in Shelby County v. Holder delivered a devastating setback to civil rights in America.  The Court ruled today that the coverage formula in Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional, which essentially halts the federal government’s ability to review or “pre-clear“ voting changes under Section 5 unless and until Congress enacts a new coverage formula. 

In the coming days, weeks, and months you will hear from the Lawyers’ Com