On Feb. 5, community members and activists gathered at the monthly meeting of the Onondaga County Legislature to demand the creation of an independent community mechanism to impose oversight on the policies, practices and procedures of the misnamed Onondaga County “Justice” Center.

SIGN THE PETITION and spread the word! We the People demand an end to the targeted killings, drone strikes and assassinations policy of the U.S. government. We cannot have democracy and a death squad government at the same time.

This February we will recognize the one-year anniversary of the killing of Ramarley Graham in the Bronx, and Trayvon Martin in Florida, not in silence, but in action.

The ANSWER Coalition strongly urges everyone to attend and take part in the fifth annual “Break The Silence Speakers Tour,” organized by Friends of the Congo.

ANSWER events across the country on Feb. 9: Lyrical Revolt in New York City, Black History Month film showing in San Francisco and office farewell party in Los Angeles

Eugene Puryear discusses the expanding U.S. drone operations in Africa, a new wave of high-tech military operations being carried out quietly by the Pentagon with devastating impact on the lives of Africans, with 3,000 killed by drone strikes last year alone.

The ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition in San Francisco held a community forum on the continuing revolution in Egypt Jan. 25, attended by about 60 people.

With the United as One Coalition, of which ANSWER Syracuse is an active and founding member, we have launched a campaign to establish an independent oversight mechanism to protect inmates in the Onondaga County "Justice" Center.

Join us at the White House for a march and rally on Saturday, April 13 to let the world know that the people of this country are demanding “Drones Out of Africa and Everywhere!”

On Jan. 30, Arely Tomas Orozco and her family won a partial victory in their struggle against ICE.