Friday, Dec 16th will be the first time in his 18 months of incarceration that he will face a judge. Saturday, Dec. 17th will be Bradley’s 24th birthday. Join us for actions in support of Bradley Manning!

Noting that the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad will be the largest in the world with a staff of 16,000 people, including an 8,000-strong army of private security contractors, Becker asserts that it is clearly an effort to maintain a semi-colonial domination over the oil-rich country. Becker also highlights the efforts by Ramsey Clark to prevent the planned execution of former Iraqi diplomat Tariq Aziz. The video is about 5 minutes long.

After 70 days and 71 nights of encampment at Dewey Square, Occupy Boston was raided by the police at 5:00 a.m. on the morning of Dec. 10.

Today, your support toward the anti-war movement is worth twice as much. Thanks to a generous gift by anti-war activist Judi Cheng, your tax-deductible donation will be doubled, and will help launch the much needed March Forward! National Veterans Center in 2012!

Mumia’s sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Whatever the situation in the legal arena, we must intensify the struggle for justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Free Mumia!

Not only were hundreds of people arrested in the police raid in Los Angeles last night but the LAPD and Mayor, having socked each arrested person with a $5,000 bail, are now refusing to release them from jail and are refusing to allow them to meet with their attorneys. SEND A LETTER DEMANDING THEIR RELEASE!

The nationally coordinated police assault against the Occupy Movement took a dramatic turn in the early hours of this morning with the nearly simultaneous police assaults against Occupy Philadelphia and Occupy LA.

At least 3,000 people came out to City Hall in downtown Los Angeles to defend the Occupy LA encampment on Sunday night, the eviction deadline ordered by LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the chief of police.

The demonstrators who are on the streets are not satisfied with cosmetic change, they want real change, Becker tells RT. “Those people are going to keep fighting until they win justice.”

On Jan 14, 2012, we are calling on those throughout the country to stand up against the brutal, profit-driven prison-industrial complex. In Washington D.C., we will be holding a march and rally against mass incarceration and we are asking you to join us with events in your city. READ THE DEMANDS