On CAN TV: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised; Llaguna Bridge

The 10th anniversary of the U.S. coup against Hugo Chavez in Venezuela,  watch the coup and its defeat on Can TV:     The Revolution Will Not Be Televised       Thursday, April 12, 5pm Channel 19      Friday, April 13, 12 noon  Channel 19                          Llaguna Bridge      Saturday, April 7, 6pm   Channel … Continue reading On CAN TV: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised; Llaguna Bridge

Why Does the U.S. Have a Military Base in Cuba?

 Latin America Solidarity Coalition Calls for Closing Guantanamo and Returning it to Cuba The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) demands that occupied Guantanamo, including its prison torture center, be shut down. Guantanamo is occupied against the will of the Cuban people, is used as a military base against Cuba and other Caribbean countries. LASC calls for shutting … Continue reading Why Does the U.S. Have a Military Base in Cuba?

Presentation at Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five workshop at School of Americas protest

The US has attempted to destroy every move towards any independent system by any country in Latin America. It seeks to keep Latin American countries, just like we who live in the US, under the control of its corporations. Cuba has long been a target, and Cuba has long resisted. It has been invaded, like … Continue reading Presentation at Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five workshop at School of Americas protest

Presentation at First National Conference of Committee to Stop FBI Repression

Conference introductory remarks by Sarah Smith, Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, one of the 23 subpoenaed. I would like to welcome everyone here today  to our very first national conference hosted by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.  Some of you have come from very far away, even driving from … Continue reading Presentation at First National Conference of Committee to Stop FBI Repression

Cities Pay Millions for First Amendment Violations and Police Violence: Will Chicago Be Next?

https://mronline.org/2011/08/14/cities-pay-millions-for-first-amendment-violations-and-police-violence-will-chicago-be-next/ https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/cities-pay-millions-for-first-amendment-violations-and-police-violence-will-chicago-be-next-by-stansfield-smith/ The US court system has found criminal police conduct (beatings, false arrests, other violence and felonies) at anti-war/anti-G8/FTAA/WTO protests to be so flagrant that payouts to the victims of police illegality and violence have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.The payouts for unprovoked police violence and illegality, below, do not include what … Continue reading Cities Pay Millions for First Amendment Violations and Police Violence: Will Chicago Be Next?