If you’re following me on Twitter or Tumblr, you know that I’ve been heavily preoccupied with the situation in Wisconsin. So much is at stake for Wisconsin and the country, and the labor movement legacy runs deep in my veins. But I’d like everyone to take their eyes off Wisconsin for long enough to take [...]
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Support for Wisconsin Because Detroit is Burning
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 21. Feb, 2011 in breaking news, children, civil rights, class and poverty, economic policy, education, family, human rights, labor movement, race and racism
Charter Schools: What Would Dr. King Say?
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 17. Jan, 2011 in civil rights, class and poverty, economic policy, race and racism
As we mark another day of commemoration for the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we may wonder what Dr. King would make of our current state of educational affairs, wherein education is declared by reformers, with no apparent irony, as the civil rights issue for a generation of children whose schools are more [...]
Why DDoS Attacks for Wikileaks Are Not Civil Disobedience
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 17. Dec, 2010 in civil liberties, civil rights, civil rights movement, friends, photo, race and racism, Weblogs, women and feminism
In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy. One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust. [...]
It Isn’t Easy Being Green but It Gets Better
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 02. Nov, 2010 in civil rights, glbt, video
Dumbshittery Stops Right Here (Vote!)
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 01. Nov, 2010 in civil rights, election, race and racism, video, voting rights
Home of the Free, Prison Camp of the Brown
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 05. Aug, 2010 in arizona, civil rights, human rights, immigrants, race and racism, video
The lawyer was en route but border patrol “didn’t want to wait” so they took her into detention. She allegedly ran a stop sign.
Coroner Calls Death of Mississippi Man Homicide, Attributed Solely to Taser
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 28. Jul, 2010 in breaking news, civil rights, human rights, mississippi
UPDATE 7/28: The Bolivar Commercial has substantial new information the case. Jermaine Williams, a 30-year-old African-American man from Bolivar County, MS, died in police custody on July 23, 2010. Little has been released about the circumstances of his death—except that the local deputy coroner is calling it a homicide by taser. On Saturday, Bolivar County [...]
Arizona Police Officer Says SB 1070 Violates the Constitution
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 24. Jul, 2010 in arizona, breaking news, civil rights, friends, health, human rights, immigrants, video, women and feminism
Over at Cure This my Twitter friend los anjalis blogged this video of Phoenix, Arizona police officer Paul Dobson talking about his opposition to SB 1070. “This law is – pure and simple – a racist law,” Dobson says. Thanks to los anjalis for also transcribing important portions of Officer Dobson’s statement: So under SB1070 [...]
Shock Treatment, Suspicious Blacks and Oscar Grant
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 17. Jul, 2010 in california, civil rights, dee moore case, mississippi, race and racism, southwest ms
I have been trying to wrap my mind around BART police officer Johannes Mehserle’s defense in the shooting death of 22-year-old black man Oscar Grant. Mehserle’s supposed weapon confusion is at the heart of why he was not convicted of voluntary manslaughter, let alone of second degree murder. The underlying logic of the defense seems to [...]
Prison-Based Gerrymandering Ends in Delaware
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 07. Jul, 2010 in civil rights, film, friends, new york, prisons, video, voting rights
Got this happy news in my inbox today, from the Prison Policy Initiative, about an important victory in the movement to end prison-based gerry mandering: On June 30, the Delaware Senate passed a bill ensuring that incarcerated persons will be counted as residents of their home addresses when new state and local legislative districts are [...]
A Little More Justice in Mississippi
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 23. Jun, 2010 in boston, breaking news, civil rights, civil rights cold case project, civil rights movement, dee moore case, mississippi, podcast, race and racism, southwest ms
Settlement Reached in Civil Suit Charging Franklin County, MS Role in 1964 KKK Murders On Monday, June 21, Franklin County, Mississippi agreed to a settlement in an historic civil suit with the families of Charles Moore and Henry Dee, two 19-year-old Black men who were kidnapped, tortured and murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan [...]
Thomas Moore, phone interview by Ben Greenberg, June 22, 2010 [7:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadUS Representative John Lewis Steps Up for GLBT Rights
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 24. Sep, 2009 in civil rights, civil rights movement, glbt, human rights, race and racism, video, Weblogs, women and feminism
Many thanks to Pam Spaulding for capturing John Lewis’ speech at Equality Alabama’s gala a couple of weekends ago. John Lewis is an American hero and a powerful speaker; it is fantastic to hear him speaking so strongly on this issue and declaring himself an ally to the GLBT community. John Lewis took batons to [...]
Still Outraged over the Valley Swim Club Segregationists? Ask AG Holder to Investigate
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 09. Jul, 2009 in breaking news, children, civil rights, race and racism, video, Weblogs
Glad I checked my RSS feeds tonight and tuned into the Jack & Jill Politics coverage of the Valley Swim Club incident. I found Cheryl Contee’s post with the video above (“Hi, my name is Elon James White and I’m broadcasting from 1952…”), and I found the ColorOfChange.org call for letters asking Attorney General Eric [...]
Fort Worth Police Turn Stonewall Commemoration into Re-enactment
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 29. Jun, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights, glbt, human rights, Weblogs
From Pam Spaulding: Is this what the police in Fort Worth, TX call “Stonewall Commemoration”? A gay club called the Rainbow Lounge opened in the city and Todd Camp, the founder of Q Cinema and former reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, was celebrating his birthday at the club and two Stonewall docs were being [...]
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