The Spring 2022 edition of The Virginia Defender was published on April 21st, 2022. Click here for the full PDF.
SPRING 2022 ISSUE
PRISONERS LIVES MATTER
A two-part report from Hassan Raashann Shabazz on the intolerable conditions of COVID quarantine at Dillwyn Correctional Center.
Statement on the Murder of Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli Forces
Statement regarding the May 11 murder of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: LIBERATION DAY AND MORE!
The March 28, 2022 issue of the Updates and Announcements newsletter.
POLITICAL REPRESSION IN UKRAINE
The U.S. media is full of stories about what it calls political repression in other countries, but it’s strangely silent when it comes to Ukraine.
DEFENDERS STATEMENT ON YEMEN, WITH TWO UPCOMING ACTIONS AGAINST THE SAUDI-LED WAR
A reiteration of our January 26, 2022 statement on the Saudi-led war against Yemen, with additional information on two upcoming actions in March 2022.
CELEBRATE RICHMOND LIBERATION DAY
Early on the morning of April 3, 1865, Union troops, led by Black soldiers and cavalry, liberated Richmond. This April 3rd, the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality are inviting the public to join us at 8 a.m. at the spot where the Union soldiers entered the city.
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