There was palpable shock and sorrow at a public hearing as descendants of families buried at the Evergreen and East End cemeteries heard that human bones recovered near the Richmond cemeteries had likely been the victims of medical dissection.
INTERNATIONAL & ANTIWAR NEWS, AUTUMN 2020 EDITION
International solidarity with this summer’s anti-racist rebellions, a global pandemic update, a look into the American military’s possible role in Mali’s coup, news on Nigeria’s ongoing anti-police-terror struggle, and the people of Bolivia victorious. All this and more in the Autumn 2020 international and antiwar update.
Letters to the Editor: Richmond’s Other African Burial Ground
I visited a beautiful spot recently here in Richmond.
Our endorsements – and non-endorsements
The Virginia Defender’s endorsements for the presidential and Richmond local elections taking place on November 3, 2020.
BOYCOTT SABRA!
Sabra Dipping Company, LLC, the country’s largest producer of the chickpea dip hummus, has a large manufacturing plant in Chesterfield County and a reputation for green buildings and partnerships with nonprofits. But the company is known for something else, too: longstanding support of one of the Israeli military’s most notoriously brutal brigades.
Why we’re not endorsing Biden-Harris
Why aren’t we endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris? Simply put, because we can’t divide up our solidarity between people who live within this country and those who live outside it.
COLLECTIVE ACTION CHALLENGES EVICTION ON RICHMOND’S NORTH SIDE
On the morning of Friday, Oct. 23, a multiracial crowd of some 75 people gathered outside the rental home of Katrina Pitt. The 56-year-old woman, who has a disability and survives on Social Security, was facing an eviction which would have put herself and five others on the street in the middle of the pandemic.
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