The Autumn 2021 issue of the Virginia Defender was published on October 25, 2021. Click here to find a full PDF.
AUTUMN 2021 ISSUE
The Virginia Defender
Established in 2005 as The Richmond Defender, The Virginia Defender is a free community newspaper, published quarterly for the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. Print distribution is 16,000 and statewide. The online publication launched in Summer 2020.
BAKERY WORKERS WIN STRIKE AGAINST GIANT SNACK COMPANY
By Phil Wilaytofor The Virginia Defender – virginiadefender.org HENRICO COUNTY, VA, Sept. 19 — It was a beautiful scene today outside the Mondelez industrial bakery in eastern Henrico County, as a jubilant […]
STATEMENT BY THE VIRGINIA DEFENDERS ON THE TAKING DOWN OF THE RICHMOND STATUE OF ROBERT E. LEE
Statement from the Steering Committee of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, regarding the September 8, 2021 removal of Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue.
LATE SUMMER 2021 ISSUE
The Late Summer 2021 issue of the Virginia Defender was published on August 31, 2021. Click here to find a full PDF.
Bridges of Love (Puentes de Amor) in Richmond: a Conversation on Cuba
Please join us Monday, July 19, 6:30 p.m. at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church to meet with Carlos Lazo and the rest of the Bridges of Love team as they stop in Richmond on their way from Miami to Washington, D.C. to lobby against the U.S. economic embargo and travel ban against Cuba.
STATEMENT BY THE VIRGINIA DEFENDERS ON THE ONGOING ATTACKS AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT
Yet another Palestinian town in East Jerusalem, Silwan, is under threat of ethnic cleansing through systemic dispossession by Israel.
UPDATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS: JUNE 3, 2021
The Updates & Announcements sent out to email subscribers on June 3rd. Information about ongoing matters, news items, and upcoming events. Plus: our endorsements and non-endorsements for the June 8th Democratic primary, and an editorial on Memorial Day.
