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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 currently 12,000 and statewide. The online publication launched in Summer 2020.
Inside the VCCW
A report on the conditions at the Virginia Correctional Center for Women in Goochland, by Chanell Burnette.
Feb. 19 vs. March 18: Which way for the antiwar movement?
An interesting thing has happened in the U.S. antiwar movement. After years of relatively small protests, two relatively large ones took place, both in Washington, D.C., both demanding that the U.S. government stop funding the war in Ukraine. And yet the two actions could not have been more different.
Tyson consolidates away 600 jobs
Tyson Foods informed its workers’ union on March 13 that it would be closing its plant in Glen Allen, Va., laying off all 692 workers.
VA. solidarity with RR workers
On March 11, members of the Tidewater Workers Assembly, a chapter of the Southern Workers Assembly, staged a protest outside the Lamberts Point coal yards in Norfolk to call out Norfolk Southern for what it called its dangerous practices. It was part of a national day of solidarity with railroad workers.
Obituaries: Leroy Mason and Simin Royanian
Obituaries for Leroy Mason and Simin Royanian.
Malcom’s legacy lives on in Virginia’s freedom libraries
Describing books as his “alma mater,” Malcolm said he could spend the rest of his life reading. A new project named in his honor is putting more books in the hands of people in prison across Virginia.
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