All Out to Raise Funds for the BA Speaks: REVOLUTION—NOTHING LESS! Bob Avakian Live Summer Van Tours

Within the next week, the BA Speaks: Revolution—Nothing Less! Bob Avakian Live Summer Van Tours kick off in four places: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Filling the Greatest Need Facing Humanity: The World Emancipating Urgency of BA Everywhere!

What people need most of all, the greatest need at this hour, is the real, scientific solution to these horrors, the way out. This is the re-envisioned communism of Bob Avakian.

Major Screening of BA Speaks: REVOLUTION— NOTHING LESS! Bob Avakian Live

This screening at the second-largest public library system west of the Mississippi can reverberate around the country and even internationally.

Lies, Slanders...and the Cold-Blooded Lynching of Trayvon Martin

The eyes of a nation are on the trial of the killer of Trayvon Martin, and in many ways, the whole world is watching.

Timeline of a Murder

Berkeley High, We are All Trayvon

Zimmerman's Lies: A Brief Recap

From the moment of Trayvon’s death to the present day, George Zimmerman never exhibited anything close to genuine sorrow or regret over the murder. But he, and those around him have pumped out lie after lie to justify the killing of Trayvon Martin.

"We Say NO MORE!"

The killing of Trayvon Martin and 2.4 million in prison make clear that there is a whole generation of Black and Latino youth who have been marked and treated as a "generation of suspects" to be murdered and jailed. This is not an issue for Black people alone but for all who care about justice; it is not a random tragedy. We say NO MORE!

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A Call to Contribute from Jazz Pianist and Composer Matthew Shipp

From Gregory Koger:

Stand with Me on July 23...and Support the Prisoners Hunger Strike

"On July 23, 2013, a court hearing has been set where the State [of Illinois] will move forward with their attempt to put me back in jail for documenting a political statement opposing censorship at the 'Ethical' Humanist Society of Chicago (EHSC) with an iPhone—a 'crime' for which I received a 300-day jail sentence."

Come Out to Court Hearing on July 23—Not One More Day in Jail for Gregory!

Abortion Rights Freedom Ride: Filling a Great Need

Timeline and Approach to Make This a Success

The Abortion Rights Freedom Ride will be sent off in two major rallies on July 23 in SF and NYC and then hit the road for a month, traveling to North Dakota and then winding south to culminate in Jackson, Mississippi.

Film Showings

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On the Coup in Egypt: Strengthening Imperialism, Not the People

Some points of orientation on the rapidly developing situation in Egypt.

Cruel and Unusual Treatment

Letters send to the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund describe the conditions of isolation and torture they are struggling against.

Artist: Larry James DeRossett

Revolution Interview: Carol Strickman, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition

Prisoners' Struggle Against "Cruel and Unusual Punishment Amounting to Torture"

Some 80,000 prisoners are held in solitary confinement in the United States in conditions that are considered torture by international standards. Prisoners at Pelican Bay Prison in California are set to go on a hunger strike on July 8 because the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has repeatedly refused to meet their demands to be treated like human beings.

Photo: Bill Hackwell/Indybay.org

Also in this issue

Mid-Air Imperialist Thuggery:

U.S. Stops Bolivian Presidential Plane in Search of Edward Snowden

The U.S. government apparently orchestrated a high-altitude "stop-and-frisk" of Bolivian President Evo Morales as part of their attempts to get their hands on Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who has exposed massive U.S. spying around the world.