Home » Prisons: tear them down » The lynching of Robert Brooks and the expanding police state Robert Brooks Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old Black man imprisoned at Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York, was viciously beaten to death by a group of prison guards on the morning of December 10, 2024. A series of…

Massive protest by Korean Federation of Trade Unions against Yoon in Seoul, Dec. 4, 2024. South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faces mounting popular, political and legal pressure as more details emerge about his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law. The South Korean police and the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) are currently renewing their…

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria, fears of a renewed ISIS insurgency have intensified. MintPress News has uncovered that, despite Meta’s previously strict policies on banning terrorism-related content, ISIS-linked accounts have been posting freely on its platforms. Although Meta previously removed 26 million pieces of terrorism-related content—an impressive 99% of such material…

Boston Hundreds of people answered the call of the Boston Coalition for Palestine (BCFP) to disrupt the city’s official “First Night” celebration on Dec. 31, 2024. Gathering in City Hall Plaza, where bands and a parade were sponsored by the city’s business elite, speakers, carolers and chanters on a powerful sound system filled the plaza,…