Alabama prisoners, women, and children with incarcerated loved ones, state and national Prison Slavery Abolition Organizations will hold a rally and press conference in Washington,…

Alabama prisoners, women, and children with incarcerated loved ones, state and national Prison Slavery Abolition Organizations will hold a rally and press conference in Washington, DC. The "Alabama to DC: End Prison Slavery" rally will feature speeches from prisoners inside, attendees will share their personal stories and there will be music. The rally is on September 20th from 4 pm to 6 pm at Pershing Park, corner of 14th St NW & Pennsylvania Ave NW, in Washington DC.

A press release for the event reads as follows:

Unheard Voices OTCJ, along with DC Abolition Coalition and allies will gather from 4 PM to 6 PM with a delegation of women and children from Alabama who have been personally impacted by the Alabama DOC to confront the Department of Justice for their inaction after finding ongoing, egregious 8th amendment violations in Alabama prisons earlier this year. As one voice from the inside declares, “the prisons in Alabama are functioning in the same exact manner. Men are being murdered, assaulted, raped, overdosing and being denied mental and medical care constantly. These conditions have become frequent and ADOC is failing to report the many incidents that take place in order to gain favor in the eyes of the Federal agencies involved in investigating ADOC and to gain favor with you, the public.”

We demand that the DOJ follow through on their commitment to file suit against the Alabama prison system! We demand that U.S. Attorney General William Barr uphold his oath of office, and we demand the removal of US Attorney Jay Town. We demand #NoNewPrisons!

We know that Alabama politicians and US Attorney for the Northern District Jay Town are not going to protect the rights of incarcerated individuals and hold their own accountable and prosecute the civil rights violations of prisoners and criminal activities of the ADOC. We know that their priority is only building three new private prisons which will exacerbate the human rights abuses and expand prison slavery in Alabama.

Those gathered at this family-friendly event will amplify the cry heard from behind the walls: “We are MEN!” These words are an echo of those spoken on the first day of the 1971 Attica Rebellion — a reminder of our past, a call to action, and an insistence on the humanity of incarcerated individuals whose constitutional rights require equal protection and enforcement by the Department of Justice.

If you are in the DC area, please attend the rally and show your support for bringing an end to the terrible conditions that exist within the Alabama prison system.

Press Contacts:

Mona Song

256-212-0443

Mei Azaad

Fariha Huriya

202-643-6256

Alabama prisoners, women, and children with incarcerated loved ones, state and national Prison Slavery Abolition Organizations will hold a rally and press conference in Washington, DC. The "Alabama to DC: End Prison Slavery" rally will feature speeches from prisoners inside, attendees will share their personal stories and there will be music. The rally is on September 20th from 4 pm to 6 pm at Pershing Park, corner of 14th St NW & Pennsylvania Ave NW, in Washington DC.

A press release for the event reads as follows:

Unheard Voices OTCJ, along with DC Abolition Coalition and allies will gather from 4 PM to 6 PM with a delegation of women and children from Alabama who have been personally impacted by the Alabama DOC to confront the Department of Justice for their inaction after finding ongoing, egregious 8th amendment violations in Alabama prisons earlier this year. As one voice from the inside declares, “the prisons in Alabama are functioning in the same exact manner. Men are being murdered, assaulted, raped, overdosing and being denied mental and medical care constantly. These conditions have become frequent and ADOC is failing to report the many incidents that take place in order to gain favor in the eyes of the Federal agencies involved in investigating ADOC and to gain favor with you, the public.”

We demand that the DOJ follow through on their commitment to file suit against the Alabama prison system! We demand that U.S. Attorney General William Barr uphold his oath of office, and we demand the removal of US Attorney Jay Town. We demand #NoNewPrisons!

We know that Alabama politicians and US Attorney for the Northern District Jay Town are not going to protect the rights of incarcerated individuals and hold their own accountable and prosecute the civil rights violations of prisoners and criminal activities of the ADOC. We know that their priority is only building three new private prisons which will exacerbate the human rights abuses and expand prison slavery in Alabama.

Those gathered at this family-friendly event will amplify the cry heard from behind the walls: “We are MEN!” These words are an echo of those spoken on the first day of the 1971 Attica Rebellion — a reminder of our past, a call to action, and an insistence on the humanity of incarcerated individuals whose constitutional rights require equal protection and enforcement by the Department of Justice.

If you are in the DC area, please attend the rally and show your support for bringing an end to the terrible conditions that exist within the Alabama prison system.

Press Contacts:

Mona Song

256-212-0443

Mei Azaad

Fariha Huriya

202-643-6256

Alabama prisoners, women, and children with incarcerated loved ones, state and national Prison Slavery Abolition Organizations will hold a rally and press conference in Washington, DC. The "Alabama to DC: End Prison Slavery" rally will feature speeches from prisoners inside, attendees will share their personal stories and there will be music. The rally is on September 20th from 4 pm to 6 pm at Pershing Park, corner of 14th St NW & Pennsylvania Ave NW, in Washington DC.

A press release for the event reads as follows:

Unheard Voices OTCJ, along with DC Abolition Coalition and allies will gather from 4 PM to 6 PM with a delegation of women and children from Alabama who have been personally impacted by the Alabama DOC to confront the Department of Justice for their inaction after finding ongoing, egregious 8th amendment violations in Alabama prisons earlier this year. As one voice from the inside declares, “the prisons in Alabama are functioning in the same exact manner. Men are being murdered, assaulted, raped, overdosing and being denied mental and medical care constantly. These conditions have become frequent and ADOC is failing to report the many incidents that take place in order to gain favor in the eyes of the Federal agencies involved in investigating ADOC and to gain favor with you, the public.”

We demand that the DOJ follow through on their commitment to file suit against the Alabama prison system! We demand that U.S. Attorney General William Barr uphold his oath of office, and we demand the removal of US Attorney Jay Town. We demand #NoNewPrisons!

We know that Alabama politicians and US Attorney for the Northern District Jay Town are not going to protect the rights of incarcerated individuals and hold their own accountable and prosecute the civil rights violations of prisoners and criminal activities of the ADOC. We know that their priority is only building three new private prisons which will exacerbate the human rights abuses and expand prison slavery in Alabama.

Those gathered at this family-friendly event will amplify the cry heard from behind the walls: “We are MEN!” These words are an echo of those spoken on the first day of the 1971 Attica Rebellion — a reminder of our past, a call to action, and an insistence on the humanity of incarcerated individuals whose constitutional rights require equal protection and enforcement by the Department of Justice.

If you are in the DC area, please attend the rally and show your support for bringing an end to the terrible conditions that exist within the Alabama prison system.

Press Contacts:

Mona Song

256-212-0443

Mei Azaad

Fariha Huriya

202-643-6256

By Scotty T. Reid – The day after presidential candidate US Senator Bernie Sanders appeared in the DNC debates hosted by ABC/Univision, the unapologetic Democratic…

By Scotty T. Reid - The day after presidential candidate US Senator Bernie Sanders appeared in the DNC debates hosted by ABC/Univision, the unapologetic Democratic Socialist participated in a Latino voter townhall where he answered questions related to Trump's current immigration policies and where he stands in relation to other candidates vying for the DNC nomination.

However the previous night, Sanders appeared on the debate stage with nine other candidates at the HBCU Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos who goes by the stage name Jorge Ramos, a Mexican-born American journalist and author who works for Univision was afforded space as a moderator in the debate. Ramos seemed to single out Sen. Sanders for a question in asking Sen. Sanders in an accusatory tone if he considered the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro a "socialist dictator".

Ramos in his "question" to Sanders on if Maduro was a socialist dictator, the Univision journalist front-loaded the question with assertions that the target of Donald Trump's plot to bring about regime change in Venezuela was disappearing, torturing and killing people.

Sander's astutely recognized what Ramos attempted to do and began his answer by declaring what his democratic vision of socialism entails which includes a litany of human rights the senator ticked off. Sanders then declares that anyone engaged in human rights abuses is a tyrant without naming Maduro and then suggested that multiple nations in the region must work together to resolve the human rights crisis that is occurring in Venezuela.

The non-profit media organization Democracy Now provided a clip of the exchange with context from journalist Juan Gonzales who put Ramos's question in its proper political context.

https://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sanders-ABC-Univision-Debate-Democratic-Socialism.mp4

Speaking to a group of Latin American voters in Las Vegas the very next day, Sander's repeated his assertion that solving Latin America's problems will take a coalition of nations rejecting the US policy of unilateral regime change. However, Sanders was brutally honest about US foreign policy in Latin America and why people risk their lives to leave their homes and migrate to the United States.

https://media.blubrry.com/btr/s/www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BTR-News-Sanders-Cites-White-Supremacist-US-Monroe-Doctrine-As-A-Continuing-Problem-In-Latin-America-Driving-Immigration.mp4

Click here to watch the full town hall on Youtube.

Sanders named the white supremacist Monroe Doctrine as a contributor to mass migration out of nations south of the US border. The Monroe Doctrine was and some would say still is the United States foreign policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas in the early 1800s so that it could colonize those countries and allow US corporations to exploit the people, the land and their resources. Sanders mentioned the Nixon administration's overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1970 who was democratically elected in Chile as an example.

When it comes to human rights, Sen. Bernie Sanders's platform stands above that of the rest of the Democratic field and thus far the only candidate with the guts to acknowledge US foreign policy as a destabilizing force around the world that is forcing people to flee the...

By Scotty T. Reid - The day after presidential candidate US Senator Bernie Sanders appeared in the DNC debates hosted by ABC/Univision, the unapologetic Democratic Socialist participated in a Latino voter townhall where he answered questions related to Trump's current immigration policies and where he stands in relation to other candidates vying for the DNC nomination.

However the previous night, Sanders appeared on the debate stage with nine other candidates at the HBCU Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos who goes by the stage name Jorge Ramos, a Mexican-born American journalist and author who works for Univision was afforded space as a moderator in the debate. Ramos seemed to single out Sen. Sanders for a question in asking Sen. Sanders in an accusatory tone if he considered the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro a "socialist dictator".

Ramos in his "question" to Sanders on if Maduro was a socialist dictator, the Univision journalist front-loaded the question with assertions that the target of Donald Trump's plot to bring about regime change in Venezuela was disappearing, torturing and killing people.

Sander's astutely recognized what Ramos attempted to do and began his answer by declaring what his democratic vision of socialism entails which includes a litany of human rights the senator ticked off. Sanders then declares that anyone engaged in human rights abuses is a tyrant without naming Maduro and then suggested that multiple nations in the region must work together to resolve the human rights crisis that is occurring in Venezuela.

The non-profit media organization Democracy Now provided a clip of the exchange with context from journalist Juan Gonzales who put Ramos's question in its proper political context.

https://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sanders-ABC-Univision-Debate-Democratic-Socialism.mp4

Speaking to a group of Latin American voters in Las Vegas the very next day, Sander's repeated his assertion that solving Latin America's problems will take a coalition of nations rejecting the US policy of unilateral regime change. However, Sanders was brutally honest about US foreign policy in Latin America and why people risk their lives to leave their homes and migrate to the United States.

https://media.blubrry.com/btr/s/www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BTR-News-Sanders-Cites-White-Supremacist-US-Monroe-Doctrine-As-A-Continuing-Problem-In-Latin-America-Driving-Immigration.mp4

Click here to watch the full town hall on Youtube.

Sanders named the white supremacist Monroe Doctrine as a contributor to mass migration out of nations south of the US border. The Monroe Doctrine was and some would say still is the United States foreign policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas in the early 1800s so that it could colonize those countries and allow US corporations to exploit the people, the land and their resources. Sanders mentioned the Nixon administration's overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1970 who was democratically elected in Chile as an example.

When it comes to human rights, Sen. Bernie Sanders's platform stands above that of the rest of the Democratic field and thus far the only candidate with the guts to acknowledge US foreign policy as a destabilizing force around the world that is forcing people to flee the...

By Scotty T. Reid - The day after presidential candidate US Senator Bernie Sanders appeared in the DNC debates hosted by ABC/Univision, the unapologetic Democratic Socialist participated in a Latino voter townhall where he answered questions related to Trump's current immigration policies and where he stands in relation to other candidates vying for the DNC nomination.

However the previous night, Sanders appeared on the debate stage with nine other candidates at the HBCU Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos who goes by the stage name Jorge Ramos, a Mexican-born American journalist and author who works for Univision was afforded space as a moderator in the debate. Ramos seemed to single out Sen. Sanders for a question in asking Sen. Sanders in an accusatory tone if he considered the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro a "socialist dictator".

Ramos in his "question" to Sanders on if Maduro was a socialist dictator, the Univision journalist front-loaded the question with assertions that the target of Donald Trump's plot to bring about regime change in Venezuela was disappearing, torturing and killing people.

Sander's astutely recognized what Ramos attempted to do and began his answer by declaring what his democratic vision of socialism entails which includes a litany of human rights the senator ticked off. Sanders then declares that anyone engaged in human rights abuses is a tyrant without naming Maduro and then suggested that multiple nations in the region must work together to resolve the human rights crisis that is occurring in Venezuela.

The non-profit media organization Democracy Now provided a clip of the exchange with context from journalist Juan Gonzales who put Ramos's question in its proper political context.

https://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sanders-ABC-Univision-Debate-Democratic-Socialism.mp4

Speaking to a group of Latin American voters in Las Vegas the very next day, Sander's repeated his assertion that solving Latin America's problems will take a coalition of nations rejecting the US policy of unilateral regime change. However, Sanders was brutally honest about US foreign policy in Latin America and why people risk their lives to leave their homes and migrate to the United States.

https://media.blubrry.com/btr/s/www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BTR-News-Sanders-Cites-White-Supremacist-US-Monroe-Doctrine-As-A-Continuing-Problem-In-Latin-America-Driving-Immigration.mp4

Click here to watch the full town hall on Youtube.

Sanders named the white supremacist Monroe Doctrine as a contributor to mass migration out of nations south of the US border. The Monroe Doctrine was and some would say still is the United States foreign policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas in the early 1800s so that it could colonize those countries and allow US corporations to exploit the people, the land and their resources. Sanders mentioned the Nixon administration's overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1970 who was democratically elected in Chile as an example.

When it comes to human rights, Sen. Bernie Sanders's platform stands above that of the rest of the Democratic field and thus far the only candidate with the guts to acknowledge US foreign policy as a destabilizing force around the world that is forcing people to flee the...

By Scotty Reid – 2020 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has oft been criticized in media targeting Black voters for a response he gave to a…

https://media.blubrry.com/btr/p/www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sanders-Campaign-Spokesperson-Sets-Record-Straight-On-Reparations-Policy.mp4

By Scotty Reid - 2020 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has oft been criticized in media targeting Black voters for a response he gave to a CNN host when told Sen. Elizabeth Warren supports reparations. Sanders correctly asked the CNN host well what do reparations mean exactly, what specific policy initiatives does Warren support. I recently wrote about a political cartoon targeting the Sanders campaign and Black voters published in August of 2019 that has possible foreign origins.

The Sanders campaign has recently been aggressively pushing back against the fake news narrative coming from mainstream media sources and from dark corners of the web on a number of issues.

The Baltimore based non-profit news outlet Real News Network recently spoke with the Sanders campaign's National Press Secretary Briahna Joy Gray for a segment where among many things, race and reparations were brought up and she was able to articulate clearly on where Sen. Bernard (Bernie) Sanders stands on the issue of reparations and economic justice.

Watch the full interview on the Real News Network here.