† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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Fingerprint Files (Killer Version 1974) “Right now somebody is listening to…… you Keeping their eyes peeled…… on you Mmm, mmm, what a price, what a price to pay….” (15)
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From HuffPo: As Americans enjoy the holiday weekend, does anyone know how Memorial Day originated? On May 1, 1865, freed slaves gathered in Charleston, South Carolina to commemorate the death of Union soldiers and the end of the American Civil War. Three years later, General John Logan issued a special…
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ANIMALS IN WAR MEMORIAL, London “They had No Choice…” (21)
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John and Yoko’s Second Bed-in for Peace, Montreal: Following their seven-day bed-in for peace at the Amsterdam Hilton in March 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a second, similar event at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada. They took corner suite rooms 1738, 1740 and 1742 at the…
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Mother’s Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe*, 1870 The First Mother’s Day proclaimed in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe was a passionate demand for disarmament and peace. Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or tears! Say firmly:…
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From KultureKritic: You might know that activist Assata Shakur was recently added to the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist list. The agency is offering a $1 million dollar reward for her capture, and the state of New Jersey has added another $1 million. Shakur is the first woman to ever make this…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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