Experiments with truth: 8/9/10

    • Some 150 protesters gathered outside a federal prison farm in Kingston, Ontario this morning to protest its closure. They say the government is ignoring the rehabilitative and healing effects that farming offers low-risk inmates.
    • Up to 60 people have been camping out in front of the county government building in Santa Cruz since July Fourth to protest the city’s camping ban, which prohibits sleeping on public or private property from 11 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. But deputies rousted the homeless protest camp just after midnight Saturday, arresting five people and handing out 17 other misdemeanor citations.


    Recent Stories

    • Feature

    US communities are organizing to end complicity with genocide in their backyards

    September 3, 2026

    As the genocide in Gaza nears its fourth year, communities across the U.S. are pressuring their local governments to break the supply chain of weapons to Israel.

    • Review

    What the 1960s can teach us about cross-racial solidarity

    September 1, 2026

    Alice Echols’ new history of the Panthers and SNCC, “Black Power, White Heat,” emphasizes the possibility — and power — of solidarity across real differences.

    • Analysis

    Why solidarity is vital to freeing imprisoned human rights defenders

    and Susan Marx
    August 28, 2026

    A global campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of standing witness. But the work is far from finished.