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On this day, March 1, 1981, Bobby Sands began his historic 66-day hunger strike while imprisoned in Long Kesh, Northern Ireland.

The Better Angels Society has named Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit as this year’s winner of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. The film, directed by Sam ...

Berkeley slashes social services while police budget continues to grow Berkeley slashes social services while police budget continues to grow June 1, 2021 Last week, on the one-year mark since Big George Floyd’s death, Berkeley City Council proposed a budget increase for the Berkeley Police Department. Berkeley Copwatch and other abolitionist organizations are meeting on the steps of Berkeley City Hall at 2180 Milvia calling for defunding Berkeley police every Wednesday at 12 p.m. until the final passage of next year’s budget. Come out Wednesday, June 2, at 12 p.m.! Community network sta...

Remembering Northern Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands who died on this day Remembering Northern Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands who died on this day On this day, Bobby Sands died while campaigning for political prisoner status for IRA prisoners at Long Kesh. Frances Mulraney Facebook Comments On this day, May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands died after mounting a historic 66-day hunger strike while imprisoned in Long Kesh, Northern Ireland. Bobby Sands was born on March 9, 1954, in Rathcoole in North Belfast, a majority loyalist area. His family had succeeded in living reasonably peacefully in ...

Judge Stanley Chan calls defence team’s strategy ‘misconceived’, saying its arguments ‘obviously’ should have been made at the former People Power leader’s trial next month.