Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

The International Council for Urban Peace, Justice and Empowerment is a coalition of chapters and affiliates in over 35 cities. We represent the largest grassroots, national, international coalition and network of faith and community based organizations, activists and organizers dedicated … Continue reading →

See video at: California dockworkers shut down ports to support Oscar Grant family ILWU Shuts Bay Area Ports October 23, 2010  On October 23, 2010, the ILWU (International Longshoreworkers Union) shut down Northern California ports to support a rally for … Continue reading →

  Eric Lee Marshall, dead at 29   Questions remained after his conviction for killing two cops in 2004; Michigan media reviving calls for death penalty  By Diane Bukowski  DETROIT – “I am truly sorry,” Eric Lee Marshall allegedly told … Continue reading →

Cops killed at least 20 Detroiters, and raped dozens more, during Ella Bully-Cummings’ tenure as police chief  Do Detroiters want HER on 36th District Court bench?  By Diane Bukowski  Detroit – Ella Bully Cummings has been rather quiet about her … Continue reading →

By Diane Bukowski  PART I – Board meeting Oct. 14  DETROIT – At the Detroit Board of Education’s monthly meeting Oct. 14, Robert Bobb, state-appointed czar of the Detroit Public Schools, announced his  Plan A-Plan B for the district’s post-Bobb … Continue reading →

   Anti-Communist, anti-labor hero Joseph McCarthy on Time Cover 1954 History of Labor’s Fighting Defense of Civil Liberties and Free Speech 16 Oct 10 By Joe Burns  Important labor groups are speaking out against the recent spate of federal attacks on … Continue reading →

 By Diane Bukowski; link to FBI video of raid included   (A version of this story by this author also appears on the front page of the Nation of Islam’s FINAL CALL newspaper at http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_7364.shtml)   DETROIT – Family members of … Continue reading →

    Major banks’ mortgage fraud schemes exposed across U.S.   By Diane Bukowski  DETROIT – As a flood of mortgage fraud exposures engulfed the nation’s largest banks, Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero has pledged today that he would … Continue reading →

The nearly 29-year struggle to free political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal faces a critical juncture with the announcement that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit will review Abu-Jamal’s death sentence on Nov. 9. It is imperative that all … Continue reading →

Former candidate seeks Bing’s immediate removal due to massive irregulaties in vote By Diane Bukowski DETROIT, Oct. 4  — Just as a  tide of anger against Mayor Dave Bing’s urban removal plans is rising, the Michigan Court of Appeals has said it will hear … Continue reading →