My father wrote ‘Strange Fruit.’ The Capitol rioters had a lot in common with the lynch mobs that inspired that song
This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for Strange Fruit. My adoptive father, Abel Meeropol, wrote the words and music to Billie Holiday’s signature song,…
We are Robert and Jenn Meeropol, son and granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. We are acutely aware of the political lessons…
For the second week in a row I am compelled to write about someone represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR),…
I first met Judi Bari in November 1991, just a little over a year after I founded the RFC. We both attended…
This morning I read that an ardent member of the Occupy Los Angeles movement has been arrested and charged with lynching. You might think…
Last week I joined the Advisory Board of the Bradley Manning Support Network. I sought them out not only because it is…
Rumors are swirling that the United States is preparing to indict Wikileaks leader Julian Assange for conspiring to violate the Espionage Act…
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