PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS POST OFFICE BOX 22505 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07101-2505 (973) 801-0001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION …Read the Rest
Newark group holds demonstration supporting ACLU probe into police misconduct (The Star Ledger)
Lawrence Hamm, chairman of POP, said the main reason for the march and demonstration was to bring attention to the issue of police brutality and to support a petition by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking a federal investigation of the Newark Police Department. The ACLU petition, filed in September, claims the police department routinely violates residents’ civil rights through excessive force and false arrests.
Dis-United States of America By Saeed Shabazz and Richard B. Muhammad (The Final Call)
Nine years after 9/11 tragedy, America suffers from serious divisions, rhetoric is heating up. Where is the country headed?
Lawrence Hamm, of the Newark-based Peoples Organization for Progress, says the Kochs “are part of the worldwide strategy of imperialist domination; controlling the resources such as oil and natural gas.”
“These are the same elements that funded the reaction against Affirmative Action,” Mr. Hamm said. David Koch responded angrily to the New Yorker article, denying any connection to the Tea Party.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH August 28, 1963 – Washington, DC
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for …Read the Rest
RECLAIM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING’S DREAM
People’s Organization for Progress statement for the August 28th, 2010 Reclaim the Dream march in Washington DC, written by Chairman …Read the Rest
Chairman Hamm at Plainfield Town Hall panel discussion simulcast live on WBLS 107.5
The panel covered topics including gangs, guns, education and employment, among others.
Chairman Hamm at 5th Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party, July 10, 2010
Video: Lawrence Hamm at APSP-USA 5th Congress Banquet Lawrence Hamm speaks at the banquet in the evening of the first …Read the Rest
Security Council talks peace, but costly war rages in Afghanistan By Saeed Shabazz (The Final Call)
“It is an unfortunate thing to say, but the war in Afghanistan is really dragging the nation down,” said Lawrence Hamm, chairman of the Newark-based Peoples Organization for Progress. “How can the Obama administration continue to spend a trillion dollars on war, while our nation’s infrastructure continues to crumble?”
Mr. Hamm said the budget situation in New Jersey was at a crucial point with no light or solution at the end of the tunnel.
Justice For Basire Farrell Rally
The video gives highlights of the Peoples Organization for Progress rally for Basire Farrell at 5th Precinct in Newark, NJ. …Read the Rest
POP ANNUAL COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTHDAY OF MALCOLM X (EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ) GUEST SPEAKER: GLEN FORD, EDITOR BLACK AGENDA REPORT
VIDEO: PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS (POP) COMMEMORATED THE BIRTHDAY OF MALCOLM X WITH GLEN FORD, BLACK AGENDA REPORT The People’s …Read the Rest