Larry Everest

Janetta Johnson at the keynote address, ICOPA2017. Photo courtesy of Rustbelt Abolitionist Radio from Janetta Johnson at the keynote address for the International Conference of Penal Abolition (ICOPA). (Photo courtesy of Rustbelt Abolitionist Radio from Detroit). In July 2017 more than 200 people from ...

An inmate at the Mule Creek State Prison sits on his bunk bed in a gymnasium A man at the Mule Creek State Prison sits on his bunk bed in a gymnasium that was modified to house prisoners, August 28, 2007, in Ione, California. (Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images). The appointment of retired Army ...

Formerly incarcerated people suffer from losing their community twice -- first while entering prison and Formerly incarcerated people suffer from losing their community twice -- first while entering prison and again while leaving it. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout). This story is the sixth piece in the Truthout ...

O'Donnell was not among the names in the print ad, but added her name after its publication, according to Larry Everest, a spokesman for the group. The group's initiators include Bill Ayers, jazz musician Ted Sirota, musician Arturo O'Farrill and Cornel West. In calling Trump's election illegitimate, it notes ...

A lawsuit exposes the abuses of a tactical team called the Orange Crush deployed in some A lawsuit exposes the abuses of a tactical team called the "Orange Crush" deployed in some Illinois prisons. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout). Note: This article includes graphic reports of sexual violence.

Larry Everest (right) and Reiko Redmonde, have volunteered at Revolution Books for decades Larry Everest (left) and Reiko Redmonde, have volunteered at Revolution Books for decades. Photo: Emily Dugdale. Storied progressive Berkeley bookstore Revolution Books hopes to relocate this summer and ...

Larry Everest (right) and Reiko Redmonde, have volunteered at Revolution Books for decades Larry Everest (left) and Reiko Redmonde, have volunteered at Revolution Books for decades. Photo: Emily Dugdale. Storied progressive Berkeley bookstore Revolution Books hopes to relocate this summer and ...

Revolution Books plans to move to another storefront within the Telegraph Channing Mall by Aug. 1 and is raising funds in the hopes of renovating and revamping its new location. Revolution Books, which first opened in the Telegraph Channing Mall 27 years ago, carries titles focused on communist, ...

Larry Everest is a correspondent for Revolution newspaper, where this article first appeared, and author of Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda (Common Courage, 2004). In 1991, he traveled to Iraq following the Persian Gulf War and shot the award-winning video Iraq: War Against the ...

Larry Everest: It was chosen because it was under Kurdish control and another pipeline in the north of Iraq has been shut down because it has been under the control of Sunni forces including ISIS. But a larger picture here is all that oil economics of the region take place within a geopolitical framework that ...

However, Larry Everest is confident that the money will not trickle down to the rest of the country “because Iraq has become even more firmly part of a global imperial and capitalist system.” In his view, “oil is not going to benefit the Iraqi people.” Besides that, despite years of fighting, “none of the underlying ...

Don't get me wrong, I love most sports. But I'm going to have my TV remote (with mute!) at the ready for the upcoming summer Olympics. You know the drill—soaring, beautiful feats of heart, talent and skill by athletes from around the world will be twisted into training people in flag-waving “USA, USA, USA” ...