We learned yesterday that plans are afoot to disrupt traditional midnight celebrations of the New Year to protest deaths at the heands of police (deaths of police officers are of no apparent concern to these people).  Lee Cary provides some detective work on who is involved: The front for the event is at http://www.stopmassincarceration.net/about (Cornel West pictured). - “The Stop Mass Incarceration Network is a project of the Alliance for Global Justice (AGJ), a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  The Stop Mass Incarceration Network is building a movement to stop the injustice of mass incarceration and police brutality; and the racially biased policies and practices of the police, the courts and the U.S. legal system; and to support the rights of prisoners and the formerly incarcerated. We call on all to join us.”  The AGJ website is http://afgj.org/3-2 . -The latest (2012) Form 990 for AGJ show total revenue of $3,308,000 and a...(Read Full Post)