MOTD: Apr 29, 2025
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A couple weeks ago we posted about the London exhibition "J’Accuse," by Nicole Farhi, that features sculptures of 25 victims of injustice (including Ethel Rosenberg). As a follow up, we've just… Read More
MOTD: Apr 25, 2025
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This week (April 20) marks the 86th anniversary of Billie Holiday's first recording of "Strange Fruit," the anti-lynching protest song written by Abel Meeropol (RFC founder Robert Meeropol's father).
MOTD: Apr 15, 2025
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On this World Art Day, sharing a sobering exhibition by artist and former fashion designer Nicole Farhi. Entitled "J’Accuse," the piece displays 25 busts of victims of injustices, serving time in… Read More
MOTD: Apr 09, 2025
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Happy birthday to Paul Robeson, a man who was solidarity personified. He was a fierce civil rights and antifascist activist, a talented musician and a supporter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg—he even… Read More
MOTD: Apr 07, 2025
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On this day in 1915, the talented, iconic blues singer Billie Holiday was born. The activist artist performed and popularized Abel Meeropol's powerful and haunting anti-lynching protest song, "… Read More
MOTD: Apr 05, 2025
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On this day in 1951, just one week after Ethel and Julius Rosenberg's conviction, Judge Irving Kaufman issued the death sentence.
MOTD: Apr 02, 2025
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As the RFC's spring granting period comes to a close, our staff and Board are hard at work reviewing applications from targeted activist youth and kids whose parents are ex-political prisoners,… Read More
MOTD: Mar 29, 2025
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On this day in 1951 in a Manhattan courthouse, a jury found both Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, as well as their co-defendant Morten Sobell, guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage.
MOTD: Mar 25, 2025
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were wrongfully convicted and executed at the height of the McCarthy era—we understand the extreme danger of the current administration thrusting the U.S. back into the Red… Read More
MOTD: Mar 06, 2025
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On this day in 1951 began the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were falsely accused of passing the "secret of the nuclear bomb" to the Soviet Union. Two years later the pair was unjustly… Read More
MOTD: Mar 01, 2025
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Ali Abbasi's 2024 film "The Apprentice" tells the story of Roy Cohn—the prosecutor who helped send Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, wrongfully, to the electric chair in 1953—and his molding and mentoring… Read More
MOTD: Feb 19, 2025
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We are incredibly gratified to share that on February 10th, Mass. Congressman Jim McGovern made a speech on the House floor to share Ethel Rosenberg's story and issue an apology to the Rosenberg/… Read More
MOTD: Feb 05, 2025
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In her latest blog, RFC Executive Director Jenn Meeropol shares her enormous appreciation for the many kind messages she and her family received after the disappointing news that President Biden left… Read More
MOTD: Jan 24, 2025
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As we reflect on a difficult, disappointing week, this lovely message from a member of our community to our Executive Director Jenn Meeropol, Ethel Rosenberg's granddaughter, brought us hope, and we… Read More
MOTD: Jan 21, 2025
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We are deeply disappointed in President Biden’s failure to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg. This is both a personal disappointment to my family and a political one. Despite overwhelming evidence that Ethel… Read More
MOTD: Jan 17, 2025
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The PBS NewsHour plans to cover the effort to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg this weekend! RFC Founder and younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Robert Meeropol, will discuss the "smoking gun" in his… Read More
MOTD: Jan 15, 2025
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In light of powerful new evidence in the Rosenberg Case, we are calling on President Biden to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg in these final days before he leaves office on January 20th. To help:
MOTD: Jan 08, 2025
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In case you missed the live interview this morning, the Democracy Now! segment is now available online!
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