News & Events
Helping Activist Parents Protect their Children
Blog Post
Guest blog by Jenn Meeropol, RFC Associate Director
We often talk about the families who receive our grants as part of the “RFC community.” I was reminded of the strength of the connections and… Read More
60th Anniversary Event Progress Report
Blog Post
Since the turn of the year we’ve received an increasing number of inquiries about our program, Carry it Forward: Celebrate the Children of Resistance, to be held on June 16th, 2013 to commemorate the… Read More
Big Surprise: U.S. Secret Police & Big Banks Conspire to Smash Dissent
Blog Post
In November 2011, shortly after the violent government crackdown on the two-month old Occupy Wall Street movement, I blogged here, “It is not surprising that OWS became intolerable to the… Read More
Thanksgiving & Leonard Peltier
Blog Post
A confession – I love Thanksgiving. My wife and I, plus our children and grandchildren, celebrate on Cape Cod with my brother and his family. It is such a warm and cozy break from what is… Read More
60 Years Since the Supreme Court Ducked My Parents’ Case
Blog Post
On October 13, 1952, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari - that is declined to review the record - in my parents’ case for the first time. Under federal law, anyone convicted of a… Read More
"Who Bombed Judi Bari?" Revisited
Blog Post
Last April I wrote here about a new documentary that was to be released soon about Judi Bari, a courageous woman who had a strong impact on me and the RFC project in its early stages.
Almost $190,000 Awarded in First Half of 2012
Newsletter
This spring we awarded 70 grants totaling just under $190,000. As activism grows, as police attack demonstrators, and as courts treat protestors as terrorists, more children may endure their parents… Read More
Vítima da Guerra Fria cria projetos para ajudar crianças nos EUA
Press Coverage
An in-depth interview of Robert Meeropol by Genton Mroaes Neto for the Brazilian Globo News program "Dossiê". Intro and questions in Portuguese but Robert's responses in English, with Portueguese… Read More
Creativity Makes Our Community Blossom
Newsletter
From the start, the RFC has nurtured and valued creativity. The Fund is Robert Meeropol’s inventive approach to turning the negative in his life into a positive — what he calls his “constructive… Read More
Bequests Ensure Our Future
Newsletter
Over the past 20 years, the RFC has received numerous legacy gifts from the estates of dozens of people. This most thoughtful help honors us. You have the power to ensure that the RFC will remain a… Read More
Executive Director's Report: 60 Years Ago
Newsletter
The first time I spent a summer outside of New York City was 60 years ago.
I had just turned five and was not yet in school. In a way I was lucky that I was young enough to be insulated from the… Read More
Thank You, Bob!
Newsletter
In the 1970’s, following a screening of a documentary about the Rosenberg Case, Bob Winston, a life-long social justice advocate, introduced himself to Robert Meeropol. They didn’t know then that Bob… Read More
Militarized Police
Blog Post
Monday I read a report that demonstrators in Burlington, Vermont (a left-oriented city that has sometimes been dubbed the People’s Republic of Burlington), were attacked by police in full riot gear… Read More
EUA de hoje têm traços do macartismo, diz filho do casal Rosenberg
Press Coverage
21/06/2012 - 05h00
CLAUDIA ANTUNES
DO RIO
Robert Meeropol, nascido Rosenberg, tinha 6 anos quando seus pais, o engenheiro Julius e a sindicalista Ethel, foram executados nos EUA em 1953, no auge do… Read More
Filho do casal Rosenberg fará palestras em São Paulo
Press Coverage
Publicado em Terça, 19 Junho 2012 14:24 Escrito por DC
O caso Rosenberg em São Paulo
Press Coverage
Enviado por luisnassif, ter, 19/06/2012 - 18:51
21/6, QUINTA, das 19h30 às 21h
O Caso Rosenberg – O Julgamento de Julius e Ethel Rosenberg
Filho de casal acusado de vender segredos sobre bomba atômica vai visitar o Brasil
Press Coverage
06.16.12
Hélter Duarte