Wednesday, 11 December , 2024

US Social Movement

Sept 19: A Nationwide Day of Protest, and of Dialogue on...

By Glen Ford 10 Sep 2020 Community control puts us on the path to both defunding and abolishing the police – so why are many  Black...

Kenosha Unsurprising

by Paul Street August 28, 2020 Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair There is little to be surprised about by recent events in Kenosha, Wisconsin given: + The deepening...

Boycott by professional athletes expands in second day of protests against...

By Kevin Reed 28 August 2020 The boycott by professional athletes of scheduled games and practices expanded on Thursday for the second day. The boycotts...

‘This is the Opposite of What Americans Fought a Revolution For’:...

'If our votes didn't matter they wouldn't work so hard to silence us.' August 22, 2020 Tennessee protesters will face harsh penalties, including losing the right...

Far-right militia member arrested for fatally shooting two protesters and wounding...

By Jacob Crosse 27 August 2020 Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old former police cadet from Antioch, Illinois, located less than 20 miles from Kenosha, Wisconsin, was...

Police violence continues unabated three months after the murder of George...

26 August 2020 Three months after the murder of George Floyd sparked mass multiracial and multiethnic demonstrations demanding an end to police violence and racism,...

Police in Wisconsin shoot Black man in back multiple times, sparking...

By Jordan Freiman, Justin Carissimo August 24, 2020 A Black man was hospitalized in serious condition after police shot him several times in the back as...

Black Lives Matter, Gandhi, Soekarno, Africa and Hungary

By Darwis Khudori * Monday, July 20, 2020, I received an Internet link from one of my Algerian students: « La stèle dédiée au Président Soekarno...

Freedom Rider: Let the Movement Be Radical

29 Jul 2020 Craven black misleaders jumped at the chance to side with white corporate power against radical white allies. “Decades of movement stagnation and lack...

Portland protesters showered by tear gas again – and with solidarity...

By Melissa Etehad July 25, 2020 The nightly standoffs in downtown Portland between protesters and federal agents continued early Sunday, with several dozen agents in camouflage deploying...