Our man @BootsRiley speaking on why he's supporting the #JuneteenthSPT action and why YOU should be there! #SixNineteen #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #StrikeForBlackLives pic.twitter.com/DgHsUgMPmd
— JuneteenthSPT (@JuneteenthSPT) June 17, 2020
‘We move forward in our fight’: Local unions march from Oakland to Berkeley in support of Black Lives Matter Daily Californian
Here Are the 98 U.S. Cities Where Protesters Were Tear-Gassed NYTimes
A tiny Ohio town’s Black Lives Matter event was overrun by armed counterprotesters Washington Post
Kicked Off the Land New Yorker
Between 1910 and 1997, African-Americans lost about ninety per cent of their farmland.
Over-Policing In Schools Is an Issue Black Students Have Been Fighting for Years Teen Vogue
‘Who will protect you from rape without police?’ Here’s my answer to that question | Moira Donegan
The reality is that the police are often more likely to hurt women than to help us. Let’s face the grim facts
Why Reparations Should Be One Of Today’s Top Political Demands Current Affairs
Punishment by Pandemic New Yorker
In a penitentiary with one of the U.S.’s largest coronavirus outbreaks, prison terms become death sentences.
NYPD Investigating Death Of Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Manhattan Park Gothamist
“Most Overpaid Cops in the Country” Seattle Police Rake in up to $300k per Year MPN
An entire Florida SWAT team resigned last week. It’s for the best. Washington Post
LGBTQ2S
The Long Fight for LGBT Labor Equality Boston Review
Indigenous Peoples
Judge Orders Trump Administration To Give Tribes Their COVID-19 Relief Funds HuffPost
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Mayor Alan Webber says the city will remove memorials to Kit Carson and Don Diego De Vargas. Indian Country Today
Labor
Workers United Branch Calls on AFL-CIO to Expel Police Unions In These Times
Target Raises Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour Forbes
Coronavirus
If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says Vanity Fair
236 people got the coronavirus after an Oregon church held services during lockdown — more evidence that religious gatherings are superspreading hotspots Business Insider
Venezuela
Another Crack Appears In US Sanctions: Mexican President Offers To Sell Petroleum To Venezuela
Big Oil rules
US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 target German economy, says diplomat TASS
Russian Energy Minister Slams US Actions Towards Nord Stream 2 as Interference Sputnik
Climate change
1973: Ernest Mandel on Marxism and ecology, ‘The dialectic of growth’ Monthly Review
There is a fairy tale that Marx was first of all an admirer of technology and that he considered it ‘the foundation of what exists and the engine of the future’. Although this fairy tale has been refuted countless times, people continue to believe it.
Capitalist crisis
Meritocracy Legitimizes, Deepens Inequality IPS
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