The #Juneteenth march from the Port of #Oakland shutdown stretches for miiiiles down Adeline.
No end to the march in sight. Thousands taking to the streets today. pic.twitter.com/iRmJBUyetM
— Lina Blanco-Ogden ?? (@LinaBlanco) June 19, 2020
Port of Oakland shut down by dockworkers in observation of Juneteenth SF Chron
Virginia: More Than 12K Have Refused to Return to Work NBC
Coronavirus
Transit Union Head to New Yorkers: ‘The Virus is Still Here – Wear a Mask!’
Is the Coronavirus Death Tally Inflated? Here’s Why Experts Say No NYTimes
MIT researchers say these are the unsafe businesses to avoid during COVID-19, and these are okay Fast Company
Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben aren’t just racist symbols, they flatten culture for white consumption LATimes
Juneteenth: A Primer Harper’s Bazaar
Associated Press changes influential style guide to capitalize ‘Black’ Guardian
Not Just “Cops”: It’s Time to End the Entertainment Industry’s Anti-Black, Pro-Police Programming Intercept
U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aerial Surveillance NYTimes
Elderly Black Lives Matter protester injured by police and trolled by Trump in hiding after death threats Independent
Racial terror: 2,000 Black Americans were lynched in Reconstruction era, report says Guardian
Statue removals
‘Christopher Columbus, Slave Trader’ by Paiute Steve Melendez, American Indian Genocide Museum
Protesters tear down statues from Confederate monuments in DC and North Carolina CNN
Statue of Francis Scott Key, slave owner and author of the Star Spangled Banner, toppled in San Francisco. pic.twitter.com/uhoSNVmoEn
— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) June 20, 2020
China
Twitter suspended @PeacePivot—a peace group calling for deescalation of US aggression on China. Twitter partnered with think tank ASPI to suspend those that resist US aggression on China.
Sign the petition to demand @TwitterSupport restore their account!https://t.co/cvGiT17YXw
— Qiao Collective (@qiaocollective) June 19, 2020
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