Saturday’s news links – June 20, 2020

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!’

Latinos make up nearly 70% of coronavirus cases in San Diego County — more than three times as many as white residents CBS

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

Two Brooklyn Lawyers Accused Of Throwing Molotov Cocktails Are The Public Face Of Trump Administration’S Crackdown On Dissent Intercept

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

French riot police snatch a 5ft hospital nurse and drag her away by the hair during violent demonstrations by health workers in Paris Daily Mail

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