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Commentary: We must demand what we need, not just what is palatable to the ruling class

July 4, 2020 John Parker
While this is happening now (from Time magazine): “On Wednesday, the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department passed 7-0. The district will eliminate its police department by the end of the […]
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Outrage on the streets of Compton. ‘Justice for Andrés Guardado!’

June 26, 2020 John Parker
Los Angeles, June 21 — Today, outrage can be heard on the streets regarding the decision by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to place any findings by the coroner regarding the shooting death by sheriffs […]
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What we mean when we say ‘Defund the police’

June 26, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Based on a talk given at a march and rally on Wall Street, June 19, 2020. Thank you to the comrades of the December 12th Movement for organizing this commemoration of Juneteenth and putting some […]
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Where are the statues of Viola Liuzzo?

June 25, 2020 Stephen Millies
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo doesn’t think the statue of Christopher Columbus in New York City’s Columbus Circle should be removed. Cuomo said that the statue “represents in some ways the Italian American legacy in […]
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Black and white Oklahomans march to defend Second Amendment and against police brutality and local cop killings

June 24, 2020 Mark Friedman, Random Lengths reporter
While the world watches Tulsa, with President Trump’s first election campaign rally, a smaller but significant “armed” demonstration of 175 took place here in Oklahoma City. In a multinational march and rally to the governor’s […]
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Community protectors block Atlanta shooters

June 21, 2020 Lizz Toledo
Exclusive eyewitness report June 20 — There were people barbecuing, chanting and signing their name on a canvas at this sacred site on this beautiful sunny day at the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed […]
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Port of Oakland shutdown commemorates Juneteenth

June 21, 2020 Lallan Schoenstein
All 29 ports on the West Coast were shut down on June 19 as dockworkers stopped processing cargo and rallied to mark Juneteenth by calling for an end to police terror and to honor the […]
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ILWU urges labor action to fight police terror

June 21, 2020 Lallan Schoenstein
On Juneteenth, an estimated 10,000 people flocked to the Port of Oakland in California’s Bay Area to participate in the “West Coast Port Shutdown.” The Juneteenth rally started with longshore workers at the Port of […]
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Racism and police violence are not the fault of the system. They are the system!

June 19, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Cuba participates in UN Human Rights Council meeting on racism, proposed by African nations in the context of massive protests in the United States Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla condemned “all manifestations of racism, […]
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​​​​​​​Re-embracing internationalism and class solidarity in the time of #BlackLivesMatter

June 17, 2020 Berna Ellorin and Adrian Bonifacio
The struggle against systemic racism and the police state in the U.S. is integral and linked to the struggle against U.S. wars of aggression overseas. “The time has come for forging a clearer path to […]