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Justice for Rayshard Brooks: Protest blocks mayor from leaving City Hall

June 17, 2020 Lizz Toledo
June 15 — Today, protesters shouting “No justice, no peace, no racist police!” surrounded and blocked Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ car from leaving City Hall. This came after a weekend of rebellion in response […]
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Donald Trump’s June 1 coup attempt

June 16, 2020 Gary Wilson
On Monday, June 1, Donald Trump called Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to the White House, where he got on […]
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Defend Seattle CHAZ – no police-military intervention!

June 16, 2020 Greg Butterfield
In a month of extraordinary rebellions following the police execution of George Floyd, one of the most significant is the takeover of a six-block area around the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct, where the local […]
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New York: Black-Puerto Rican solidarity on the march

June 16, 2020 Greg Butterfield
New York — Thousands of people filled the streets of Washington Heights, Harlem and El Barrio (East Harlem) on June 14 for a militant demonstration of Black-Latinx solidarity against racist police terror.  Puerto Rican and […]
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Delbert Africa Passes Mon., June 15, 2020

June 16, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Delbert Africa passed away last night on Monday, June 15, 2020. He was at home with his family around him. Delbert Africa was an early counterpart 42 years before George Floyd. Besides his original, brutal […]
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Racism in sports: Drew Brees and whitewashing history

June 16, 2020 Lev Koufax
Since late May, oppressed and working-class people across the United States have risen up and rebelled against racism and the brutal police war on Black and Brown communities. From major metropolitan areas like Minneapolis and […]
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Longshore workers call for strike on Juneteenth

June 14, 2020 ILWU Coast Committee
On Friday, June 19, 2020, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Coast Longshore Division will stop work for eight hours on the first shift in 29 West Coast ports from Bellingham, Wash., to San […]
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Black socialist leader: ‘Demands must clarify our reality’

June 12, 2020 John Parker
These words are inspired by Joe Biden telling us what it is to be Black.  You see, not all Black folk look or think alike. And not every organization will have the same political analysis […]
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Thousands in Baltimore march against racist police system

June 12, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Saturday, June 6, the Peoples Power Assembly led a demonstration in Baltimore demanding justice for George Floyd and the abolition of the Baltimore Police Department. Other demands included not one more dollar for the […]
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From a high school activist: Getting radical during George Floyd protests

June 11, 2020 Ripley Butterfield
My name is Ripley, and I’m a tenth grade student from Brooklyn. For the past few months, I’ve been reflecting a lot on my political and activist identity, something I neglected for years. As a […]