Today is Women’s Equality Day, August 26th
"...these new Jim Crow tactics that have blocked the vote of millions of voters, mostly people of color."
75th Anniversary Hiroshima: A Commemoration
The 75th anniversary of the dropping of a nuclear bomb in Japan: Hiroshima, Nagasaki. Never again.
A View from the Ground: Twin Cities Activism, Before and After
"Mobolaji Olambiwonnu is correct when he says that most white people do not understand what it is like to be black in America. We do not have to live it. Intellectually we might understand. Emotionally it is still not exactly real to us."
Mobalaji Olambiwonnu: The Price of Ignoring the Ferguson Uprising
"According to Scheer, who has watched a rough cut of the film, one of the most remarkable elements in 'Ferguson Rises' is the portrayal of white liberals who remained ignorant of the plight of the Black members of their own communities. "
“The Minnesota Conspiracy to Save Lives” by Chuck Turchick
"Move and you're dead!" What? Who was this fellow? By Chuck Turchick July 14, 2020 "Move and you're dead!" What? Who was this fellow? With a cut-off sweatshirt, jeans, loafers without socks, I noticed he also had a gun pointed at me. Following him were a phalanx of about a dozen others. Who were they? More
Danny Sjursen: Undercover Patriots Trump, Tulsa, and the Rise of Military Dissent
"Then there was the powerful visual statement of Marine Corps veteran Todd Winn, twice wounded in Iraq, who stood for hours outside the Utah state capitol in the sweltering heat in full dress uniform with the message 'I Can’t Breathe' taped over his mouth."
Democracy Now! Trump Threatens Protests with Troops, But Police Have Already Been Militarized — With Deadly Results
We look at the increasing militarization of the police with Stuart Schrader, author of “Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing.”
The Protests Made a Huge Difference: All Four Minneapolis Cops Charged in Killing of George Floyd
Includes Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announcing the changing of charges against Derek Chauvin to 2nd Degree Murder and the charging of the other three officers; we also hear from Tamika Mallory in New York and Nekima Levy Armstrong in Minnesota with information about Breonna Taylor of others in Louisville, Kentucky.
“A Declaration of War Against Americans”: Trump Threatens to Deploy Military to Quell Protests
"President Trump’s speech almost amounted to a declaration of war on Americans, on peaceful Americans who are out right now exercising their First Amendment right to speak out, and here to speak out against the long-standing problem of police violence and racial violence which has beleaguered our nation."
The Murder of George Floyd
The question they are asking is, When will it end?
Virtual Events: No War 2020, World Beyond War
Conversion for a peaceful, green, & just future
Revolution Against Neoliberalism in Chile, by Michael Livingston
"In short, the Chilean masses are demanding a new government and a new social pact. "