Reneging on George Floyd Promises: The Minneapolis Police Name-Change Con
"Community control is not a reformist demand, because it calls for real transfers of power from the oligarchs and their politicians, to the people."
FREE THEM ALL! A Story by Roger Cuthbertson
"FREE THEM ALL! (Yes, free all of the people locked up in jails and prisons in the U.S.)"
Ilhan, Antone and the Price of Inclusion, by Ricardo Levins Morales
"Inclusionists demand equal participation at all levels of the empire and its institutions while transformationists call for fundamental change."
75th Anniversary Hiroshima: A Commemoration
The 75th anniversary of the dropping of a nuclear bomb in Japan: Hiroshima, Nagasaki. Never again.
Save the U.S. Postal Service! Reasons the Mail Must Get Through
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
The Role of Palestine in the US Elections, WAMM webinar in two parts
"Enormous amounts of money pour into various political campaigns around the U.S. with the apparent goal of influencing elections and manipulating governance throughout the nation." How is that affecting the 5th District in Minnesota, an epi center for recent activism arount the murder of George Floyd.
Polly Mann: Five Ways to Start a Nuclear War and How to Stop It Before It Happens
Hirosima/Nagasaki: Calling All Peaceloving People to Commemorate the 75th Anniversay of U.S. Atomic Bombs on Japan See Commemoration details below Polly Mann article. By Polly Mann WAMM Newsletter Summer 2020 Vol. 38 Num. 3 David Wright, global security director of the Union of Concerned Scientists, lists five ways in which the United States could be brought More
We Reject War on Foreign Soil As We Reject Police Violence Here!
Just as we oppose the use of the U.S. military in other countries, we also reject the violence enacted by militarized personnel responding to protest in the Twin Cities and the nation. WAMM Newsletter Summer 2020 Vol. 38 Num. 3 “Effective war propaganda has caused Americans to either forget or apparently have a hard time More
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."