The Murder of George Floyd
The question they are asking is, When will it end?
Minneapolis Activists Ask Local Leaders to Invest in Communities, Not Cops
"We are investing too much money in incarceration-based policing and not enough money in community-based safety.”
Footage in Documentary Prompts New Questions About Shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson (Video)
The footage shows Mr. Brown entering the store, Ferguson Market and Liquor, shortly after 1 a.m. on the day he died.
Henry Giroux | The Racist Killing Machine in the Age of Anti-Politics
We are in a new historical era, one that is marked a culture of lawlessness, extreme violence, and disposability, fueled, in part, by a culture of fear, a war on terror, and a deeply overt racist culture that is unapologetic in its disciplinary and exclusionary practices. This deep seated racism is reinforced by a culture of cruelty that is the modus operandi of neoliberal capitalism–a cage culture, a culture of combat, a hyper masculine culture that views killing those most vulnerable as sport, entertainment, and policy.
Chris Hedges | Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Fourth of July
“They are doing to us on the inside what they are doing to us on the outside,” he said. “They are letting poor people die or killing them for profit. Things will get worse and worse until people can’t take it anymore. These corporations won’t stop. No one in the political class will make them stop. It is up to us.”
Popular Resistance: Elections and Movements
Article: The relationship between movements and elections is complicated to navigate but to succeed we will need both an electoral and non-electoral movement that are independent of the corporate duopoly.
Sonali Kolhatkar: Black Lives Matter … and Black Jobs Matter, Too
Kolhatkar: As a recent Time magazine cover story illustrates, the Black Lives Matter movement has successfully shaped the mainstream narrative of the reality of police violence against African-Americans. But most of the discussion of the fixes that are needed have focused primarily on police accountability such as civilian oversight and requiring officers to wear body cameras. Few analysts have made the crucial link between police brutality and economic injustice. Now, grassroots activists are not only pointing out that black lives matter, but by extension, black jobs matter, too.
The Nation: Why #BlackLivesMatter Actions Aren’t Stopping
“There are so many people out protesting police violence who are then met with police violence,” Nelson said. “If they didn’t understand how a Mike Brown or an Eric Garner could happen, they understand after a night of protest how a police interaction can become very violent and even deadly.” Dani McClain TheNation.com December 16, More
Links to media> Chicago No NATO protests
Editor's note: This list contains some of the media that has come to WAMMToday's attention, but by no means is intended to be comprehensive. Here is a link to the Chicago Tribune's gallery of photos for the day. They specialize in confrontation, and have very little about the pre-march activity or the march itself. Jennie, More
Links to media> Chicago No NATO protests
Editor's note: This list contains some of the media that has come to WAMMToday's attention, but by no means is intended to be comprehensive. Here is a link to the Chicago Tribune's gallery of photos for the day. They specialize in confrontation, and have very little about the pre-march activity or the march itself. Jennie, More
Scott Thompson> Report-back from Chicago> Just how did that violence go
Scott Thompson> Report-Back From Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4u489rFeE&feature=youtu.be By now, many of you have probably seen media accounts of a “clash” or (as one paper called it) a “bloody melee” between protesters and riot police at the NATO summit in Chicago. I'm in a position to clarify only some aspects of what really happened, because I was More
Scott Thompson> Report-back from Chicago> Just how did that violence go
Scott Thompson> Report-Back From Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4u489rFeE&feature=youtu.be By now, many of you have probably seen media accounts of a “clash” or (as one paper called it) a “bloody melee” between protesters and riot police at the NATO summit in Chicago. I'm in a position to clarify only some aspects of what really happened, because I was More