Black Oakland Demands in Light of COVID-19 and Rates of Black Death
APTP | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
Across the country, Black People are being infected and dying at disportionate rates from COVID-19. In order to respond effectively to the needs of the Black community our elected officials, health experts, advocates and organizers must take a look at the ways in which the descendants of slaves, Black, African and African-Americans are most impacted by this virus through a racial and class lens.
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Paranoia and Hybris Syndrome in Donald Trump
Germán Gorraiz López | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Among the "losers of globalization" in the US, in addition to African-Americans and Latinos, indebted university students and white adults over 45 years of age without university studies and with jobs with low added value appear for the first time, …
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Gunshots ring out and cars are set ablaze in Haiti as police officers protest against government corruption (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Rioting cops stormed the Finance Ministry in the capital over complaints about their pay and working conditions, as Covid-19 rips through the impoverished Caribbean nation. | Videos from the scene show cars set ablaze and government buildings being stormed, as Haitian police took to the streets of Port au Prince on Monday. | Officers went out to protest their pay, working conditions, and government corruption against the bleak backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has put further strain on the country's dire economic situation. | Rioting cops, calling themselves 'Fantomes 509' (Ghosts 509) exchanged gunf…
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This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration
Tiffany Cabán | thenation.com | 2020-04-28
This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration…
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This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration
Tiffany Cabán | thenation.com | 2020-04-28
This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration…
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Incarceration Is Killing Us
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Kelly Hayes talks with Alan Mills about COVID-19, prisons and making bold demands. | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I'm your host Kelly Hayes. | Tensions are high in the U.S. as lockdowns continue in some states, while others have begun to ease restrictions. Gun-toting right-wing protesters have staged astroturf protests, demanding the economy be reo…
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Handcuffed: Black Miami Doctor Who Works with Homeless Says He Was Racially Profiled by Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-20
We continue our conversation with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor in Miami who was handcuffed outside his home while preparing for a volunteer shift to help protect homeless people from the spread of COVID-19. The encounter has sparked widespread outrage, and Miami's police chief has now tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-isolation. Dr Henderson has taken a test himself and is waiting for results
CROWN Act movement seeks to protect Black people from racial discrimination based on hairstyles
splcenter.org | 2020-04-15
Jordan Winder did not apply to the high school of his choice, because the dreadlocks he's been growing nearly half his life are not allowed there.
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Chilean Police Violently Repress Protesters in Santiago
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
Chile's police violently repressed Monday a brand new protest organized at the Dignity Square (Plaza Dignidad) by social organizations against security forces and the government of Sebastian Piñera. | RELATED: | Cuban News Agency Reporter Arrested in Chile for 'No Reason' | teleSUR's correspondent Paola Dragnic reported from Santiago that the demonstrators gathered one by one wearing face masks and maintaining social distance, as the protest is been carried out amid the COVID-19 p…
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Cuban News Agency Reporter Arrested in Chile for 'No Reason'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-26
Cuban news agency Prensa Latina's reporter Damian Trujillo was detained Sunday in Chile's Santiago, during a protest marking the day on which the country's constitutional referendum would have taken place, had it not been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | Chile's Elite Escaping by Helicopter for Easter Amid Pandemic | A group of Carabineros, the Chilean police, arrested the journalist and placed him in their van while his colleagues protested and asked for…
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Augustus Invictus Arrested in Florida for Stalking, Violating Bond
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-04-21
Invictus' father, John Gillespie, was arrested days earlier and charged with human trafficking of children under 18 years old.
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