(2020-10-27). "Movements Are Not Just About Protests": BLM Co-Founder Alicia Garza on How to Build & Wield Power. democracynow.org 
In her new book, "The Purpose of Power," Black Lives Matter co-creator Alicia Garza lays out how people can build power and effect change. "Movements are not just about protests," she says. "Movements are absolutely about how we get more power into the hands of more people."
(2020-10-27). Protests flare in Philadelphia after police fatally shoot Black man. yenisafak.com Street protests broke out on Monday night in the western part of the U.S. city of Philadelphia, injuring four police, after police had shot and killed a Black man they said had been armed with a knife.The violence is the latest in months of anti-racism protests across the United States since the May death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American, after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.Four officers were hit with bricks when Monday's protest outside a police station in Philadelphia turned violent and they had to be taken to hospital, broadcaster NBC said.Earlier, a man…
(2020-10-27). Alicia Garza on Being Targeted in Armed White Supremacist Plot as Trump Stokes Fires of Racism. democracynow.org 
This election season, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza says President Trump is "stoking fires he has no intention of controlling" and inciting far-right extremists. She was recently approached by the FBI after agents found her name on a list in the home of a white supremacist in Idaho who was arrested on weapons charges. "Racial terror has always been used as a form of control, particularly during periods of people fighting for social change," she says.
(2020-10-27). WATCH moment Philly officer is mowed down by speeding truck during riots caught on livestream. rt.com 
Philadelphia has seen a spree of violence in the wake of the shooting of a black man by police. In one incident a speeding truck hit an officer who was holding a line in a riot-hit West Philly neighborhood. | The footage, which was livestreamed, shows a group of police officers wearing helmets and forming a line at 52nd and Walnut Street. Then there's a commotion, and a large black truck makes a turn at high speed, apparently hitting one of the cops in the process. | WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO | #Philly Philadelphia, PA (clipped from @after_t…
(2020-10-27). Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Was Targeted in Armed White Supremacist Plot. truthout.org This election season, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza says President Trump is "stoking fires he has no intention of controlling" and inciting far-right extremists. She was recently approached by the FBI after agents found her name on a list in the home of a white supremacist in Idaho who was arrested on weapons charges. "Racial terror has always been used as a form of control, particularly during periods of people fighting for social change," she says. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a…
(2020-10-27). Barrett Confirmed: Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza on GOP's Supreme Court Power Grab. democracynow.org 
As right-wing judge Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in as the ninth justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, just 30 days after President Trump announced her nomination and eight days ahead of the November 3 election, we speak with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, who says the rushed confirmation shows that the Supreme Court "is not a neutral body — it is incredibly political." Barrett's confirmation to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks after her death seals the court's 6-3 conservative majority potentially for decades to come and could have major consequences for reproducti…
(2020-10-27). Mass Rebellion in Nigeria: #EndSARS Protests Met with State Repression and Police Brutality. globalresearch.ca A series of incidents involving the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad police unit (SARS) in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has brought to the surface underlying societal contradictions which have been simmering for many years. | This year represents the 60th…
(2020-10-27). CPUSA: Electoral uprising shatters records, signals possible democratic breakthrough. peoplesworld.org 
The popular chant, "This is what democracy looks like!" can mean many things: people hitting the streets, getting arrested in peaceful protest, organizing themselves into unions, lobbying their elected officials, and yes, even the "simple" act of voting. The yearning for more democracy is reflected in what can only be described as an electoral upsurge that's …
(2020-10-27). The June 2018 Arrest in Germany of Iranian Diplomat Assadollah Assadi. Violation of International Law? globalresearch.ca In June of 2018, Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi was arrested in Germany on his way back to Vienna. He has been accused of involvement in a plot to bomb a rally of supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization (MEK), a …
(2020-10-27). Israel arrests Palestinian journalist in West Bank. middleeasteye.net 
Israel arrests Palestinian journalist in West Bank | Filmmaker Abdelrahman al-Thaher one of more than 20 Palestinian journalists reportedly currently detained by Israel | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 12: 48 | Abdelrahman al-Thaher, 38, is Palestinian journalist and filmmaker from Nablus (Screengrab) | Israeli forces on Tuesday arrested Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Abdelrahman al-Thaher at his home in the city of…
(2020-10-27). Police arrest 33 FETàñ suspects across Turkey. yenisafak.com Turkish security forces arrested 33 people on Tuesday for their suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey.In operations based in the northwestern Kocaeli province, police from the anti-smuggling and organized crime unit arrested seven suspects, including an expelled lieutenant and six former military school students.The arrests came during simultaneous operations also in Istanbul and Bursa after Kocaeli prosecutors issued arrest warrants for nine suspects as part of an investigation into FETO's infiltration into the Gendarmerie General Command…
(2020-10-27). You Cannot Decarcerate by Using the Tools of Incarceration, Says Mumia Abu-Jamal. zcomm.org We must move for what we want, not for what we think the system can produce, because the system is the problem, not the solution to the problem…
(2020-10-26). Jared Kushner Eviscerated as 'Face of White Privilege and Nepotism' After Mocking Racial Justice Protesters. commondreams.org President Donald Trump's son-in-law—some of whose wealth comes from being what one user called "the highest-ranking slumlord in the country"—also implied that Black people do not want to succeed. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-10-26). Black Lives Matter rally as NSW parliamentary inquiry begins. greenleft.org.au About 200 people rallied in rain at the Sydney Domain on October 26, just before the NSW Parliamentary inquiry into Aboriginal deaths in custody began, reports Peter Boyle.
(2020-10-26). Jared Kushner accused of 'casual racism' after claiming Trump's policies work but black people must 'want to be successful'. rt.com 
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has earned heavy criticism for a seemingly insensitive comment stating that black Americans can be successful under Donald Trump's policies, but only if they "want to be." | "President Trump's policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that they're complaining about, but he can't want them to be successful more than that they want to be successful," Kushner said in a viral clip grabbed from a Monday morning Fox & Friends interview. | Kushner also said more high profile black Americans, including rapper Ice Cube, want to work with the presid…
(2020-10-26). Pakistan: The rise of a politics of resistance in Hunza. greenleft.org.au The sit-ins that took place in early October in Gilgit-Baltistan, demanding the release of ecosocialist activist Baba Jan and 13 other political prisoners, as well as justice for the victims of police brutality, have ignited a political movement crossing gender and religious divides, write Sonia Qadir and Haider Ali.
(2020-10-26). 'Jews for Trump' rally cause clash in New York. yenisafak.com Clashes have broken out between supporters and protesters of US President Donald Trump in Manhattan, New York on Sunday with at least 11 people getting arrested, according to local reports.A group called "Jews For Trump" convoy covered with American flags and "Trump 2020" banners started to roll from Coney Island, Brooklyn to support the president days before the election next Tuesday.When the convoy arrived the Trump Tower in Manhattan, it was greeted by the president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who also had served as the 107th Mayor of New York City in 1994-2001.The convoy, however, saw its path crossed with Trump…
(2020-10-26). Video: Police Violence in Berlin Protests. Brutal Arrest of Human Rights Lawyer Markus Haintz. globalresearch.ca This evening, Mr. Markus Haintz, a prominent and courageous human rights lawyer in Germany was brutally arrested by Berlin police. His assistant, Frederike, was also brutally arrested. The arrest was filmed. | It is important to report this arrest worldwide …
(2020-10-26). Anti-Racist Activists Brutally Arrested In Michigan. popularresistance.org On Saturday, an anti-racist demonstration in Shelby Township, Michigan was brutally repressed by the police. According to a video posted online several dozen police turned out in full riot gear and riot shields and beat and assaulted protesters before arresting several of them. Many of those arrested were thrown to the ground and there are reports that officers reportedly kneeled on their necks while they were being restrained. One woman, a photographer, was stripped down to her underwear in the middle of the street before being searched and arrested.
(2020-10-26). Man BURNS ballot box in Boston, gets arrested, as authorities insist most of the votes inside were fine. rt.com 
A Boston man was arrested for allegedly using an incendiary device to torch a ballot dropbox after he was spotted in the vicinity hours after the votes caught fire. State officials have demanded increased security for the boxes. | Worldy Armand, 39, was arrested and charged with "willful and malicious burning" on Sunday evening after police connected him to the apparent arson attempt on the box outside the main branch of the Boston Public Library. The blaze was discovered around 4am on Sunday morning when smoke was seen coming from the early voting ballot box. Firefighters filled the box with water to extingui…
(2020-10-25). How A Police Killing In Nigeria Sparked A Nationwide Movement. popularresistance.org Nigerian security forces opened fire this week on protesters in Lagos, killing at least 12 demonstrators and marking a deadly escalation in the weekslong protests against police brutality. | Since early October, tens of thousands of Nigerians have been marching in cities throughout the country, demanding the disbandment of a notorious police unit known as SARS—the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. An Amnesty International report published in June documented dozens of cases of torture and extrajudicial killing by the unit. But the incident that sparked the movement was a video of what appeared to be an unprovoked…
(2020-10-25). Chile Holds Plebiscite on Rewriting Pinochet-Era Constitution. telesurenglish.net One year after the social outburst in Chile, the people this Sunday go to the polls to decide whether to change the Constitution and under what institutional modality this process would take place. | RELATED: | The national plebiscite took place because of the broad social protests, which suffered police brutality, with the death toll rising to hundreds of wounded and arrested. | One of the main tools for sustaining the p…
(2020-10-25). Seven Arrested as Commandos Storm 'Hijacked' Oil Tanker Off Isle of Wight. sputniknews.com The Nave Andromeda was spotted sailing erratically near the Isle of Wight early on Sunday and authorities were unable to contact the crew by radio. Late in the day, the elite Special Boat Service was given the green light by ministers, and commandos boarded the ship from navy helicopters and detained seven suspected hijackers.
(2020-10-25). COVID-19 as a Weapon. The Crushing of the Disposable Working Class — by Design. globalresearch.ca This article was originally crossposted in April 2020. | The arrogance and brutality of the ruling class — is nothing less than breathtaking. | Let's begin. |
(2020-10-25). VIDEO of NYPD officers blaring 'Trump 2020' through patrol car loudspeaker SETS OFF liberals. rt.com 
Critics are taking to social media to express outrage over a video showing three NYPD cops in Brooklyn using their patrol vehicle to say "Trump 2020," behavior that would be prohibited for an officer. | Multiple videos show the incident, which appeared to involve at least three officers, on Saturday night from multiple angles. | An officer can be seen blocking a crosswalk with his vehicle in one video taken from a distance. He says "Trump 2020" through the car's loudspeaker and encourages people to record him and post it to their social media. A man can be heard cursing at the officer, as the cop calls him a "
(2020-10-25). In a first, British trade unions commit to challenging Israeli apartheid. greenleft.org.au Bernard Regan reports that Britain's peak union body, representing 6 million workers, adopted a motion last month at its annual conference, reaffirming its solidarity with the Palestinian people's struggle for self-determination.
(2020-10-24). 'Dissolve the police!' Protesters hit streets of San Bernardino after police killing of armed black man during altercation. rt.com 
Protesters have flooded the streets of San Bernardino, California, one day after a police killing of a black man. Police said the victim, who had a gun, was shot after he overpowered an officer and took out his own weapon. | Scores of Black Lives Matter demonstrators amassed in front of the King Tut liquor store in San Bernardino on Friday evening to protest the killing of Mark Matthew Bender, a black man, who was shot and killed there by a responding officer a day before. | SAN BERNARDINO: Earlier BLM protesters called to "abolish the police" in unison in front of the King Tut Liquor store where Mark Matthew…
(2020-10-24). Vostochny spaceport scandals continue: CEO of company operating new Far Eastern Russian cosmodrome arrested on corruption charges. rt.com 
A high-ranking official at the helm of the new state-of-the-art Vostochny spaceport, in Russia's Far East, has been arrested on charges of fraud in a high-profile scandal. The scheme reportedly cost the state over $6.5 million. | Roman Bobkov, the head of the state entity operating the cosmodrome, has been placed in pre-trial detention for two months by a local
(2020-10-24). Activist with ties to Ohio Republican legislators plotted to kidnap and kill Governor Mike DeWine. wsws.org Renea Turner is a Trump supporter linked to a group of state legislators who have threatened to impeach DeWine or have him "arrested" for his coronavirus lockdown actions.
(2020-10-24). CEO of new Russian cosmodrome's operator arrested on charges of abuse of office & forgery. rt.com A high-ranking official at the helm of the new state-of-the-art Vostochny spaceport has been arrested on charges of fraud in a high-profile scandal. The scheme reportedly cost the state over $6.5 million. | Roman Bobkov, the head of the space center, a state entity operating the cosmodrome, has been placed in pre-trial detention for two months by a local
(2020-10-23). Biden Admits Past Mistake Supporting Crime Bill as Trump Defends Attacks on Black Lives Matter. democracynow.org 
President Trump and Joe Biden sparred on their records over race and criminal justice in Thursday's presidential debate. Trump simultaneously promoted his criminal justice reform efforts while continuing to lean on "tough on crime" rhetoric. Trump also criticized Biden for authoring the 1994 crime bill and supporting other laws that intensified mass incarceration in the U.S., which Biden acknowledged was "a mistake." Rashad Robinson, spokesperson for Color of Change PAC, says Biden's admission highlights the importance of continued pressure on politicians on racial justice issues. "The Democrats can't just make t…
(2020-10-23). Community Investment Must Supplement Racial Integration. counterpunch.org 
While we await what impact the BLM-spawned protests will have on race relations, one immediate result is clear. Major corporations have gotten out front of the issue and tried to kickstart change from the top. Companies like Walmart have opened their coffers, giving millions to the cause. And mainstream media organizations have included more people
(2020-10-23). 'Out of Government Reach': Nigerians Turn to Bitcoin to Fund Anti-Police Brutality Protests. sputniknews.com As protests sweep across Nigeria in response to police brutality, some protesters have turned to Bitcoin to provide medical care, legal aid and funeral funds to demonstrators, Dr. Linwood Tauheed, associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, told Political Misfits on Friday.
(2020-10-23). Turkish forces arrest 12 FETàñ suspects. yenisafak.com At least 12 suspects were arrested on Friday for their suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETàñ), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup.This came after prosecutors in the southeastern Diyarbakir issued arrest warrants for 15 suspects for being in contact with senior members of the terror group, said a security source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.A total of 12 out 15 suspects, including an active-duty soldier, were arrested by the police's anti-terrorism branch. A hunt for the remaining three suspects is underway.FETO and its US-based leader…
