(2022-02-18). Unite for Feb. 26 — Workers Power Day! iacenter.org February 17, 2022 Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon and all workers who are organizing and fighting back Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, often with several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement every day. From coast to coast and globally, Amazon workers are organizing to build workers' power at one of the world's largest and most oppressiv…
(2022-02-18). Workers Power Day in solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, all workers organizing! iacenter.org ‚áí Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, and all workers who are organizing and fighting back ‚áí Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! ‚áí Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Organize an action in your area in solidarity with this growing movement! Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, often with several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement every day. From co…
(2022-02-18). Friday 2/18: Black History Month: Almost 2 years after the George Floyd uprising, what's at stake? indybay.org Virtual event. Register: bit.ly/struggle-continues…
(2022-02-18). Organizers demand justice for man killed by NYPD, expansion of resources for mental health. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation convened a speakout in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn after Eudes Pierre, a 26-year-old Black man, was shot 10 times and killed in the neighborhood by NYPD officers…
(2022-02-18). Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on Police Brutality, Black History & His First Oscar Nomination for "Attica" democracynow.org Legendary filmmaker Stanley Nelson's new documentary "Attica" has been nominated for the first Oscar in his three-decades-long career documenting the Black American experience. The film tells the story of the deadliest prison uprising in U.S. history, when men at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York rebelled on September 9, 1971, overpowering guards and taking over much of the prison to protest conditions, before New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller called out state troopers, who opened fire and killed at least 39 men, including 10 guards. Attica is one of the most "importa…
(2022-02-18). Mass Arrests as Ottawa Police Ban Lawful Protest in the Seat of "Canadian Democracy" (Updated). libya360.wordpress.com OTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms sent a cease and desist demand letter to Steve Bell, Interim Police Chief Ottawa Police Service on February 17, 2022, after hearing his warning that Canadians should not come to Ottawa to protest. At a press conference earlier today, Interim Chief Bell said, "The secured area includes almost 100 checkpoints that will have police…