Monthly Archives: July 2022

2022-07-15: News Headlines

Ann Brown (2022-07-14). Artist Styles P Steps Into Paint As Good Samaritan After Police Confront Woman. moguldom.com Hip-hop artist Style P stepped in to aid a Black woman who was confronted in Yonkers, New York, by police. Video footage of the confrontation has gone viral. The "I Get High" artist got his start in the mid-1990s with the group The Lox, with childhood friends Sheek Louch and Jadakiss. He also released a …

_____ (2022-07-13). Residents Resist Millionaire Developers. popularresistance.org Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Darlene Foreman, a 60-year-old Black woman and one of the UC Townhomes tenant representatives, told the assembled press on July 11: "This is a fight for the Townhomes but not only the Townhomes." It's for people "all over the country who are facing displacement." | Behind her were about 50 other residents and supporters holding signs or cell phones as she continued: "I will not be displaced. . . . Me, the residents here and people all over the country are sick of it. So, if this fight takes today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, the year after that, then we're gonna be out…

2022-07-15 19:41 | 15:41 EST | tr | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 

2022-07-14: News Headlines

_____ (2022-07-13). Residents Resist Millionaire Developers. popularresistance.org Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Darlene Foreman, a 60-year-old Black woman and one of the UC Townhomes tenant representatives, told the assembled press on July 11: "This is a fight for the Townhomes but not only the Townhomes." It's for people "all over the country who are facing displacement." | Behind her were about 50 other residents and supporters holding signs or cell phones as she continued: "I will not be displaced. . . . Me, the residents here and people all over the country are sick of it. So, if this fight takes today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, the year after that, then we're gonna be out…

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-13). Despite police attacks, protests continue over cop murder of Jayland Walker. workers.org Akron, Ohio, July 3. WW Photo: Martha Grevatt The racist police lynching of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, on June 27 sparked a wave of protests that shows no signs of letting up. Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who worked as a DoorDash driver, was shot around 60 times by . . . |

Liberation staff Akron (2022-07-13). Demonstrators in Akron, Ohio, continue protest for Jayland Walker after mayor calls for 48-hour halt. liberationnews.org City government lies about how many protesters have been arrested since police killing.

WSWS (2022-07-13). "Rough ride" in police van leaves New Haven, Connecticut, man paralyzed. wsws.org Randy Cox suffered severe spinal injuries while inside a police van. There are strong indications that Cox was the victim of police brutality meted out by the cop driving the van.

_____ (2022-07-12). A 'Tax The Rich' Climate Protest Shuts Down The East Hampton Airport. popularresistance.org New York – East Hampton Town police arrested six people today (July 11) protesting higher taxes for the wealthy outside the East Hampton airport. The demonstration was organized by advocacy group New York Communities for Change, the latest in a series of Hamptons protests over the past few days. | New York Communities for Change is focused on climate emissions caused by wealthy Hampton residents. Around 25 people gathered outside the airport this morning, holding signs that read "tax the rich" and "make billionaires pay." In addition to linking arms in front of the entrance, one demonstrator stood atop a wooden t…

Editor (2022-07-12). Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming. scheerpost.com Police arrest four women protesters who chained themselves to the columns at the steps of City Hall to denounce the US Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images | By Marc Steiner / | The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case achieved something the right has pursued for decades—overturning Roe v. Wade. From legislation recognizing "fetal personhood" in Georgia and Alabama to…

2022-07-14 22:18 | 18:18 EST | tr | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 

2022-07-13: News Headlines

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-13). Despite police attacks, protests continue over cop murder of Jayland Walker. workers.org Akron, Ohio, July 3. WW Photo: Martha Grevatt The racist police lynching of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, on June 27 sparked a wave of protests that shows no signs of letting up. Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who worked as a DoorDash driver, was shot around 60 times by . . . |

WSWS (2022-07-13). "Rough ride" in police van leaves New Haven, Connecticut, man paralyzed. wsws.org Randy Cox suffered severe spinal injuries while inside a police van. There are strong indications that Cox was the victim of police brutality meted out by the cop driving the van.

_____ (2022-07-12). A 'Tax The Rich' Climate Protest Shuts Down The East Hampton Airport. popularresistance.org New York – East Hampton Town police arrested six people today (July 11) protesting higher taxes for the wealthy outside the East Hampton airport. The demonstration was organized by advocacy group New York Communities for Change, the latest in a series of Hamptons protests over the past few days. | New York Communities for Change is focused on climate emissions caused by wealthy Hampton residents. Around 25 people gathered outside the airport this morning, holding signs that read "tax the rich" and "make billionaires pay." In addition to linking arms in front of the entrance, one demonstrator stood atop a wooden t…

Joe Piette (2022-07-12). Fight to save the UC People's Townhomes! workers.org Philadelphia Darlene Foreman, a 60-year-old Black woman and one of the UC Townhomes tenant representatives, told the assembled press on July 11: "This is a fight for the Townhomes but not only the Townhomes." It's for people "all over the country who are facing displacement." Darlene Foreman speaking at July . . . |

Joe Piette (2022-07-12). Residents resist millionaire developers. workers.org Philadelphia Darlene Foreman, a 60-year-old Black woman and one of the UC Townhomes tenant representatives, told the assembled press on July 11: "This is a fight for the Townhomes but not only the Townhomes." It's for people "all over the country who are facing displacement." Darlene Foreman speaking at July . . . |

Editor (2022-07-12). Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming. scheerpost.com Police arrest four women protesters who chained themselves to the columns at the steps of City Hall to denounce the US Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images | By Marc Steiner / | The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case achieved something the right has pursued for decades—overturning Roe v. Wade. From legislation recognizing "fetal personhood" in Georgia and Alabama to…

Nick Younger (2022-07-12). Calls for mobilization ring out at D.C. Jayland Walker vigil. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Again, police have killed an unarmed Black man. In D.C., like many cities in the U.S., the people are tired, seeking an end to the mourning and the seemingly endless deaths at the hands of the police and the state. At a July 8 rally and vigil for Jayland Walker in the nation's capital, the …

2022-07-13 18:39 | 14:39 EST | tr | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 

2022-07-12: News Headlines

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-11). Declare a National Emergency to deal with the abortion rights catastrophe! peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In the wake of protests from coast to coast, and peaceful civil disobedience—including arrests in front of the White House—pro-abortion activists say Democratic President Joe Biden can and should do a lot more to protect their rights and even their literal safety against anti-abortionists. That demand occurs even as they praise Biden's executive order that …

Editor (2022-07-10). TAIBBI: Activism, Uncensored: Akron Explodes in Protest After Police Killing. scheerpost.com By Ford Fischer and Matt Taibbi / When the concept of bodycams was introduced, a lot of people thought it would be panacea, leading either to the end of police brutality or the easy weeding-out of bad actors. One might remember Barack Obama

2022-07-12 12:52 | 08:52 EST | sr | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0