John Wojcik (2023-01-23). Bridgeport, Chicago's message to racists: Not in my neighborhood! peoplesworld.org CHICAGO &#1 ; By mid-month January residents of the Bridgeport neighborhood here, both Black and white, started turning up in big numbers to undo damage done to a fledgling soul food restaurant by racist vandals in this Chicago neighborhood. Determined to let the vandals who smeared the restaurant with BLDM (Black Lives Don't Matter) graffiti know …

Ann Brown (2023-01-23). Black Man Dies After 5 Black Cops Beat Him Up: Black America Calls For Murder Charges. moguldom.com A 29-year-old Black man named Tyre Nichols died on Jan. 10, three days after being arrested and allegedly beaten by five Black policemen in Memphis. Nichols, who was reportedly unarmed, was in his car and had been pulled over on Jan. 7 for a traffic stop. All of the officers involved were fired on Jan. …

Ann Brown (2023-01-23). Chicago Mayoral Election Is Feb. 28: Does Mayor Lori Lightfoot Have A Chance? moguldom.com Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot hasn't had an easy ride as leader of the Windy City. And now she is facing some major competition for her spot. By most accounts, many doubt the city's first Black woman and the first gay person elected mayor will be re-elected on Feb. 28. A 60-year-old former federal prosecutor isn't …

WSWS (2023-01-23). Protests and arrests follow police killing of environmental activist outside of Atlanta, Georgia. wsws.org The police killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán has sparked protests in Atlanta and throughout the United States.

Staff (2023-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2023. democracynow.org Suspected Gunman in Killing of 10 at L.A. County Dance Studio Found Dead , Germany Will "Not Stand in the Way" of Shipments of Battle Tanks to Ukraine, Over 200 Arrested as Peruvian Police Violently Raid University in Lima, Rights Groups Decry "Politically Motivated" Charges Against El Salvador Water Defenders , 100,000 March in Tel Aviv to Protest Far-Right Israeli Government , National Grid Failure Leaves 220 Million Without Power Across Pakistan, Canada to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Lawsuit over Residential School Abuses, Burkina Faso's Military Rulers Order French Troops to Depart,…

manager (2023-01-23). Biden Gets a Solid 'A' at His Midterm. cepr.net Charleston Gazette-Mail The Tribune-Democrat Duluth News-Tribune Daily Press The Virginian-Pilot Napa Valley Register Daily Journal Kenosha News Montana Standard Richmond Times-Dispatch The Citizen Mooresville Tribune Elko Daily Free Press Casper Star-Tribune Martinsville Bulletin Albany Democrat-Herald Danville Register and Bee The Roanoke Times Press of Atlantic City Fremont Tribune Billings Gazette Denison Bulletin News & Record …

americanthinker (2023-01-22). A Florida bakery kicked out a Black man. americanthinker.com But of course, you already figured out that this isn't some story about an old-fashioned, KKK-style racist.

Ann Brown (2023-01-22). Fact Check: Paul E. Williams, A Black Man Invented the First Helicopter. moguldom.com There have been a number of inventions by Black Americans that have helped further the world. Is Paul E. Williams one of these Black inventors? Although there seems to be no official records of Williams inventing the helicopter, in Black history circles, he is often credited with haven being the actual person behind the practical …

_____ (2023-01-22). Peruvian Police Intervene At San Marcos University In Lima. popularresistance.org The Peruvian National Police (PNP) entered this Saturday the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, where Peruvians from different regions who came to Lima to demonstrate against the regime of Dina Boluarte are staying. | Elements of the police violently entered and subdued student and social leaders who had organized for the university campus to host the caravans of indigenous communities that arrived in the capital for the massive protests against the Peruvian government. | They have also arrested several people, have thrown them to the ground and are stealing donations and their belongings, accordin…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-22). Police Arrest 6 After Fiery Atlanta Riots, Mayor Confirms Antifa Used Explosives. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | A protest in downtown Atlanta over a police shooting turned into a riot on Saturday night, as hooligans attacked the office tower home to the

Theresa Kofler (2023-01-22). Greta Thunberg's Arrest Demonstrates Why Energy Charter Treaty Must Be Abolished. truthout.org Greta Thunberg made international headlines this week when she and other climate activists were briefly detained by police at a protest against the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. Thunberg was among the thousands of protesters who arrived to denounce the expansion of the huge Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine by German energy company RWE. The extraction of lignite (also known as brown coal… |

americanthinker (2023-01-22). Antifa tries to turn Atlanta into Minneapolis or Kenosha. americanthinker.com And as happened before, some in the media want to downplay what leftists are doing to American cities.

isj.org.uk (2023-01-21). Capitalism and Slavery revisited. isj.org.uk The reprint of the book, written by Eric Williams, comes in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Danielle Atkinson (2023-01-21). Op-Ed: The Federal Government Must Strengthen And Protect Policies That Help Families And Early Childhood Educators. newsone.com "Our nation has a system that is grossly unfair and disproportionately problematic for Black children and families of low income," writes Danielle Atkinson.

_____ (2023-01-21). A Community Archive Documents Decades Of Radical Activism Against Police Brutality. popularresistance.org Tucked away in Park Slope, Brooklyn, since 2011, Interference Archive tells the stories of people imagining and fighting for a better world in the face of hostile power structures. Pulling from decades of American social movements, the archive's materials often reveal deeply intimate insights into long-gone individuals, groups and subcultures‚Äâ—‚Äâsome of which can be found nowhere else. Run entirely by volunteers, it started with the personal collections of Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee, along with two other cofounders, Kevin Caplicki and Molly Fair. | Interference Arch…

Fight Back (2023-01-17). Tampa: Community speaks out against racist cop survey. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In late December, the Tampa Police Benevolent Association (PBA) sent out a survey to city council candidates for the upcoming municipal election asking both "Have you ever participated in a protest, whether physical, virtual, digital or online or advocated against, publicly or privately, police brutality?" and "Have you ever been a member of, donated to or supported Black Lives Matters whether financially, verbally, online or through social media?" | Community members spoke out at a recent city council meeting. Laura Rodríguez, an organizer with the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee, said, "This su…

WSWS (2023-01-17). Protesters demand release of video after Memphis, Tennessee man dies from injuries suffered at the hands of police during traffic stop. wsws.org Nichols' death has produced a number of protests and demonstrations demanding the release of body camera footage, while city officials feverishly attempt to contain the fallout.

WSWS (2023-01-17). Protesters demand release of video after Memphis, Tennessee, man dies from injuries suffered at the hands of police during traffic stop. wsws.org Nichols' death has produced a number of protests and demonstrations demanding the release of body camera footage, while city officials feverishly attempt to contain the fallout.

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-01-17). Students Need Emotional and Community Support, Not Cops in Schools. truthout.org After footage of George Floyd's May 2020 death at the hands of Minneapolis police went viral, people throughout the U.S. began to think about alternative ways to promote community safety. Public schools that employ sworn law enforcement personnel, commonly called school resource officers (SROs), came in for particular scrutiny — and for good reason. Now, however… |

Bilal G. Morris (2023-01-17). GoFundMe For Black Man 'Tased To Death' By LAPD Surpasses $29K. newsone.com

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-01-17). Who Is Jamea Jonae Harris? Young Mother Died In Darius Miles Shooting 'Because She Wouldn't Talk To Him'. newsone.com Jamea Jonae Harris, the young Black woman killed in an Alabama shooting for which college basketball player Darius Miles is charged with murder, "wouldn't talk to him," her mother said.

Fight Back (2023-01-17). Remembering the legacy of Polly Mann, founder of WAMM. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Polly Mann, a leading force and giant in the Twin Cities anti-war movement, died on January 12, 2023 at the age of 103 in San Francisco, California where she had lived with her daughter Connie for a little over a year. | In 1981 she called her friend Marianne Hamilton, who in 2015 recalled, "The smartest thing anyone ever thought of and carried through with was a new name for war: military madness. Men who were against war had to flee the country to avoid arrest, so women protested in great numbers. Dear Polly gave us a name to live up to – Women Against Military Madness: WAMM." | Hamilton and…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-17). Persecuted Peruvian activist speaks on the ongoing struggle against the coup government. peoplesdispatch.org Last week, Rocío Leandro Melgar, president of the Front in Defense of the People of Ayacucho was arrested in Huamanga, Peru. Melgar and two others from the organization's board have been accused of terrorism and instigating the protests that have been taking place in Ayacucho against the coup and the government of Dina Boluarte. Their organization has been active not only in organizing against the coup, but the decades-long struggle demanding a new constitution and full rights for the excluded majorities in the country. Melgar spoke to Peoples Dispatch about why they have been mobilizing and about the urgent nece…

Fight Back (2023-01-17). Tampa: Community speaks out against racist cop survey. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In late December, the Tampa Police Benevolent Association (PBA) sent out a survey to city council candidates for the upcoming municipal election asking both "Have you ever participated in a protest, whether physical, virtual, digital or online or advocated against, publicly or privately, police brutality?" and "Have you ever been a member of, donated to or supported Black Lives Matters whether financially, verbally, online or through social media?" | Community members spoke out at a recent city council meeting. Laura Rodríguez, an organizer with the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee, said, "This su…

WSWS (2023-01-17). Protesters demand release of video after Memphis, Tennessee man dies from injuries suffered at the hands of police during traffic stop. wsws.org Nichols' death has produced a number of protests and demonstrations demanding the release of body camera footage, while city officials feverishly attempt to contain the fallout.

WSWS (2023-01-17). Protesters demand release of video after Memphis, Tennessee, man dies from injuries suffered at the hands of police during traffic stop. wsws.org Nichols' death has produced a number of protests and demonstrations demanding the release of body camera footage, while city officials feverishly attempt to contain the fallout.

Bilal G. Morris (2023-01-17). GoFundMe For Black Man 'Tased To Death' By LAPD Surpasses $29K. newsone.com

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-01-17). Who Is Jamea Jonae Harris? Young Mother Died In Darius Miles Shooting 'Because She Wouldn't Talk To Him'. newsone.com Jamea Jonae Harris, the young Black woman killed in an Alabama shooting for which college basketball player Darius Miles is charged with murder, "wouldn't talk to him," her mother said.

Fight Back (2023-01-17). Remembering the legacy of Polly Mann, founder of WAMM. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Polly Mann, a leading force and giant in the Twin Cities anti-war movement, died on January 12, 2023 at the age of 103 in San Francisco, California where she had lived with her daughter Connie for a little over a year. | In 1981 she called her friend Marianne Hamilton, who in 2015 recalled, "The smartest thing anyone ever thought of and carried through with was a new name for war: military madness. Men who were against war had to flee the country to avoid arrest, so women protested in great numbers. Dear Polly gave us a name to live up to – Women Against Military Madness: WAMM." | Hamilton and…

americanthinker (2023-01-16). New poll reveals rising antisemitism in the Democrat party. americanthinker.com Moreover, the most stalwart Democrats—young people and Blacks—are also the most committed to that ugly ideology.