Daily Archives: July 20, 2023

2023-07-20: News Headlines

teleSUR (2023-07-20). New York City to Pay $13 Million to George Floyd Protesters. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the New York City Hall agreed to pay compensation of US$13.7 to 1,380 protesters who were affected by the illegal tactics used by the Police during the repression of anti-racist protests that occurred between May 28 and June 4, 2020. | RELATED: | More specifically, New York City will pay US$9,950 to each of the citizens who filed a class action lawsuit for violation of constitutional rights against the Police. | In the paym…

Action at Worldwide Headquarters (2023-07-20). Blocking Wells Fargo's "Business As Usual" to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding. indybay.org Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-07-19). Israel's Attack On Jenin Failed, So Tel Aviv Uses The Palestinian Authority To Do Its Dirty Work. thelastamericanvagabond.com This Monday, Palestinians across various cities inside the occupied West Bank took to the streets in protest of the Palestinian Authority's arrest campaign of resistance fighters wanted by the Israeli military. In the wake of Israel's failed invasion of Jenin, which fell short of dealing a blow to the newly formed armed groups in the

Jon Jeter, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-20). USSR's Support For Black Liberation Earns Russia Grace With Africans. popularresistance.org On the first week of spring in 1931, at the nadir of the Great Depression, nine Black teenagers stowed away on a Memphis-bound train scuffled with a gaggle of white youths who took exception to their presence. The Black youths made quick work of their counterparts, heaving all but one, Orville Gilley, from the slow-moving railcars to the grassy knoll below. Gilley would have met the same fate as his friends but by the time the Black youths got to him, the train had picked up considerable speed, and he was hanging perilously from the gondola. Fearing Gilley might fall underneath one of the railcars, two Black teen…

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