Fight Back (2023-07-13). Jacksonville rallies for Tampa 5, against SCOTUS affirmative action ruling. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL — As part of a coordinated effort across the country, the activist community in Jacksonville stood in solidarity with the Tampa 5. On July 11, 65 people gathered in front of the Duval County Courthouse to demand legal charges be dropped against the four members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and a union worker who were arrested in early March. Laura Rodriguez, Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro, Jeanie Kida and Chrisley Carpio are facing felony charges. | The Tampa 5 are activists who exercised their right to protest the racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic Florida House Bill 999…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-12). Arrest of two Baloch students triggers protests in southwestern Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org A suicide attack in Turbat on June 26, in which one police officer was killed, triggered a fresh wave of mass arrests of Baloch students in the region. The issue of enforced disappearances has been a major concern in Balochistan…

Susan Price (2023-07-12). 10 West Papuan activists arrested in Jayapura. greenleft.org.au Ten activists — members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) — were arrested by Indonesian authorities on July 11 in Jayapura, while handing out leaflets to promote a protest, reports Susan Price.

Susan Price (2023-07-12). West Papua: More arrests at KNPB rally. greenleft.org.au Indonesian security forces violently cracked down on a peaceful West Papuan National Congress (KNPB) demonstration on July 12, called to show support for West Papua's application to become a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), reports Susan Price.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-12). Arrest of two Baloch students triggers protests in southwestern Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org A suicide attack in Turbat on June 26, in which one police officer was killed, triggered a fresh wave of mass arrests of Baloch students in the region. The issue of enforced disappearances has been a major concern in Balochistan…

Susan Price (2023-07-12). 10 West Papuan activists arrested in Jayapura. greenleft.org.au Ten activists — members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) — were arrested by Indonesian authorities on July 11 in Jayapura, while handing out leaflets to promote a protest, reports Susan Price.

Susan Price (2023-07-12). West Papua: More arrests at KNPB rally. greenleft.org.au Indonesian security forces violently cracked down on a peaceful West Papuan National Congress (KNPB) demonstration on July 12, called to show support for West Papua's application to become a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), reports Susan Price.

Ann Brown (2023-07-10). Biden vs. Trump: WP Poll Shows Almost 50% Of Black Americans Don't See A Material Difference In Their Lives. moguldom.com So have things changed for Black Americans after the so-called racial reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in May 2020? Has the environment in the U.S. become more welcoming to Black people under the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden versus the Republican administration of Donald Trump? A new Washington Post poll revealed …

Press Associates (2023-07-11). Cummings wins runoff, will be Communications Workers first African-American president. peoplesworld.org ST. LOUIS —Veteran union leader Claude Cummings Jr., 71, won a runoff late on July 10 for the presidency of the Communications Workers, becoming the influential and progressive union's first-ever African American in its top job and its first-ever Southerner. Cummings is the union vice president who leads CWA's District 6, headquartered in Austin, Texas, …

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-07-10). What's included in California's reparations report? america.cgtn.com The U.S. state of California is taking a first-in-the-nation step in the name of racial equity. A reparations task force has submitted its final report following a years-long study looking into ways in which, California could compensate its African-American residents, who are descendants of enslaved …

Ann Brown (2023-07-10). Biden vs. Trump: WP Poll Shows Almost 50% Of Black Americans Don't See A Material Difference In Their Lives. moguldom.com So have things changed for Black Americans after the so-called racial reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in May 2020? Has the environment in the U.S. become more welcoming to Black people under the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden versus the Republican administration of Donald Trump? A new Washington Post poll revealed …

Fight Back (2023-07-09). Austin students protest affirmative action decision. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — On July 8, ten students gathered on the steps of the Texas Capitol building to protest recent attacks on affirmative action. They protested the U.S. Supreme Court decision that race cannot be a factor in college admissions. | The protest linked this with the recent attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, and with defense of the Tampa 5. The Tampa 5 is a group of SDS members from the University of South Florida currently facing felony charges. They were brutalized and arrested by police while protesting the attacks on diversity programs by Governor DeSantis of Florida. | "We c…