Monthly Archives: September 2023

2023-09-29: News Headlines

channelnewsasia (2023-09-30). Valkyrie Funds halts ethereum purchases for exchange-traded fund. channelnewsasia.com

Betsey Piette, Workers World. (2023-09-29). Philadelphia Youth React When Charges Are Dropped Against Killer Cop. popularresistance.org Reminiscent of the mass reaction in the aftermath of the George Floyd lynching in May 2020, angry youth reacted in a similar situation in Philadelphia in the wake of a Sept. 26 decision by Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Wendy L. Pew to dismiss all charges against Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry, Jr on Aug. 14. | As the evening developed, large groups of youth were taking to the streets across the city. Reports are coming in of youth expropriating expensive items from high priced Center City stores and in multiple shopping corridors — beyond what the cops can contro…

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-09-28). George Floyd's Uncle Rips Denny's For Refusing To Serve Black Men In Viral Incident: 'Racism Is Still Very Real'. newsone.com George Floyd's uncle Selwyn Jones said Denny's refusing to serve Black men in South Dakota was "a disgrace" that underscores the lack of progress being made along racial lines in America.

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-09-29). Who Will Be Dianne Feinstein's 'Interim' Senate Replacement? Newsom Vowed To Appoint Black Woman. newsone.com Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. | Source: Tom Williams / Getty | With immediate political implications, the death of longtime Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has placed a spotlight on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's pledge to appoint a Black woman if there was ever a Senate vacancy. |

Ann Brown (2023-09-28). Top Democrat Clyburn: Joe Biden Isn't In Trouble With Black American Voters, I Guarantee That. moguldom.com Top Democrat Rep. James Clyburn remains loyal to President Joe Biden, to the point he says there is no truth to the belief that Black voters are not that eager to cast their vote for Biden this time around.In a recent interview on NBC's "Meet The Press," Clyburn addressed concerns about Biden's support among African-American …

Bilal G. Morris (2023-09-28). Rest In Power Elijah McClain: A Complete Timeline Of Everyone Being Held Accountable In His Death. newsone.com Source: X / Twitter | UPDATED: 5 p.m. ET, Sept. 28 | On Wednesday, a former Aurora Police Department division chief Prosecutors began to make their case that officers did not have the authority to detain McClain, who they say did nothing wrong to be stopped in the first place. | During testimony, Captain Stephen Redfearn, who currently works for the Boulder Police Depart…

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2023-09-21: News Headlines

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Black Agenda Report. (2023-09-21). How A Not So Secret Listserv Exercises White 'Supremacy' Ideology. popularresistance.org Prophet and GOAT status holder, James Baldwin, wrote in his opus, No Name in the Street, "Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay, is a vivid example of what can happen to a Black man who obeys the American injunction, be true to your faith, but his press has been so misleading that he is also an unwieldy and intimidating example." Brother Jimmy continues, "Muhammad Ali is one of the best of the 'bad niggers' and has been publicly hanged like one…" Without knowing it (or maybe he did, he was, afterall, a prophet), Baldwin adroitly portrayed the baleful conditions associated with being a profound, unapologetic (as i…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-09-21). Alabama Election Map "Redistricting": The Erosion of Voting Rights for African Americans. globalresearch.ca

Amy Goodman (2023-09-20). Judge Tosses Charges Against 3 Indigenous Water Protectors for Pipeline Action. truthout.org A Minnesota judge has dismissed criminal charges against three Indigenous water protectors who were arrested for protesting oil extraction on treaty-ceded Anishinaabe land. Winona LaDuke, Tania Aubid and Dawn Goodwin were arrested in January 2021 after police saw video shared on social media of the three women singing, dancing and praying near construction crews for Canadian energy company… |

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams. (2023-09-20). Climate Defenders Arrested While Blocking Entry To NY Federal Reserve. popularresistance.org A day after tens of thousands of climate activists marched through Manhattan's Upper East Side demanding an end to oil, gas, and coal production, thousands more demonstrators hit the streets of Lower Manhattan Monday, where more than 100 people were arrested while surrounding the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to protest fossil fuel financing. | Protesters chanted slogans like "No oil, no gas, fossil fuels can kiss my ass" and "We need clean air, not another billionaire" as they marched from Zuccotti Park—ground zero of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement—to pre-selected sites in the Financial Dist…

Staff (2023-09-20). "I'm Not a Criminal… Enbridge Is": Charges Tossed Against Winona LaDuke & Others for Pipeline Action. democracynow.org A Minnesota judge has dismissed criminal charges against three Indigenous water protectors who were arrested for protesting oil extraction on treaty-ceded Anishinaabe land. Winona LaDuke, Tania Aubid and Dawn Goodwin were arrested in January 2021 after police saw video shared on social media of the three women singing, dancing and praying near construction crews for Canadian energy company Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. In a landmark opinion, Judge Leslie Metzen affirmed the protesters' free speech rights, writing that "to criminalize their behavior would be the crime." We go to…

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