(2022-02-10). Workers Power Day, February 26. iacenter.org ‚áí Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, and all workers who are organizing and fighting back ‚áí Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! ‚áí Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Organize an action in your area in solidarity with this growing movement! Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, often with several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement every day. From co…
(2022-02-10). Students Protest Fatal Police Shooting Of Amir Locke. popularresistance.org Hundreds of Twin Cities-area students walked out of class Tuesday to protest the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke, a Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police serving a no-knock warrant at a downtown apartment. | Locke was not the subject of the warrant. | The demonstration, organized by the student organization MN Teen Activists, began at St. Paul Central High School at noon. | Students from across the Twin Cities gathered for the rally and march, including pupils from Lakeville, Hopkins, St. Louis Park and Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis. | The activists said they are demanding the resignations of…
(2022-02-10). The US Political Elite Gives Cover To The Brutal US Police State. popularresistance.org As US domestic fascism continues to evolve, there is an overt reemergence of a pro-police narrative that no one seems to be talking about. It comes amid stories that suggest that there is a crime wave in major cities across the US. In response, the mainstream press has been amplifying pundits and politicians, especially US president Biden, who argue that the police need more "resources" to better do their job. | This is the ideological offensive, the backlash, against activists' demands to "defund the police." | Press outlets like the PBS NewsHour, once considered "one of the most trusted news programs on televis…
(2022-02-10). New Zealand Police Arrest 120 Demonstrators Against Vaccine Mandate. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – New Zealand Police have arrested 120 people at the convoy protest on Parliament grounds on Thursday amid vaccine mandate demonstrations, Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said.
(2022-02-10). Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' Threatens to Spread to US, DHS Warns. sputniknews.com Thousands of truckers and tens of thousands of their supporters descended on Ottawa starting late last month to protest Covid vaccination mandates. Police have called in reinforcements and begun a campaign of fines and pinpoint arrests of protesters, seizing fuel and blocking millions of dollars' worth of funding raised online.