(2023-03-27). Police Use 'Less Lethal' Weapons To Crush Social Movements Worldwide. popularresistance.org This week, the City of Philadelphia agreed to a $9.25 million settlement with protesters who were brutalized with tear gas and pepper spray during demonstrations following the murder of George Floyd in late May 2020. | Such accountability for police who crush protests with crowd-control weapons is rare both in the United States and across the world. The settlement comes as researchers report that police in dozens of countries have routinely injured and even killed demonstrators with crowd-control weapons since 2015 as governments cracked down on protests. | Injuries from crowd-control weapons are increasing and w…
(2023-03-26). Interview with Dr. Gerald Horne. podcasters.spotify.com We are so thankful to have had Dr. Horne on to talk with us about a wide-range of topics. Thank you again Dr. Horne! | We began by speaking about some of the early experiences of Dr. Horne's life, growing up in Apartheid, Jim Crow USA as a young black man, being a paperboy, listening to the radio and the news at home, his parents love of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson, and coming into consciousness through the awful experiences that black folks in the US live with everyday. We then spoke about his Law education, and his transition to history studies, why he did this and what he has gotten out of it. We…