Isheka N. Harrison (2022-08-03). Why An Increasing Number Of Black Americans Are Building Community In Mexico. moguldom.com An increasing number of Black Americans are searching for refuge outside the United States, and Mexico has become a popular destination. Demetria Brown quit her law enforcement job and moved to Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific coast in 2020 after a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd. "Watching that video — my heart broke and …

_____ (2022-08-03). The History Of African American Cooperative Eco-Systems. popularresistance.org This session is the fourth installment of the Black Labor, Solidarity Economy, and Movement Lawyering Series, Co-organized by the Workers' Rights institute and Julian Hill and hosted in collaboration with Coalition for Racial Equity and Democratic Economies (CREDE), the Georgetown Law Socialist Students Union, ONE DC, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), and Claudia Jones School for Political Education. | In this session, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard will discuss the history of African American mutual aid and cooperative economics, Black cooperative economic thought, the most prolific periods in the US African Americ…

_____ (2022-08-02). Cops Thought They Could Arrest Them For Protesting In Public. popularresistance.org The growing and eclectic brand of activism known as cop watching continues to invent creative ways to confront overpolicing across the country. In this episode, Police Accountability Report hosts Taya Graham and Stephen Janis examine the arrest of two Youtube activists and how they responded in light of recent pushback from police departments across the country. The story illustrates how the grassroots movement of holding cops accountable continues to evolve in ways both unexpected and productive. A series of arrests that you are seeing here, which show just how hard it is to fight a system that has overwhelming…

_____ (2022-08-02). Cops Thought They Could Arrest Them For Protesting In Public. popularresistance.org The growing and eclectic brand of activism known as cop watching continues to invent creative ways to confront overpolicing across the country. In this episode, Police Accountability Report hosts Taya Graham and Stephen Janis examine the arrest of two Youtube activists and how they responded in light of recent pushback from police departments across the country. The story illustrates how the grassroots movement of holding cops accountable continues to evolve in ways both unexpected and productive. A series of arrests that you are seeing here, which show just how hard it is to fight a system that has overwhelming…

____ (2022-08-01). Three Large American Multinationals Bought 17 Million Hectares of Ukrainian Agricultural Land. transcend.org These are Cargill, Dupont and Monsanto. For comparison, Italy has 16.7 million hectares of agricultural land. Among the main shareholders of these three companies are Vanguard, Blackrock and Blackstone. The usual suspects…

____ (2022-08-01). Three Large American Multinationals Bought 17 Million Hectares of Ukrainian Agricultural Land. transcend.org These are Cargill, Dupont and Monsanto. For comparison, Italy has 16.7 million hectares of agricultural land. Among the main shareholders of these three companies are Vanguard, Blackrock and Blackstone. The usual suspects…

JANET (2022-08-01). Italian government arrests militant unionists. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt July 28, 2022 Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor's office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics sector and have waged strikes recently against Amazon, FedEx and others. The six are charged with conspiracy to commit private violence, resistance to a public official, sabotage and interruption of public service. March to protest attacks on militant unions, Piacenza, Italy, July 23. Credi…

Fight Back (2022-07-31). Milwaukee Alliance hosts press conference and marches with family of Brieon Green. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On Friday, July 29, the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression held a press conference with the family of Brieon Green, a 21-year-old African American male who died last month at Milwaukee County Jail hours after his arrest. The Milwaukee Alliance joined Green's family to voice the following demands: | — The public release of all the officers' names who arrested Green and handled his booking | — The release of the body camera footage of all seven officers who interacted with Green during his arrest inside the county jail | — The release of the footage from street camer…

Fight Back (2022-07-30). Hundreds march in Denver for justice in police mass shooting. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO — About 200 people took to the streets on Thursday, July 21, protesting Denver police officers opening fire into a crowd of people early Sunday morning, injuring seven people. Their demands included the immediate release of the unedited body cam footage, restitution for the victims and community control of police. The event was led by Denver Students for a Democratic Society and supported by groups such as Denver Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Denver Democratic Socialists of America, Young Communist League of Colorado, and the newly formed Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee. | A crowd…