Derrick Broze (2023-07-14). More Than 50 Heads of State Met In Paris for the "Summit for a New Global Financing Pact" thelastamericanvagabond.com Despite a media blackout by the American media, the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact brought more than 50 world leaders to Paris for a meeting which is sure to have far reaching consequences for the world. On June 22 and 23, President Emmanuel Macron welcomed 50 heads of state, representatives of NGOs and

WSWS (2023-07-14). Body camera footage confirms unarmed Orlando, Florida father was murdered by police while sitting in legally parked car. wsws.org Orlando police delayed showing the body camera footage to the family of 26-year-old Derek Diaz for over a week.

Fight Back (2023-07-14). New York activist solidarity with the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – 20 activists held a solidarity rally at City Hall in Manhattan to demand that charges be dropped against the Tampa 5. The Tampa 5 are campus activists arrested for protesting the attacks on education by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The solidarity rally was part of a national day of action on July 12. | On March 6, four members of Tampa Bay's SDS and a union worker were arrested for protesting for more diversity on their University of South Florida campus. They rallied and marched against the repressive laws that DeSantis passed in Florida, specifically around the bills that target LGBTQ people, a…

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…

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 …