thecommunists (2024-03-04). Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Policing Palestine protestors, episode 4. thecommunists.org In this instalment of their regular series, Comrade Joti Brar and Garland Nixon begin by discussing the second set of arrests of CPGB-ML members. The unjust arrests, where party members were charged under anti-terror legislation for incitement of 'supporting a banned terror group' (!) — for distributing a leaflet condemning the racist Israeli state — …

Staff (2024-03-01). How private equity conquered America. therealnews.com Private equity firms are buying up the US economy and stripping it for parts. From healthcare to education, utilities, and more, massive firms like Blackstone and the Carlyle Group have acquired vast holdings across critical industries essential to the health and well-being of everyday people. Instead of seeking to make these ventures more profitable, private …

Don Fitz (2024-03-01). Girl Scouts Threatened for Supporting Palestinian Children. dissidentvoice.org Guess who threatened them? The Girl Scouts of the United States. Stories abound of retaliation against those who express concern over Israeli ethnic cleansing — from censoring news reports to reprimanding faculty, mass arrests, and suppressing students' right to protest. A well-orchestrated campaign against Palestine's right to exist is spreading like Covid across the US. …

Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. (2024-03-01). Palestine Action US Activists Hit With Felony Charges Over Elbit Protest. popularresistance.org Three activists have been indicted for participating in a protest at Elbit Systems of America in Merrimack, New Hampshire last November. Elbit is Israel's largest private arms supplier. | Sophie Ross, Bridget Shergalis, and Calla Walsh are facing charges of riot, conspiracy to commit criminal mischief, burglary, and conspiracy to commit falsifying physical evidence for climbing onto the company's roof and defacing the building with paint. Each charge is a Class B felony and could carry a three-and-a-half to seven-year prison sentence. | A fourth woman, Paige Belanger, was arrested in January over her involvement…

Bilal G. Morris (2024-03-01). Justice For Elijah McClain: Convictions Spark Changes In Procedures For Patients In Police Custody. newsone.com Source: Michael Ciaglo / Getty | UPDATED: 11 a.m. ET, Mar. 1, 2024 | First responders are making changes to their procedures for patients in police custody just months after paramedics were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. | The conviction has highlighted gaps in medical procedures during arrests that professionals say must be addressed. |

newarab (2024-02-29). BHM: 7 Black American activists who stood up for Palestine. newarab.com "Black folks have always been about Palestine". That was the response of travel writer Imani Bashir on X, in response to a tweet by "Barely four years after George Floyd's murder, many young Black activists have landed upon Gaza as their next social justice journey. But this deepening alignment — this 'movement-mooching' — reveals something far more d…

Bilal G. Morris (2024-02-29). Was Trevonte Jamal Shubert-Helton Lynched? Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Georgia. newsone.com

Editor at NewsOne (2024-02-27). Leonard Cure Update: Federal Lawsuit Names 'Extremely Aggressive' Georgia Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Driver. newsone.com The family of Leonard Cure filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia police officer who shot and killed the exonerated Black man, 53, during a traffic stop last year.

WW Buffalo Bureau (2024-02-27). Buffalo police kill a Black man — yet again. workers.org On Saturday morning, on Buffalo's East Side, police shot and killed a Black man — yet again. Edward 'Eddie' Holmes was a brother, father, and grandad. He was a chef, skater, biker, mechanic, and loved cars and cowboy hats. (Quote: Black Love Resists in the Rust) The version presented by . . . |