#201801
“I don’t want our country to be portrayed like this,” said an African-now-American citizen, pointing to a group of George Floyd protesters in downtown Washington, DC, Sunday. Nestride Yumga, a D.C. resident, was told to shut up and leave when she voiced her opinion that Black Lives Matter protesters are “hypocrites.” “When black people kill black people, they don’t come out and do this crap.”
#201802
resident Trump faces the greatest challenge of his very eventful life, and also an immense opportunity to silence his detractors. Not since Charles de Gaulle faced a prolonged general strike in France in 1968 has the leader of a large Western democracy faced something so closely approximating an insurrection as the situation President Trump faces …
#201803
Rep. Max Rose, New York Democrat, said the mayhem in New York City Monday evening showed that Mayor Bill de Blasio has lost control of the situation “once and for all” and called for the National G…
#201804
While CNN and the mainstream media are reporting that the riots are merely peaceful protests, Steven and the LwC team are your live source for calling the re...
#201805
In Spring 2015, the New York/New Jersey District of Liberation Road sponsored a forum entitled “Ferguson: The Movement So Far and Lessons for Coming Struggles.”
The first speaker was our comrade, Montague Simmons, Chair of the legendary Organization for Black Struggle in St. Louis. The
#201806
The Party for Socialism and Liberation condemns the vicious killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department. #antiracism #minneapolis #policebrutality
#201807
'I can not breathe… Don’t kill me. Please don’t kill. I can’t breathe.' The last words of George Floyd as he continually gasped for air, while he was pinned face down in the street with the knee of a Minneapolis PIG thrust into his neck, choking out his life. All this went on for at least 8 minutes. On video.
#201808
Workers World salutes all the brave protesters in Minneapolis, currently ground zero against police terror. We also salute those activists in Los Angeles, Memphis and other cities who are organizing protests and braving the pandemic to be in the streets or in car caravans to show solidarity with the
#201809
In the face of escalating racist attacks–from the police, from the Trump administration, and from emboldened right-wing forces–Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will stand firm in solidarity with the movement... Read more »
#201810
We, the National Political Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America, condemn the public execution of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. His murder falls into the deeply entrenched pattern of violence, anti-Blackness, and oppression upheld by policing in this country. There is no justification for it, only contempt for the institution…
#201811
“…it was plain that D.S.A. constitutes a true movement.” — Mark Tracy, the New York Times More than a thousand delegates from 139 chapters met in Atlanta this month to set our course for the next two years and elect our new National Political Committee (NPC), which functions as DSA’s highest decision-making body between…
#201812
A press conference, held in front of the Madison Police Central District office in the City-County Building, was more rally that media event, drawing hundreds, the vast majority of them
#201813
#201814
Any “open platform” that routinely limits, editorializes against or bans political or religious speech isn’t really a platform at all; it’s a publisher.
#201815
A new poll by Morning Consult found that large majorities of American voters, including a majority of Democrat supporters, back use of the National Guard to address the riots and protests tearing apart cities around the nation. A smaller majority of Americans supports using the military.
#201816
Philadelphia officials have authorized a "voteswagon" to drive around the city to collect mail-in ballots from registered voters.
#201817
On Monday, the network morning shows offered a combined 69 seconds of coverage on historic St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C. being set on fire and vandalized by violent protesters Sunday night. On Tuesday, those same broadcasts devoted a combined 30 minutes of coverage to hyping the “outrage” over President Trump visiting the church Monday evening.
#201818
While Chicago officials took steps to restrict access to downtown after tense weekend protests over the death of George Floyd, unrest spread to the city's neighborhoods and suburbs.
#201819
Protests over the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis spilled into the towns outside Philadelphia, causing damage and leading to arrests.
#201820
Walnut Creek declared a citywide curfew Sunday night and asked businesses to shut down immediately in response to unrest and looting in the Broadway Plaza shopping area, one of several Bay Area suburbs where vandalism was reported. A woman was shot and wounded in the arm in connection with the Walnut Creek unrest, police told The Chronicle. Dozens of stores in the shopping district were vandalized, and officers eventually fired tear gas to disperse protesters. “Due to civil unrest in the Broadway Plaza area, the city of Walnut Creek is establishing a curfew, effective at 6:00 pm today & asking all businesses downtown to close immediately,” the Police Department tweeted. “Please ensure your doors are locked & secured.” Nearby Pleasant Hill warned people to stay away from that city’s downtown and the Crossroads Shopping Center and declared a curfew Sunday night. Danville and Santa Clara also imposed curfews, joining San Francisco and San Jose in ordering people not to go out at night without a valid reason. In Fremont, access to the Pacific Commons shopping center was closed around 9 p.m. due to “civil unrest throughout the region and shopping centers being targeted by looters,” the Police Department there reported. And in San Leandro, there was widespread looting in and around Bayfair Mall. Dozens of stores were ransacked. Walnut Creek police Capt. Jay Hill said there had been a shooting related to the protests in the Contra Costa County city, but details were sketchy. Several officers said the victim was a woman. BART said it had closed the Walnut Creek, Concord, Lafayette and Hayward stations because of the unrest. The Walnut Creek station is near a Target store, one of several that the chain has temporarily shuttered in the Bay Area because of...
#201821
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, police chief James Craig and faith leaders delivered a powerful message to protesters from suburban cities who participated in Friday night’s violent George Floyd demonstration.
#201822
The goal of these countries during the current US crisis is to use it to their advantage to achieve gains.
#201823
Take Nike. You might think the sneaker company would be upset about having its stores ransacked. But think again: that looter is a walking advertisement
#201824
BEAVERTON, OR—Nike has released a commemorative shoe to honor those looting and burning down buildings across the country.The Nike Loot Force One comes packed with features the company says will help people loot safely and efficiently. From cushioned soles to make sure you make it through shattered windows without getting your feet cut to a detachable sw …
#201825
New York governor Andrew Cuomo trashed New York City mayor Bill de Blasio in a series of public comments Tuesday, calling De Blasio’s handling of NYC riots a “disgrace,” claiming De Blasio refused to authorize the use of the National Guard to quell unrest, and suggesting he could “displace” the mayor — though he’s not […]
