Daily Archives: January 22, 2020

2020-01-22: News Headlines

Deutsche Welle (2020-01-22). At Davos 2020, Trump dismissive of climate change concerns. peoplesworld.org U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the concerns of environmental activists as "pessimism" in a speech to political and business leaders at the start of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday. Climate change and global warming are topping the agenda at this year's annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, with activists at odds with …

CODEPINK, ANSWER (2020-01-22). Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Sacramento). indybay.org Intersection of 9th street & K street, Sacramento, CA 95814…

CODEPINK, ANSWER (2020-01-22). Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Davis). indybay.org Intersection of 5th Street and B Street, Downtown Davis 95616…

CODEPINK, ANSWER (2020-01-22). Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (San Mateo). indybay.org Intersection of 3rd Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94401…

CODEPINK, ANSWER (2020-01-22). Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Santa Cruz). indybay.org Santa Cruz Town Clock, tri-intersection of Water Street, Front Street, N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…

Labor Video Project (2020-01-22). Martin Luther King San Francisco Labor Council Breakfast Protested. indybay.org Trade unionists and community activists protested at the Martin Luther King Day Breakfast on 1/20/20. They charged that the breakfast did not change the continuing gentrification and racism against Black workers in San Francisco.

Ulson Gunnar (2020-01-22). Washington Desperation Drives Nuclear Proliferation. globalresearch.ca A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. For the elite in Washington, with the terminal decline of their "American Century" and the global empire it built during it, they find themselves in a most unaccommodating corner and thus have become …

Sheldon Richman (2020-01-21). Warmonger Cotton Accuses Antiwar Think Tank of Anti-Semitism. counterpunch.org If you wonder what…

Staff (2020-01-21). Climate Activists Sound Alarm on Mediterranean Natural Gas Pipelines. therealnews.com Activists say the environmental risks of natural gas drilling are being ignored in the rush to challenge Russia's control of the European energy market.

The Canary (2020-01-21). Young people making climate change 'hot topic', Greta Thunberg tells Davos elite. thecanary.co Greta Thunberg was among four young climate activists to challenge the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned them that time was running out.At a panel in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the four said they hoped their generation had found its voice and can work with those in power to bring about the necessary change to limit climate change.Yet Thunberg said not enough has been done. | "We need to start listening to the science, and treat this crisis with the importance it deserves," said the 17-year-old, just as US president Donald Trump was a…

CODEPINK, ANSWER (2020-01-21). Global Day of Protest: No War with Iran! (Monterey). indybay.org Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave at Camino El Estero, Monterey, CA 93940…

Andy Rowell (2020-01-21). Is BlackRock Announcement "Beginning of the End for Fossil-fuel System?" commondreams.org For years, one of the targets for campaigners leading the fossil fuel divestment campaign has been the asset management company BlackRock. (Photo: Sarah Eckel-Dalrymple/CodePink) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

CODEPINK, ANSWER (2020-01-21). Global Day of Protest: No War with Iran! (San Jose). indybay.org San José City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113…

Isabella Garcia (2020-01-21). Invest in Communities, Not Cops. zcomm.org Reclaim the Block, a coalition of local organizations, looks to a future where Minneapolis divests from the police department and invests in community-based solutions and safety…

David Levin (2020-01-21). The Teamster Revolt Against the Hoffa Era. counterpunch.org Willie Ford listened to the conference call in disbelief from the cab of his tractor trailer on I-95 as the Teamster election monitor announced the results of the contract vote covering 250,000 workers at UPS.Ford, a leader of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), and rank-and-file activists like him, had spent months organizing the UPS

teleSUR (2020-01-21). Switzerland: World Economic Forum Kicks Off Amid Demonstrations. telesurenglish.net Hundreds of environmental and social activists are performing a three-day protest march which departed from Landquart and heads to Davos, where businessmen and politicians attend the World Economic Forum that begins on Tuesday. | RELATED: | The "world's leaders meet for 20 years… they always say they want to make the world better, but for me… They have not even done any progress," activist Theres Matter said a…

WSWS (2020-01-21). Trump backs armed gun-rights rally in Richmond, Virginia. wsws.org For the second time in three days, President Donald Trump tweeted support as thousands of gun-rights activists, many of them carrying semi-automatic weapons, descended on Virginia's capital, Richmond.

teleSUR (2020-01-21). Life and Legacy of Errol W. Barrow, Barbados' Freedom Fighter. telesurenglish.net One of Barbados' most important political figures, Errol W. Barrow is today remembered for his impressive record: first prime minister, father of the independence, a supporter of the regional unity, and designer of a modern system of public budgeting, among many other achievements. | RELATED: | Barrow was born in St. Lucy on Jan. 21, 1920 into a family of political and social activists. At the age of 20, in 1940, he jo…

teleSUR (2020-01-21). Network for Defence of Humanity Voices Support for teleSUR. telesurenglish.net Our America, January 20, 2020 | Compañera Patricia Villegas | President of TELESUR | Caracas, Venezuela | Dear Patricia, | It is difficult to gather together so many elements and of such weak credibility, as those used today by the empire's lackeys with threats and attempts to silence Telesur. These efforts only reaffirm the certainty of the value of this station in the battle of the peoples for their right to truth. | How many times have we, as spectators, felt comforted to see that a Telesur team is in the place where transcendental events are happening for those who have been silenced, for those who ha…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-01-21). After Spain Declares Climate Emergency, Activists Demand 'Concrete and Immediate' Action. commondreams.org Spain's new left-wing coalition government on Tuesday declared a climate emergency and promised to send ambitious legislation to the country's parliament within the next 100 days—moves that were welcomed by campaigners who responded with calls for "concrete and immediate" action plans. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

RT (2020-01-20). Media, Hollywood paint Virginia rally as 'extremist' & violent despite its uneventful nature. rt.com Talking heads in the media and Hollywood tried to paint the pro-Second Amendment supporters in Richmond, Virginia as racist or potentially violent, creating a much gloomier image than the one that transpired in reality. | Folks walking around the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond with semi-automatic weapons strapped over their shoulders had anti-gun activists up in arms and concerned, but the pro-Second Amendment protest — which was against new anti-gun measures proposed by Governor Ralph Northam — ended up being quite peaceful. | 'Westworld' actor Jeffrey Wright was similarly bothered by the gun-…

Fight Back (2020-01-20). Embassy Protectors speak out in Fort Lauderdale. fightbacknews.org Fort Lauderdale, FL — Over 60 people from South Florida's tri-county area gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church of Fort Lauderdale to hear a panel and question-and-answer session featuring anti-war activists Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. Zeese and Flowers are two of the four Embassy Protector activists who spent 37 days protecting international law and peace within the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C. They are currently facing bogus federal charges brought by the Trump administration that, if convicted, would mean up to one year in prison and $100,000 fines each. | Also on th…

teleSUR (2020-01-20). Thousands of Armed Gun-Rights Activists Protest in Virginia. telesurenglish.net A large number of armed gun-rights activists descended on Virginia's capitol building on Monday to protest a package of gun-control legislation making its way through the newly Democratic-controlled state legislature. | RELATED: | According to the Reuters News Agency, the Richmond rally was surrounded by heavy security after Virginian Governor Ralph Northam banned carrying weapons onto the capitol grounds. | The r…

Jennifer Wilson (2020-01-20). Lauren Wilkinson's Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage. thenation.com Lauren Wilkinson's Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage…

The Canary (2020-01-18). Hundreds of protesters step in to stop HS2 tree felling. thecanary.co Environmental activists and local campaign groups are trying to prevent trees being cut down as part of the HS2 high-speed rail project.Extinction Rebellion (XR) said that hundreds of tree protectors were expected at the Colne Valley in west London over the weekend to prevent a tree-felling operation.The environmental campaign movement said it was working with the Stop HS2 and Save Colne Valley to oppose the proposed operation at the site which is home to thousands of species of plants and wildlife. | The Red Rebels have arrived at the retaken Harvil Road Stop Hs2 camp | We have tree climbers. We have a kitchen.

Staff (2020-01-17). 4 Years Seeking Justice: Daughter of Slain Indigenous Environmental Leader Berta Cáceres Speaks Out. democracynow.org In Honduras, a new report by the Violence Observatory at the Honduran National Autonomous University says that at least 15 women have been murdered in the first 14 days of this year. Violence against women, LGBTQ people, indigenous leaders and environmental activists has skyrocketed in Honduras under the U.S.-backed government of President Juan Orlando Hernández. The report comes nearly four years after the Honduran indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead inside her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, by hired hitmen. Last month in the capital of Tegucigalpa, seven men were sentenced to up to 50…

Ilana Cohen, Connor Chung (2020-01-16). Want the Youth Vote? Support Fossil Fuel Divestment. thenation.com Want the Youth Vote? Support Fossil Fuel Divestment…

splcenter (2020-01-16). Conspiracy Theories, Threats of Violence Loom Over Coming Gun Rally in Richmond. splcenter.org Gun-rights activists and antigovernment extremists are planning a protest in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday fueled by antigovernment conspiracy theories and accompanied by online calls for violence.

Fight Back (2020-01-16). Families and activists blast St. Paul Police Department's "Decade of Disgrace" fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – Saint Paul police were soundly condemned on January 14 for a decade of crimes against families and communities. Monique Cullars-Doty, a community activist, chaired a press conference that highlighted some of these crimes and called on the city council to freeze the Saint Paul Police Department budget until there is an end to these disgraceful acts, along with a guarantee of transparency in the future and justice for victims and their families. She then invited others to speak about their loved ones murdered by police. | January 14 marks five years since her nephew, 24-year-old Marcus Golden, was k…

Staff (2020-01-14). "Morir Soñando": Martín Espada Reads Poem About Luis Garden Acosta, Young Lord & Community Activist. democracynow.org Last week marked the first anniversary of the passing of Luis Garden Acosta, the founder and longtime president of the nationally known El Puente youth and community leadership program in Brooklyn. Long regarded as one of New York City's foremost human rights and Latino community activists, Garden Acosta died last January at the age of 72. A former seminarian who had been active in the Catholic antiwar movement, Garden Acosta joined the Young Lords Party in 1970 and later founded that group's Massachusetts chapter while he was still a student at Harvard Medical School. He went on to pioneer successful nonviolent…

Staff (2020-01-13). Who Profits when Iran and America Fight? therealnews.com We spoke to Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin after Thursday's War Powers resolution vote. Whose interests are driving the narrative around conflict with Iran?

Staff (2020-01-13). "America Exists Today to Make War": Lawrence Wilkerson on Endless War & American Empire. democracynow.org Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff from 2002 to 2005, says the escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran today is a continuation of two decades of U.S. policy disasters in the Middle East, starting with the 2003 run-up to war with Iraq under the Bush administration. "America exists today to make war. How else do we interpret 19 straight years of war and no end in sight? It's part of who we are. It's part of what the American Empire is," says Wilkerson. "We are going to cheat and steal to do whatever it is we have to do to continue th…

Liberation Staff (2020-01-12). VIDEO: "How many times have we been told the same lie?" Boston anti-war activists take the streets. liberationnews.org The following is adapted from a speech given by PSL organizer Rachel Domond at an anti-war rally on January 4, 2020 in downtown Boston.

Camden Goetz (2020-01-11). 'No war on Iran!' say activists picketing recruitment center in Times Square. liberationnews.org Washington's imperialist aggression on Iran has sparked a new wave of anti-war activism, with actions in over 90 cities saying no to war on Iran.

Liberation Staff (2020-01-09). Peace activists in South say 'No war on Iran'. liberationnews.org Reports from North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky.

Leland Nally (2020-01-06). Dems Must Repudiate Trump's Warmongering. progressive.org Thin-lipped, consultant-speak mewling is not going to stop a war with Iran.

ANSWER (2020-01-01). Sat. Jan. 4 National Day of Action U.S. Troops Out of Iraq! liberationnews.org Initiators for this call include the ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK, Popular Resistance, World Beyond War and many other anti-war and peace organizations.

splcenter (2019-12-20). Investigation: Washington State Rep. Matt Shea Poses Threat of 'Political Violence' Against U.S. splcenter.org Washington state Rep. Matt Shea has been vocal about his support for antigovernment and anti-public lands activists in the West, and a new report alleges those activities pose a threat of "political violence" against the U.S. government.

2020-01-22: Social Media Postees

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Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (San Mateo)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-22
Intersection of 3rd Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882993…

Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Davis)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-22
Intersection of 5th Street and B Street, Downtown Davis 95616…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882993…

Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Sacramento)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-22
Intersection of 9th street & K street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882992…

Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Santa Cruz)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-22
Santa Cruz Town Clock, tri-intersection of Water Street, Front Street, N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882993…

At Davos 2020, Trump dismissive of climate change concerns
Deutsche Welle | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-22
U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the concerns of environmental activists as "pessimism" in a speech to political and business leaders at the start of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday. Climate change and global warming are topping the agenda at this year's annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, with activists at odds with …
peoplesworld.org/article/at-davos-2020-t…

Martin Luther King San Francisco Labor Council Breakfast Protested
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-22
Trade unionists and community activists protested at the Martin Luther King Day Breakfast on 1/20/20. They charged that the breakfast did not change the continuing gentrification and racism against Black workers in San Francisco.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882993…

Washington Desperation Drives Nuclear Proliferation
Ulson Gunnar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. For the elite in Washington, with the terminal decline of their "American Century" and the global empire it built during it, they find themselves in a most unaccommodating corner and thus have become …
globalresearch.ca/washington-desperation-drives-nuclear-proliferation/5701352

Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (San Mateo)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Intersection of 3rd Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882993…

Global Day of Protest: No War with Iran! (San Jose)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
San José City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882992…

Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Davis)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Intersection of 5th Street and B Street, Downtown Davis 95616…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882993…

Global Day of Protest: No War with Iran! (Monterey)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave at Camino El Estero, Monterey, CA 93940…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882992…

Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Sacramento)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Intersection of 9th street & K street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882992…

Is BlackRock Announcement "Beginning of the End for Fossil-fuel System?"
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2020-01-21
For years, one of the targets for campaigners leading the fossil fuel divestment campaign has been the asset management company BlackRock. (Photo: Sarah Eckel-Dalrymple/CodePink) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/21/blackr…

Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Santa Cruz)
CODEPINK, ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Santa Cruz Town Clock, tri-intersection of Water Street, Front Street, N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882993…

Warmonger Cotton Accuses Antiwar Think Tank of Anti-Semitism
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
If you wonder what…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/warmonger-co…

Warmonger Cotton Accuses Antiwar Think Tank of Anti-Semitism
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
If you wonder what…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/warmonger-co…

Warmonger Cotton Accuses Antiwar Think Tank of Anti-Semitism
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
If you wonder what…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/118648/

Young people making climate change 'hot topic', Greta Thunberg tells Davos elite
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-21
Greta Thunberg was among four young climate activists to challenge the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned them that time was running out.At a panel in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the four said they hoped their generation had found its voice and can work with those in power to bring about the necessary change to limit climate change.Yet Thunberg said not enough has been done. | "We need to start listening to the science, and treat this crisis with the importance it deserves," said the 17-year-old, just as US president Donald Trump was a…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/01/21/young-people-making-climate-change-hot-topic-greta-thunberg-tells-davos-elite/

Switzerland: World Economic Forum Kicks Off Amid Demonstrations
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
Hundreds of environmental and social activists are performing a three-day protest march which departed from Landquart and heads to Davos, where businessmen and politicians attend the World Economic Forum that begins on Tuesday. | RELATED: | 'You Have Not Seen Anything Yet,' Thunberg Warns Ahead of Davos | The "world's leaders meet for 20 years… they always say they want to make the world better, but for me… They have not even done any progress," activist Theres Matter said a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Switzerland-Worl…

Invest in Communities, Not Cops
Isabella Garcia | zcomm.org | 2020-01-21
Reclaim the Block, a coalition of local organizations, looks to a future where Minneapolis divests from the police department and invests in community-based solutions and safety…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/invest-in-communit…

Climate Activists Sound Alarm on Mediterranean Natural Gas Pipelines
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-21
Activists say the environmental risks of natural gas drilling are being ignored in the rush to challenge Russia's control of the European energy market.
therealnews.com/stories/climate-environm…

The Teamster Revolt Against the Hoffa Era
David Levin | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
Willie Ford listened to the conference call in disbelief from the cab of his tractor trailer on I-95 as the Teamster election monitor announced the results of the contract vote covering 250,000 workers at UPS.Ford, a leader of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), and rank-and-file activists like him, had spent months organizing the UPS…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/the-teamster…

Martin Luther King San Francisco Labor Council Breakfast Protested
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Trade unionists and community activists protested at the Martin Luther King Day Breakfast on 1/20/20. They charged that the breakfast did not change the continuing gentrification and racism against Black workers in San Francisco.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/1882993…

Protests denounce deportation of Iranian student from Boston Logan Airport
Rachel Domond | liberationnews.org | 2020-01-21
More than one hundred advocates and activists gathered at Boston Logan Airport to demand the release of Iranian student Shahab Dehghani, who was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) after landing twenty-four hours prior.
liberationnews.org/protests-denounce-dep…

Trump backs armed gun-rights rally in Richmond, Virginia
wsws.org | 2020-01-21
For the second time in three days, President Donald Trump tweeted support as thousands of gun-rights activists, many of them carrying semi-automatic weapons, descended on Virginia's capital, Richmond.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/21/virg…

Climate Activists Sound Alarm on Mediterranean Natural Gas Pipelines
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-21
Activists say the environmental risks of natural gas drilling are being ignored in the rush to challenge Russia's control of the European energy market.
therealnews.com/stories/climate-environm…

Life and Legacy of Errol W. Barrow, Barbados' Freedom Fighter
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
One of Barbados' most important political figures, Errol W. Barrow is today remembered for his impressive record: first prime minister, father of the independence, a supporter of the regional unity, and designer of a modern system of public budgeting, among many other achievements. | RELATED: | Barbados Will Not Take Part in US 'Attempt to Divide Region' | Barrow was born in St. Lucy on Jan. 21, 1920 into a family of political and social activists. At the age of 20, in 1940, he jo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Life-and-Legacy-…

Network for Defence of Humanity Voices Support for teleSUR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
Our America, January 20, 2020 | Compañera Patricia Villegas | President of TELESUR | Caracas, Venezuela | Dear Patricia, | It is difficult to gather together so many elements and of such weak credibility, as those used today by the empire's lackeys with threats and attempts to silence Telesur. These efforts only reaffirm the certainty of the value of this station in the battle of the peoples for their right to truth. | How many times have we, as spectators, felt comforted to see that a Telesur team is in the place where transcendental events are happening for those who have been silenced, for those who ha…
telesurenglish.net/news/Network-for-Defe…

After Spain Declares Climate Emergency, Activists Demand 'Concrete and Immediate' Action
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-21
Spain's new left-wing coalition government on Tuesday declared a climate emergency and promised to send ambitious legislation to the country's parliament within the next 100 days—moves that were welcomed by campaigners who responded with calls for "concrete and immediate" action plans. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/21/after-s…

Embassy Protectors speak out in Fort Lauderdale
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-20
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Media, Hollywood paint Virginia rally as 'extremist' & violent despite its uneventful nature
rt.com | 2020-01-20
Talking heads in the media and Hollywood tried to paint the pro-Second Amendment supporters in Richmond, Virginia as racist or potentially violent, creating a much gloomier image than the one that transpired in reality. | Folks walking around the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond with semi-automatic weapons strapped over their shoulders had anti-gun activists up in arms and concerned, but the pro-Second Amendment protest

Thousands of Armed Gun-Rights Activists Protest in Virginia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-20
A large number of armed gun-rights activists descended on Virginia's capitol building on Monday to protest a package of gun-control legislation making its way through the newly Democratic-controlled state legislature. | RELATED: | 55% of US Voting-Age Women Prefer Socialism, Over Capitalism | According to the Reuters News Agency, the Richmond rally was surrounded by heavy security after Virginian Governor Ralph Northam banned carrying weapons onto the capitol grounds. | The r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-of-Arm…

Lauren Wilkinson's Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage
Jennifer Wilson | thenation.com | 2020-01-20
Lauren Wilkinson's Novel of Race, Empire, and Espionage…
thenation.com/article/lauren-wilikinson-…

Hundreds of protesters step in to stop HS2 tree felling
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-18
Environmental activists and local campaign groups are trying to prevent trees being cut down as part of the HS2 high-speed rail project.Extinction Rebellion (XR) said that hundreds of tree protectors were expected at the Colne Valley in west London over the weekend to prevent a tree-felling operation.The environmental campaign movement said it was working with the Stop HS2 and Save Colne Valley to oppose the proposed operation at the site which is home to thousands of species of plants and wildlife. | The Red Rebels have arrived at the retaken Harvil Road Stop Hs2 camp | We have tree climbers. We have a kitchen.
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/01/18/hundreds-of-protesters-step-in-to-stop-hs2-tree-felling/

4 Years Seeking Justice: Daughter of Slain Indigenous Environmental Leader Berta Cáceres Speaks Out
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-17
In Honduras, a new report by the Violence Observatory at the Honduran National Autonomous University says that at least 15 women have been murdered in the first 14 days of this year. Violence against women, LGBTQ people, indigenous leaders and environmental activists has skyrocketed in Honduras under the U.S.-backed government of President Juan Orlando Hernández. The report comes nearly four years after the Honduran indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead inside her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, by hired hitmen. Last month in the capital of Tegucigalpa, seven men were sentenced to up to 50…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/17/berta_cac…

Western Sydney youth demand 'climate action now'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-17
Climate Yaji SpencerIssue 1249 Australia ParramattaJanuary 17, 2020Local residents and climate activists, including a large contingent of young people, marched through Parramatta on January 14 calling for serious action on climate change. | Rally co-organiser Katrina James…
greenleft.org.au/content/western-sydney-youth-demand-climate-action-now

Want the Youth Vote? Support Fossil Fuel Divestment
Ilana Cohen, Connor Chung | thenation.com | 2020-01-16
Want the Youth Vote? Support Fossil Fuel Divestment…
thenation.com/article/divestment-vote/

Conspiracy Theories, Threats of Violence Loom Over Coming Gun Rally in Richmond
splcenter.org | 2020-01-16
Gun-rights activists and antigovernment extremists are planning a protest in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday fueled by antigovernment conspiracy theories and accompanied by online calls for violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/16/consp…

Families and activists blast St. Paul Police Department's "Decade of Disgrace"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-16
St. Paul, MN – Saint Paul police were soundly condemned on January 14 for a decade of crimes against families and communities. Monique Cullars-Doty, a community activist, chaired a press conference that highlighted some of these crimes and called on the city council to freeze the Saint Paul Police Department budget until there is an end to these disgraceful acts, along with a guarantee of transparency in the future and justice for victims and their families. She then invited others to speak about their loved ones murdered by police. | January 14 marks five years since her nephew, 24-year-old Marcus Golden, was k…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/16/families…

"Morir Soñando": Martín Espada Reads Poem About Luis Garden Acosta, Young Lord & Community Activist
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-14
Last week marked the first anniversary of the passing of Luis Garden Acosta, the founder and longtime president of the nationally known El Puente youth and community leadership program in Brooklyn. Long regarded as one of New York City's foremost human rights and Latino community activists, Garden Acosta died last January at the age of 72. A former seminarian who had been active in the Catholic antiwar movement, Garden Acosta joined the Young Lords Party in 1970 and later founded that group's Massachusetts chapter while he was still a student at Harvard Medical School. He went on to pioneer successful nonviolent…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/14/luis_gard…