Tallahassee residents demand removal of killer cop Police Chief Lawrence Revell<\/strong>
\nFight Back | fightbacknews.org<\/a> | 2020-02-04
\nTallahassee, FL – Local activists are calling new attention to the long struggle against terrorism by white supremacist law enforcement through a series of direct actions, the latest of which took place January 30 at a "Meet the Chief" meet and greet at a community center in Tallahassee. | "This action is to protest the appointment of confirmed killer cop Lawrence Revell to chief of police, and to condemn the opaque, nepotistic process employed by City Manager Reese Goad to appoint Revell to this position," said Regina Joseph, president of the Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC). | Members of TCAC distr…
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Farruggio in 20\/20<\/strong>
\nPhilip Farruggio | nationofchange.org<\/a> | 2020-02-03
\nThe more that working stiffs see the value in pulling back this empire to help the 99+ % of us…
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The Afghanistan Papers. "Teflon Lies" and Mowing Lawns<\/strong>
\nDr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
\nAfghanistan is a famous desert for empires, a burial ground which has consumed those in power who thought that extra fortification and trading most might benefit them. It remains a great, and somewhat savage reminder about those who suffer hubris, …
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Yale Undergraduate Representatives Unanimously Vote to Join Call for Yale to Cancel Puerto Rico Debt, Divest From Fossil Fuels<\/strong>
\ncommondreams.org<\/a> | 2020-02-03
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With Medicare for All on the Table, Iowans Are Caucusing for Their Lives<\/strong>
\nStaff | truthout.org<\/a> | 2020-02-03
\nDemocrats in Iowa are voting for their lives as they gather for the presidential caucuses today. Besides beating President Trump, polling shows that health care is the top issue among likely caucus-goers. The vision of a Medicare for All system that provides health insurance to everyone has energized activists and the party's progressive base…
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Youth Climate Activists Have Endorsed Bernie Sanders. Can It Tip the Scales?<\/strong>
\nStaff | truthout.org<\/a> | 2020-02-03
\nA recent wave of endorsements reflects the Vermont Senator's appeal for younger voters who are concerned with climate. | As sparring continues within the ranks of the Democratic Party, a certain voting bloc<\/p>\n

Divestment Fever Spreads as 'Eco Radicals at Goldman Sachs' Downgrade Exxon Stock to 'Sell' Status<\/strong>
\nJulia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org<\/a> | 2020-02-03
\nThree days after CNBC host Jim Cramer pronounced fossil fuel investments as being "in the death knell phase," Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs downgraded oil giant Exxon's stock, advising investors to sell their shares. | www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files…<\/a> …
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Generals, Princes, and Black Snakes<\/strong>
\nJames Lamont | dissidentvoice.org<\/a> | 2020-02-02
\nDamn The Man, Damn The Empire (January 16th) In 2012 Barack Obama was reelected following the disastrous US-led war on Libya that he began without approval from Congress, and two years after the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, without trial, inside a sovereign nation. In 2011 Obama also came out with this progressive chestnut: "Unlike …
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Why aren't Americans rising up like the people of Chile and Lebanon?<\/strong>
\nMedea Benjamin | zcomm.org<\/a> | 2020-02-02
\nThe tinder for a revolutionary movement is everywhere…
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Joker star Joaquin Phoenix makes plea for people to go vegan<\/strong>
\nThe Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-02
\nOscar and Bafta nominee Joaquin Phoenix has made a plea for people to "go vegan" as he led an animal equality protest in central London.The Hollywood A-lister used his pulling power to gather a group of activists for a protest where he dropped a 390-square foot banner from Tower Bridge which declared: "Factory farming is destroying our planet. Go vegan."He made the call for people to break away from animal products ahead of Sunday's Bafta award ceremony, where he is in the running for the best lead actor prize for his starring role in Joker.Animal Equality protesters unfurl a banner on Tower Bridge (Victoria Jone…
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"Disclosure": Groundbreaking Documentary Examines a Century of Trans Representation in Film & TV<\/strong>
\nStaff | democracynow.org<\/a> | 2020-01-31
\nAs South Dakota becomes the latest state to pass anti-transgender legislation in the state's lower house, we look at how trans people have been depicted in film and television over the last century. The film "Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen," which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, traces trans representation from the 1914 silent film "A Florida Enchantment" to the Oscar-winning 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry" to the new hit television series "Pose." Through in-depth interviews with transgender actors, activists and writers, the documentary reveals the way Hollywood and the media both manufacture and ref…
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Activists in London, Berlin and Athens protest Invasion Day<\/strong>
\nSusan Price | greenleft.org<\/a>.au | 2020-01-30
\nInvasion Day protests Kerry SmithIssue 1251 Britain Germany Greece Survival DayJanuary 30, 2020While thousands of people rallied in ci…
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Stop Adani campaign bags another win<\/strong>
\nFred_F | greenleft.org<\/a>.au | 2020-01-30
\nanti-mining Margaret GleesonIssue 1251 Australia AdaniJanuary 30, 2020Greyhound Australia is the latest to join the growing list of companies refusing to work with Adani on its Carmichael coal mine in Central Queensland, after a targeted campaign by Stop Adani activists. | G…
\ngreenleft.org<\/a>.au\/content\/stop-adani-campaign-bags-another-win<\/p>\n

Headlines for January 27, 2020<\/strong>
\nStaff | democracynow.org<\/a> | 2020-01-27
\nImpeachment Trial Resumes as Leaked Bolton Manuscript Bolsters Democrats' Case, Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 81 in China as Disease Spreads Around the World, Pentagon: 34 U.S. Troops Have Brain Injuries After Iranian Attack on Iraqi Airbase, Deadly Crackdown on Iraqi Protests Continue as 100,000s March Against U.S. Military Presence, Turkey Earthquake Kills 38; At Least 1,600 Hospitalized, Ugandan Activist Vanessa Nakate Slams Racist Media After Being Cropped from Photo with White Activists, Trump Attends Anti-Abortion "March for Life" as Admin Continues Assault on Reproductive Rights, High-Ranking Pharma Exec…
\nwww.democracynow.org\/2020\/1\/27\/headlines<\/a><\/p>\n

Protesters say no war on Iran<\/strong>
\npip.hinman | greenleft.org<\/a>.au | 2020-01-25
\nanti-war Kerry SmithIssue 1251 Australia No war on IranJanuary 25, 2020Activists joined a global day of action against war on Iran, initiated in the United States by the United National Antiwar Coalition. One hundred people took part in Sydney on January 25. | The protest took…
\ngreenleft.org<\/a>.au\/content\/protesters-say-no-war-iran<\/p>\n

Animated by Conspiracy Theories, Far-Right Extremists Seize Opportunity to Rally Around Guns in Virginia<\/strong>
\nsplcenter.org<\/a> | 2020-01-23
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Conspiracy Theories, Threats of Violence Loom Over Coming Gun Rally in Richmond<\/strong>
\nsplcenter.org<\/a> | 2020-01-16
\nGun-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.
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