It's Time for Effective Oversight of Police Violence<\/strong>
\nZenobia Jeffries Warfield | commondreams.org<\/a> | 2019-10-15
\nCommunity organizers and activists demand police accountability at a rally in New York City on August 9, 2019, to commemorate the 5-year anniversary of Mike Brown's death by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (Photo: Erik McGregor\/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files…<\/a> …
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UK Police Orders Extinction Rebellion to Halt Protests<\/strong>
\ntelesurenglish.net<\/a> | 2019-10-15
\nBritish police have ordered a halt to Extinction Rebellion protests in London after a week of civil disobedience by climate change activists who have targeted government building and major financial institutions. | RELATED: | Extinction Rebellion Protesters Try to Occupy London Airport | "Any assembly linked to the Extinction Rebellion 'Autumn Upr…
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Riot Police Charges Catalan Protesters in Barcelona<\/strong>
\ntelesurenglish.net<\/a> | 2019-10-15
\nSpanish riot police clashed with Catalan protesters late Tuesday in Barcelona, in a second day of protests against the jailing of nine Catalan pro-independence activists by the Supreme Court over their role in a failed bid to break away from Spain in 2017. | RELATED: | Catalonia: Guilty Verdict of Leaders Will Fuel Independence Bid | In unusually tens…
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Why I Stand by 70 Years Old Communist China<\/strong>
\nAndre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org<\/a> | 2019-10-15
\nHappy Birthday, People's Republic of China! Heartfelt Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday, and thank you for being here, for standing, for not bending down and never surrendering. The capitalist world is in decay. The West is rotting. Anger and nihilism are pouring from the imperialist empire whose citizens are frustrated; not at peace with themselves. Imperialist …
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The Unspoken History of the Holy Roman Empire. Its Germanic Origins<\/strong>
\nNauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
\nChristianity in its present form came into being after the eleventh century "Great Schism"(1054 AD) between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church. Before that, it used to be an exclusively Byzantine affair and most of Western Europe followed pagan …
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After Shell CEO Claims 'We Have No Choice' But to Invest in Fossil Fuels, McKibben Says, 'We Have No Choice But to Try and Stop Them'<\/strong>
\nJessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org<\/a> | 2019-10-15
\nClimate activists and experts underscored the necessity of fighting to urgently end the use of fossil fuels worldwide after Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden claimed Monday that "we have no choice" but to invest in long-term oil and gas projects. | www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files…<\/a> …
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Tucson demands "U.S.-NATO hands off Syria"<\/strong>
\nFight Back | fightbacknews.org<\/a> | 2019-10-14
\nTucson, AZ – Nearly a dozen anti-war activists answered the call for an emergency rally Friday afternoon, October 11, to make the demand that the U.S. and NATO member Turkey leave Syria. Amid rush hour traffic moving through downtown, there were several honks of solidarity with the message on posters saying: "U.S.-NATO out of Syria" and "U.S. hands off Syria." | Earlier in the week, President Trump announced that U.S. troops would be leaving northern Syria. This created an uproar in the corporate mainstream media that the U.S. would be "abandoning an ally" in regional Kurdish forces. A few days later, Turkey, a U…
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MN backs Rage Against the War Machine protest in DC<\/strong>
\nFight Back | fightbacknews.org<\/a> | 2019-10-14
\nMinneapolis, MN – 40 protesters braved the first snow of the season at the busy intersection of Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on October 12 to say no to U.S. endless wars. The protest was called by the MN Peace Action Coalition in conjunction with the Rage Against the War Machine organized by the Women's March on the Pentagon the same weekend in Washington DC. | Autumn Lake, an organizer with the MN Anti-War Committee, started off the program, "Our protest today comes a day after the Pentagon announced that nearly 2000 additional U.S. troops are being sent to Saudi Arabia in preparation for…
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Pro-independence Catalan figures convicted in controversial Spanish trial<\/strong>
\nThe Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-14
\nA dozen Catalan politicians and activists have been convicted on charges of sedition, misuse of public funds and disobedience for their role in a failed secession attempt for the northeastern region of Spain in 2017. The trial is considered the most important for the country since democracy was restored following the death of fascist dictator General Francisco Franco in 1975.Profound and long-lasting repercussions: Former regional vice presiden…
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In Iowa, Politicians Protect the Meat Industry by Making Animal Rights Activists Criminals<\/strong>
\nLeighton Akio Woodhouse | theintercept.com<\/a> | 2019-10-12
\nOur short documentary tells the story of one undercover investigator whose footage of a pig factory farm is at the center of Iowa's ag-gag backlash.
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Bollywood: Stand Against Apartheid!<\/strong>
\nSAMIR | bdsmovement.net<\/a> | 2019-10-10
\nBollywood: Stand Against Apartheid! : Action AlertHelp appeal to Bollywood stars booked to perform in Tel Aviv | Cultural BoycottOctober 10, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
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69 activists arrested demanding shut down of Bow, New Hampshire coal plant<\/strong>
\nPSL Southern New Hampshire | liberationnews.org<\/a> | 2019-10-06
\nMass direct actions targets coal plant.
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Boston march rejects 'Operation Clean Sweep', attacks on the homeless<\/strong>
\nGerry Scoppettuolo | liberationnews.org<\/a> | 2019-10-04
\nSteel barricades continue to section off parts of Atkinson Street in Boston's South End, creating a militarized backdrop for the brutal and sustained mass eviction.
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BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti not granted visa to speak at UK Labour Conference fringe events<\/strong>
\npatrick | bdsmovement.net<\/a> | 2019-10-03
\nBDS co-founder Omar Barghouti not granted visa to speak at UK Labour Conference fringe events: In the NewsPalestinian voices, including Mr. Barghouti, will still be heard at Conference | Right To BoycottSeptember 20, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Solidarity Campaign …
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Palestinian civil society calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release activist Ramy Shaath<\/strong>
\npatrick | bdsmovement.net<\/a> | 2019-10-02
\nPalestinian civil society calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release activist Ramy Shaath: Open Letter30 Palestinian civil society organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights activist Ramy Shaath, and call on all Palestinian, Arab and international organizations to show solidarity with Ramy's just cause and also…
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Liberation News confronts Boston mayor over police riot vs. anti-fascist protesters<\/strong>
\nDru Maxcy | liberationnews.org<\/a> | 2019-09-30
\nThe violent police repression at the fascist so-called "Straight Pride Parade" — which led to the arrest of 34 counter-protestors and the brutalizing of many more — was only the beginning of a rapidly expanding state-sanctioned attack against left-wing activists and the LGBTQ community in Boston.
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Documents Prove "Creative Community for Peace" is Front for Right-Wing Israel Lobby Group "StandWithUs"<\/strong>
\npatrick | bdsmovement.net<\/a> | 2019-09-25
\nDocuments Prove "Creative Community for Peace" is Front for Right-Wing Israel Lobby Group "StandWithUs": UpdateArtists who support justice for all and oppose racism in all forms should be aware of CCFP's deception and steer clear of its lobbying agenda. | Cultural BoycottSeptember 25, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
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Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities<\/strong>
\nPACBI | bdsmovement.net<\/a> | 2019-09-24
\nOpinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities : AnalysisAs the University of Cape Town weighs refraining from relations with Israeli Universities enabling the gross violation of Palestinian human rights, renowned South African international law scholar Prof. John Dugard finds that UCT "would be acting in accordance with So…
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Boycott InDnegev Festival 2019<\/strong>
\nSAMIR | bdsmovement.net<\/a> | 2019-09-20
\nBoycott InDnegev Festival 2019: PACBI StatementInDnegev is complicit in Israel's apartheid and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians | Cultural BoycottSeptember 20, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
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Boycott DGTL Tel Aviv Festival 2019<\/strong>
\nSAMIR | bdsmovement.net<\/a> | 2019-09-19
\nBoycott DGTL Tel Aviv Festival 2019: PACBI StatementDGTL Tel Aviv takes place atop the ruins of an ethnically cleansed Palestinian village | Cultural BoycottSeptember 19, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
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