Black Lives Matter (BLM)

Will This Be The Radicalization Of Black Lives Matter?

December 3, 2020 Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. Strategize! Black Lives Matter (BLM), counterinsurgency, Opportunism, Transparency

On Monday a group of local Black Lives Matter chapters issued a statement to the public calling for more transparency and accountability from the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMGN), the umbrella structure for the Black lives matter structures. In what appears to be an ongoing internal discussion, the chapters claimed that BLMGN not only did not collaborate on political visioning and collective analysis with the chapters but shockingly, with the millions reported in the media that was raised from foundations and corporations, “most chapters have received little to no financial support since the launch in 2013.”

Tear Gas For BLM, Red Carpet For MAGA Marchers

November 23, 2020 Kim Brown, The Real News. Resistance Report Black Lives Matter (BLM), Police violence, Washington DC, White Supremacy

Welcome to Burn It Down with Kim Brown. Striking video footage there in Washington, DC as the klan came to town. Oh, they weren't the klan? Well, they kind of looked like the klan to me or at least the grandchildren of the klan. Trump supporters, white supremacists, Proud Boys, whatever you want to call them, took to the streets of DC to show their support for the President who is trying to steal the election. But the striking difference is that Black Lives Matter activists have been in the streets of the District of Columbia all summer long and they have been met with tear gas, with rubber bullets, with...

Corporate Media Reverse Reality By Blaming BLM Protesters For Everything

November 5, 2020 Joshua Cho, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! 2020 Elections, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Media, Rebellion2020

Aside from the coronavirus pandemic, this year has also seen unprecedented mass uprisings against the US’s white supremacist police state after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis. However, throughout the ongoing protests this year, corporate media seemed to take every opportunity to vilify the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement by spinning the protesters—rather than the racist and authoritarian US regime they are protesting against—as the primary instigators of violence and theft, in addition to preemptively blaming them for Trump’s reelection.

Arrest Police Officers Who Brutally Attacked Reuben Pegues

November 3, 2020 Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, Popular Resistance. Resist! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Police violence, Washington DC

Bethesda MD -- The brutal arrest of high school student Reuben Pegues, a member of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC), Saturday night during Washington DC demonstrations exposes the continuing disregard for Black Lives at all levels of our society, and the importance of the struggle to preserve the memory of African Americans in the face of obliteration by development at the Moses African Cemetery on River Road in Bethesda. Reuben is an ardent supporter of the BACC’s multi-year battle to stop the plans by Bethesda Storage to excavate what Coalition members call “ancient Moses”...

Labor Must Make Defense Of Black Lives Its Own Imperative

September 19, 2020 King Downing and Frances Madeson, Black Agenda Report. Strategize! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Labor Unions, Racism, right wing militia

Black trade unionists across the U.S. are calling on the labor movement to defend Black Lives Matter protesters and to fight racism in their own ranks. The attacks by police and increasingly violent armed racist militias evoke the memory of many such violent incidents against Black people in earlier periods, from slavery to segregation to the civil rights era. For Labor Day 2020, Truthout reached out to Christopher Silvera, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 808 in Long Island City, NY; Elise Bryant, executive director of Labor Heritage Foundation and president of the Communication Workers of America’s Coalition...

Scheer Intelligence: How Today’s Uprisings Compare To The 1960s Rebellions

September 18, 2020 Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. Educate! 1960s, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Podcast, Rebellion2020

The 1960s live on in U.S. memory as an era of counterculture rebellions and the civil rights movement that changed the course of the nation’s history. The mass uprisings that took place from coast to coast have been immortalized in myriad films and books, but these often focus on well known figures rather than the everyday Black and Chicano youths that fueled the movement. In their new book, Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the 1960s, renowned historians Mike Davis and Jon Wiener set out to capture the complete history of the city’s revolutionary political scene by focusing on the working class Americans who are so often left out of the story.

Teen Who Organized BLM Rally Billed $2500 For Police Overtime

August 30, 2020 AP News. Resist! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Constitution, First Amendment, Freedom of Assembly

A teen who organized a Black Lives Matter rally in her northern New Jersey town said she has been sent a $2500 bill from officials for police overtime. NJ Advance Media reported Friday Emily Gil, 18, of Englewood Cliffs received a letter earlier this month from Mayor Mario M. Kranjac looking for payment of $2,499.26 “for the police overtime caused by your protest.” A civil liberties advocate called the move “shocking.” Gil, a recent high school graduate, had organized a protest on July 25 in the town, just across the river from the uppermost parts of Manhattan. She said she called for action like increasing affordable housing in the town, and chastised Engelwood Cliffs for not implementing it over the years.

Scheer Intelligence: The Revolt Of The Black Athlete

August 28, 2020 Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. Educate! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Corporatism, Podcast, Sports

Howard Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN.com and appears regularly on the sports network and NPR. His most recent book “The Heritage: Black Athletes, A Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism” is about the responsibility often placed upon professional black athletes from Jackie Robinson to LeBron James to be role models for social justice. In their conversation, Bryant tells host Robert Scheer that black athletes often come up against the conflict between their corporate sponsors and their desire for social justice and action.

Grand Jury Resistor Jailed For Fighting Federal Repression Against BLM

August 24, 2020 It's Going Down. Resist! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Grand Jury Abuse, Prisoner rights, Wisconsin

At 3:00 pm, Wednesday, August 19th, Jesse Shackelford, 28, was taken into federal custody at the Dane County Jail and joined a long history of grand jury resisters. He claimed his Fifth Amendment right to silence in order to protect himself and his community and in a strong stand against both this grand jury in particular and the grand jury process as an oppressive, movement-busting tactic. For refusing to testify in front of a grand jury targeting the Black liberation struggle and uprisings in Madison, Jesse was charged with civil contempt and put in a cage: he is currently being held in solitary confinement. This was his second call to the federal grand jury convened by US Attorney Scott Blader this summer. It is FFLS’ understanding that Jesse is the first grand jury resister nationally to be incarcerated in contempt as a result of the 2020 Black liberation uprisings.

Police Continue To Repress Protesters In Portland

August 24, 2020 Telesur English. Resist! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Mass Arrests, Police abuse, Portland

For 90 days now, protesters have taken to the streets of the U.S. city of Portland following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. As per social media videos, protesters were met with heavy police repression including the use of tear gas canisters. The protest left several police officers injured, at least 9 people arrested while one person received medical attention after receiving a gun wound. Of those people that were arrested, three were charged with assault on a police officer. Portland Police confirmed that since May, over 500 protesters have been arrested. U.S. Police repression continues in Portland, Oregon against demonstrators who continue to take to the streets to demand an end to police brutality and racism in the United States.

BLM Activists Hospitalized After Police Kneel On Her Neck

August 14, 2020 Khaleda Rahman, MSN. Educate! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Florida, Police violence, Rebellion2020

Protesters said Jae Passmore had been leaving a demonstration in downtown Tampa on Wednesday night when she was detained by police, The Tampa Bay Times reported. In on video shared on Instagram, Passmore is seen being pinned to the ground by several officers as protesters shout at them to free her. "Stop! Get your knee off her neck!" A protester can be heard repeatedly yelling. Another is heard screaming: "Get off of her like that!"

Numerous Assaults Witnessed During Black Lives Matter Protests

August 12, 2020 By Kelsey Penrose, Carson Now. Resist! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Counter-protesters, Nevada, Police abuse

A group of about thirty Black Lives Matter protesters from Gardnerville, Carson City and Lake Tahoe took to the streets of Douglas County today, where they were met with hundreds of heavily armed counter-protesters, some of whom were physically and verbally assaulting the mostly-teenaged protesters. After Douglas County Sheriff Dan Coverley issued a public open letter to the Douglas County Library Board stating his opposition to their proposed support of Black Lives Matter, joining numerous library associations across the country, and threatening to not respond to the library’s call for assistance anymore, many across the country were outraged. One of the groups outraged were the local Black Lives Matter organization, which is made up of 20-30 people who have been peacefully protesting every Saturday in Carson City in front of the legislature, many of whom are juveniles.

The ‘Wall of Vets’ Continues Long Legacy Of Veteran Activism

August 10, 2020 Brian Trautman, Peace Voice. Resist! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Peace, Portland, Veterans

Military veterans have long been resisting war, promoting positive peace, and defending human and civil rights against state violence and other forms of oppression. They have made significant contributions to the antiwar and peace and justice movements over many decades. Their participation in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is no different. Veterans have been highly visible in supporting the racial justice demands of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. The disturbing truth, which a great number of veterans recognize, is that white supremacy, systemic racism and police brutality at home is profoundly connected to and fueled by U.S. imperialist militarism/war abroad. With this knowledge, veterans have taken on roles as nonviolent warriors to educate about those connections and help underrepresented and marginalized communities fight injustice.

Utah Protesters Face Charges With Potential Life Sentence

August 8, 2020 Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press. Resist! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Legal System, Rebellion2020, Utah

Salt Lake City, UT - Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City could face up to life in prison if they’re convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows during a protest, a potential punishment that stands out among demonstrators arrested around the country and one that critics say doesn’t fit the alleged crime. The felony criminal mischief charges are more serious because they carry a gang enhancement. Prosecutors said Wednesday that’s justified because the protesters worked together to cause thousands of dollars in damage, but watchdogs called the use of the 1990s-era law troubling, especially in the context of criminal justice reform and minority communities.

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