Racism

Albany Rally for Justice for Dontay Ivy Tazed To Death By Police

November 1, 2015 Chris Churchil, www.timesunion.com Resist! Mental Illness, Police violence, Racism

By Chris Churchil for the Albany Times-Union - As part of a remedial program ordered by the court, here’s what New York City officers are being told by their superiors: “In order to conduct a stop, an officer must have individualized, reasonable suspicion that the person stopped has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a felony or penal law misdemeanor.” Also, “the officer must be able to articulate facts establishing a minimal level of objective justification for making the stop, which means more than a mere suspicion or a hunch. ‘Furtive movements’ or mere presence in a high-crime area are insufficient bases for a stop or frisk.” Well, the officers involved in Ivy’s stop have said his unusual movements and decision to wear a jacket — on a 26 degree night, no less — are the reasons they decided to stop and question him. In short, they had a hunch that he might be carrying a gun. Which means that the officers did, in fact, do something wrong — and do something wrong every day in Albany.

Harry Belafonte: Activism, Unrest & Making People Squirm

November 1, 2015 Cambria Roth, www.crosscut.com Strategize! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Human Rights, Racism

By Cambria Roth for Crosscut - The people who turn away from radical thought are people who don’t like to be uncomfortable. And radical thought at its best is supposed to make people feel uncomfortable. We talk about the uprisings in communities like in St. Louis and Baltimore, and it is what protests are supposed to do. The fact that some niceties are inconvenienced and people can’t get to work on time because there are protests in the streets, well, hello, that is what we do. That is what we are supposed to do. That is what Dr. King did. I pointed out in a strategy session we had in Baltimore, when the state teargassed, machines of oppression showed up, and then applied a curfew. Everyone kind of bemoaned that fact. I said, “Those of you who are caught up in protest, this is a golden opportunity. If the state says you go to bed by 10 o’clock, then you should make sure that by 11, the streets of our cities are filled with human protest and bodies!” The fact that some might have a restless night with the noise downstairs or find it inconvenient because people blocked traffic, well that’s the point — to snap you out of your indifference! So those who are turned off by radical thinking, or radical behavior, well, as a matter of fact, in many ways, you are our target.

Newsletter – Chipping Away At The System

October 25, 2015 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Newsletter Acronym TV, Climate Change, climate crisis, COP21, Empire Files, Environmental racism, Fracking, Mass Incarceration, New Economy, Noam Chomsky, Police violence, Racism, TPP, TTIP

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance - The weekly newsletter: The forces that work to maintain the status quo, to protect the oppressors and the profiteers, are powerful, but everywhere there are people chipping away at the pillars that prop up the current systems, exposing truths and forcing changes. This week, we highlight some of these struggles with the hope that we will learn from them. Issues covered include (1) The tide is shifting on mass incarceration; (2) Fighting back when public services under attack; (3) The climate crisis will not be solved by corporate lobbyists and (3) New Video Tools: Acronym TV, Empire Files and Act Out! It is essential that we use the tools we have - our own media, the legal system and organized and mobilized resistance - to continue to expose truth, fight injustice and create new systems that build the world we need. Together, can build a powerful force.

Mass Arrests Outside Police Chiefs’ Meeting

October 25, 2015 Staff, www.presstv.ir Resist! Chicago, Education, Police abuse, Racism

By Press TV - Police arrested 66 protesters outside a meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Chicago on Saturday, as demonstrators gathered to decry racial profiling and police killings in the black community. Hundreds of protesters marched on the McCormick Place convention center from Chicago police headquarters, to protest where police leaders from around the country are meeting over the weekend, according to the AFP. During the demonstration, several protesters reportedly chained themselves together, in an attempt to disrupt the annual convention, with law enforcement using handsaws to break through their bonds. The protest was organized by several anti-police brutality and black power groups, including Assata's Daughters, We Charge Genocide, Black Youth Project 100, and Organized Communities Against Deportation. An increase in unlawful arrests and the killing of black people in recent years has sparked campaigns against police brutality and racial profiling in the US, including the prominent 'Black Lives Matter' movement.

#RiseUpOctober Mass Protest Against Police Violence

October 24, 2015 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! killed by police, Police violence, Racism

By Staff for Popular Resistance - #RiseUpOctober held a series of days of mass protests against police violence. The largest event on Saturday came one day after demonstrators gathered in Queens to protest Rikers Island, saying it should be shut down, according to a Bronx news station. About a dozen protesters were arrested outside the jail’s entrance Friday. Activists and concerned citizens marched the streets of Manhattan in New York City Saturday as part of “Rise Up October,” a mass demonstration to protest police brutality in the United States. A number of protesters were reportedly arrested, but it wasn’t immediately clear what the charges were. According to a tweet, a police officer allegedly smacked the cell phone out of the hand of the first woman arrested. It was not immediately clear how many protesters marched the streets, which were filled with chants of “justice now” and signs saying “Stop police terror!” and “Which side are you on.”

Statement: Solidarity With Corey

October 22, 2015 Students for a Democratic Society, www.popularresistance.org Educate! police brutality, Racism

By Students for a Democratic Society. Boynton Beach, FL - Students for a Democratic Society stands in solidarity with the family and friends of Corey Jones--another black man shot and killed by plainclothes Palm Beach Gardens Police Officer Nouman K. Raja. Corey Jones, a 31 year old church drummer from Boynton Beach, FL, was driving back from a gig when his car broke down. Jones was waiting for a tow truck in the early morning of Sunday October 18 on the side of I-95 in South Florida when Officer Raja parked next to him in an unmarked police car without a camera. Raja claims that Jones was “armed” and “dangerous”. However, we know time and time again the police will fabricate stories about black people. Even now the Palm Beach Gardens Police have refused to release any details to Corey’s family with the excuse that it relates to an “ongoing investigation.”

RiseUpOctober STOP Police Terror! Begins Thursday

October 21, 2015 Rise Up October, /www.PopularResistance.org Resist! killed by police, New York City (NYC), Police violence, Racism

By Rise Up October - "No More Stolen Lives: Say Their Names" will bring together some 40 families from across the U.S. who’ve lost loved ones to police violence. They will be joined by prominent voices of conscience in love, remembrance, and defiance to say THIS MUST STOP!” "No More Stolen Lives: Say Their Names" begins RiseUpOctober -- three days of mass resistance and acts of conscience to STOP Police Terror! and draw a line throughout society: "Which Side Are You On? Three days aimed at nothing less than changing “the whole social landscape to the point where more people take initiative and make it unmistakably clear that they refuse to live in a society that sanctions this outrage,” as actor Mark Ruffalo put it in a support statement.

Newsletter – A People United Will Never Be Defeated

October 18, 2015 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Afghanistan, Climate Justice, Drones, Exxon, Food and Agriculture, Indigenous Peoples, Israel-Palestine, Kunduz, Mass Incarceration, Palestinians, Racism, TPP, War crimes, Wars and Militarism, Whistleblowers

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance. This week, hundreds of thousands rallied in Washington, DC for the Million Man March, more information became available regarding US war crimes, we celebrated the second annual People's Climate March and World Food Day and we are preparing a mass mobilization to protest the TransPacific Partnership. Popular Resistance is collaborating with a growing number of organizations and people to protest the TransPacific Partnership and other international treaties that will prevent us from achieving success in our struggles for racial, economic and environmental justice. We are planning a mass mobilization in Washington, DC this November to show the large and diverse opposition to agreements that force us to sacrifice the health and safety of our communities for corporate profits. There will be two days of action preparation followed by three full days of creative events. You are invited to participate in any way that you can.

Police Target Farm Over ‘Black Lives Matter’ Sign

October 16, 2015 Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Black Lives Matter (BLM), First Amendment, Police, Racism

By Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. Centreville, VA - As a child, my mother used to take me to Cox Farms in Virginia to pick strawberries. My older siblings went to school with members of the Cox Family. I always thought of the Cox Family as hard-working salt-of-the-earth people. I was surprised to see them in the news recently. One member of the family put a "Black Lives Matter" sign in the window of their private home which is on property adjacent to the farm. This sparked an intense backlash from the president of the Fairfax County Fraternal Order of Police, Brad Carruthers, who called for a boycott of the farm. See the news report here.

Next Week – #RiseUpOctober To Stop Police Terror

October 13, 2015 Carl Dix, www.RiseUpOctober.org Resist! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Police violence, Racism

By Carl Dix for Stop Police Terror - We are just over a week away from #RiseUpOctober -- three powerful days of action to STOP POLICE TERROR! This is so urgent and so important. Two new reports were just released trying to justify the police murder of 12 year old Tamir Rice! Also, this past weekend, tens of thousands of people went to DC as part of "Justice Or Else." While the diversity and breadth of people joining together in Rise Up October certainly have different views on what went down in DC with "Justice or Else." Momentum is building in many ways -- last week we had a packed (more than 550 people, mainly students) event at Columbia University calling for #RiseUpOctober featuring Eve Ensler, Cornel West, Kimberle Crenshaw, Nicholas Heyward, Jamal Joseph and me.

Nat’l Black United Front: Next Steps After ‘Justice Or Else’

October 11, 2015 Staff, www.nationalblackunitedfront.org Resist! Black Power, Racism

By Staff for National Black United Front - National Black United Front's Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) Action Plan October 10, 2015 will mark the 20th anniversary of the historic Million Man March. With a theme of "Justice or Else," millions of people have been mobilized around the country and a revitalization of activism has occurred. The National Black United Front has organized a Kujichahgulia (self-determination) Plan of action that is practical enough for any organization to apply and for individuals who are looking to create something of substance, can use. Following up the Million Man March, the National Black United Front will host a National Community Forum titled "Justice or Else: Whats Next?" The community forum will take place Saturday October 10 at 7:30 PM at We Act Radio Station 1918 MLK Ave SE Washington DC. The purpose of the program will be to bring people from across the nation together to discuss and implement realistic programs of action post the Million Man March.

Tens Of Thousands Call For Justice Or Else

October 10, 2015 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Justice, Million Man March, Racism

By Staff for Popular Resistance - Twenty years after the Million Man March, thousands came back to Washington, DC to renew the call for justice. The Washington Post reports: Thousands of black men, women and children gathered on the Mall on Saturday to demand justice at a time of growing anger and fraying tensions in African American communities across the nation over the killings of young black men by police. By noon Saturday, the crowds had swelled just beyond the stage at the west front of the Capitol, with onlookers watching on several jumbo screens set up on the lawn. Some people sat on lawn chairs and others on blankets to listen to the speakers, including Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, which sponsored the “Justice or Else” rally.

The Sound Of Science, Divest For Our Future, Trade 4 People & Scream At Me

October 8, 2015 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com Resistance Report Climate Change, Divestment, Free Trade, Racism, TPP, TTIP

By Eleanor Goldfield for Occupy.com - This week, it's about time we hear about climate change – but really hear it. Does freedom mean the right to refuse to serve people because of race or other aspects of someone you don't like? Is that what freedom means? Music can turn abstract numbers of climate change into something we can feel and hear. Here's how a group of musicians turns the last 130 years of climate data into climate music. Victoria Fernandez from 350.org dishes on the political and public effects of divestment – uninvesting money invested in carbon fuels – surprising, but money matters. Bravo to those who shut down the San Francisco financial district over climate change investments. Then starting October 10, we've got a week long, international push for people and planet and against the corporatocracy. Action required immediately: Time to stop those trade deals. Sweden deserves a shout out for plans to go carbon free and move to renewable energy. And finally, scream for me -- join the Rooftop Revolutionaries montage of screams. But first, we reserve your rights.

US Attorney General Says ‘No’ To Police Reports On Killings

October 4, 2015 Ciara McCarthy, www.theguardian.com Create! killed by police, Police violence, Racism

By Ciara McCarthy for the Guardian - Attorney general Loretta Lynch says the federal government should not require police to report fatal shootings of civilians, sharply diverging from her predecessor Eric Holder’s stance on police killings. In a conversation with NBC journalist Chuck Todd on a range of criminal justice issues, Lynch said on Thursday that she does not support a federal mandate to report people killed by police. “One of the things we are focusing on at the Department of Justice is not trying to reach down from Washington and dictate to every local department how they should handle the minutia of record keeping, but we are stressing to them that these records must be kept,” she said at the Washington Ideas Forum, hosted by AtlanticLIVE and the Aspen Institute.

Seattle Council Votes To End Youth Incarceration

October 4, 2015 Marcus Harrison Green, www.yesmagazine.org Resist! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Prison abolition, Racism, Youth imprisonment

By Marcus Harrison Green for Yes! Magazine - After a three-year crusade of protest, agitation, and organizing, a Seattle City Council meeting on September 21 brought a major victory to a diverse coalition of youth-prison abolitionists and anti-racist organizers. In a 9-0 unanimous decision, Seattle’s City Council passed a resolution that fully endorses the goal of zero-percent detention of youth, and called for the city to develop policies eliminating the necessity of their imprisonment. While Council Member Mike O’Brien introduced the resolution in a committee meeting last week, it originated with three organizations that advocate for the abolition of juvenile incarceration: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC), Youth Undoing Institutional Racism (YUIR), and the Seattle branch of the anti-racist organization European Dissent. “We wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for the youth activists,” said Council Member Nick Licata prior to the resolution’s passage. “They’re the ones who created the huge pressure on the county and also the city.”

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