State Violence

How The Intifada Changed The Political Discourse Around Palestine

December 18, 2020 Ramzy Baroud, Mintpress News. Strategize! First Intifada, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, State Violence

December 8 came and went as if it was an ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, however hastily. It was on this day, thirty-three years ago, that the First Palestinian Intifada (uprising) broke out, and there was nothing ordinary about this historic event. Today, the uprising is merely viewed from a historic point of view, another opportunity to reflect and, perhaps, learn from a seemingly distant past. Whatever political context to the Intifada, it has evaporated over time. The simple explanation of the Intifada goes as follows: Ordinary Palestinians at the time were fed up with the status quo and they wished to ‘shake off’ Israel’s military occupation and make their voices heard.

Ethiopia: The TPLF’s Precipitous Fall

December 1, 2020 Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Ethiopia, Neoliberalism, State Violence, Western imperialism

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is facing a “final and conclusive” offensive against it by Ethiopian federal forces. On Tuesday, November 17, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, declared that, “The three-day ultimatum given to Tigray special forces and the militia to surrender to the national defence…ended today. Following the expiration of this deadline, the final critical act of law enforcement will be done in the coming days.” The dire situation that the TPLF now finds itself in reflects just how precipitous its fall from power has been.

Nigerians Reject US Imperialism With #EndSARS Protests

November 26, 2020 Jacqueline Luqman, The Real News. Resistance Report End SARS, Nigeria, State Violence, US Imperialism

Massive and intense protests against the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad, or SARS unit, have been going on for at least four weeks now in Nigeria, but tensions between the SARS unit and the Nigerian people have only boiled over from older longstanding issues. Now, it seems that these current protests are not just against the controversial unit itself, but are also a wholesale rejection of US imperialism and the influence of US policy that many outside of Nigeria may not even be aware of. I’m joined by Abiodun Aremu, secretary for the Joint Action Front in Lagos, Nigeria, to talk about these issues.

Colombia’s National Strike

November 23, 2020 Adriaan Alsema, Columbia Reports. Resist! Colombia, General Strike, Ivan Duque, State Violence

A year after Colombia’s biggest anti-government protests in four decades, President Ivan Duque has gone from being an unpopular fraud to being accused of terrorism. Duque and his Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo may not know it yet, but the protests marked the beginning what doesn’t only seem to be the end of them, but also of their far-right party, the Democratic Center. The National Strike of November 21 last year also made it clear that the country’s youth will define the 2022 elections.

CORE Nigeria: “We Will Fight For Our Total Liberation”

November 22, 2020 Baba Aye, Progressive International. Resist! Government, Nigeria, Revolution, State Violence

Nigeria - On 3 October, a young man was killed by the police in Ughelli, a town in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A video of this incidence was circulated by residents of the city on WhatsApp and also posted on Twitter. This sparked the #EndSARS revolt of youths in the country, which was drowned in blood with the massacre of at least 36 people on 20 October. The bulk of these was at the Lekki tollgate, in Lagos state – one of the two main centres of the uprising in that mega-city where one-tenth of the country’s population resides.

Nigerian Government Revealing Its True Character In Response To Youth Protests

November 16, 2020 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Neoliberalism, Nigeria, Socialism, State Violence

Youth protests against police violence in Nigeria, the #EndSARS movement, gained international attention with solidarity protests around the world. To

Trump Applauds Escalating Far-Right Violence

November 3, 2020 It's Going Down. Educate! 2020 Elections, Right wing extremism, State Violence, Trump

As Trump laid bare his plan to declare himself the winner of the 2020 election and begin a legal fight challenging the legitimacy of millions of mail-in ballots, across the US, this weekend saw Trump supporters engage in acts of physical violence, targeted racist and anti-Semitic attacks, and campaigns of clear voter suppression and intimidation. These acts are only the latest in a string of racist incidents, from Trump operatives attempting to stop Black people from voting, militia plots to murder Democratic governors, pro-Trump far-Right groups threatening to blow up polling stations

As The Far-Right Escalates Calls For Violence, Police And National Guard Deploy

November 1, 2020 It's Going Down. Resist! 2020 Elections, Militarization, Right wing politics, State Violence

In the face of massive early voter turnout and a flood of mail-in ballots, Trump, in a last ditch effort, is continuing to signal that he will refuse to accept the outcome of the election; falling back on the combined power of the supreme court, the repressive power of the police and National Guard against protesters, and violent far-Right groups on the streets engaging in voter suppression and intimidation. Trump and his supporters have also once again started to float the idea of invoking the Insurrection Act; which would allow Trump to unleash the military on American civilians along with a flood of

Nigeria’s End SARS Protests

October 26, 2020 The Free Online. Resist! International Solidarity, Nigeria, Police violence, State Violence

As social movements continue around the world to end the impunity that police forces have, the African continent has seen their biggest movement within the country of Nigeria with the #EndSARS protests. Nigeria has the largest population on the continent, and the largest population of young people has taken to the streets to protest the torture and brutality Nigerians are facing at the hands of police. The Nigerian government has barely acknowledged some of the problems exist, the protests have turned toward social change demands, with citizens calling for more anti-corruption crackdowns in the government and social and structural changes nationwide.

What We Are Up Against: Fascism In The United States

October 25, 2020 Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. Newsletter Democracy, Fascism, Joe Biden, State Violence, Trump

Last week, I wrote about what is needed in this moment and urged people to look more deeply, beyond the Biden-Trump spectacle, to understand where we are as a country and what we must do to change course. I cited the work of Gabriel Rockhill. Read his three recent articles in Counterpunch and the fourth in the series here at Black Agenda Report for an enhanced understanding of how we got here and what we are up against. This week, I delve more deeply into the question of where we are and what Rockhill means when he writes that "...liberalism and fascism...

Our Fight For Quitobaquito

October 24, 2020 Hon'mana Seukteoma, Medium. Resist! Border Wall, Indigenous Rights, Sacred sites, State Violence

Border wall construction is destroying the Sonoran Desert’s most sacred spring. Growing up as a Tohono O’odham woman on my ancestral homelands taught me one thing above all: Take care of the land and the land will take care of you. When the federal government ramped up border-wall construction in Arizona, I knew I had to fight for my homelands, which are split in half by the U.S-Mexico border. I knew that meant activating my community, facing construction workers and opposing the U.S. Border Patrol and its long history of brutalizing O’odham tribal members.

The Magical Thinking Of Reformism

October 23, 2020 Dylan Rodriguez, Abolition for the People. Strategize! Abolition, Police, Racism, State Violence

Reform is best understood as a logic rather than an outcome: an approach to institutional change that sustains existing social, economic, political, and/or legal systems, including but not limited to policing, two-party electoral politics, heteronormativity, criminal justice, and corporate destruction of the natural world. To reform a system is to adjust isolated aspects of its operation in order to protect that system from total collapse, whether by internal or external forces. Such adjustments usually rest on the fundamental assumption that these systems must remain intact...

Colombia: National Strike Joins The Minga As Mobilization Grows

October 22, 2020 Telesur English. Resist! Colombia, Indigenous Resistance, National Strike, State Violence

Colombia woke up on Wednesday with a new national strike in the country's main cities, amidst the coronavirus crisis and the increase in the numbers of massacres and murders of social leaders and former members of the then Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP). The president of the Central Workers Union (CUT), Diógenes Orjuela, explained that the strike would clarify the position of absolute rejection of the massacres and murders that have occurred in the country in recent months, as well as the repression exercised by the police.

Solidarity With Colombia’s Indigenous Minga And National Strike!

October 21, 2020 the Alliance for Global Justice. Resist! Colombia, Indigenous Resistance, Peace, State Violence

Minga is an indigenous concept that means working to build together, doing things in community for the wellbeing of all. The leaders of the Minga are also calling on President Iván Duque to meet with them face to face to discuss these demands. On Wednesday, October 21st, labor organizations and Colombian popular movements will engage in a national strike that will link together with the Minga. The Alliance for Global Justice will continue monitoring the situation. We are especially concerned for the safety of those participating in this movement.

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