Violence

Burning Tulsa: The Legacy Of Black Dispossession

June 5, 2016 Linda Christensen, www.zinnedproject.org Educate! Education, Racism, Tulsa, Violence

By Linda Christensen for the Zinn Education Project. Tulsa, OK - None of my mostly African American 11th graders in Portland had ever heard of the so-called Tulsa Race Riot, even though it stands as one of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history. The term “race riot” does not adequately describe the events of May 31—June 1, 1921 in Greenwood, a black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In fact, the term itself implies that both blacks and whites might be equally to blame for the lawlessness and violence. The historical record documents a sustained and murderous assault on black lives and property. This assault was met by a brave but unsuccessful armed defense of their community by some black World War I veterans and others.

Police Chief Resigns After Fatal Shooting Of Black Woman

May 22, 2016 TeleSur, www.mintpressnews.com Educate! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Police Brutrality, Violence

By TeleSur in Mintpress News. San Francisco, CA - The San Fransisco police killed another Black person Thursday morning, except this time there were actually consequences. The city’s police chief, Greg Suhr, resigned hours after the fatal shooting of a Black woman and after San Fransisco Mayor Ed Lee asked him to step down. “It’s unfortunate it required another innocent life to be taken … but this shows the power of the people and the community,” tweeted Frisco Five hunger striker Edwin Lindo. The “Frisco Five” is a group of local activists who went on a 17 day hunger strike outside of the city’s Mission District police department to protest police brutality and racism and to demand Suhr’s removal from his position.

#VivasNosQueremos March Against Gender Violence & Femicides

April 25, 2016 Erin Gallagher, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Mexico, Violence, Women

By Erin Gallagher for Revolution News - Tens of thousands mobilized in Mexico for the #VivasNosQueremos #24A march against gender violence and femicides. People marched in over 40 cities in 27 states of the country to demand an end to gender violence. Leading up to today’s planned march, hashtag #MiPrimerAcoso (the first time I was harassed) was tweeted by thousands of Mexicans telling personal stories about attacks of all kinds against women from street harassment to rapes.

Has The Movement To Prevent Gun Violence Hit A Tipping Point?

April 16, 2016 Sarah Aziza, www.wagingnonviolence.org Resist! Guns, Violence

By Sarah Aziza for Waging Nonviolence - On March 15, 2016, chalk outlines of human bodies appeared on sidewalks near Capitol Hill. The silent but striking display represented a “symbolic takeover” of the nation’s capital and the launch of #GhostVote, a grassroots project headed by a coalition of advocates for “common sense gun laws.” The campaign, led by States United to Prevent Gun Violence and the Newtown Action Alliance, aims to elevate the issue of gun violence as a political priority, with an eye toward upcoming elections.

Gustavo Castro Leaves Honduras, Returns To Mexico

April 2, 2016 Staff, www.otherworldsarepossible.org Resist! Activists, Honduras, Mexico, Violence

By Staff of Other Worlds - After being prevented from leaving Honduras for 24 days, the coordinator of Otros Mundos A.C./Friends of the Earth Mexico was notified that the ‘migratory alert’ impeding his travel has been lifted. Today, Thursday March 31, 2016, the First Courthouse of Letters of Intibucá, Honduras, acting on instructions from the judge Victorina Flores Orellana, decided to lift the measure prohibiting Gustavo Castro Soto from leaving the country, which has been in place since March 7.

Police Kill Navajo Woman Allegedly Armed With Scissors

March 31, 2016 Alysa Landry, www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com Petitions and Online Actions Indigenous Rights, police brutality, Racism, Violence

By Alysa Landry for Indian Country Today. Winslow, AZ - A Navajo woman was shot and killed by police on Easter Sunday after apparently threatening an officer with a weapon in Winslow, Arizona. Loreal Juana Barnell-Tsingine, 27, was shot five times after an altercation that began with a shoplifting call at a Circle K at around 4 p.m. Officers located a woman matching the description of the suspect a few blocks away from the convenience store and a struggle ensued. An officer, who has not been identified by name, said Tsingine displayed a weapon that posed a “substantial threat.” Police have not divulged what the weapon was, though family members claim Tsingine was armed only with a pair of scissors. “While attempting to take the subject into custody, a struggle ensued,” the Winslow Police Department states in a press release.

Caravan For Peace, Life And Justice

March 27, 2016 Staff, www.globalexchange.org Resist! Drug War, Latin America, Peace, Violence

By Global Exchange. For decades, international policies to prohibit drug use have been a colossal and violent failure. Not only has prohibited drug use grown dramatically, so have violent criminal organizations that use the vast profits from their illicit trade to arm themselves and generate corruption at all levels of our societies. The war on drugs has not only failed in its stated goal of reducing drug abuse – but has created a violent, militarized and politically powerful underworld that operates its criminal trade with high levels of impunity. The cost of this war is measured in hundreds of thousands of deaths, millions incarcerated, and more than a trillion dollars spent. As violence has surged in Mexico and across the region in recent years, serious discussion of drug policy reform has gained traction in Latin America. The urgent need for a new kind of international drug policy – guided by principals of public health, human rights and harm reduction – is evident.

Urgent Action For Protection Of Gustavo Castro

March 5, 2016 Staff, www.movimientom4.org Petitions and Online Actions Criminal Justice, Environment, Honduras, Violence

By Movimiento Mesoamericano Contra El Modelo Extractivo Minero. Early this morning, March 3, 2016, armed individuals forcibly entered and assassinated Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, founder of COPINH, in her home in La Esperanza, department of Intibucá in southwestern Honduras. Our friend and colleague Gustavo Castro Soto was injured during the attack. Gustavo is Mexican and a member of the organization Otros Mundos Chiapas/Friends of the Earth-Mexico, the Mexican Network of Mining-Affected Peoples and the Mesoamerican Movement against the Extractive Mining Model (M4). Gustavo survived the attack and has become a key actor in the investigation into the murder of our friend Berta. Berta and Gustavo are two people known for their role in international social and environmental struggles

Manslaughter Charge Dropped For Son Of NY Cop

February 8, 2016 Keegan Stephan, www.photographyisnotacrime.com Educate! Criminal Justice System, NYPD, Violence

By Keegan Stephan for PINAC. New York City - Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance this week dropped the manslaughter charge against the ex-con son of a well-connected NYPD family who was caught on video driving onto a sidewalk while texting before striking and killing an outspoken civil rights activist, then fleeing the scene on foot and evading police for more than two months, all while he was on parole after serving a three-year prison stint on drug charges. The victim was Charity Hicks, the policy director for the East Michigan Environmental Action Council and a well-known activist in the struggle for environmental justice in Detroit, especially the struggle for access to clean water.

Moroccan Muslim Immigrant Beaten In Philly For Speaking Arabic

January 25, 2016 Sam Newhouse, www.metro.us Educate! Hate Crime, Racism, Violence

By Sam Newhouse for Metro - A Moroccan immigrant to Philadelphia was brutally attacked over the weekend in Center City just for speaking his native tongue, he claims. Amine Aouam, 34, who is Muslim, said Tuesday while still shaky from the attack that he believes he was the victim of an anti-Arab or anti-Mulism hate crime. "You think that would happen if I was speaking French or German? I don't," he said. "It was obviously a hate crime."

Mining Corps Leave Behind Human Rights, Environmental Damage

January 16, 2016 Scott Price, www.intercontinentalcry.org Educate! Canada, Environment, Extraction, Human Rights, Mining, Violence

By Scott Price for IC Magazine - While much of the controversy surrounding Canada’s extractive industry centers on oil and gas projects like SWN Resources' drilling plans in New Brunswick, Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline and the widely felt impact of Tar Sands extraction in Alberta, there is a significant lack of debate concerning Canada's larger and much more influential mining sector. It’s estimated that 75% of the world’s mining and exploration companies are based in Canada. Collectively, they account for 42 billion dollars of Canada's gross domestic product, making mining and exploration one of Canada's most economically powerful sectors.

Stop The Raids, End The Violence

January 13, 2016 Staff, www.cispes.org Educate! Deportation, Immigrant Rights, Immigration, Neoliberalism, Violence

By Staff of CISPES - Over the last few days, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been rounding up and deporting dozens of members of Central American families seeking refuge from extreme violence and dire economic conditions in their communities of origin. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has described the move as part of an effort to “secure” the U.S. border and has announced that “additional enforcement operations such as these will continue to occur as appropriate.” These raids are the latest chapter of what can only be described as a prolonged U.S. government war on migrant families, and specifically those coming from the most dangerous and economically deprived parts of Central America.

CNN: Black Protesters More Dangerous Than Armed Militia

January 4, 2016 Carol Schaeffer, www.usuncut.com Educate! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Violence, White Privilege

By Carol Schaeffer for US Uncut - CNN law enforcement analyst Art Roderick said that armed protesters who took over a federal building in Oregon did not warrant harsh law enforcement treatment because they were “not looting anything.” On Saturday, Cliven Bundy’s son, Ammon Bundy, and a group of armed militiamen seized the Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters to protest sentences against two ranchers who were convicted of setting wildfires on federal land leased for cattle grazing. Both Dwight and Steven Hammond were re-sentenced to 5 years in prison for arson.

Black Protester Attacked At Trump Rally

November 22, 2015 Adam Johnson, www.alternet.org Resist! Black Lives Matter (BLM), presidential elections, Racism, Violence

By Adam Johnson for Alternet. Birmingham, AL - CNN political reporter Jeremy Diamond posted a video on his Twitter account this afternoon of a black protestor being "shoved, tackled, punched & kicked" at a Donald Trump rally in Birmingham, Alabama. When the Black Lives Matter protestor disrupted the rally, he was met with jeers and ultimately violence, as Trump yelled, "Get him the hell out of here," a command his supporters appear to have taken to heart. According to Diamond, the protestor's chant was also met with "All Lives Matter" counter-chants from some of the rally-goers before they began their assault.

‘An Act Of War’ And Other Unfortunate Phrases

November 22, 2015 Professor Richard Jackson, www.richardjacksonterrorismblog Educate! Paris, Terrorism, Violence, Wars and Militarism

By Richard Jackson of Terrorism Blog. Watching the terrible events unfolding during and after the Paris terrorist attacks, I have a helpless sense of deja vu. It reminds me of the movie, Groundhog Day, only much more deadly and depressing. It feels like we have been here so many times before: the same anguished images, the same suffering, the same questions and sense of disbelief. Most depressingly, listening to the rhetoric coming from Western leaders, I can’t see any way we can avoid experiencing the same day again – whether in a few months or years time. As I explained in my book Writing the War on Terrorism (2005, Manchester University Press) about the language of counterterrorism, when the 11 September 2001 attacks occurred, President Bush said that they were “an act of war”. This was a key rhetorical move and it led the US to launch the global war on terrorism which has caused so much suffering, violence and counter-violence.

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