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Black Agenda Report
Find me another 11,780 votes? Resurrection of old questions: How many jelly beans in a jar, How many bubbles in a bar of soap? Heads we win, tails you lose with 6 White Supremacist Courtesans of capital in coal tar-dyed robes, confirming Frankenstein-scarred, gerrymandered maps. Calling passport, birth certificate, drivers license ID square dances over spiked hurdles and flaming hoops to jump through.
‘We will not leave:’ Palestinians respond defiantly to Trump’s ethnic cleansing plans
By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Palestinians reacted with derision and defiance to U.S. President Donald Trump's Tuesday call for the ethnic cleansing and American takeover of the Gaza Strip. Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—a fugitive from the International Criminal Court—at the White House in Washington, D.C., Trump said the U.S. will "take over" the strip.
After Georgia Shooting, Students Walk Out Demanding 'Future Free From Gun Violence' %
by Brett Wilkins, CommonDreams.org Joined by educators, parents, and gun control advocates, thousands of Georgia students on Friday staged a classroom walkout organized by the youth-led March for Our Lives “to demand a future free from gun violence” following the September 4 mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, the deadliest such event in the state’s history.
Poor People's Campaign Vows to 'Wake the Sleeping Giant' of Low-Income Voters %
The Poor People’s Campaign on Monday launched a 42-week nationwide mobilization of poor and low-income Americans to “wake the sleeping giant” of a voting bloc with the potential to determine the outcome of the 2024 elections. by Brett Wilkins, CommonDreams.org “It is time for a resurrection and not an insurrection,” Poor People’s Campaign co-chair Rev.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Against State's GOP-Rigged Legislative Maps %
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state’s Republican-gerrymandered state legislative maps are unconstitutional and must be redrawn before the 2024 elections. BRETT WILKINS, CommonDreams Justice Jill J.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Against State's GOP-Rigged Legislative Maps %
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state’s Republican-gerrymandered state legislative maps are unconstitutional and must be redrawn before the 2024 elections. BRETT WILKINS, CommonDreams Justice Jill J.
UN Human Rights Body Issues 'Scathing' Report on Sweeping US Violations %
BRETT WILKINS, CommonDreams The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Friday published what the ACLU called a “scathing” report admonishing the United States’ record on a broad range of domestic and international issues, most of them adversely affecting the rights of minorities, women, poor people, and migrants. The committee assessed U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a major human rights treaty ratified by the United States in 1992.
'Heinous' New Florida K-12 History Curriculum Teaches Slavery Was Beneficial for Black People %
Educators, historians, and civil rights leaders were among those who on Thursday condemned Florida’s new K-12 history curriculum as a “big step backward” for teaching that slavery gave African Americans beneficial “skills,” and for what critics argue is a disproportionate focus on Black-on-Black violence. by BRETT WILKINS, CommonDreams.org “Ron DeSantis & Co. want us to believe slavery was a free training program,” cracked one critic.
Lula beats Bolsonaro in Brazil, dealing ‘huge blow against fascist politics’
“A huge blow against fascist politics and a huge victory for decency and sanity.” That’s how RootsAction director Norman Solomon described Brazilian President-Elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Sunday presidential runoff victory against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, the culmination of a most remarkable political comeback for a man who was languishing behind bars just three years ago.
Progressive lawmakers push Biden to stop transferring military weapons to cops - Flux
Congressional progressives this week urged top Biden administration officials to end the transfer of military weapons to local law enforcement agencies under a program that critics say disproportionately harms communities of color. In a letter led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Rep.
Police respond with violence against abortion rights protesters across the country
Abortion rights activists, journalists, and legal observers in recent days have been attacked and detained by police at demonstrations against the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Twitter study finds social platform favors right-leaning content over left-leaning content - Flux
Contrary to claims by former U.S. President Donald Trump and other right-wing politicians and pundits that Twitter favors posts by liberals, new internal research shared Thursday by the social media titan showed that conservative tweets received greater algorithmic amplification on the platform. “So much for Trump’s claim that Twitter has an anti-conservative bias.
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