“While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed ...
Taylor’s death at the hands of police officers on March 13 has prompted protests, but so far no officers have been charged. Demonstrations over Kentucky’s handling of the alleged murder of Breonna Taylor continued Tuesday. ...
Citizen Truth spoke to activists and citizens there as well as organizers in Europe about why these demonstrations are important and what needs to change. America is experiencing the global coronavirus at a more extreme ...
The tragic death of George Floyd has sparked controversial protests. Many celebrities are helping out by raising money for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, an organization that provides funds to protestors who have been arrested and ...
“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wrote for The Atlantic. Thus began the retired Marine general’s sharply critical take on President Donald Trump’s response to ...
“The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in ...
Despite protests of historic proportions fueled by anger over corruption and a brutal right-wing crackdown, the unrest in Colombia has garnered remarkably little international media attention compared to Venezuela. (By: Whitney Webb & Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News) ...
“We want what all sovereign nations want – to be free from corruption, free from nepotism, free from foreign interventionism and free to decide what our country’s future will look like.” “We want what all ...
French protesters scored a major victory over the weekend when French President Emmanuel Macron scaled back one of his planned pension reforms, but not all are happy. The French government announced a major concession in ...
Here in the U.S., Transparency International found that the number of Americans who see “direct action” as the antidote to our corrupt political system has risen from 17 percent to 25 percent since Trump took office. ...
An update to Telegram, planned for release over the next few days, will allow protesters to prevent mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authorities from discovering their identities in the app’s large group chats. “Telegram, a ...
“There isn’t neutral, reliable media that can build a bridge between the two sides and win the trust of both.” As Hong Kong protests against a controversial extradition bill have entered the twelfth week, misleading ...
“What we are saying is what we are seeing in the streets. We are telling a story of the moment we are in right now.” Puerto Rican recording artists Bad Bunny, Residente, and iLe released ...
A new proposal from the DOT would both increase the maximum sentence for damaging pipelines and broaden the scope of activities considered criminal. The Trump administration released a proposal on Monday that would make pipeline ...
After killing 35 and injuring hundreds of protesters, the notorious paramilitary force, RSF, has overrun the capital city, terrorizing the citizens seen on the streets. (Peoples Dispatch) The Transitional Military Council (TMC), through which the ...
The measure would have privatized education and healthcare services in a country where access to these services is already highly limited. (Peoples Dispatch) On April 30, the National Congress of Honduras officially announced the nullification ...
The RTS headquarters were last stormed in 2000 when citizens and demonstrators forced the resignation of Slobodan Milosevic. Thousands of Serbian protesters demonstrated in Belgrade a week after entering the Serbian national broadcaster RTS offices ...
Uber may be one of the most popular transportation services in the world, but its not receiving a warm welcome in Spain. Uber has stirred controversy in several American states and cities, and has had ...
The Women’s March on the Pentagon is a week away. To help spread the word, we are publishing below a press release from organizers of the march. PRESS RELEASE: WOMEN’S MARCH ON THE PENTAGON In direct ...
Activists of the Occupy movement push Philadelphia mayor to end Preliminary Arrest Reporting Service Agreement with ICE; protesters seek to tackle the stop-and-frisk program next. The occupation of City Hall since protesters moved the encampment ...
A crowdfunded Trump Baby blimp floated in the London skies last week in protest of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to the U.K. The blimp was such a hit that more crowdfunding campaigns have sprung ...
‘We will keep coming back until everyone has housing, voting rights, clean water, peace, and justice!” says Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis (Common Dreams, by Andrea Germanos) Thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C. on Saturday where the Poor ...
(The Sunlight Foundation, by Eliza Newlin Carney) When Colorado public school teachers rallied in Denver this spring to demand better school funding and retirement benefits, two fed-up GOP legislators had a novel idea: Why not pass ...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced on Wednesday that NFL owners had approved a new policy to fine teams if any player or personnel on the field during the national anthem refuses to stand. The catch ...
Seven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, protestors took to the streets on May Day in Puerto Rico to protest failed recovery efforts, an indebted economy, school closings and cuts, and other reforms deemed ...
More than 50 organizations rallied thousands of protestors for the annual May Day March in Los Angeles to raise awareness for workers and immigrant rights. Past marches rallied hundreds of thousands of protestors and despite ...
An annual protest tradition continues as activists demand accountability from the scandal-ridden bank. (Inequality.org, by Negin Owliaei) It’s becoming something of a tradition. Wells Fargo holds its annual shareholder meeting at a location kept close to ...
Today a movement inspired by the teenage survivals of the Parkland, Florida school shooting came to life across not just the United States, but the entire world as people across the globe joined in the ...
“We hope today’s verdict begins the important work of teaching police and prosecutors to respect the line between lawbreaking and constitutionally protected protest.” (Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson) In a decision civil liberties groups applauded ...
The Portland Police Department shared photos on Twitter of an array of weapons seized at competing Portland protests in downtown. The two protests are located directly across the street from each other and have lined the street to ...
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