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#BlackLivesMatter: From Ferguson October to Chicago’s Union Station

December 26, 2014 By Babur Realer 4 Comments

Seeing the resistance and the outcry in Ferguson after the murder of Mike Brown by police state was overwhelming for me. I made the decision to support Ferguson from Chicago in every possible way until we received the call to travel there as part of a nationwide mass mobilization called Ferguson October.

I made my trip to Ferguson on the weekend of October 11th to meet fellow Chicago organizers. Most of the events were scheduled in St. Louis. I arrived at an event called “Hip Hop Summit and Justice,” attended by socially conscious hip-hop artists such as the legendary Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Jasiri X, Rebel Diaz and many more. They rallied the crowd through music, demanding justice for Mike Brown and for other black lives who have been taken by the system. Powerful activist and writer Cornel West made a brief guest appearance during the show.

Later that evening, we joined the masses for an event at St. Louis University with faith leaders, community organizers, Palestine solidarity activists, and West himself.

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, National News Tagged With: #BlackLivesMatter, #FergusonOctober, activism, Assata Shakur, Black Friday, capitalism, Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Cornel West, Cornell William Brooks, Darren Wilson, Dead Prez, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Ferguson October, Ferguson Police, freedom, Geneva, Human Rights, I can't breathe, Illinois, Jasiri X, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, Michael Brown, Mike Brown, Missouri, Monica James, NAACP, oppression, Palestine, police, police brutality, racism, Rebel Diaz, solidarity, St. Louis, St. Louis police, St. Louis University, STL, Switzerland, systemic racism, Talib Kweli, Tamir Rice, Tef Poe, trans*, transgender, Union Station, United Nations, Vonderrit Myers Jr, We Charge Genocide, white supremacy

VIDEO: Every Town Has A Mike Brown

December 8, 2014 By Matthew Lerma 2 Comments

With the national spotlight focused on police violence over the last few months, it’s clear that every town has a Michael Brown.

As more tragic stories unfold, a pattern seems to emerge of police demonizing their victims. Whether it’s Darren Wilson literally saying Mike Brown “looked like a Demon” or claiming that the victim reached for a gun, the story is eerily similar across the country. Ezell Ford, Marquise Jones, and Cameron Redus all have similar stories, according to police.

Two LAPD officers in South Los Angeles killed Ezell Ford two days after Darren Wilson killed Mike Brown. According to police, Ford was approached during an investigative stop (Why was he walking down the street?). At some point in his questioning, Ford tackled one officer and the other shot him, and the tackled officer used his back up firearm to shoot Ford because Ford made a grab for his gun. Eyewitnesses tell a different story. According to eyewitnesses, Ford was rushed by police with guns drawn and told to lay on the ground. After complying, one officer yelled “Shoot Him” and Ford was shot in the back three times as he lay on the ground.

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, National News Tagged With: Akai Gurley, Black Lives Matter, California, Cameron Redus, Chris Carter, class, Darren Wilson, Eric Garner, Ezell Ford, Ferguson, Hasan Haze, Hood News, I can't breathe, LAPD, Los Angeles, Marquise Jones, Michael Brown, Mike Brown, Missouri, NYPD, police, police brutality, police militarization, police state, race, Robert Encina, San Antonio, SAPD, St. Louis, STL, Texas, University of Incarnate Word, Whitney Jones, William McManus

A Microcosm Of American Politics: Reports From #MillionMaskMarch DC

November 13, 2014 By Caroline Scullin 1 Comment

This is what makes Anonymous such a novel concept: Instead of specific groupings of activists who come together over a single shared interest, Anon invites and encourages any and all to take a passionate stance against injustices or oppressions that exist in our world. Being that Anonymous is world-wide, the range of issues being presented is vast.

On November 5th of each year, “Anons,” collectively masked with their iconic Guy Fawkes grins and armed with their poignant messages printed on hand-made signs, set out to participate in Million Mask Marches in their respective cities. The purpose of the march is to educate and inform citizens while simultaneously making a loud statement of dissent to the Establishment.

The following accounts outline our personal experiences at the 2014 Million Mask March in Washington, D.C.

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