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Media Bits and Bytes - August 13, 2019

Portside
Twitter; Whitewashing the Shootings; That Times Headline; Warren for Net Accessibility; Schmucker; Facebook and Surveillance; Cops Propagandize Online

Socialists of Color to the Front

Eli Day In These Times
LeftRoots co-founder NTanya Lee
LeftRoots, a socialist group with majorities of women and people of color, is strategizing to win.

What Do the Hong Kong Protesters Want?

Alison Rourke The Guardian
Protesters in Hong Kong international airport
The territory has been rocked by protests ending in violent clashes with police. Demonstrators have five key demands

Trumpism, El Paso and Our Responsibility as Left Organizers

The Organizing Upgrade Editorial Collective Organizing Upgrade
Defeating the political bloc that is driven by white nationalism and has captured the Republican Party is our immediate responsibility as left organizers committed to the defense of the oppressed, the exploited...to contend for power...

We Need to be Once Again United for Peace and Justice

The UFPJ Coordinating Committee United for Peace & Justice
There has been a sea change in the last few weeks, a deepening of the crisis of racial and cultural division in this country, instigated by the President of the United States.