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June 6, 2020

Don’t Understand the Protests? What You’re Seeing is People Pushed to the Edge

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Los Angeles Times

Racism in America is like dust in the air. It seems invisible — even if you’re choking on it — until you let the sun in. Then you see it’s everywhere.

June 6, 2020

New Global Report: “This is the Environmentalism of the Poor and the Indigenous”

Researchers/ICTA-UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. The Ecologist

Black protestors lie on the road in 1982 to block dumping in a North Carolina landfill.

A new report presents the most complete analysis of environmental conflicts to date, focusing on 3,000 cases of grassroots activism worldwide, activism by the poor and indigenous that comes with a heavy cost of criminalization, violence, and murder.

June 6, 2020

The Dynamic is Deliberate: How Endless War Contributes to Police Brutality

Bonnie Kristian Responsible Statecraft

A police sniper atop a Special Weapons and Tactical vehicle.

Beyond Pentagon-supplied equipment, the most damaging effect of war on terror-encouraged police militarization is psychological. Police officers act like soldiers dealing with enemy combatants, conforming to the tools provided — with deadly result.

June 5, 2020

Friday Nite Videos | George Floyd Matters

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Trevor Noah on George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper. The Gospel According to Don. LL Cool J Raps About George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. Trey Songz - How Many Times. Killer Mike Makes Emotional Speech.

George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper

June 5, 2020

Trevor shares his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, the protests in Minneapolis, the dominos of racial injustice and police brutality, and how the contract between society and black Americans has been broken time and time again. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #GeorgeFloyd