Darrick Hamilton
Center for Economic and Policy Research
How social movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street forced politicians to abandon austerity economics during the pandemic -- what it will take to make those changes permanent in the face of Trump's renewed politics of division?
The film is essentially broken into two halves: the rising tension of the region's pandemic policies and the early Black Lives Matter protests and the disinformation spread through the internet
Smartphones are once again setting the agenda for justice as the Latino community documents ICE actions. On the ground, the videos helped inspire a “No Kings” movement, which organized protests in all 50 states on June 14, 2025.
George Floyd's life was stolen from him, and his murder matters because of that. But the trajectory that took him from one formerly vibrant Black community to another then to an untimely death belongs to a larger story of systemic racial injustice.
Delano Massey , Russell Contreras , Zachary Basu
Axios
In the five years since Floyd's death, dozens of cities and states have passed bans on no-knock warrants, expanded crisis response teams and introduced civilian review boards — wins drowned out by public fatigue.
Past solidarity movements teach us that organization is just as important as mobilization. For Palestine solidarity activists it could be useful to look more deeply at the history of international solidarity, particularly in the last three decades.
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