https://itsgoingdown.org/tough-mind-soft-heart-nurturing-solidarity-in-the-struggle-against-fascism/
It's Going Down
Tough Mind, Soft Heart: Nurturing Solidarity in the Struggle Against Fascism
With a new wave of antifascist struggles set to pop off at any time, the author of this text, Stinging Nettles, looks back at past waves as well as surveys a broad range of current ideas, to see...
Forwarded from Syndiegram (Sygg Ny'llgoth)
LOVEME4ME.
ways to help protestors if you are unable to protest
everybody has to do their part. as a reference, this was posted on 1 june 2020. if any links are broken or direct to a place they should not, please feel free to add on with corrections. if there is...
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
Twitter
Unicorn Riot
Unicorn Riot obtained an unredacted federal training manual, Field Force Operations, from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). The federal govt uses this document to train state and local law enforcement in techniques for repressing protests. h…
Forwarded from Hacker News
Nieman Lab
U.S. police have attacked journalists at least 140 times since May 28
"Although in some incidents it is possible the journalists were hit or affected accidentally, in the majority of the cases we have recorded the journalists are clearly identifiable as press, and it is clear that they are being deliberately targeted."
Forwarded from /r/Mapporn
Police brutality does not just happen; it is allowed to happen. It is tolerated by the police themselves, those on the street and those in command. It is tolerated by prosecutors, who seldom bring charges against violent cops, and by juries, who rarely convict. It is tolerated by the civil authorities, the mayors and the city councils, who do not use their influence to challenge police abuses. But why?
The answer is simple: police brutality is tolerated because it is what people with power want.
https://roarmag.org/essays/rights-riots-and-police-brutality/
The answer is simple: police brutality is tolerated because it is what people with power want.
https://roarmag.org/essays/rights-riots-and-police-brutality/
ROAR Magazine
Rights, riots and police brutality
Riots are communities defining what counts as police brutality and to set the limits of authority. It is here, not in the courts, that our rights are established.