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Will Anti-Semitism Undermine the Black Lives Matter Movement?

By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek Black and Jewish activists say charges of anti-Semitism are being used to undermine the Black Lives Matter movement. Concerns about anti-Semitism in the Black community have been fueled by recent comments from Black celebrities, including Nick…

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When ‘Law and Order’ Means Maximum Chaos

By Sasha Abramsky* – The Nation As federal agents brutalize protesters in Portland, Trump threatens to unleash the same tactics across the country The election is barely 100 days away, and the Signal is that Trump—trailing Biden by large margins in national polls—is pursuing a…

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THE SPECTRE OF THE BIG THREE

By Glauco Benigni* They are called Vanguard, Black Rock and State Street Global Advisor and they are the world’s 3 largest mutual funds. They are also known as asset managers or investment funds, operated by professional experts who collect “fresh” money from an immense and…

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Covid Is the Bomb

By Makani Themba* –  The Nation Jackson, Miss.—Before Covid-19, I would travel around the country, listening to people’s stories as we walked their block, or plotted the “beautiful next” in some center or meeting room. Now we are all in little boxes, trying to connect…

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The Problem Isn't Just Police—It's Politics

Alex Vitale, Scott Casleton (*) – Boston Review In this interview, sociologist Alex Vitale explains how the policing crisis in the United States begins with politics—the decision to embrace neoliberal austerity and to turn the social problems it creates over to police. On May 25…

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Invitation to participate in the XV ECPD International Conference

ECPD GLOBAL CRISES WITH IMPACTS FOR GENERATIONS: IT’S TIME FOR URGENT MULTILATERAL ACTION (1) (Belgrade City Hall, 23 October 2020) VIII ECPD Global Youth Forum YOUTH POWER FOR THE COMMON FUTURE With the main topic ACTING ON THE EARTH CHARTER (2) (Belgrade City Hall, 24-25…

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Police Reform Alone Won't Stop Another George Floyd from Being Murdered

By Wesley Lowery * – Newsweek HOUSTON — Congressman Al Green fidgeted in the front row of George “Perry” Floyd’s third and final memorial service, held here in the city where the slain man had spent much of his life, as he rehearsed in his head the speech he’d spent…

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Portland Protesters Lock Police in Precinct With Rope From American Flag

By Katherine Fung – Newsweek Protesters in Portland, Oregon, locked police inside their own precinct building early Wednesday morning, using the rope from a flagpole located outside the police station. A little after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, a small group of demonstrators dressed in…