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New Orleans: The Chickens Come Home to Roost
In the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar drove a pickup …
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Diddy – Not Like Us
More details have been coming out about the sexual violence and abuses of the rap …
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What If You’re Not a Pro Athlete?
On Sunday, cops in Miami reminded us of just how dangerous it is to be Black in the United States. …
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Political Repression Intensifies
As we increase our demands, our outrage, and our protests, they will intensify their attempts to repress us. …
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Birmingham 1963 and the Racist Violence of the United States
On Sunday, September 15, 1963, a bomb blast shattered preparations for church service in the …
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Speak Out Now National Newsletter: August 19, 2024
Download .pdf leaflet We Cannot Count on Harris and the Democrats The Democratic National Convention …
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Haiti: On the Brink of Social Collapse
Haiti is on the brink of complete social collapse, engulfed in a mass crisis of …
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NO to the Guilty Verdict in the Baltimore Squeegee Case!
The trial over the shooting of a motorist by a teenage squeegee worker in Baltimore …
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Jordan Neely’s Killing Reflects the Backwards Priorities of this Society
The killing on May 1 of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old unhoused Black man with a …
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A Society Based on Fear and Violence
This year has been one of increased mass shootings and other violent acts in many …
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Where Is It Safe Anymore?
The city of Davis, California, has been rocked in recent weeks by a series of stabbings that …
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Yes, It’s The System
The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …
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Massive Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse in Baltimore Area Documented; But Where is the Justice?
Earlier this month, the Maryland Attorney General’s office released an explicit, brutal, and horrifying report …
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Greg Abbott Green-Lights Far-Right Violence
The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, is “working as swiftly as Texas law allows” to …
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A Mass Shooting in Nashville — A System that Cannot Keep us Safe
Yesterday, another horrible mass shooting took place, killing three nine-year-old children and three adults (a …
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Police Department in Vallejo, California Destroys Evidence of Police Killings
In January 2021, officials in Vallejo, California destroyed hundreds of pieces of evidence from at …
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2022: the Most Police Violence on Record
After the George Floyd protests, politicians around the country promised to address problems of police …
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The Violence of This Society Cannot Continue!
Yet again, an outburst of senseless and seemingly random violence rocks a community. This time …
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UPS Worker Gets Pushed to the Edge
On October 5, a UPS worker took her life on the job at a major …
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4th Baltimore Area School Bomb Scare in 3 Weeks – Children’s Mental Health is Suffering Under Capitalism
On Wednesday, October 12, faculty, staff, and students at Chadwick Elementary School were rushed from …
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Pride Events Threatened: We Have the Numbers to Defeat Hate!
On Saturday, June 11, 31 men affiliated with the Patriot Front, a white-supremacist group, were …
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Uvalde Mom Shows We Can’t Rely on Cops!
The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was marked by layers of tragedy. …
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Texas School Slaughter Reflects This Society
The horrific massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, May 24, was …
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The Murder of George Floyd – Our Fight Continues
Two years ago on May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police. If …
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How Dare the Government Charge a Teenager with Terrorism?
What right does the US government, which has carried out acts of terror domestically and abroad, have to decry “terrorism”? …
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Murder Rates Skyrocket During The Pandemic
According to FBI data, the US saw the largest increase during 2020 since record-keeping began in 1960. …
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Gun Law Debate Doesn’t Address the Root Problem
The gun law debate misses the point: the system creates the conditions that drive people to commit atrocities. …