WASHINGTON (RNS) — As police escorted a demonstrator in a wheelchair away from the chanting throng descending on the Capitol Monday (Aug. 2), fellow protesters turned to watch the person go. The group paused for a moment, then altered their call.They screamed in unison: “Thank you! We love you!”The lone protester nodded, fist raised. The crowd erupted in applause.
Source: Hundreds Arrested at Capitol While Protesting for Voting Rights, Minimum Wage | Portside
Colombia’s sustained assault on protesters this week represents a form of warfare that indigenous and Black communities know all too well.
Source: The Colombian State Is at War with Its People – Spectre Journal
Embracing a tactical innovation originally pioneered by ISIS, the Republican Party is pushing bills that would empower motorists to run over protesters.
Source: The GOP Is Cracking Down on Protesters — And Protecting People Who Run Them Over
By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza …
Kyle Rittenhouse, the demented white teenager affiliated with right-wing militia and thanked for his service by local police, shot two protesters dead in the streets of Kenosha with an AR-15 and then walked right past Kenosha County police with his weapon around his shoulders. The nation is saturated with deadly assault weapons at the behest of the neofascistic National Rifle Association. Psychotics and sociopaths regularly gain access to weapons of mass destruction like AR-15s in the “armed madhouse” that is contemporary America. More
EVENTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, Lafayette Square, and Portland have shown the country that President Donald Trump is prepared to do whatever it takes to keep power, including embracing militant white supremacists and using federal troops to tear gas and arrest peaceful protesters.
After months of protests demanding the defunding of police, the abduction of protesters turns the focus to Homeland Security.
Source: Feds at Protests Renew Calls to Dismantle Homeland Security
Night upon night the chant goes up in front of Portland’s federal courthouse: “Whose streets?”The answer depends on the hour of the day. After Donald Trump sent federal agents to take control of a city he said had been abandoned by its mayor to anarchists and mob rule, the protesters still turning out in support of Black Lives Matter can make a legitimate claim that these are, as the chant goes, “our streets”.
Source: Federal Agents Retreat to Portland Base as Protesters Control Streets | Portside
Hundreds of mothers have attended demonstrations and stood as a human barricade between protesters and federal officers
The FBI investigated and arrested Michael Avery for posting on Facebook about a Black Lives Matter protest. We talk with a tech industry whistleblower about “snitch apps” and how law enforcement uses technology to “protect” you.
Source: Police Are Arresting Protesters Over Facebook Posts—And It’s Just The Beginning
1848+: The End(s) of History 