Children at CCBB. Front sign says “CCBB Occupation – Protected Under Law 6657/2020”. Sign in the background says “When housing is a privilege, occupying is a need!” Credit: @imatheusalves Wednesday, April 7 saw a true war scene take over Brasília, the not-so-famous capital of Brazil. On one side, military police teams heavily equipped with rubber [...]
A youth, not yet an adult in the eyes of the state, murdered strangers in the street in the name of fascistic ideology. One more year and he would have had a badge and gun paid for with our taxes, with qualified immunity to enact the murderous pursuits of the state, like those inflicted on [...]
In moments of political upheaval and widespread popular uprising, it’s the job of a progressive organization to resist getting swept up in swelling action and continue to look steadily toward the future - to the consequences of our current moment and to the inevitable ebbing of energy and enthusiasm that activism tends to dead-end into. [...]
Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England, Sunday June 7, 2020, in response to the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, USA, that has led to protests in many countries and across the US. (Ben [...]
One Struggle joined protesters in the June 2020 Miami demonstrations for justice for George Floyd and in solidarity with uprisings in Minneapolis and cities all over the United States. The following is a text from a flyer that we brought to the protests. Spontaneous uprisings are a tool for the masses to make their demands and [...]
Report Back: Miami Black Lives Matter Mobilizations, NGO’s & Constructing a Movement By Members of One Struggle Across the nation and the world, protests, blockades, and demonstrations are proliferating in response to the non-indictment of police officers involved in the murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner. People are mobilizing, demanding justice and proclaiming that [...]
Nobody saw the riots coming, but the reaction to the riot is something that has been predicted for decades – the all-out police state clampdown on free speech in the Western world. Evoking unfriendly comparisons to the Iron Lady, the Cameron regime has already sentenced 2 Brits to lengthy prison sentences – for creating Facebook event [...]