#Protesters

The Man's Life

themanslife

Here's a long thread on what's happening in Portland from a friend of mine on the ground.It’s a complicated situation. In the first week or so after George Floyd, there

Manu Sebastian

manuvichar

PB Mehta spoke about this paradoxical situation of dissent in a democracy & spoke about how dissent gets normative value when formal processes cease to be truly representative. Thinking about

Naunihal Singh

naunihalpublic

Some thoughts on what we are seeing, why it is not a coup, what sort of bad thing it is, and what might make it a coup attempt. First, yes

Unite in justice for the poor & oppressed

BreeNewsome

Unmarked federal forces being deployed by a president to cities where he isn’t popular is not a “political stunt”, IT’S FASCISM. It’s the actions of a dictator. Even describing it

Kiley Koscinski

kileykoscinski

I’m in East Liberty this evening where protesters are circling up near the Target at Penn & Centre Aves. The action comes days after plainclothes police officers in an unmarked

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

The #HS2 protesters are heroes. HS2 is the Concorde of the 21st Century: a money-guzzling, carbon-pumping white elephant that - if it ever comes to fruition - will serve the

Goad Gatsby

GoadGatsby

I am at the John Marshall Courthouse in Richmond Virginia. Today is the first day that evictions will resume in the city since they were paused because of the pandemic.

Gideon Orion Oliver

gideonoliver

In this @GwynneFitz @Gothamist @WNYC scoop: NYC-local prosecutors, who made misleading public promises to dismiss certain charges arising from the recent George Floyd protests, are in fact dismissing only a

Stella Cooper

_stella_cooper

Armed groups confronted scores of BLM protesters this year. Our new Visual Investigation examined video and social media from over a hundred of these interactions and found that these groups

Jeff Sharlet

JeffSharlet

Some of my fellow lefties won't hold their noses and vote against Trump (by voting for Biden) because they think revolution is a real possibility. That's an ahistorical romance, based,

Tuck Woodstock

tuckwoodstock

Here’s what I need people to understand about the “federal officers snatching protesters into unmarked vans” story:None of it felt surprising to folks who have been out here since June.

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D

RVAwonk

On the topic of infiltration... remember how Russia infiltrated activist groups including BLM and even organized on-the-ground events and promoted protests in multiple US states? Now is probably a good

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

On July 9, a few years ago, a speech about fighting oppression got out of control. The protest organizer wanted it to be nonviolent but protesters started destroying property and

Chad Loder

chadloder

A good thread, but American protesters do not have anything like the social safety net, labor rights, and health care that French protesters do.US protesters who miss work, get injured,

Ernest Owens

MrErnestOwens

THREAD, THIS JUST IN: Read it and weep, Philadelphia City Controller's Office just dropped a damning report on @PhillyMayor & @PhillyPolice's involvement in the #BlackLivesMatter protests in the city

Jintak Han (한진탁)

jintakhan

Black Unity camp in Grand Park is being cleared out by @LASDHQ. Sheriff’s deputies are not letting me get anywhere near the camp. Just heard a shot fired near the

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