Chicago, July 18, 2020: National Day of Protest Car Caravan

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Chicago National Day of Protest Car Caravan

We’re asking you to join us for a car caravan at noon this Saturday, July 18th at 53rd Street and King Drive in Washington Park.

That’s the location where the police shot Ronald “Ronnieman” Johnson in the back in 2014. We’re calling on alderpersons Pat Dowell (3rd Ward), Roderick Sawyer (6th Ward), and David Moore (17th Ward) to join the movement for an elected, civilian police accountability council (CPAC).

We will drive to the police stations in their wards to highlight the need for community control of the police by lifting up the names of victims and survivors of police crimes in each ward.

San Francisco Labor Council Resolution: ‘Pivot to Peace with China and the World’

San Francisco Labor Council

Pivot to Peace with China and the World

Whereas, the San Francisco Labor Council, representing some 100,000 working people in labor unions, has many times advocated the resolution of international problems by peaceful means, and opposed attempts to draw the United States into war, and

Whereas, the so-called Pivot to Asia of 2011 was in fact a pivot toward war and confrontation that identified China as a competitor and adversary, carrying with it the threat of nuclear war, and

Whereas, this dangerous policy has created palpable feelings of fear, animosity and even hatred not only toward the People’s Republic of China but toward Chinese people in general and Chinese-American citizens and other Asian peoples in the United States, and

Whereas, humanity now faces multiple crises which threaten the well-being and very survival of our species, crises which demand the cooperation of the two largest and most powerful countries, China and the United States,

Therefore be it Resolved that the San Francisco Labor Council urges the government of the United States to reject escalation towards global conflict and instead pursue peace, non-intervention, and cooperation with China and the rest of the world.

Adopted by the San Francisco Labor Council on July 13, 2020.

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July 16, 2020 (Online): Strengthening US Venezuela Social Movement Solidarity

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Strengthening US Venezuela Social Movement Solidarity

This meeting is being organized by the Embassy Protection Collective in the United States and the Committee for International Solidarity in Venezuela with the goal of strengthening our solidarity to act against US imperialism. The meeting will be conducted in English and Spanish with translation.

REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qlBT3K5xQPKiB45IrlFl4A

Esta reunión está organizada por el Colectivo de Protección de la Embajada en los Estados Unidos y el Comité de Solidaridad Internacional en Venezuela con el objetivo de fortalecer nuestra solidaridad para actuar contra el imperialismo estadounidense. La reunión se llevará a cabo en inglés y español con traducción.

Registrarse aquí: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qlBT3K5xQPKiB45IrlFl4A

Venezuela:
Cosi
Género con Clase
5ta Ola
Centro de Estudio de Economías Emergentes
Misión Verdad
Alba Tv
Unión Comunera
Comuna 5 de marzo
colectivo Cacriphoto
Comuna Altos de Lidice
Internacionales del PSUV.
El otro Beta
Rompiendo la Norma.
Frente Francisco de Miranda
Instituto Decolonial
La otra escuela
Puente Sur.
Alba Movimientos
mov afro
SURES
Catedra de estudios sobre EEUU

United States:
All African People’s Revolutionary Party
Alliance for Global Justice
ANSWER
Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
Baltimore Nonviolence Center
Black Alliance for Peace
Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War
CODEPINK
Embassy Protection Collective
Friends of Latin America
Foro de Sao Paulo – WDC/MD/VA
Green Party of New Jersey
International Action Center
New Abolitionist Movement
Pan African Community Action
Peace Action – Baltimore
Peace Action Committee of the Green Party of the United States
People’s Power Assembly
Popular Resistance
Red Banner Anti-Imperialist Collective
Show Up! America
Task Force on the Americas
The Lynne Stewart Organization
United National Antiwar Coalition
United States Peace Council
Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press
World Beyond War

Canada
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
Fire Time Movement for Social Justice – Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
Frente Hugo Chávez para la Defensa de los Pueblos – Vancouver
Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle
Mobilization Against War and Occupation

Germany
Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin
Frente Unido America Latina Berlin

Justice for Joel Acevedo: Community rally calls for release of body camera footage related to homicide

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The Milwaukee police officer who killed 25-year-old Joel Acevedo by applying a 10-minute chokehold had another court appearance on July 13, and protestors gathered to demand the release of the 911 call and video from the first officers on the murder scene.

The “Justice For Joel” rally began on the steps of the Milwaukee County Courthouse, with calls for the dismissal of Michael Mattioli from the Milwaukee Police Department.

Speakers demanding action included members of the Acevedo family, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, Liz Brown from Justice Wisconsin, Attorney B’Ivory LaMarr, and Attorney Benjamin Crump. Crump recently joined the Acevedo case, and is known nationally for representing the family of George Floyd and other victims of police violence.

“We’ve been calling for the release of the 911 tapes, along with the body cam footage, for nearly three months,” said LaMarr. “We also believe two other individuals are responsible for the death of Joel Acevedo, who have not been brought to justice.”

A 13-year veteran of the Milwaukee Police Department, Mattioli was charged with first-degree reckless homicide in connection with the death of Acevedo at his home near 45th Street and Cleveland Avenue in April. The death was ruled a homicide as a result of brain injury, due to traumatic strangulation.

“What are they hiding? I’ll tell you what, they’re hiding the truth,” said Neumann-Ortiz….

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A Conversation with Cuban President and the Returning Medical Brigades

Resumen, July 13, 2020- The president arrived early, when the blazing sun of these days was still just a gentle caress over the beautiful gardens of the La Pradera International Health Center, in the western part of the capital, Havana. “We made this really early, so you can be home soon, which you must be longing for,” he said, as an explanation for that 7:30 in the morning appointment.

July 20, 2020: Strike for Black Lives!

https://j20strikeforblacklives.org/

“Even before George Floyd’s life was so horrifically taken, the ‘normal’ everyone keeps talking about going back to wasn’t working for us. From racially motivated attacks to being forced to go to work without protective equipment or hazard pay in the name of the economy, our lives have not been valued. We cannot go back to that. We must move forward.”

– Glen Brown, Airport Wheelchair Attendant

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