Black Lives Matter
AFL-CIO delegates walk out to join Black Lives Matter protesters
October 22, 2017To keep BLM activists out, every door was chained shut on the orders of convention center management. So AFL-CIO delegates left their hall to join the protest.
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Two weeks after Stockley verdict, St. Louis activists release demands
October 2, 2017“But there is really only one demand: Stop killing us.”
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100 days for justice: Another weekend of protest hits St. Louis
September 27, 2017Two competing narratives have emerged—one from activists calling attention to police brutality, the other from police justifying their actions on social media.
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Mounties spying on Black Lives Matter in Canada
September 25, 2017The RCMP was looking for possible links between what it called “African-American hate groups” and Black Lives Matter in Canada.
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Peaceful St. Louis protester speaks out on police brutality experience
September 22, 2017Alexx, a 23-year-old teacher in St. Louis, was brutally arrested during the recent protests over the Stockley verdict. In this People’s World exclusive, she shares her story.
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