"We're simply creating the worst scenario possible" for migrants, said one activist.
The post ‘Speechless’: US, Canada Agree on Plan to Turn Away Asylum-Seekers appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Activism
A new report finds that more than 121,000 people globally were injured or killed by crowd-control weapons since 2015.
The post Police Use “Less Lethal” Weapons to Crush Social Movements Across the World appeared first on scheerpost.com.
By Ryan Fatica and Chris Schiano / Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, in collaboration with several other law enforcement agencies, charged 23 more people with ‘domestic terrorism’ for their alleged involvement in the ongoing effort to stop ‘Cop City’ and to defend the Weelaunee Forest in unincorporated DeKalb County southeast […]
The post Behind the #StopCopCity Domestic Terrorism Warrants appeared first on scheerpost.com.
By Alex Binder / Unicorn Riot Decatur, GA – The family of Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Esteban Paez Terán held a press conference Monday morning outside the Historic DeKalb Courthouse to release the full autopsy of Tortuguita and to discuss the lawsuit the family filed this week against the City of Atlanta under the Georgia Open Records […]
The post Cop City Protestor Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán’s Independent Autopsy Finds His Hands Were Raised at Time of Death appeared first on scheerpost.com.
The legendary whistleblower has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
The post Daniel Ellsberg Is Calling on All of Us to Work to Avert Nuclear War appeared first on scheerpost.com.
After seeing firsthand how the juvenile justice system affected their relatives, advocates are pushing for alternatives to youth incarceration and working to raise awareness.Growing up, Tamia Cenance could not fully understand the reason behind her father’s absence from her life. His contact with the juvenile legal system at a young age had sparked a cycle of incarceration spanning from adolescence into his adult years — something she would realize as she got older.
Now 17, Cenance wanted to advocate for incarcerated youth after becoming aware of the juvenile legal system’s long-term effects on the trajectory of her father’s life. She became a leader with Black Girls Rising (BGR), working alongside other girls and young women in Louisiana to end youth incarceration. While they advocate for incarcerated young people broadly, they have an emphasis on young Black women and girls in detention.
Campaigners at the global vigils for the closure of Guantánamo on March 8, 2023. Clockwise from top left: London, Washington, D.C., New York and Mexico City.
The post The Global Vigils for the Closure of Guantánamo on International Women’s Day appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Socialist Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant is launching a national coalition called Workers Strike Back to fight for wages, universal healthcare, LGBTQ rights, a clean energy transition, and more.
The post The Chris Hedges Report: Kshama Sawant’s New ‘Workers Strike Back’ Coalition Will Fight for $25 Minimum Wage and More appeared first on scheerpost.com.
From Temple University to Rutgers, the devaluation of academic labor has its roots in decades of neoliberalism.
The post Public Universities Run on Underpaid Labor. Now Grad Workers Are Fighting Back. appeared first on scheerpost.com.