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Palestinians walk past a mural of George Floyd, a black American who died after being restrained by police officers, in Gaza City, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Connection Between Black Lives Matter and the Palestinian Solidarity Movement

On the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, it is hard not to draw comparisons between Black Lives Matter and growing international solidarity with the Palestinians.

Sharmeen Ziauddin ·

As we connect the dots between racism, capitalism, and the climate crisis, it is crucial that we understand our different positions in the social formation we live in. (Photo: Chris-Yakimov-via-Flickr)

Racism, Capitalism, and the Climate Crisis

As we tried to connect the dots between the murder of George Floyd and our work to end the burning of fossil fuels, the connecting thread, without our naming it explicitly, was clearly capitalism.

Cynthia Kaufman ·

Relatives of Ronald Greene, an unarmed Black man who died following his brutal arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers in May 2019, demand justice during an August 28, 2020 demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

'Tortured to Death': Video Showing Fatal Louisiana Arrest of Unarmed Black Man Sparks Outrage

A doctor who examined Ronald Greene's body after the deadly May 2019 encounter said the Louisiana State Police claim that he died in a car crash "doesn't add up." 

Brett Wilkins ·

Shannon Haynes talks to her son Ronald Haynes, 9, about George Floyd in front of a memorial following the verdict in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021 in Minneapolis. (Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Families of Victims and 270+ Groups Call for UN Inquiry Into US Police Violence and Systemic Racism

"It's past time for our nation to tackle racial inequity, injustice, and discrimination that permeates American life and institutions."

Jessica Corbett ·

Demonstrators protest outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis on April 19, 2021 during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of murdering unarmed Black man George Floyd in May 2020. (Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

Four Minneapolis Cops Charged With Federal Civil Rights Crimes in George Floyd Case

A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and J. Alexander Kueng of willfully depriving the unarmed Black man of his constitutional rights. 

Brett Wilkins ·

Critics of the Utah bill fear that it might lead to an increase in deadly car attacks on protesters, as happened in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017. (Photo: Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images)

Dangerous Republican Anti-Protest Laws Grant Drivers License to Kill

Many of these laws include provisions legalizing violence against protestors, granting immunity to people who drive their cars into crowds.

Amy Goodman ·

Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

An Ugly Picture as State-Level GOP Attempt to Strangle Dissent Nationwide

In 34 states, Republican lawmakers attempt destroying the right to protest.

Michael Winship ·

Black Lives Matter protesters in Revere, Massachusetts march in support of Black Lives on June 9, 2020 following the killing by police or racist white men of unarmed Black people George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

'It's About Damn Time': Advocates Welcome DOJ Hate Crimes Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Killing

"It's one step closer to justice," Arbery's mother said of the new federal indictments for the three men accused of murdering her son in Georgia last year. 

Brett Wilkins ·

International Rights Experts Condemn US Police Killings as 'Crimes Against Humanity'

"The world is not only watching, it's judging."

Julia Conley ·

Corporate media sometimes showed us the victims of the housing crisis, but hardly ever their victimizers—and the policymakers behind the Great Recession. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)

Media Evasions on Racism and the Role of Derek Chauvin

Although it's acknowledged that Black people and other people of color are consistently at the bottom of the caste system, there's no examination of the powerful interests that put them there.

Jeff Cohen ·

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