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October 2015

Reports

The Deadly Dead End of "The Proper Channels" and Why Rise Up October Is EXACTLY What's Needed

October 9, 2015

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Benny Anderson on the Police Murder of His Brother Johnny—and on Rise Up October:

"This is a pivotal moment in history"

October 9, 2015

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Victory in Legal Case of Arrests from the Anthony Hill Protest in Chamblee, Georgia, on Blow the Whistle Day

October 6, 2015

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DePaul University Students Say: Get on the Bus to NYC!

October 2, 2015

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Action Plan from Students at Truman College, Missouri, for Rise Up October

September 29, 2015

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From a Rise Up October Volunteer: "I'm not shy or afraid to challenge people and even argue with them if they are taking the wrong side"

September 29, 2015

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Some experience in building for October 24 among the basic people

September 29, 2015

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September 26 bake sale to send Ferguson fighters to NYC for #RiseUpOctober

September 29, 2015

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Rise Up October Speaking Tour Hits Los Angeles

September 25, 2015

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Interview with a Student Organizer

"The Night for Justice" and Preparing for Rise Up October

September 28, 2015

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Breaking Out for Rise Up October at Kent State University

September 26, 2015

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Stop Mass Incarceration Network Marches in the Harlem African American Heritage Day Parade

September 26, 2015

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Victory for Grant Newburger Felony Charges Dropped to Traffic Citation for Protest

September 23, 2015

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Beverly Unitarian Universalist—
Put Your "Black Lives Matter" Sign Back Up!

September 23, 2015

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Mexican Immigrant Donates $1,000 to Help Send Families to October 24 NYC

September 23, 2015

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Outrages

Homan Square: Chicago Police Dept’s Continuing Criminal Enterprise

October 19, 2015

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Statement from Obdulio Oliva, Father of Carlos Ernesto Oliva Sola

An Illegal Detention and Murder by L.A. Sheriffs

October 20, 2015

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Slave Catchers in Pasadena:

The Brutal Beating of Donovan Gardner

October 19, 2015

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Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Tolman HS students demand firing of school cop in brutal assault on brothers

October 16, 2015

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“This is What American…”

17-year-old Michigan Youth Murdered by Sheriff for Signaling Cop to Dim Brights

October 16, 2015

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Prairie View, Texas: Police Brutality, “According to Policy”

October 13, 2015

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Protests in DC over Police Brutality against a Howard Student.

This happened today: twitter.com/sushmachete/status/654007800562077696
because this happened yesterday: twitter.com/darealbighomiee/status/653729171953328128

October 13, 2015

#justiceforjason

Video shows police tasing a bloody, restrained Matthew Ajibade in the testicles before his death

October 13, 2015

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by Shaun King, originally published at DailyKos.com.

A Mental Health Professional and Artist Responds to Matthew Ajibade Piece by Shaun King

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Texas Cop Chokes and Takes Down 14-Year-Old

October 12, 2015

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Five Miami jail officers fired for bribing incarcerated teens to brutally assault each other

by Shaun King, originally published at DailyKos.com.

October 1, 2015

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From a reader:

On the Media Smear Campaign Against Shaun King

October 1, 2015

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Delaware Cops Shoot and Kill Paralyzed Black Man in Wheelchair

September 30, 2015

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From a Reader

Los Angeles Police Murder Again…This Has Got to Stop NOW!

September 30, 2015

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October 2 Court Date for Two Charged with Felonies While Building for Rise Up October

September 28, 2015

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Criminal Conspiracy by the Chicago PD: How to get away with murder

September 26, 2015

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Houston Police Brutalize and Arrest Student for Riding a Hover Board

September 22, 2015

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Protest in Pasco Defies Intimidation and Demands Justice for Antonio Zambrano-Montes

September 21, 2015

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Summer 2015

 


April 2015

Editorial:

The Time Is Now, the Potential Is There, to Shut Shit Down on April 14

April 8, 2015

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April 14—Stop Business As Usual! We Will Not Go Back! No School! No Work! Say No More to the System Giving a Green Light to Killer Cops!

February 9, 2015

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Three reasons why EVERYONE who cannot tolerate the epidemic of murder by police should act April 14

March 23, 2015

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People Must Be Inspired, Mobilized and Organized, Urgently, for #ShutDownA14!

March 21, 2015

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A Call to Attorneys, Law Students, Legal Observers and Legal Workers—Volunteers Needed!

In re: Police terror, brutality, lawlessness
and murder? April 14 Shut It Down!

April 6, 2015

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Tell revcom.us so the whole world can know: Contribute to coverage of #ShutDownA14

April 11, 2015

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Another Reason Why We Must Shut Down Business As Usual on April 14!

South Carolina Cop Caught on Video Murdering Black Man

A statement from Carl Dix

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Carl Dix Calls for Huge Stolen Lives Installations for April 14th Actions!

April 8, 2015

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Listen to Nicholas Heyward, Sr., father of Nicholas Heyward, Jr., and Iris Baez, mother of Anthony Baez, on Uptown Radio at Columbia University

April 10, 2015

 

Planting of "Evidence" by Police: The Notorious Case of LAPD Rampart Division

April 11, 2015

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DOJ Report:

Coverup for the Police Murder of Michael Brown

April 6, 2015

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Chilling Implications of the DOJ Justifying the Murder of Michael Brown

April 9, 2015

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Revolution Interview:
Curtis Sails, Co-founder of Coalition for Justice in Milwaukee

"We stood up and we said NO MORE"

March 31, 2015

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Lessons from November in NYC: Building for the Dialogue Between BA and Cornel West

March 30, 2015

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Organizing for Two Important Dates—March 28 & April 14:

"I'll volunteer, we GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS!"

March 30, 2015

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A Call for Stolen Lives Days on Campuses and Communities

March 26, 2015

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Press Conference Demands Massive Illegal Stops by Chicago Police Department Stop Immediately, Calls for Shut It Down on April 14

March 25, 2015

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Bay Area Police Shoot 3 People in 8 Hours!

March 24, 2015

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March 14—It's Whistle Time! Blow the Whistle on Police Brutality and Murder

March 10, 2015

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The "Long Haul"—and the Urgent Need RIGHT NOW

March 12, 2015

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Two More Police Killings in Los Angeles Area

March 9, 2015

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Dept. of Justice on Ferguson: A Sliver of Truth About the Thoroughly Racist, Rotten Police Department

March 9, 2015

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In light of DOJ Report on Ferguson:
"Ending Police Murder... This System Has NO Answers—the REVOLUTION DOES" (originally published 2/215)

March 3, 2015

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Justice Department Drops Other Shoe
FEDS REFUSE TO INDICT COP WHO MURDERED MICHAEL BROWN!

Statement by Carl Dix

March 6, 2015

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The Real Truth on the Ferguson Cover-Up:
Michael Brown—Like Thousands Before Him and Hundreds Since—Did NOT Deserve to Die!

March 6, 2015

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LAPD Kills Homeless Man
One More reason to Make an ACTUAL Revolution
THIS MUST STOP!

March 3, 2015

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What Does April 14 Need to Look Like

March 2, 2015

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To Prisoners: Send Your Response to Nationwide Call for Cessation of Hostilities as Part of April 14

March 2, 2015

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Report on Stop Mass Incarceration Network Conference in Atlanta: #ShutDownA14—APRIL 14—STOP BUSINESS AS USUAL!—SAY NO MORE TO THE SYSTEM GIVING A GREEN LIGHT TO KILLER COPS!

February 23, 2015

from Carl Dix & Travis Morales

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3 Years Since the Murder of Trayvon Martin— US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FINDS NO FEDERAL CRIME IN THE MURDER OF TRAYVON MARTIN!

Statement from the Stop Mass Incarceration Network

 The Growing Movement

FROM THE APRIL 6 PROGRAM:

EMERGENCY:
The Police Are STILL Killing Unarmed People, and This Must STOP!
A CALL TO ACT

Cornel West and Carl Dix Speak

Click here for video of the program,
messages of support, and more


Press Coverage Spreads Call for #A14 to 100s of Thousands in U.S. and Beyond

April 11, 2015

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Press coverage includes:

JetMag.com—Cornel West Sparks #ShutDownA14 Movement

La Opinion—Desde Los Ángeles convocan a paro nacional por tiroteos de policías

La Opinion April 10

April 10, 2015


Family of Viola Liuzzo Recognizes Stolen Lives

April 13, 2015

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Family of Viola Liuzzo
Rev Roger Mohr of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of Detroit, Tony Liuzzo. and Mary Liuzzo Lileboe.

Los Angeles-New York City Press Conferences Calls on People to Hit the Streets on April 14

April 11, 2015

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Carl Dix speaking at the April 10 press conference in NYC on Shut Down A14

South Central Los Angeles:

Interview about April 14: "I'm standing by it 100 percent—this needs to stop"

April 12, 2015

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At Abyssinian Baptist Church, NYC: "This is terrible and it really DOES have to stop!"

April 12, 2015

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See more video and words—voices of the growing momentum for #ShutDownA14


MECHA Idaho Chapter
At the 22nd Annual National Conference of MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan).  The Idaho Chapter stands with A14 and the Stolen Lives Families.

Families of Stolen Lives at Fruitvale Station Screening

April 10, 2015

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From a member of a Revolution Club:

Seizing Every Opportunity to Build for April 14

April 10, 2015

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Speak-out at UC Berkeley:

From Families of Victims of Police Murder, Students & Young Revolutionaries: Heart-Rending Testimony, Powerful Calls to Act

April 8, 2015

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Families of Victims of Police Murder

Harlem, NYC

Stolen Lives Truck Rolls: A Sense of Collective Hope and Defiance is Getting Born

April 8, 2015

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See more coverage, videos and photos of Stolen Lives Days around the country

Harlem

 

RIP—A Poem

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Taking A14 to the Chuy Garcia Election Night Event

April 8, 2015

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LA: Hundreds March in "Death by Cop" Protest

April 8, 2015

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In the NYC Projects: "We have to march against the police and be in the streets on April 14"

April 6, 2015

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Mobilizing for A14 in Seattle

April 3, 2015

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Letter from Young Revolutionary

Get With A14! Struggle with No Apology to Get Free

April 2, 2015

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Resistance Bubbles and Boils Around the Country

March 23, 2015

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Cleveland: Protesters Disrupt "Community Conversation" Aimed at Cooling Down Anger at Murder by Police

March 16, 2015

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NYC: Going Out to High Schools to Build for March 14 Whistle Day

March 12, 2015

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