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May 1, 2015

Reclaim May Day

It's not just a slogan. It's a call to organize!
By Stephanie McMillan / stephaniemcmillan.org

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Human Rights
A Possible Strategy for Stopping War on Venezuela
For People of Color, Citizenship Offers No Protection Against ICE’s Techno Terrorism
Trump's Cruel Immigration Policy Is Devastating Children
Mark Kelly Is Right: Military Members Have the Power to Resist What They Know Is Wrong
Lawless Strikes Off Venezuela Threaten Justice at Home
Extrajudicial Killings From Barack Obama to Donald Trump
Israel's Colonial Aims Are the Main Barrier to Lasting Peace
ICE Raids Against Farmworkers Expose the Pretense of Border Security
The Lies Americans Tell Themselves to Justify State Violence Against Migrants
When Cheering for Murder Is Disguised as Patriotism
You Know How to Whistle, Don't You?
Asking the Right Questions When Lawless US Officials Go on a Murder Spree
Those Cheering These Killings are Not Defending Civilization—They Are Dismantling It
Stupidity at a Scale Beyond Comprehension
A Society Built on Scapegoats Will Always Destroy Itself
The Dark Side of Gratitude: When Thankfulness Becomes a Tool of Control
How Compassion Becomes a Wrench in the Machinery of Extremism
NSPM-7: A Blueprint for Silencing Progressive Movements
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty
The Central Function of Race in America Has Been to Prevent Class Solidarity
What Is the Opposite of Fascism?
How to Defeat Concentrated Private Power: A Practical Guide to Chris Hedges’ Prescription for Change
Don't Let a Fascist Like Trump Act as Judge, Jury, and Executioner
I Became 'Antifa' as a Child; I Never Looked Back
Republicans Are Trying to Make Fascism Edgy and Hip
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fought Crime Lords—Not Working Class People. They Would Oppose ICE.
Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes
The True Meaning of Democratic Socialism: A Union Educator’s View
Solidarity With Venezuela’s Left Opposition: A Call for Principled Anti-Authoritarianism
Trump's Anti-Immigrant Violence Is a Message for the Rest of Us
Trump’s Orwellian Militarization of American Cities
Trump’s War on America
Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Enact Sweeping Speech Crackdown
We Are All Antifa Now
The Stalin Card
B’Tselem Admits Israel Is Committing Genocide
Black Lives Matter
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Down in the Hole - The Streets of Baltimore (2015)
America's Police Problem: Brutality and Racism
Black Lives That Still Matter: The Deaths Behind the Movement in 24 Parts
Black Lives That Still Matter: The Deaths Behind the Movement in 24 parts (ch. 2)
Tears in the Bayou - The Streets of Houston (2017)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017) ($4)
Generation Revolution (2017) ($1)
Baltimore Rising (2017) ($4)
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (trailer)
If Your Gut Response to #Blacklivesmatter Is #Alllivesmatter, Read This.
What Would the Black Panthers Think of Black Lives Matter?
4 Black Lives Matter Myths Debunked
Law Professor's Epic Response to Black Lives Matter Shirt Complaint
What's the Matter with 'All Lives Matter'
The Power of White Fear feat. Chris Hayes
Whose Streets? An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising (trailer)
Stranger Fruit: An Investigation into the Death of Michael Brown (trailer)
Accidental Courtesy Follow-Up: Daryl Davis and Kwame Rose Agree that Black Lives Matter
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?
The Blood is at the Doorstep (trailer)
Show Me Democracy: Student Activism Amidst the Uprising in Ferguson (trailer)
Ferguson Isn't about Black Rage Against Cops. It's White Rage Against Progress.
The Real Reason White People Say 'All Lives Matter'
It Took Me Years to Believe That Black Lives Matter. Now Here's What I Need From You
White People in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter
Why I Refuse to Avoid White People
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement (2016) ($3)
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