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Leonard Peltier walks out of prison with dignity and defiance

Malik Miah — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +1100

As former United States President Joe Biden left office, he commuted 80-year-old political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s life sentences to home incarceration, reports Malik Miah. Peltier is a long-time leader of the First Nations movement in the US.

Rioting across France after police murder teenager

John Mullen — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 10:15:00 +1000

Rioting broke out in more than a dozen towns around France, following the police murder of teenager Nahel Merzouk, throwing President Emmanuel Macron's government into crisis, reports John Mullen.

Family of man shot by NSW Police in 2019 calls for justice, reforms

Kerry Smith — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:30:00 +1000

The family of a man shot in the back by NSW Police, while he was suffering a severe severe psychotic episode, say there must be justice and reforms so that this deos not happen again. Kerry Smith reports.

United States: Fight to stop ‘Cop City’ continues amid police violence, trumped-up charges

Malik Miah — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:45:00 +1000

Protests are continuing against the construction of a police training centre in Atlanta, Georgia, despite activists being targeted by police violence and trumped-up legal charges. Malik Miah reports.

Canada: Investigation into RCMP extractive capital protection force announced

Jeff Shantz — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +1100

An impending investigation may shed some light on abuses at the hands of RCMP officers against Indigenous land defenders and mining and forestry protesters, reports Jeff Shantz.

Confronting Canadian policing’s deadly record

Jeff Shantz — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 18:30:00 +1100

Canadian police need to come clean about their own use of deadly force, writes Jeff Shantz.

United States: Memphis police indicted for murder following ‘modern-day lynching’

Malik Miah — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:00:00 +1100

Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.

United States: Police killings rose in 2022 and Black people are the main targets

Malik Miah — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:15:00 +1100

It took a mass civil rights movement to end legal racial segregation in the United States, writes Malik Miah. The same must happen to abolish policing and the corrupt criminal “justice” system.

George Floyd, a life

Malik Miah — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +1100

Malik Miah reviews His Name is George Floyd, a new book that places George Perry Floyd jnr's life and death at the hands of police in the context of the racial history of the United States.

United States: Detroit cops respond to mental health emergency and kill — again

Malik Miah — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:30:00 +1100

The family of Porter Burks, a young Black man from Detroit, Michigan, who was shot dead by cops, is demanding justice, reports Malik Miah.

'Muru': A hard-hitting Māori film shakes Aotearoa New Zealand

Barry Healy — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 23:15:00 +1100

Derived from a police assault on the the Rūātoki valley Tūhoe hapū community in 2007, Muru is a powerful response that has shaken Aotearoa New Zealand. The film's writer/director, Tearepa Kahi and lead figure, Tame Iti explained the significance to Barry Healy.

United States: Say it loud — Justice for Breonna Taylor

Malik Miah — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:30:00 +1000

Four Kentucky police officers have been arrested and charged over the shooting death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, following a two-year campaign, reports Malik Miah.

United States: What two cities tell us about policing, mass shootings and institutional racism

Malik Miah — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:15:00 +1000

Every Black person knows the double standards in policing and the legal system, writes Malik Miah.

Turkey: Police arrest, torture protesters on the anniversary of 'Occupy Gezi'

Medya News — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:30:00 +1000

Turkish police arrested 170 protesters around Istanbul’s Taksim Square on May 31, as crowds gathered to mark the 9th anniversary of the nationwide anti-government demonstrations that began in nearby Gezi Park, reports Medya News.

United States: No charge for cop who killed Amir Locke

Malik Miah — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:15:00 +1000

The cop who fatally shot Amir Locke during a predawn, “no-knock” raid in February, will not face charges, reports Malik Miah.

United States: Protests erupt after cop kills Black man as he slept

Malik Miah — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 11:45:00 +1100

Protesters again took to the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota — where George Floyd was murdered by cops in 2020 — demanding justice for a young Black man killed by the police, reports Malik Miah.

India: Victory for farmers protesting fascist farm laws

Kerry Smith — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +1100

The Indian farmer's movement is a demonstration that people power can preserve the public sector and has become an inspiration for labourers around the world to take on neoliberalism and fascism.

United States: Rittenhouse verdict gives vigilantes green light to kill

Malik Miah — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:15:00 +1100

Teenage vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty for the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and for wounding Gaige Grosskreutz at a Black Lives Matter protest last year, reports Malik Miah.

Protesters demand justice for Yamaji woman JC

Alex Salmon — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:45:00 +1100

Protesters in Boorloo (Perth) demanded justice for slain Yamaji woman JC, reports Alex Salmon.

United States: Police, paramedics charged over Elijah McClain’s death

Malik Miah — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:45:00 +1000

A mother’s determination, combined with a campaign for racial justice, scored an important victory when three police officers and two paramedics were charged over the death of Elijah McClain, reports Malik Miah.

'Cop': The violent degeneracy of the French police

Barry Healy — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:00:00 +1000

French journalist Valentin Gendrot spent two years infiltrating the French police. Barry Healy reviews his disturbing account.

United States: Derek Chauvin sentenced for George Floyd's murder

Malik Miah — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 17:15:00 +1000

Derek Chavin was sentenced to 22.5 years in a Minnesota prison for the murder of George Floyd, reports Malik Miah.

United States: George Floyd’s killer found guilty

Malik Miah — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +1000

The verdict in the trial of George Floyd's killer has been handed down. Malik Miah looks at the trial, the Black Lives Matter movement and the changes needed to policing in the United States.

Nigeria and the hope of the #EndSARS protests

Shawn Hattingh — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +1100

The #EndSARS protests in Nigeria have opened up new possibilities for resistance by the Nigerian working class and peasantry against neoliberalism and brutal state violence, writes Shawn Hattingh.

United States: Outrage in Louisville after police not charged with Breonna Taylor’s murder

Malik Miah — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:30:00 +1000

Protests have erupted across the United States in response to the announcement that none of the police officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death will be charged, writes Malik Miah.

United States: Police shooting of Jacob Blake intensifies racial reckoning

Malik Miah — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +1000

The contrasting treatment by the police of the white vigilante and Jacob Blake make clear the double standard of “race” and racism in the United States, writes Malik Miah.

United States: 'We don't want pity, we want change' says Jacob Blake's sister

Peter Boyle — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:15:00 +1000

The police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has sparked a new round of Black Lives Matter protests, writes Peter Boyle.

Seattle socialist councillor — ‘Our fight is for systemic change’

Kshama Sawant — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:00:00 +1000

Socialist councillor in Seattle Kshama Sawant addressed protesters on June 10, in the wake of their takeover of Seattle’s Eighth Precinct, from which police have been driven out.

Eyewitness: Seattle Black Lives Matter protests

Geoff Mirelowitz — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:30:00 +1000

Geoff Mirelowitz has marched and demonstrated for civil rights and against racism for more than 50 years. But the daily protests in greater Seattle have been some of the most inspiring that he has ever participated in.

US protests demand removal of racist monuments and Confederate flags

Malik Miah — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:15:00 +1000

The rebellion against police violence and murder continues to expand in the United States. New demands are being raised concerning issues of institutional racism by Black and Brown people and in opposition to the symbols of white genocide by Native American nations, writes Malik Miah.

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