- How to Slow BART Trains for Social Justice - BART Action April 8th, 2010: video
That protest inside of the BART system was the first of its kind, in location, size, and the ability to disrupt BART service throughout the evening commute. Tony Pirone, unfortunately, is now likely to be rehired by BART at the behest of labor mediators who appear to find no fault with the violence or lying of police officers, as a mediator recently was instrumental in the rehiring of BART officer Marysol Domenici despite her unprofessional and aggressive behavior on the platform when Oscar Grant was murdered and her perjury during Johannes Mehserle's preliminary hearing. But since the April 2010 demonstration -- with the energy of the justice for Oscar Grant movement focused primary on the trial of Johannes Mehserle -- BART has found itself largely free of public pressure for accountability. Today, that just might change.
- Millions March In Harlem Gears Up! Mass Protest to End the Attack On Libya, Zimbabwe, and Blacks in the US!
The Millions March in Harlem buzz is in the streets around the country. Posters and flyers are everywhere and people are excitedly talking about the need for unified action and change. The Millions March in Harlem will be held on Saturday, August 13, assembling on Malcolm X Blvd at 110th Street. It will focus on the attack on African people on the Continent and in the United States.
- The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: How Changing U.S. Demographics Will Upend White People’s Sense of Identity, History & What It Means for the Rest of Us
As historian of whiteness Nell Painter recently put it, “being white these days is not what it used to be.” What it used to be was the invisible default, the norm, the comfortable majority. Soon to be gone with the wind.
Commentators have been downplaying the role of a Color of Change campaign against Beck. They are wrong. Beck is gone. Give the boycotters their due.
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