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Ethiopia: Rape, extrajudicial executions, homes set alight in security operations in Amhara and Oromia

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 by Black Internationalist Unions

Tensions have been high in Amhara after the Qimant, a minority group, voted for their own autonomous administrative unit in September 2017, resulting in clashes between the Amhara and Qimant communities. Amnesty International’s report reveals that the Liyu police, local administration militia and two Amhara youth vigilante groups joined forces to attack members of the Qimant community in January 2019, and again in September-October 2019, leaving at least 100 people dead and hundreds displaced. Qimant homes and property were also destroyed.

Lesotho Expropriates Farmers’ Land, Gifts It To A Multinational

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 by Black Internationalist Unions

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has evicted farmers’ organisations from a commercial site in Ha Ntsi, Nazareth and gifted it to a Singapore multinational grain producer, in a controversial move slated as undermining development of indigenous farmers.

Prisoners fear for their lives at Joburg’s ‘Sun City’ as Covid-19 spreads

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 by Black Internationalist Unions

Official figures say Covid-19 has killed about 20 inmates inside South Africa’s prisons – but some prisoners say it may be far more. Slow progress with releasing qualifying prisoners on parole may have contributed to the spread of the virus because physical distancing is ‘impossible’.

Anti-racism Activists Topple Statue Of Napoleon’s First Wife Josephine In Martinique

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 by Black Internationalist Unions

The anti-racism demonstrators have toppled statue of Napolean’s empress Josephine along with another colonist figure in Martinique, overseas French territory.

Albert Woodfox on Solitary Confinement, the Black Panthers, and Fighting ‘the System’

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 by Black Internationalist Unions

Interview with Albert Woodfox

On Michael Hickson And The Washington Post’s Erasure of Disability From Racial Justice.

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 by Black Internationalist Unions

I first learned about the 46 year-old Michael Hickson, a quadriplegic and Neurodiverse Black man denied further treatment while at St. David’s in South Austin, through a fellow Disability Justice activist. His Narrative was one that I’d heard many times before. In a way, it reminded me of what could’ve happened to Mae Lizzie.

All Power to the People: The Black Panther Party and Beyond

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 by Black Internationalist Unions

Picture for the video, All Power to the People, featuring Fred Hampton, in the picture.

Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 by Black Internationalist Unions

When it comes to police reform, the powers that be in Chicago have been negligent in their response to the demands of the people of this city and this nation. People across the country are calling for systemic police reforms now. The resounding voice of the people in the streets is, “We will not accept this anymore!” In Chicago, we’re not new to this plaintive cry, unfortunately. We have the longest standing movement for community control of the police in the country, stretching back to the 1969 police murder of Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party. Yet our city is lagging behind every other major city with respect to announcing much needed reform, including New York City and Minneapolis.