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‘Cop City’ Leads US Buildup in Police-Training Bases

corinna barnard — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:00:35 +0000

Elizabeth Vos reports on a vast law enforcement training facility in Atlanta that defies the defund-police movement and sets the stage for Israel-linked militarized policing across the U.S. By Elizabeth Vos Special to Consortium News After years of intense opposition…

WATCH: They ‘Love Music, Hate Racism’

Consortiumnews.com — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:00:27 +0000

In the wake of Britain’s race riots this summer, CN Live! interviewed Andy Robin, one of the founders of the “Love Music Hate Racism” movement in Luton, England. Andy Robin is one of the co-founders in Luton, U.K. of “Love…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: James Baldwin at 100

corinna barnard — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:00:52 +0000

Things got lost in our remembrances. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News James Baldwin would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Aug. 2, had he lived so long. He didn’t: He died young. He was but 63 on Dec.…

What Is Behind England’s Riots

corinna barnard — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:37:26 +0000

Is there a migration crisis in England? Yes, there is, says John Wight. And it’s not the fault of the migrants. By John Wight Medium “Let no Irishman throw a stone at the foreigner; he may hit his own clansman.…

You’re With Her, But Is She With You?

corinna barnard — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:00:25 +0000

Electoral politics is about power, leverage and quid pro quo, writes Wilmer J. Leon, III. What are Black supporters of Kamala Harris getting in exchange? By Wilmer J. Leon, III Popular Resistance “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and…

US LABOR DAY: The Minimum Wage at Age 85

corinna barnard — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 11:51:54 +0000

Without any mechanisms to adjust for rising prices, the real value of the federal minimum wage hit a 66-year low in 2023, say the authors. It’s now worth 42 percent less than its highest point in 1968. By Jasmine…

Discovering Largest Known US Slave Auction

corinna barnard — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 17:54:11 +0000

Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified, Jennifer Berry Hawes reports. By Jennifer Berry Hawes This story was originally…

Viewpoint: The Problem With the Feb. 19 Anti-War Rally

Consortiumnews.com — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:30:58 +0000

People must decide who they align with based on their principles of unity and shared interests, but they should also consider that their alliances do not bring harm to the most marginalized people, writes Jacquie Luqman. [NOTE: To present a…

Police Terror in America

corinna barnard — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 05:54:27 +0000

The officers in Memphis, Tennessee, came into the community to kill. Like a pack of wild dogs, they were there to satisfy a blood lust and insatiable taste for Black flesh, writes Wilmer Leon. By Wilmer J. Leon, III Popular…

Chris Hedges: Teaching ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ in Prison

corinna barnard — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:51:13 +0000

There are many disturbing similarities between the brutality imposed on Stalin’s victims and the injustices endured by the incarcerated in U.S. federal and state prisons. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com Two nights a week for the last four months, I plowed…