NEW: This afternoon, federal agents violently attacked a crowd of protesters after descending from the Warren E. Burger Federal Building with tear gas and pepper spray. Protests are ongoing in St. Paul after 15 people were indicted and arrested for anti-ICE activism.
On Wednesday at 10am, the full LA City Council will vote on Charter Reform proposals to send to the Nov ballot.
This includes a measure that allows City Council to have direct policy authority over LAPD.
Take action using LA Forward’s toolkit:
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On Wed, LA City Council will decide whether it should be able to make policy for LA’s largest dept (& budget item): LAPD.
Many voters assumed this was the case — nope! Currently, Council only makes RECS to a Board. 😮
Send an email to fix this omission:
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Protesting ICE is not a crime! Statement on Minneapolis Anti-ICE Activists Targeted with Federal Repression
This morning, June 16th, there were multiple coordinated raids on immigrant rights activists in the Twin Cities. At least 15 people have been indicted, with the U.S. Grand Jury charging “conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer,” alongside a number of other trumped-up charges.
The fact is, people here in the Twin Cities correctly and courageously stood up to Operation Metro Surge and built an outpouring of militant resistance to ICE terror. People from all walks of life were in the streets to oppose deportations and ICE agents. Now the government is cracking back. These kinds of bogus charges are part of framing community defense and activism as terrorism, and they want to intimidate and repress the immigrant rights movement by criminalizing protest.
This isn’t the first go-round with the feds retaliating against anti-ICE activists since the beginning of the year, with attempts to scare the immigrant rights movement into submission. It didn’t work before, and it wont work this time, either. This is a serious attack, and we are going to stand with these activists. We should be prepared to defend all those who are being targeted and persecuted, and to fight the charges.
Stop deportations!
Protesting ICE is not a crime!
LAPD shot & killed Jameson, the dog wearing a Knicks jersey.
LAPD has a $3.6 BILLION BUDGET to support/maintain 8,555 officers. It’s the MOST DIFFICULT department to hold accountable because City Hall lacks political will.
This can change via CHARTER REFORM & the NOV ELECTION‼️
one of her neighbors called in a noise complaint because she was celebrating the knicks winning, mind your fuckin business and stop calling the police like its customer service
Los Angeles, CA – On the morning of June 11, a Chicano man was shot and killed by the California Highway Patrol. The homicide occurred ... https://t.co/dgvTzxPOHj
On the morning of June 11, a Chicano man was shot and killed by the California Highway Patrol. The homicide occurred on a stretch of the 101 Freeway in Boyle Heights.
https://t.co/b5FUdM0iyr
😅🇯🇵 A Japanese fan who lives in Aguascalientes was HYPED after their game against Netherlands in the World Cup and even said “Viva Mexico y que chingue a su madre el America”. 🏆
John a Chicano activist and veterano could use your help with my fundraiser on GoFundMe. Please share, support, or donate—every small action counts. https://t.co/LHPNmxs21B
“Nadia bravely refused to rat on her fellow activists who did nothing wrong, risking serious jail time. Nadia Topete’s determination is a strong example of the people’s refusal to back down.”
@stopfbi@CentroCSO
https://t.co/Qbmc3dEnUE
The world doesn't need a trillionaire.
While the rest of us scrape by to afford basic necessities, Elon Musk has just been named the world's first TRILLIONAIRE. This isn't because he's a genius or a hard worker, it's the the functioning of a rotten system that needs to be replaced. Working and oppressed people of the world share a common enemy in Musk, and all the rest of the monopoly capitalists too.
If you want to take the fight to our common enemy, and bring down the system that enriches a few and keeps the rest of us in chains, join FRSO.
https://t.co/PYHtXwCl6X
The National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression condemns the recent ruling regarding Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony. Scroll to read the full statement
10 years ago today, 49 people were murdered at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL in an anti-LGBTQ mass shooting. Today, we should both remember the victims and rededicate ourselves to the struggle for LGBTQ liberation and against reactionary violence in all its forms. To every politician who wants to roll back LGBTQ rights, and to every bigot who would do our community harm, know this: we refuse to hide, and we will never go away!
🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump has just initiated a new criminal, terroristic, all-out bombing campaign against Iran, which promises to kill untold numbers of people and destroy Iranian civil infrastructure.
The people of the whole world have a common enemy in the U.S. imperialists, and the time is now to go all out in mobilizing against them. END THE U.S. WAR ON IRAN!