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11 March 2023: big day for France šŸ‡«šŸ‡·

#1 - @FranceRugby inflicted heaviest @Twickenhamstad @EnglandRugby home defeat in history with an abject performance by the home side in #ENGFRA #Rugby

#2 - šŸ‡«šŸ‡· police go mental & violently attack protestors across the country #Greve11Mars
Hundreds of 1000s on the streets of Paris yesterday 11 March 2023

#Greve11Mars #PoliceViolence

@realmarcel1
Hundreds of 1000s of šŸ‡«šŸ‡· protestors on the streets of Paris and šŸ¤«šŸ¤«šŸ¤« from corporate media

The revolution will not be televised

#Greve11Mars #PoliceViolence

@ChuckCallesto
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LĆ¼tzerath lives! The world is watching and fighting for #climatejustice!

The village of #LĆ¼tzerath, in Germany has become a crystallization point in the global fight against coal and other #fossilfuels.

šŸ§µ (1/9)
(2/9) It is on the brink of the biggest coal mines in Europe which are owned by the biggest #CO2 emitter in Europe, the fossil fuel megacompany #RWE.
(3/9) The village was occupied by climate activists for 2,5 years to stop RWE from digging the coal under LĆ¼tzerath in solidarity with the fights of indigenous and most affected people in the #GlobalSouth
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNetĀ 10/07/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/10/07/daiā€¦
Pre-Columbian Latin Text Proves Early Knowledge of the Americas

ancient-origins.net/news-history-aā€¦

#MedievalHistory #europe #latin #translations
Extinction and origination patterns change after mass extinctions

phys.org/news/2021-10-eā€¦

#MassExtinctions #consequences #evolution
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3d di raccolta video sull'Australia, prigione una volta, prigione di nuovo.
Ragazzo ucciso per soffocamento perchƩ non indossava la mascherina.
Polizia Australiana apre fuoco con fucili a pallettoni sui manifestanti disarmati:
Polizia australiana sbatte a terra una signora anziana e lr riempie la faccia di liquido urticante.
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THREAD: Brutal account of police violence & more from a land defender at #FairyCreek. He has bruised ribs & torn muscles & tendons, & says police left people in nearly closed paddywagons in 37C direct sun for hours. This is on you, @jjhorgan & @mikefarnworthbc. #oldgrowth #bcpoli
@jjhorgan @mikefarnworthbc .."I am absolutely gutted this morning. My arrest and the arrests I witnessed on Tuesday were some of the most brutal I have seen or experienced in over 30 years of civil disobedience. I have been tuned up by the cops before but, never that bad simply for saying no.." #FairyCreek
@jjhorgan @mikefarnworthbc .."My body hurts in places I had forgotten that I had, and I can't stop crying every time I see another kid dragged through the dirt for standing up for something they believe in..." #FairyCreek #oldgrowth #bcpoli #policeviolence
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#InternationalWorkersDay honors the immigrant organizers unfairly convicted of conspiracy for participating in a wave of worker protests known as the Great Upheaval throughout the 1800s.

But #MayDay's history reaches back farther, and its demands are yet to be fully met.

1/13 Red and green graphic with a photo of a May Poll next to a p
Agricultural workers throughout Europe (pagan peasants) have celebrated #MayDay as a day too holy to work since at least the 4th century; which is when #Beltane, as some called it, was first mentioned in Irish literature.

2/13 Red, black, and green graphic reads: It was always a celebra
#MayDay was a time workers put away their tools & gathered flowers, danced, feasted, held ceremony, built fires, shared libations, and celebrated community.šŸŒ»šŸ’ƒšŸ”„

Because workers weren't grinding away making profits for a boss, many May Day celebrations were criminalized.

3/13 Red, black, and green graphic reads: In 1550 an Act of Parli
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[One year later, #Policebrutality intensifies]

1. A year ago,millions of #HKers flocked to streets to oppose #AntiExtradition bill & #PoliceViolence. It was the time when demonstrations, protests, strikes, petitions, forming human chains & singing #GlorytoHongKong were permitted Image
2. One year later, #Hongkongers and the world bear witness to #Beijing's growing direct control on the cityā€™s vanishing liberty. Ordinary citizens are stabbed by pro-#Beijing mobs, smashed to the ground and arrested by #hkpolice just because they sing in public. ImageImageImage
3. This is the time when teachers are fired for refusing to censor students, and even a satirical show was halted for mentioning #policebrutality. Image
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I finally reset my password so I can log in, and I AM FIRED UP, yā€™all. GET READY.
CW: Abuse, #PoliceViolence

THE NICEST FREAKINā€™ FAMILY just moved in across the street 3 weeks ago. Single mom, four kids, 7 mths pregnant as a surrogate for her best friend, Iā€™ll be calling her Mama cause sheā€™s the cutest preggo lady I have ever seen, 5ā€™1ā€ and like 110 lbs.
Our neighborhood is...kinda rough. Poor people, lots of drugs, but more or less everyone leaves everyone else alone and gets along fine. This family moves in, I immediately go over to say hey, and turns out Mama and I get along GREAT. NICE people. Fab kids.
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Imaging #Police Image
The root of #policing Image
#Policing is never politically neutral Image
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As #BlackLivesMatter protests sweep across the UK we are told that #racism & #PoliceViolence is not as bad here. Well it was only luck that meant the #MetPolice didn't murder 62-y/o #MillardScott in April:
#NoJusticeNoPeace /1
Also in April a #WestMidlandsPolice officer was filmed beating a young black boy to the ground and kicking him - another incident that could have resulted in a death. The #police & the state are institutionally #racist in the UK too. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englanā€¦ /2
And the stench of #racism spreads to the right-wing of @UKLabour too where @Keir_Starmer is blocking action against racist staff, MPs & others like @EmilieOldknow & @IainMcNicol exposed in the #LabourReport. And he has the gall to #TakeAKnee. Sickening. /3
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The case for Black Lives Matter should be applied globally and the push to defund police should be extended to the US military.
By: @medeabenjamin and @NicolasJSDavies
#DefundingThePolice #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #GeorgeFloydFuneral
mintpressnews.com/black-lives-maā€¦
Protest march for the removal of a statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes in Oxford, England, June 9, 2020.
Matt Dunham | AP
extended to the US military.
By: @medeabenjamin and @NicolasJSDavies
#DefundingThePolice #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #GeorgeFloydFuneral Image
A community gathering in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, June 7, 2020.
Photo | Emma Fiala
extended to the US military.
By: @medeabenjamin and @NicolasJSDavies
#DefundingThePolice #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #GeorgeFloydFuneral Image
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MintPress brings you a stunning collection of photos by photographer Emma Fiala from Minneapolis, the epicenter of the #GeorgeFloydprotest .
#GeorgeFloydFuneral
#GeorgeFloydMurder #PoliceBrutality
#PoliceViolence #PoliceReformNow
mintpressnews.com/george-floyd-pā€¦
Minneapolis police officers line up next to the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct as protesters shout over barricades on May 27.
#GeorgeFloydFuneral #GeorgeFloydprotest #GeorgeFloydMurder #GeorgeFloyd #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence Image
A young community member encourages protesters to chant during a justice for George Floyd march through downtown Saint Paul on June 5.
#GeorgeFloyd #GeorgeFloydFuneral #TuesdayThoughts #tuesdayvibes #BlackLivesMattters #GeorgeFloydMurder #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence Image
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Today!! Few 10.000 thousands!! peacefully on the streets of #Berlin at #Alexanderplatz wearings masks and proper distance #BlackLivesMatter #blacklivesmatterberlin #b0606
To all the complainers below: yes, COVID19 is not over and is a severe problem. But so is racism. It is sooo important to go in the streets for this now. Ppl had masks, it was super windy! Berlin has 28 new cases a day right now...
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In recognition of the fortitude of those on the front lines; in honor of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and so many others whose lives have been cut short by police violence...

criticalpublichealth.org/blog/2020/06/0ā€¦

#POCbeingPoliced Image
Over the next few days we will highlight direct quotes about police violence from participants in our studies.

Since this material can be traumatic, we will use the hashtag #POCbeingPoliced throughout this series so you can mute it any time.
"We did this protest... [the police] detained my friend who was the only black man with us.... without giving any reason. They throw him on the ground, start handcuffing him. Weā€™re all, like, 'Weā€™re these 15 people... Why are you detaining him?'" #POCbeingPoliced #BLUEFALL
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(hella long) THREAD on #bailreform & #PoliceViolence
Hereā€™s the deal: last year NY passed bail reform legislation that mandated pretrial freedom for 90% of folks going through the system. It was a huge win for black people, poor people & the movement to end pretrial jailing.
It also SIGNIFICANTLY checked the power of law enforcement to use pretrial jailing as a tool to terrorize black NYers. The reforms meant that tens of thousands of people now couldnā€™t be jailed and held hostage just based on an arrest.
Pretrial jailing is a direct extension of police power. The #ExoneratedFive, #KaliefBrowder, #LayleenPolanco are all examples of black people who suffered horrible violence and tremendous consequences from being locked up pretrial as a result of racist cops & racist arrests.
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June is #PrideMonth around the world, a time when we honour the historic and ongoing struggles of the LGBTQ* community.

Pride has blossomed into a colourful celebration, with parades, festivities, and overwhelming support in communities throughout our province. (1/5)
But Pride wasnā€™t always so celebratory. The first pride parade was organized 50 years ago this month to mark the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City. Those protests were led by queer and trans people, many of them people of colour... (2/5)
...fighting to end #policeviolence against their community.

Our Pride celebrations this year take place while people across the United States and here in Canada are marching to protest another act of police violence: the brutal killing of #GeorgeFloyd in Minneapolis. (3/5)
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Iā€™ve been thinking about power in systems. In medicine. In police forces. Government. Why there havenā€™t been mass defections. Why do we stay when the system harms? 1/
The System is made of people. We comprise It. Without us, it ceases to be. Strikes me as a kind of delusion that we donā€™t denounce and leave even when The System blatantly exploits and harms. 2/
The harm, the moral distress, it touches everyone. We see it daily. And I wonder if we donā€™t abandon these systems because we ourselves on the deepest level seek to gain power from within. Weā€™ve been conditioned to believe that is the goal. 3/
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Policemen throw a reporter into the fire for trying to take images of the scene.

@COAttnyGeneral @DenverPolice
#PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatter
Policemen turned off their body cams and started unnecessary firing of tear gas.

@COAttnyGeneral @DenverPolice
#PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatter
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1/ Q: How is #COVIDćƒ¼19 related to the current #protests, #riots, and #Violence in American cities?

A: The disproportionate impact of the #pandemic on communities of color + the long arm of police brutality are causing fear, anger, loss, grief, and uncertainty.
2/ The Nerdy Girls want to reinforce the statement of the
@AmerMedicalAssn by reminding you that violence from law enforcement officers is a fundamental source of poor health and mental distress.
3/ "In any season, #PoliceViolence is an #injustice, but its harm is elevated amidst the remarkable stress people are facing amidst the #COVID-19 pandemic."

ama-assn.org/about/leadershā€¦

nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/ā€¦

chicagotribune.com/opinion/commenā€¦
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While some in media have condemnedĀ the protests as violent ā€œlootersā€ imposing ā€œtyrannyā€ upon the country, much of the violence is being deliberately instigated by an out of control police force.
By: @AlanRMacLeod
#GeorgeFloyd #protests2020
#PoliceViolence
mintpressnews.com/george-floyd-pā€¦
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THREAD: #PoliceViolence in response to #GeorgeFloydprotest reminds me of use-of-force probs during the Northern Ireland Troubles, where indiscriminate use of ā€œnon-lethalā€ wpns like baton rounds fueled violence. I wrote on this a while back. 1/ academia.edu/43012392/Drohaā€¦
Baton rounds originated in the British Empire; wooden rounds were prepared for use in Hong Kong in the 1960s. With the #NorthernIreland Troubles, officials looked for a ā€œnon-lethalā€ weapon with more deterrent effect (i.e. more dangerous) than tear gas. 2/
But they thought wooden rounds were too dangerous for use against fellow white people, so they developed rubber rounds designed for ā€œprecisionā€ use against riot leaders/instigators. Problem was, rubber billets werenā€™t accurate enough for this. 3/
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40 million unemployed Americans. Months of isolation after a botched pandemic response. A hated president who actively antagonizes hurt and angry people who just watched another black man murdered by police. America is a powder keg with an arsonist in the White House.
Peace has to be a pathway to progress. If peaceful, non-violent protest continues to lead to nowhere, I fear we will see more violence.

Cities need to show frustrated Americans that police will be held accountable when they murder. People are sick and tired of this shit.
If you want peace, work for justice.
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