New York
NYPD Lies to City Council, Gaslights Victims of Police Violence
During ten hour City Council hearing on Public Safety, the NYPD representatives gaslight the public and lie about their well documented brutality. Once the people are allowed to testify against the police, all NYPD and mayoral representatives left in a disrespectful snub. Afterwards, the public spent 6 hours describing disturbing events of police brutality,demanding the Council disarm and defund the police.
Kimberly Ann
June 12, 2020
Papers, Please: NYPD Harasses Protesters Going Home
New York police are targeting activists. Maya Kates recounts being stopped in a taxi going home after a protest.
Maya Kates
June 8, 2020
“F**k Your Curfew!”: Protests Grow Despite Curfews Ordered Across the Country
Mayors in cities across the United States are implementing curfew in the latest maneuver to stop anti-police protests exploding in every state. This is nothing but a move to authorize the repression of protesters and the unbridled violence of the state.
Sybil Davis
June 3, 2020
Thousands of Protesters Are Trapped by Cops on the Manhattan Bridge
Developing story: Thousands of protesters are currently stuck on the Manhattan bridge. The police have blocked both sides of the bridge.
Maria Aurelio
June 2, 2020
Defying the First Curfew in New York City Since 1943
Last night Democrats Governor Cuomo and Mayor DeBlasio imposed the first curfew in New York City since 1943. Despite the curfew, protesters demonstrating against racist and police violence remained defiant.
Sybil Davis
June 2, 2020
NYPD Plows SUVs Straight into Demonstrators, Mayor De Blasio Comes to Their Defense
In Brooklyn on Friday evening, the NYPD drove two SUVs straight into a crowd of protesters, echoing violent scenes in Charlottesville in 2017. Mayor Bill De Blasio, a Democrat, continues to defend the police.
Otto Fors
May 31, 2020
Thousands in NYC Face Off Against Police Amid Extreme Repression
New York City streets filled with protesters in protective masks on Friday as thousands of people demanded justice for the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, and Tony McDade, as well as the white vigilante killing of Ahmaud Arbery. They confronted New York City’s police who responded with brutal repression, including pepper spray, billy clubs, and hundreds of arrests.
Kimberly Ann
May 30, 2020
New York City Bus Drivers Defy the NYPD, Refuse to Transport Arrested Protesters
At Friday’s protests against the police murder of George Floyd, NYC bus drivers were called upon to transport arrested protesters. The bus drivers refused. Unions must develop this solidarity towards a strike against police brutality.
Tatum Regan
May 30, 2020
Cuomo: Slashing and Privatizing Education is “The New Normal”
While the working class is increasingly expected by big businesses and the government to absorb all the hardships caused by the coronavirus, the pandemic is now being used to attack one of few social services offered to working-class children in the United States — their right to an education.
Francesca Gomes
May 13, 2020
A Healthcare Worker Answers Governor Cuomo’s “Conundrum”
Recent data out of New York City shows a large number of people with COVID-19 have largely been staying home. Governor Andrew Cuomo called this a "surprise." But capitalism is forcing working-class people to spread the virus. A socialist doctor from New York explains the problem to all the Cuomos of the world.
Mike Pappas
May 11, 2020