Police Brutality
Campus Cops Intimidate Grad Workers in Ann Arbor, Michigan
We publish here a statement by the Graduate Employees' Organization detailing and condemning the repressive tactics of the University of Michigan administration in response to the strength and resilience of striking grad workers.
Left Voice
June 1, 2023Fight Capitalism, Fight for Neurodivergent Liberation
Neurodivergent and disability liberation will have to come from the overthrow of capitalism and the building of a socialist system which values different forms of human behavior and directs resources to meeting human needs.
Samuel Karlin
May 23, 2023Federal Charges of Political Activists Show the Racist and Repressive Nature of the Capitalist State
Black nationalist organizations in the United States have been the target of what is a clear, politically motivated attack by the FBI in an attempt to silence voices of dissent against the U.S. government.
Tristan Taylor
May 17, 2023Police Violently Repress Protesters while Jordan Neely’s Murderer Walks Free
On Monday, NYPD officers brutalized people gathered at a vigil for Jordan Neely, who was murdered last week in the subway by a vigilante.
Molly Rosenzweig
May 11, 2023Police Story on Forest Defender Tortuguita’s Death Was a Lie
A recent autopsy reveals that Georgia cops brutally murdered land defender Tortuguita. It shows that the police’s purpose is to protect private property, and repress workers who protest capitalism and the structures that uphold it — violently if necessary.
M. Carlstad
April 29, 202371-Year-Old Woman Arrested while Sitting at Austin Airport, Jailed, Brutalized
A 71 year old woman was arrested, jailed and brutalized while sitting in the Austin airport.
Daniel Nath
April 12, 2023Well-known French Activist Sentenced for “Defamation” of a Police Officer
Assa Traoré was sentenced for “defamation” against a police officer who accused her of lying during the investigation into her brother's Adama’s death in 2016. The Traoré family continues to suffer judicial harassment for its fight against police violence.
Erell Bleuen
April 8, 2023Berlin Police Shoot a 14-Year-Old Suspected Shoplifter
Last Saturday at Berlin’s central train station gunshots rang out from a drug store. A team of police fired at a 14-year-old girl who was suspected of shoplifting.
Kevin Rudden
February 24, 2023The Strike Is Our Most Powerful Weapon, We Need to Use It against the Police!
Workers have the opportunity and ability to shut down the system. This is why Democrats, Republicans, and even the Squad broke the strike of the railroad workers. If we use our workplaces as organizing tools against racism and police murder, we can build the power to take control and shut them down!
Julia Wallace
February 3, 2023First We Mourn, Then We Organize: A Letter to Weary Black Organizers Who Have Had Enough
Tyre Nichols, and all victims of police brutality, must be mourned. But we can't stop fighting or give in to despair — we have to build an independent political party that clashes with the capitalists physically, politically, and ideologically.
Tristan Taylor
January 29, 2023