Hired to Kill: Why Cops Murder with Impunity

On April 29, police officer Roy Oliver shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards with an AR-15 rifle in Balch Springs, a suburb in Dallas County.

Police Rape Black Man in Paris, Sparking Protests

Four policemen brutally raped a Black youth during an identity check in the northern Parisian suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois on Thursday, February 2. The 22-year-old victim was hospitalized for severe injuries. While the Internal Affairs Bureau deems the incident a mere accident, this new act of police brutality has sparked outrage both locally and nationally.

Bring BLM Back to the Streets: A Critique of the M4BL Platform

Donald Trump’s victory demands our vigilance and readiness to fight. The urgency for a united front of resistance and mobilizations to defend against rightwing attacks has become clearer than ever. However, the Movement 4 Black Lives platform seems to point in the opposite direction.

UCLA Talks Global Resistance Against Policing

The Undercommons and UCLA’s African Activist Association hosted a conversation about global resistance against policing. Speakers halied from South Africa, Brazil, the Phillipines and Los Angeles.

Philippine National Police Brutally Repress Protestors in front of US Embassy

On October 19th 2016 the Philippine National Police (PNP) drove a police truck over people protesting US imperialism in front of the US Embassy.

Sorbonne Professor Attacked by Police

News of a brutal police attack in Paris against Sorbonne University professor Guillaume Vadot went viral last Friday after his colleague Guillaume Mazeau posted a statement on Facebook.

Their Memory Lives in the Struggle

The murder of Alfred Olango in LA is one more in the long list of Black people murdered by the police. Almost all of these murders go unpunished, sparking rage and revolt in Black communities around the US. Those who were murdered continue to inspire our struggle against racism and police violence. This is a […]

In NYC, Protesters March Against Police Murder

On Saturday night, about 200 protesters gathered at sundown in Manhattan. They held a brief rally and marched through Central Park to Rockefeller Center several blocks away.

From Charlotte to NYC: We Shut it Down!

Protests erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina for the second night in a row on Wednesday night. In NYC, 100+ people also took the streets with a common message: against police murder and affirming BLACK LIVES MATTER.