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Movement 4 Black Lives

@Mvmnt4BlkLives

7 Sep 20

This Labor Day let us remember that when labor unions first held strikes, Black people were not allowed to participate, as they were barred from unions.

However, Hattie Canty, a culinary worker, led the longest labor strike in American history in 1991. As the president of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, she and others walked off the job at Frontier Hotel over unfair labor practices.

Today, tens of millions of essential workers are on the frontlines and at risk for COVID-19 every day. With a majority of at-risk workers being Black, we want to take the time to honor those who sacrifice for their selves, families, and communities.

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Movement 4 Black Lives

@Mvmnt4BlkLives

15 Aug 20

The uprising in defense of Black lives represents the largest social movement in U.S. history. As more people say #BlackLivesMatter, local and federal law enforcement are harassing, arresting, and charging activists and organizers with made-up charges.

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We demand that charges are dropped against all protesters, including Black disabled, Black queer, trans, & gender-nonconforming folks who are more likely to be targeted for arrest -- & an immediate end to the practice of persecuting protesters in the U.S.

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Police all over the country have tear-gassed, dragged, beaten, run over, & arrested over 10,000 protestors for defending Black lives. Amnesty International recorded 125 incidents of police violence against protestors from May - June 2020 in 40 states.

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Movement 4 Black Lives

@Mvmnt4BlkLives

14 Aug 20

Discrimination, harassment, and violence against Black trans, intersex, queer, & gender nonconforming (LGBTQ+) people pervade schools, workplaces, systems of policing, prisons, parole and probation, immigration, health care, and family and juvenile courts and more.
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There is a war on Black trans people, and it will take all of us to collectively, consistently, & authentically work to end transphobia.
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Anti-Blackness is rooted in ableism, patriarchy, and gender-based violence, yet organizing practices and policy demands often do not center those most marginalized.
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Movement 4 Black Lives

@Mvmnt4BlkLives

1 Aug 20

Today, we’re rolling out our Freedom Summer 2020 organizing campaign, an echo of the 1964 Freedom Summer voting rights drive that precipitated the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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This summer, the Movement for Black Lives is training and developing nearly 200 organizers in cities like Dallas, Detroit, and Miami. We are mobilizing local organizers and community leaders to fight for electoral justice and build Black political power.

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In 1964, Freedom Summer focused on fighting Black voter suppression in Mississippi, the epicenter of rampant racist attempts to stop Black people from voting — but the ripple effects stretched far beyond the Mississippi Delta.

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Movement 4 Black Lives

@Mvmnt4BlkLives

1 Aug 20

Welcome to Black August — a month dedicated to learning about Black revolutionaries and honoring their struggle against white supremacy, colonialism, capitalism, and imperialism. Today, we follow in the footsteps of Black radicals in the fight for liberation.

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Black August was started in California prisons in the 1970s to honor the lives of Black political prisoners killed by the state.

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George Jackson, a member of the Soledad Brother, was murdered on August 21st, 1971 during an act of rebellion against the institution of incarceration and its architects, like Ronald Reagan.

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Movement 4 Black Lives

@Mvmnt4BlkLives

29 Jul 20

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When we say defund the police, our demand is to divest from a body that has never created safety for Black people.

Instead, we want to invest in things that create the conditions of safety. Our offering: The #BREATHEAct. What does that mean?

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The current rationale for funding police at high levels is that it's what we need to stay safe. But here police fail: profiling, sexual harassment and assault, targeted discriminatory enforcement, and extrajudicial murder are endemic to US policing. Safety for whom? Not us.

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The #BREATHEAct begins to create safety by divesting from systems that were never meant to keep us safe. These systems are not broken - they are operating exactly as they were designed. Divesting resources from incarceration & policing is divesting from systems that hurt us.

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