#riots and protests

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In France, over 1 million people marched on the streets of cities including Paris, Marseille and Nice on Thursday, as labor unions held a nationwide strike against plans by President Emmanuel Macron to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64. In Paris, more than three dozen people were arrested after police used tear gas to clear protesters from Bastille Square. This is trade union leader Laurent Escure.

Laurent Escure: “We want to have a good retirement. We don’t want to retire broke, tired, broken. We want to enjoy our last years with our children, our grandchildren, maybe with our parents, who have to be taken care of. So it is a message of social justice that we want today. If the government does not come to its senses, there will be more strikes to follow. That is why we appeal to reason and not to make the choice of irresponsibility, and to choose the voice of reason.”

#news #democracy now! #world news #world politics #france #riots and protests #President Emmanuel Macron #raising the retirement age #2023 #Laurent Escure #labor unions #Marseille #Paris #Nice #Bastille Square #european politics #europe

[helloparkerrose]

Riots and Protesting broke out in Sierra Leone today. Prayers for everyone involved, including their families.

#history #black africans #sierra leone #riots and protests

[kropotkindersurprise]

April 22, 2024 - Student protesters for Palestine defend their occupation of the Siemens hall building at Cal Poly Humboldt from riot police sent in by university administrators.

According to the @humboldtforpalestine Instagram account, which posted a statement at around 7 p.m., protesters are demanding that the university “disclose all holdings and collaborations with the zionist entity,” an academic boycott of Israeli universities, proactive pardons for the protesters and, finally, an immediate ceasefire and end to the occupation of Palestine. [video]

#cal poly humboldt #university #occupation #student protest #free palestine #palestine #resistance #riot police #police #BDS #california #usa #2024 #acab #bonk #solidarity

[alwaysbewoke]

#mlk #assassination #civil rights #social justice #historical event #racial equality #legacy #racism #martin luther king jr #civil rights movement #social unrest #protests #riots #james baldwin #grief #racial injustice #historical reflection

[animentality]

#twitter #stonewall #stonewall riots #protests #lgbt #lgbtqia

[icarusxxrising]

No Authority

No Rulers

No Masters

No Kings

No Captains

#anarchist #politics #communist #socialism #socialist #communism #anarchism #rebellion #protest #riot

[mysidaesm]

I saw a post talking about how we shouldn't celebrate when organizations, people, countries and etc make changes to be more accepting towards minorities or make changes that would better the world because "they should have already done that."

The ideal world we want, where everyone can live a kind and nice life, isn't going to happen in one massive swoop. It is going to come in tiny steps over many, many years. And guess what? We should celebrate each step we take. Each time something changes for the better we are closer to what we've all been dreaming of and that is something worth celebrating. If we refuse to find happiness in small victories, we won't have the strength to make it to the end.

So throw a party with some of your friends when your city council installs bike lanes. Go protest outside the shop down the street for being bigoted. Kick Karen out of the neighborhood group chat and go out for dinner with the rest. It's worth it not just in the end but to you in the present. You should, and need, to celebrate small achievements.

#solarpunk #direct action #protest #riot #movement #anarchy #anarchist #leftism #communism #anarchocom #ancom #socialism #leftist #anarchocommunism

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

Source: Out In America; A Portrait Of Gay and Lesbian Life , by Michael Goff and the staff of OUT magazine

#tw death #tw homophobia #lgbt activism #lgbt history #pride was a riot #pride was a protest #lgbt community #gay #image #photo #lgbt #personal

[queerism1969]

#radical inclusivity #radical self love #radical acceptance #radical queer #activists #activist #protest #fuckthepolice #riot #activism #anarchy #anti capitalism #social justice #leftism #lgbtq community #queer community #communism #communist #socialism

[johncory9mm]

My Advice for France

If any of the rioters arrested during the protests are in France illegally, they should be immediately deported.

Those individuals can go back and burn and loot their own country.

#Paris #Riots #Nahel #Nahel M #Police shooting #Paris protest #illegal aliens

[aesthetics-core]

Be the light you want to see in the word.

#moodboard #aesthetic #riot #protest #molotov #embroidery

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a State of Emergency Thursday and activated 1,000 National Guard troops in response to ongoing violent protests in downtown Atlanta following a shooting last week near a controversial future law enforcement training site in which a Georgia state trooper was wounded and a man was killed.

The State of Emergency is in effect until Feb. 9, according to the document, unless renewed by the Governor.

The Atlanta protests center around the building of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, nicknamed "Cop City." Protestors have been at the site for months, but on Jan. 18, a protestor identified as Manuel Esteban Paez Teran was shot and killed by law enforcement after authorities said he shot and wounded a Georgia state trooper during a planned multi-agency operation to remove protestors from the area. The trooper was hospitalized and survived.

On Jan. 21, six people were arrested after protests at "Cop City" led to property damage and a police vehicle being set ablaze. Some of the arrested protestors were found with "explosives," Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said. No one was injured.

Kemp specifically referenced the burnt car in his declaration of the state of emergency.

"Masked activists threw rocks, launched fireworks and burned a police vehicle in front of the Atlanta Police Foundation office building," the declaration read, in part. "Georgians respect peaceful protests, but do not tolerate acts of violence against persons or property."

The State of Emergency declaration authorizes the Georgia National Guard to be used in response to continued protests. Activated troops will have "the same powers of arrest and apprehension as do law enforcement officers."

The Atlanta Police Department also told CBS News in a statement that it is monitoring events in Memphis, and protests related to the death of Tyre Nichols, who died on Jan. 10, three days after a violent traffic stop. The five officers involved in the arrest were charged with second-degree murder Thursday. Video footage of the arrest is expected to be released Friday afternoon, officials said.

"We are closely monitoring the events in Memphis and are prepared to support peaceful protests in our city," Atlanta Police said. "We understand and share in the outrage surrounding the death of Tyre Nichols. Police officers are expected to conduct themselves in a compassionate, competent, and constitutional manner and these officers failed Tyre, their communities and their profession. We ask that demonstrations be safe and peaceful."

#us politics #news #cop city #2023 #atlanta #georgia #georgia national guard #Gov. Brian Kemp #state of emergency #Atlanta Public Safety Training Center #Manuel Esteban Paez Teran #riots and protests #Mayor Andre Dickens #Atlanta Police Department #cbs news #tyre nichols

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

📍 On days like these (October 2014) “Loukanikos”, internationally known as the “Riot Dog”, passed away in Athens at the age of 10. His health was adversely affected by police asphyxiating gas and from being repeatedly kicked by cops. Remembering in our hearts our comrade in riot.

👉 Video of the Riot Dog during the December Revolt in Athens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UmpajCTA_0

#loukanikos #riot #riot dog #athens #greece #greek #riots #protest #protests #dog #stray dog

[anarchotahdigism]

The Israeli occupation of Palestine has clearly been herding Gazans into "safe zones" that the occupation then bombs to force the survivors to relocate in a slow but steady effort to push them all out into Egypt or to their deaths yet there has not been a single fucking riot in the so-called west by the so-called left People are being forcibly marched to their deaths, facing summary executions, famine, disease, but all these fucking westerners can manage is a fucking letter writing campaign and some parades that only result in the spread of COVID because it's nearly all performative outrage.. If even 1% of these radlibs got together with friends and fought cops and burned down precincts and blockaded military bases, the Israeli occupation would lose the unmitigated support it's enjoyed from the bloodthirsty Democrats & other vaunted "enlightened" neoliberals. The genocide could be halted quickly if so-called leftists actually cared enough to stop genocide. The only people doing direct actions are also the only people I've seen consistently masking.

Western leftists have personally aided and abetted and embraced one of the largest genocides of the past century by participating in the fascist Big Lie that is the back to normal propaganda. Tens of millions are dead, with more dying every day, because Western leftists could not and would not hold to their principles and resist eugenics. Instead, they embraced Nazi positions about unmitigated spread while clutching pearls at genocides perpetrated by more overt and kinetic means. They have spread suffering, disablement, and death, but still position themselves as "friends" and "allies" to the oppressed. Their labor unions have remained virtually silent on the genocide of COVID while breaking silence largely to support the Israeli occupation. Western "leftists" are fucking worthless, broadly speaking. I am disgusted constantly by the ableism on display by those claiming to oppose one genocide while at best ignoring another, if they aren't merry participants. These deaths could all stop if y'all would fucking put on masks and riot.

#anarchism #anticapitalism #genocide #free palestine #death to america #genocide joe #death to the west #fuck a peaceful protest. riots work. #covid #wear a mask #ableism #eugenics #anarchotahdigism #eat the rich

[commiepinkofag]

state by state our civil rights & basic human rights are stripped away.

the federal government enables, codifies & otherwise remains silent.

silence = death

no one should think they can coast through an election.

resistance without representation.

we are criminals after all.

#be gay do crime #queer riots #queer power #stonewall #act up #queer nation #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbqti #queer #trans #protest #riot #human rights #healthcare #queer history #us government #us politics #2024

[potentially-a-poser]

I’d give it 10 years before American pulls a French Revolution pt. 2

#punk #anti facist #punk rock #baby punk #crust punk #alt aesthetic #diy punk #punk diy #diy or die #punk music #revolutionary #revolution #french revolution #rise up #riot girl #riot grrrl #riot #protest #off with their heads