WIRED published a puff piece on Black Lives Matter and how they use social media as their platform, which also compared Black Lives Matter to the 1960s civil rights movement. What it doesn’t mention is how the movement they praise is a conduit for anti-police rhetoric, rioting and things far from the 1960s civil rights […]
The controversy is that a city councilman in Salem, Oregon shared a video on Facebook that vented frustrations about Black Lives Matter protesters blocking traffic. From OregonLive.com: Benjamin claims that because he shared it on his personal Facebook page, that anyone who was offended by it could simply unfriend him. He then told KATU that any claims he […]
In an article titled “Lessons from Fidel: Black Lives Matter and the Transition of El Comandante,” Black Lives Matter discusses lessons derived from the late Communist dictator of Cuba and explains that “Although no leader is without their flaws, we must push back against the rhetoric of the right and come to the defense of […]
From ClickOrlando.com: Vandals spray-painted the phrase “Black Lives Matter” on the Palm Bay Public Library, according to officials. The vandalism was discovered Tuesday morning by a librarian at the facility, which is at 1520 Port Malabar Blvd. NE. Officials said the black, spray-painted graffiti was covered and then painted over. “This is vandalism. It’s something we’re going […]
For as much as the Left condemns Donald Trump and a lot of his statements, they do not refrain from condemning the anti-police rhetoric of Black Lives Matter. Instead, news media outlets like the United Kingdom’s The Guardian run a puff piece on Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, not to mention how the media […]
No one showed up to a Facebook event called ‘White Lives Matter’, a rally that was supposed to take place at the San Bernardino courthouse. Black Lives Matter activists organized a counter protest, but no one from the White Lives Matter rally showed up. An hour and a half later, the Black Lives Matter activists […]
Resentful white people elected a white supremacist as president according to Black Lives Matter’s statement published on mic.com. “What is true today — and has been true since the seizure of this land — is that when black people and women build power, white people become resentful. Last week, that resentment manifested itself in the […]
The students, who are believed to be a mix of local high school students and college students, began their protest outside the White House fence and marched through parts of Washington, D.C., chanting ‘Black Lives Matter’ while holding anti-Trump signs: Pre-march rally in front of the White House. All before they marched and chanted “Black […]
Does this worry you, that Black Lives Matter organizers are becoming teachers of America’s future leaders? The group of Black Lives Matter activists who have become educators counts some high-profile members among its ranks. Deray McKesson, prominent in the Ferguson protests, was appointed the interim head of human capital for Baltimore schools in June (before […]
Can Black Lives Matter change philanthropy? This is the main question asked by a Huffington Post article author on the new social justice bent of foundation donations: The Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM), a decentralized and well-organized network of young men, women, immigrants and queer activists who aspire to end systemic discrimination, has attracted serious […]
