Browsing Tag

BLME

#ATLisReady, a Black Lives Matter Offshoot Group, Refers to Israel As “Apartheid Israel”

#ATLisReady, “a collective of student activists, community organizers, and leaders working to amplify Black and other marginalized voices in Atlanta,” published several demands including a call for the city’s police department to exit the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE). The GILEE program creates the opportunity for Israeli and Georgian police to learn from each other […]

#ATLisReady, a Black Lives Matter Offshoot Group, Refers to Israel As “Apartheid Israel”

CNN Glosses Over Violent Remarks of Milwaukee Suspect’s Sister to “Burn that s*** down”

The title of the CNN piece was, “Tensions high after Milwaukee police shooting“, and glanced over Sylville Smith’s sister’s remarks to burn down the suburbs of Milwaukee: Family and friends of Sylville Smith, 23, held a candlelight vigil at the site of Saturday’s shooting in a residential area of North Milwaukee… Smith’s sister, Sherelle Smith, […]

CNN Glosses Over Violent Remarks of Milwaukee Suspect’s Sister to “Burn that s*** down”

Black Lives Matter Doesn’t Know What to Do about Glenn Beck’s Call for Dialogue

It’s rather entertaining to see Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists confused on whether to support Glenn Beck’s call for more inclusive dialogue from the BLM activists and police officers, or to not support Beck’s position. However, the NBC News article focused on some conservative backlash against Beck’s new position on the radical activist movement, and […]

Black Lives Matter Doesn’t Know What to Do about Glenn Beck’s Call for Dialogue

Black Lives Matter & BDS: Separated at birth?

The Movement for Black Lives (a conglomeration comprised of Black Lives Matter and many other groups) recently garnered media attention for releasing an incendiary manifesto. This manifesto includes references to Israel as an “apartheid state” and “ … a state that practices systematic discrimination … ” A post on Black Lives Matter’s Facebook page describes […]

Black Lives Matter & BDS: Separated at birth?

Black Lives Matter Profile: Alicia Garza

“As leftists, as people who care about the future of humanity, our core task is to build this movement, but bigger than that our task is to build a left,” Black Lives Matter founder Alicia Garza said at the 2015 Left Forum. Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors founded the Black Lives Matter movement […]

Black Lives Matter Profile: Alicia Garza

Black Lives Matter Profile: Opal Tometi

Last week, Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi declared to the United Nations, “ … I would argue that the international community faces 3 core challenges to advancing human rights. Those are: global capitalism; [sic] white supremacy and the suppression of democracy.” Opal Tometi started the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013 with Alicia Garza and […]

Black Lives Matter Profile: Opal Tometi