Philly 1 Year Commemoration of the Murder of Michael Brown, the Ferguson Rebellion, & the Black Lives Matter uprising

  • August 9, 2015 12:11 pm

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It’s been one year since the murder of Michael Brown, which sparked off the Ferguson Rebellion & created the Black Lives Matter uprising. While millions of people have taken the streets in protest to police terror and court injustice, and social media disseminates information daily on ever more brutal police violence, the killings continue at a rate even higher than last year’s deplorable numbers. We can’t stop now.

KEEP UP THE HEAT! Demonstrate for justice for Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, Brandon Tate Brown, Mya Hall, Frank McQueen, Merle Africa, Eric Garner, Malissa Williams, and too many others unjustly killed for the “crimes” of driving, walking, biking, shopping, playing or breathing while Black.

– Demonstrate at Broad & Erie. [6pm]

– Help hold up a 125 foot-long scroll of the names of women killed by cops or died in police custody.

– Speak out on the question:
“If cops don’t say or do anything when they witness fellow police behaving violently and unjustly, is it fair to say there are no good cops?”

Rally Against Racism & Repression

  • January 10, 2015 8:12 pm

from facebook

[January 16th 5pm 30th Street Station]

Justice for Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Brandon Tate-Brown, and all victims of Killer Cops! Defend Our Movement from Repression!

Ferguson stood up and resisted the murder of Mike Brown, and youth all around the country stood up and answered the call. But now the police are fighting back with a public witch-hunt as well as the harassment and arrest on trumped-up charges of TMOC and other organizers around the country for taking a stand against police murder in NYC.

We talk back. We turn up. We stand tall. With Ferguson-for Brandon, for every black body in America robbed of its right to live- for every injustice that we are growing sick and tired of. We are done with your police/media slander campaigns.

Mike Brown is still dead.
Darren Wilson is still free.
The Grand Jury was a sham.
We’re still mad!
We’re still demanding justice!

We are sick with anger.
It is too late for containing it.
Not another. Not another. Not one more.
We will turn down for nothing until justice is OURS!

Hands Up – Fight Back!

Trayvon Martin Organizing Committee (TMOC), Philadelphia

A Benefit Show in Solidarity with North Americans Against a Police State

  • December 17, 2014 7:52 pm

from Facebook

*The proceeds for this show are going to be donated to North Americans Against A Police State. NAAPS are doing a benefit concert to raise money for the children and grandchildren of Eric Garner, a Staten Island resident who was murdered by police, and this show is being run in solidarity with them.
http://naaps.us/

Philadelphia Healing Justice Space–Fundraiser for Ferguson Bail and Support Fund

  • December 17, 2014 7:52 pm

from Facebook

[Saturday December 20th 3-6pm
Central Plexus 51st & Kingsessing]

Each day it becomes more clear that in america, Black life only has value to Black people. In light of this reality, it becomes more important for healers to tend to our fragile community, and create the internal change that sustains movement building.

Five Black healers offering their services in support the Ferguson Bail and Support Fund as part of a coordinated effort taking place across North America. More info below.

https://www.facebook.com/events/728881563862374/

This event is open to people of all races.

Statement on Philadelphia Police Department Intimidation and Surveillance of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

  • December 16, 2014 1:41 am

From Up Against The Law

Recently several actions by the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) have targeted local organizers in the movement against police terror. It is clear to us that they are intentionally trying to cultivate an atmosphere of paranoia and create a chilling effect on this growing movement. We have several comments on the matter and intend to take dead aim at these tactics that seek to instill fear and distrust – two elements that are like kryptonite to peoples’ movements.

Bloc The Police State! Philly, 12/11 – 5pm @ LOVE Park

  • December 7, 2014 5:23 pm

from Anarchistnews

It seems almost surreal, yet it is all so depressingly familiar. Another black man is assassinated by the police state. Months pass, more bodies pile up, and prisons continue to fill. This happens as political figureheads, and police feed us their carefully worded press-releases. They are trying to lull us back to sleep. Trying to put us back under their spell of passivity. It was a “great tragedy” and “We are investigating it to the fullest extent” are sentences we are hearing often. Yet their words are not relevant to us. Their pleas for peace, their fake understanding of who we be, their double-standards, and their terms of justice mean nothing when a war is being waged. They are intent on ensuring that this war remains one-sided for as long as possible. They want us to remain calm after bodies drop. They want compliance when prisons are to be filled. They want total legitimacy in their occupations of black & brown communities, and in their violent repression of any movements opposed to their law.

In spite of everything that has been happening, it’s inspiring as fuck to see all yous out there building connections and finding your place in this struggle against policing. No matter how you tie into things, how you get down with it, we love you. We believe this is a crucial time for anti-authoritarian perspectives and methods to actively engage in a struggle against this racist pig state. We, as a medium sized affinity of individuals from Philly decided to push for a space for this to happen. There have been ongoing assemblies and smaller events happening. These are great, but we feel the best way to build connections and learn is on the streets. So, this is the official call to action to bloc against the police state!

“Every time you see me, you want to mess with me. I’m tired of it. It stops today.” – Eric Garner

THERE IS NO JUSTICE, ONLY WAR, THEY DO NOT WISH TO VALUE BLACK LIVES AND WE HAVE NO WISHES TO PLEA WITH A SYSTEM THAT WILL LEAVE US FOR DEAD THE MOMENT OUR BACKS ARE TURNED! FTP! FTL!

Thursday, December 11th, LOVE PARK, 5pm.

(This is intended to reach a wide audience, and be inclusive to all except those who wish to control others. While Anews may not be the best place, most of us are disconnected from the internet most of the time and it is our only source for communication outside of our circle. We have little to no ties into the activist scenes. We ask all of you to use the resources you have to spread this information, create event pages, fliers of your liking, and promote this shit like crazy.)

[Legal number: (484) 758-0388 this number should be written somewhere discreet but accessible on your body, call in case of arrest.]
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