El asesinato de Mike Brown por un agente de policía en Ferguson, Missouri, como la de Emmett Till de 14 años cometido por racistas en Mississippi en 1955, ha ayudado en encender un movimiento masivo.
Mass movements in reaction to the murders of Emmett Till in 1955 and Mike Brown last year have become a way to tell the world that Black lives are just as important as that of any other human being.
The decision by Baltimore’s top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby to charge six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray is a welcome and important short term victory for Baltimore. But this is a long way from securing a conviction.
Socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and 2 other wage activists, charged with disorderly conduct, had their case thrown out today after a Seatac judge found the evidence uncompelling.
On April 26, the first black president, Barack Obama, engaged in frivolous banter with corporate media hounds while Baltimore exploded in rage against the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of the police.
