demonstrations

Attorney Kamau Franklin Explains Why the Prosecutor Did Not Secure an Indictment in the Tamir Rice Case- Because We Live in America

December 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Attorney Kamau Franklin in this interview with the Real News Network explains why the prosecutor’s approach in Tamir Rice’s case was flawed from the beginning [...]

“It Was Electrifying”: Organizers Reflect on the March 23, 1995 CUNY Protest 20 Years Later

March 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

Great article by Suzy Subways on the 25,000 strong CUNY (City University of New York) protest in 1995 that went from the CUNY Coalition to the forming of SLAM! (Student [...]

Targets no more — ending bad policing

January 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Kamau Franklin was published in the Charleston Gazette and in the Atlanta Journal Constitution (although the AJC took the editorial liberty to [...]

We Need Demands and Plans to Fight Police Violence

December 26, 2014 // 1 Comment

As part of a work project I recently participated in writing a statement addressing racism in the United States and against police violence and militarization in black and [...]

Instead of Drive-By Activism Let’s Mobilize on Strategic Demands in Ferguson

August 25, 2014 // 4 Comments

We have seemingly run out of effective tactics, leadership and direction in the black community. The old civil rights community holds prayer vigils and tranquil marches while [...]

In Defense of Moral Monday, GA – The Needed Revival of the Mass Coalition

February 28, 2014 // 4 Comments

After moving back to Georgia mid-last year, I took some time to think about what next in my organizing activities. I decided to refocus on coalition building hoping to [...]

Will Occupy Wall Street Make the Black Masses Move Our Collective Asses

November 26, 2011 // 10 Comments

Many are questioning the lack of black support for the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) moment. The most clear general answer I can think of is that when black folks in mass are [...]

Protocol At Demonstrations – If An Arrest Takes Place

October 4, 2011 // 1 Comment

I have been getting questions lately from allies about what to do during and immediately after an arrest at a demonstration. These protocols, meant to serve as a quick guide, [...]