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National uprising continues: Reports from around the country
June 9, 2020People's World is being inundated with correspondence from local reporters and activists around the country. Presented here are just a few recent selections submitted from towns and cities across the United States.
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Anti-racist uprising spreads across Britain
June 4, 2020Thousands of people across Britain demanded justice for George Floyd June 3 at mass protests and local gatherings and on their doorsteps.
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Peaceful protests in Indiana met with police violence
June 2, 2020On Saturday and Sunday, Black Lives Matter held peaceful protests in downtown Indianapolis in response to the extrajudicial murder of George Floyd, 46, in Minneapolis, Minnesota as well as Dreasjon Reed, 21, in Indianapolis.
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Biden and Obama: Floyd killing exposes systemic racism in U.S.
June 1, 2020That systemic racism expressed itself in the murder of Floyd when a heavy white cop, Derek Chauvin, kneed him in the neck for almost 10 minutes.
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New York Communist Party and community activists rally for ‘Graffiti Grandma’
May 28, 2020“Jill Nelson’s arrest is a symbol of the wider struggle against racism and the extreme right politics we see coming out of the Trump administration,” N.Y. Communist Party leader Jarvis Tyner said.
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