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Defunding and Abolishing the Police:
Cities Divesting: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-09/the-cities-taking-up-calls-to-defund-the-police
Minneapolis school board terminates contract with police: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/01/minneapolis-public-school-end-police-contract
Minneapolis abolishes police: https://nypost.com/2020/06/26/minneapolis-city-council-approves-measure-to-abolish-police-force/
LAPD Budget to be Cut up to $150million: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-03/protests-demanding-racial-justice-gain-momentum-across-l-a
NYC plans to move funding to youth and social services: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/07/us/new-york-city-police-funding-social-services/index.html
Afro-Indigenous Rising on IG: https://www.instagram.com/airisingcollective/?hl=en
Toronto councillors put forward motion to defund police by 10%: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-defund-police-1.5604035
New Zealand drops armed patrols: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/new-zealand-drops-armed-police-trial-after-public-concern
Statues Get Rekt:
Globally: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/historical-statues-reassessed-around-globe-after-floyd-death-1.4980503
US: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2020-next-wave-statue-removals-afoot-map-n1230506
-https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/502492-list-statues-toppled-vandalized-removed-protests
Autonomous Zones:
Black House Autonomous Zone: https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-seize-black-house-autonomous-zone-d-c-police-retreat-1512993
ThoughtSlime on CHAZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xItaRUSPQXY
Kpop Stans:
How TikTok users trolled the Trump campaign into expecting a Tulsa rally crowd that never came: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-tiktok-crowds-tulsa/
Indigenous Rights:
Indigenous people in Brazil win historic lawsuit after 24 years in court: https://www.optimistdaily.com/2020/05/indigenous-people-in-brazil-wins-historic-lawsuit-after-24-years-in-court/#
Deal struck between 4 First Nations and Manitoba Hydro to end blockades: https://globalnews.ca/news/6980881/coronavirus-manitoba-hydro-4-first-nations-blockades/?fbclid=IwAR36fNJwLGi7LmH3CkU168Doo1YrEAPiCYCi-EmNneiQaOA-3IG5K80gJb0
LGBTQ2IA+ Rights:
Black Trans Lives Matter: Movement Pushes for Justice & Visibility Amid “Epidemic” of Violence: https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/16/imara_jones_black_trans_lives_matter
Supreme Court Bars Workplace Discrimination Against LGBTQ People; Ruling May Be Transformative: https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/16/scotus_lgbtq_workplace_discrimination
Brazilian court lifts restrictions on gay and bisexual men giving blood: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/09/brazil-court-ends-restrictions-gay-bisexual-men-give-blood
Germany reforming gender change law: https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=36385
Electoral Wins:
Jamaal Bowman’s victory speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir9hrtxrfZE
Eliot Engel doesn’t care about BLM: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/02/clamoring-mic-black-lives-matter-event-rep-eliot-engel-admits-if-i-didnt-have
Charles Booker vs. Amy McGrath in Kentucky: https://theintercept.com/2020/06/23/charles-booker-amy-mcgrath-kentucky-primary/
Global Wins:
Montreal bans renovictions: https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2431063/crise-du-logement-quatre-arrondissements-sattaquent-de-front-aux-evictions-abusives/
Saskatchewan eviction ban: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-landlords-out-millions-due-to-eviction-ban-1.4995231?fbclid=IwAR2WIRbb_sRhGYyN_i0u6XbcW9jsTf1lQoRaZDKEkU2Dc_0DOqo0f9AIhVA
AUS makes wage theft a criminal offence: https://amp.sbs.com.au/v1/news/article/landmark-victorian-legislation-makes-wage-theft-punishable-with-10-years-jail/86f9236e-b258-444f-87ee-dd0fa14b2240
Taco Bell and other workers self-organizing during pandemic: https://labornotes.org/blogs/2020/06/little-help-my-friends-how-taco-bell-workers-and-many-more-are-self-organizing?fbclid=IwAR2Ex4tC0a0pVK-nPwtmKdl6MDwGUB07-jwPF3jktAg_C4hnzWRN9zDkZ4c
Coopcycle: https://coopcycle.org/en/
NYT on OAS fraud in Bolivia: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/world/americas/bolivia-election-evo-morales.html
Venezuela Embassy Protectors Hail Legal Victory: https://www.workers.org/2020/06/49266/
Funding approved for Union Street car ban: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/funding-approved-union-street-car-ban/
