Protesters marched armed through Stone Mountain Park
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-stone-mountain/predominantly-black-armed-protesters-march-through-confederate-memorial-park-in-georgia-idUSKBN24605G (Reuters) – A predominantly Black group of heavily armed protesters marched through Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta on Saturday, calling for removal of the giant Confederate rock carving at the site that civil rights activists consider a monument to racism. Video footage of the Independence Day rally posted on social media showed scores of…
Support the movement.
If you are able to, please support your local Black led organization. If you are unsure who to support, here are some organizations who focus on abolition that we might suggest. Black Lives Matter #BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a…
Why should white folx be opposed to white supremacy?
Originally published: https://www.redneckrevolt.org/about White supremacy is a system of violence and power that ensures that political, economic, and social power is withheld from people who aren’t white. White working class people have all benefited to a certain extent from the system of white supremacy that exists within the United States. However, this same system and…
The History of the Confederate Flag and What It Represents
Originally published in Teen Vogue, February 23, 2020 By: Jameelah Nasheed Wherever you grew up in the United States, you’ve probably seen the Confederate flag. Perhaps on a bumper sticker or license plate, or hanging outside a home or government building. You may have seen it at school, like 15-year-old Aleah Crawford, when in 2019,…
