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    .: "Our publication has reviewed hours of video footage from [the far-right rally & counter-protest in Portland on] Saturday. ... None appears to show projectiles thrown by counter-protesters prior to the use of riot control weapons by police."

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  2. 17 hours ago

    : will be on the ground providing to counterprotests in on . Arrest hotline (write on yr body): 202-660-1422. Confidential emergency contact form: . Stay safe protect each other 💚

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  3. 17 hours ago

    : Starting tomorrow & throughout weekend will be on the ground providing to activists. To report arrests/police misconduct, call 434-246-7102. Confidential emergency contact form:

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  4. 21 hours ago

    Here's a summary of efforts challenging this wknd's in & by /. NLG will be providing legal support to counterprotesters in both cities.

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    Aug 3

    Love and solidarity to the union brothers, sisters, and siblings at who are standing up against the Nazi scum set to infest their city on August 12. No quarter for fascists. Antifascist working class solidarity forever 🖤

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    Aug 7

    Missouri has VOTED DOWN its right to work law, the first state to ever do so! This is an dearly-needed win for labor in America. The AP and NYT have called the race. I'm so thrilled I'm gonna cry.

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  7. Aug 8

    Congratulations !

    NYC BECOMES FIRST CITY IN THE NATION TO REGULATE APP DISPATCH COMPANIES!!! This victory belongs to the yellow cab, green car, Uber, Lyft, black car and livery driver who united in our union to fight for justice! READ OUR STATEMENT
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    Aug 8

    These senators could be crucial in the fight to and . Call them now and tell them they must vote NO on Kavanaugh’s nomination.

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  9. Aug 8

    Everyone needs to read this brilliant piece by for : "Calls for justice in response to anti-Black violence cannot be contingent upon appeals to white-approved notions of innocence and respectability."

    I wrote a piece for about innocence: innocence foundationalizes our belief in the need for carcerality and whether or not individuals—from to prison strikers—deserve our empathy and solidarity as victims of violence
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    Aug 7

    Read this thread by former Baltimore Police Officer Larry Smith () on Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw’s statements after the far-right rally and counter-protest this last weekend, where the police severely injured counter-protesters.

    Chief Outlaw (yes that's her real name) is following a very tired and well-worn script that all police departments use during and after protests. Defend your officer's actions. Create a scenario where the officer's and non-participating civilians were in danger...
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  11. Aug 8

    🎉✊🏽🇵🇸 CONGRATS to set to be 1st , woman in Congress! She was formerly a people's lawyer w . “I will fight back against every racist and oppressive structure that needs to be dismantled."

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  12. Aug 7

    “'It seemed like the PD was there to target anti-fascist ,' said Jay Kim, ED of , which is assisting those arrested. Police appeared to be taking in protesters 'at random' & for arbitrary reasons," writes

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  13. Aug 7

    The NLG is in solidarity w/ nat'l starting . An org, we're committed to working towards a 🌍where prisons are obsolete. We support the rights & organizing of prisoners, including their demands.

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    Aug 7

    Hate to make comparisons to the 1930s, but an aggressive interpretation that immigrants not be a "public charge" is exactly how the US govt blocked Jewish refugees from entering the US before WWII. Stephen Miller wants to do it again. 1/

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    Aug 6

    NLG Chicago is hiring a chapter administrator.

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    Aug 6

    HUGE VICTORY TODAY in the fight to : "New Orleans Judge Rules Cash Bail Unconstitutional"

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    Aug 6

    "A traumatic brain injury. Third-degree chemical burns. Open wounds." At least 3 hospitalized after police violence at the Saturday far-right rally and counter-protest in Portland, but Police Chief Danielle Outlaw defends their tactics.

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    Aug 7

    is TODAY in Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Washington and . Voters: make sure your voice is heard. Call with questions and to report voter suppression or intimidation.

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    Aug 6

    On Saturday in Portland, Michelle Fawcett was talking to a friend when she was hit by a PPB round on the chest and arm, receiving chemical burns and other injuries. She caught a Lyft to hospital. "When it’s the police who assault you, where do you go?"

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    Aug 6

    When we talk about voter suppression, we’re no longer talking about the nostalgic disenfranchisement of 1965. We’re talking about a gutted Voting Rights Act that allows states with the worst histories of discrimination to again block access to the ballot.

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