Showing posts with label peaceful protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peaceful protest. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Black Lives Matter protests were overwhelming peaceful, research finds - The Washington Post

When the Department of Homeland Security released its Homeland Threat Assessment last week, it emphasized that self-proclaimed white supremacist groups are the most dangerous threat to U.S. security. But the report misleadingly added that there had been “over 100 days of violence and destruction in our cities,” referring to the anti-racism uprisings of this past summer. In fact, the Black Lives Matter uprisings were remarkably nonviolent. When there was violence, very often police or counterprotesters were reportedly directing it at the protesters.....

Monday, September 7, 2020

China's rulers face a new type of dissent - CSMonitor.com

For democracy activists, hatred in the face of state violence hasn’t worked very well. China’s Mongolian minority – now being forced to adopt Han culture – is trying new approaches. https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2020/0904/China-s-rulers-face-a-new-type-of-dissent








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