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Call for Submissions for No SWAT Zone: a zine on resisting police militarization Send Submissions to: tara [at] warresisters.org Calling all activists and organizers resisting police militarization around the world: -How you are impacted by policing and/or war? -Are you leading a campaign against domestic or international militarization? -Are you building alternatives to…
Hey, Mayor de Blasio: Peace, Not Police!
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On the Ground in Turkey: Repression Gets Personal
After the mass escalation of anti-government protest this past late May in Turkey, events there have fallen out of the headlines. But mobilization and repression continue. This past November 23rd for example, the Turkish police cracked-down hard on a teacher’s demonstration in Ankara called for by the progressive union Eğitim-Sen against the privatization of schools….
WRL Condemns Baton Rouge Police Department Repression
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Shoe-Throwing Still Gets No Love In Iraq: An Interview with Dhurgham al-Zaidy
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