This January is the 10th anniversary of our annual Reclaim MLK march and week of action in Oakland. Take a look back at the past 10 years with us…
Read MoreWe are deeply disturbed to learn about the apprehension of three committed bail fund organizers from the Atlanta Solidarity Fund during the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's raid on their headquarters. We strongly condemn these arrests and the subsequent charges leveled against them, which clearly aim to suppress support for protesters and silence dissenting voices.
Read MoreA collection of recent news stories featuring Anti Police-Terror Project.
Read MoreLibby Schaaf will go down as one of the worst mayors in Oakland’s history. By nearly every metric, she has decreased community safety and increased human suffering of those already most marginalized.
Read MoreAPTP co-founder Asantewaa Boykin featured on Unapologetically Black Unicorns podcast, July 12, 2022
Read MoreNeoliberals and the state seized on the conviction of Derek Chauvin as an opportunity to spin a narrative that America was marching toward post-racial bliss so protesters could stop marching in the streets, quit embarrassing the U.S. on the international stage, and go home. Even President Joe Biden said the Chauvin verdict could “be a moment of significant change.”
Slow down, Joe.
Read MoreYay America. You got it right on Wednesday. An almost all-white jury told Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan that is not, in fact, self-defense to hunt, corner and execute Black people because you don’t want them breathing in your neighborhood.
All three of them, guilty for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
Read MoreFor the second time in a year, the globe watched to see whether there would be justice for Black life in an American courtroom. The first, of course, was the trial of Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd in May 2020, resulting in worldwide uprisings. The result was a conviction. Chauvin was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for kneeling on Floyd’s back for almost nine minutes while Floyd cried for his mama and said, “I can’t breathe.”
Not so on Friday.
Read MoreIn three courtrooms, in three American cities, the same familiar scene is unfolding. With arrogance, disdain, and even laughter, white men who have committed egregious acts of violence in the name of white supremacy are supposedly facing consequences. But rather than criminal trials—or in the Charlottesville, Virginia, case, a civil trial—we are watching how baked into the justice system white supremacy really is.
Read MoreA big part of the People’s win in the budget vote in June was to cut the number of police academies from six to four. Council’s vote on Tuesday is a complete betrayal of the countless Oaklanders who worked tirelessly for a year to get the city to reimagine public safety. Their decision represents nothing more than a rash and shortsighted reinforcement of the status quo.
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