Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News discusses the protests against racial injustice and police violence as the US celebrates independence day.

The budget cuts have been criticized for being sorely inadequate and to be nothing more than “budget tricks” by progressives

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a statement called it completely unacceptable for representatives of the security forces to commit acts of torture against journalists reporting from the region

The protests that erupted over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has changed the way US sees itself

This year on Juneteenth, all over the US, strikes were organized to mark the occasion. The biggest strike action was organized by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which stopped work for eight hours at all 29 ports of the West Coast of the US.

The killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 12 has been characterized as a ‘homicide’ in a post-mortem report by the Medical Examiner’s Office

Police in Kenya are accused of using excessive force and violence in the name of imposing the lockdown to prevent COVID-19, especially against people in the slums of capital Nairobi. Protesters also expressed solidarity with the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the US

Heavy police presence and even the National Guard has been deployed to contain the curfew defying protestors. Use of rubber bullets, tear gas, and other aggressive measures has been widely reported.

Vijay Prashad writes on how the recent murder of George Floyd in the US is sadly unsurprising in a country that upholds capitalist exploitation through white supremacy

Protests have swept the US demanding justice for the family of George Floyd who was killed by police officers in the city of Minneapolis on May 25

Protesters in many major cities across the country took over the streets, demanding justice for George Floyd who was murdered by police officers on May 25.

The Doctors Association in Kashmir staged a protest against the rising harassment of healthcare workers on May 26. There have been a number of instances of senior medical professionals being assaulted or prevented from doing their duty by the police