The Lebanon government resigned: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/beirut-police-fire-tear-gas-protesters-regroup-live-updates-200810010528285.html
Aljazeera
Endemic corruption caused Beirut blast, says Diab: Live updates
PM Hassan Diab announces resignation of his government, says ‘the ‘system of corruption is bigger than the state’.
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
In an effort to build the decentralized widespread use of organizing on telegram, considering its value for on-the-ground realtime coordination and comms for keeping people safe from police riots and attacks, here is a list of channels and chats focused on current uprisings.
If you know any that aren't included here, or want to start one for your area, please do it.
DM @BLMProtestsBot to add a new entry.
NATIONWIDE UPDATE CHANNELS
@BLMProtests
@StrikeForce2020 (+ chat)
ANNOUNCEMENT CHANNELS ↓
- ATLANTA: Channel
- AUSTIN: Channel
- CHICAGO: Channel
- GRAND RAPIDS: Channel
- IOWA CITY: Channel
- KANSAS CITY: Channel
- LANSING: Channel
- LOS ANGELES: Channel
- LOUISVILLE: Channel
- MINNEAPOLIS: Channel1, Channel2
- MONTREAL: DM @BLMProtestsBot
- NYC: Channel
- OKLAHOMA CITY: Channel
- PHILADELPHIA: Channel
- PITTSBURGH: Channel
- RICHMOND: Channel
- SF / BAY AREA: Channel
- TAMPA: Channel
- TUCSON: Channel
- WASHINGTON DC: Channel
POLICE SCANNER CHANNELS ↓
- ATLANTA: Channel
- BOSTON: Channel
- CHICAGO: Channel
- LONG ISLAND: Channel
- MINNEAPOLIS: Channel
- PHILADELPHIA: Channel
- RICHMOND: Channel
- SEATTLE: Channel
- TAMPA: Channel
CHAT / COORDINATION CHANNELS ↓
- NATIONWIDE: Channel
- ATLANTA: Chat
- AUSTIN: Chat
- BOSTON: Chat
- CHICAGO: Channel
- DALLAS: Chat
- IOWA CITY: Channel
- MONTREAL: DM @BLMProtestsBot
- NYC: Chat
- PENNSYLVANIA: Chat
- PORTLAND: Chat
- RICHMOND: Chat
- SF / BAY AREA: Chat1, Chat2
- SEATTLE: Chat
- TAMPA: Chat
- WASHINGTON DC: Chat
- WESTERN NEW YORK (BUFFALO, ROCHESTER): Channel
Tell everyone you know to download Signal and Telegram! These are essential tools for fluid and safe coordination on the ground right now.
Use good opsec, hide your phone number and set a user name. One of the key advantages telegram offers over signal is phone number anonymity.
Stay dangerous and help each stay safe. Be water! Solidarity.
#BLMRevList
last updated: June 28
last added: Pittsburgh Channel, Pennsylvania Chat
If you know any that aren't included here, or want to start one for your area, please do it.
DM @BLMProtestsBot to add a new entry.
NATIONWIDE UPDATE CHANNELS
@BLMProtests
@StrikeForce2020 (+ chat)
ANNOUNCEMENT CHANNELS ↓
- ATLANTA: Channel
- AUSTIN: Channel
- CHICAGO: Channel
- GRAND RAPIDS: Channel
- IOWA CITY: Channel
- KANSAS CITY: Channel
- LANSING: Channel
- LOS ANGELES: Channel
- LOUISVILLE: Channel
- MINNEAPOLIS: Channel1, Channel2
- MONTREAL: DM @BLMProtestsBot
- NYC: Channel
- OKLAHOMA CITY: Channel
- PHILADELPHIA: Channel
- PITTSBURGH: Channel
- RICHMOND: Channel
- SF / BAY AREA: Channel
- TAMPA: Channel
- TUCSON: Channel
- WASHINGTON DC: Channel
POLICE SCANNER CHANNELS ↓
- ATLANTA: Channel
- BOSTON: Channel
- CHICAGO: Channel
- LONG ISLAND: Channel
- MINNEAPOLIS: Channel
- PHILADELPHIA: Channel
- RICHMOND: Channel
- SEATTLE: Channel
- TAMPA: Channel
CHAT / COORDINATION CHANNELS ↓
- NATIONWIDE: Channel
- ATLANTA: Chat
- AUSTIN: Chat
- BOSTON: Chat
- CHICAGO: Channel
- DALLAS: Chat
- IOWA CITY: Channel
- MONTREAL: DM @BLMProtestsBot
- NYC: Chat
- PENNSYLVANIA: Chat
- PORTLAND: Chat
- RICHMOND: Chat
- SF / BAY AREA: Chat1, Chat2
- SEATTLE: Chat
- TAMPA: Chat
- WASHINGTON DC: Chat
- WESTERN NEW YORK (BUFFALO, ROCHESTER): Channel
Tell everyone you know to download Signal and Telegram! These are essential tools for fluid and safe coordination on the ground right now.
Use good opsec, hide your phone number and set a user name. One of the key advantages telegram offers over signal is phone number anonymity.
Stay dangerous and help each stay safe. Be water! Solidarity.
#BLMRevList
last updated: June 28
last added: Pittsburgh Channel, Pennsylvania Chat
Telegram
Atlanta George Floyd Announcements
Real time information about what's going on in Atlanta
Forwarded from Strike Force
Police are being assailed by bricks and fireworks in #Chicago bright and early today. SWAT, "gas team", and a Bearcat deployed. Here's a thread with some live scanner updates: https://twitter.com/EricTendian/status/1292873126422949888?s=20
Twitter
Eric Tendian
Officer being transported to the hospital now w/ an ankle injury #ChicagoScanner
It's great seeing traditional NGOs become more abolitionist!
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1292843239557537792
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1292843239557537792
Twitter
ACLU
BREAKING: We’re calling for the dismantling of the Department of Homeland Security.
Belarus still has thousands of people out in the streets as night 2 is underway. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's whereabouts have been unknown for several hours. https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1292903215697203200
Twitter
Tadeusz Giczan
There are 5 areas in Minsk with over a thousand of protesters in each. People are dispersed, but so are the police. Here is Nemiga: https://t.co/uUbubXzAtB
Forwarded from Chi Revolt for Black Lives
If you’re headed out to protest tonight please be prepared! Winds will be high, there will be hail and a likelihood of flying debris. Check for spots to take shelter and look out for one another. 🖤 Sounds like it’ll hit around 430.
Forwarded from Syndiegram (Devin)
Twitter
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
Santa Clarita, California: Three black teenagers were being attacked by a homeless man and witnesseses called for help. When police arrived they pointed their guns, and arrested the kids who needed their help. Terrifying them. On brand. Exhausting...http…
Forwarded from Strike Force
This documentary about the unrest in Furgeson almost 6 years ago was just released publicly. After the unrest that’s unfolded this summer it may be a good time to watch and reflect on it. https://archive.org/details/touch-the-sky
Internet Archive
Touch The Sky: Stories, Subversions, & Complexities of Ferguson : Anonymous : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A video collage reflecting on the raw moments of the 2014 Ferguson riots. A film for the wild ones, the anarchists, and the dreamers...112 minutes // 2019 //...