*Updates Added Below*
This page is based on the header I wrote for the Politics Thread on Wednesday June 3rd; following requests from the community and the mods I am uploading it again as a standalone page. This is intended to remain pinned to the front page for a while, for the benefit of community members who don’t post in the PT, or who weren’t there to see this. I’ll try to keep looking for more resources to add to it and updating the information in it, and as I said above I’ll also be glad to recieve suggestions from others.
Now… this is already a tense and difficult time for all of us, and even more so since these protests started. So I just want to make it clear, that I don’t intend this to be any kind of pressure to take action. This is meant to be a resource for those who want to help and are able to do so; if you can’t, for whatever reason, that’s nothing to be ashamed of.
1. Donations
If you can, please consider donating to one or more of the following organizations, including organizations which post bail for those who have been arrested, as well as movements for legal aid and social justice.
Split a donation among 70+ bail organizations
To donate to a specific bail organization, here’s a long list of organizations in different places
Here’s a list of organizations to support, recommended by Reclaim The Block (who are cuurently not accepting donations after recieving so much support; also recommended by Minnesota Freedom Fund, who are likewise not accepting more donations at this time)
List of organizations supported by Chicago Comunity Bond Fund
More donation options: 5 Organizations Worth Supporting Right Now
Donation options as well as reading recommendations on how to be a good ally: George Floyd Was Murdered. We Must Not Be Silent—Here’s How to Help (by Rachel Epstein)
For more expansive lists of recommended organizations to support in many places around the country (bail, legal aid, community outreach, criminal justice reform): Here’s Where You Can Donate to Help Protests Against Police Brutality (by Claire Shaffer)
2. Other actions you can take
ETA (6.5.20): Support the work of organizations working for police reform, such as Campaign Zero, and help spread their information and their policy proposals.
Options for social action (as well as donation options):
How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality (by Claire Lampen)
100 ways you can take action against racism right now (by Sara M Moniuszko and Anika Reed)
What You Can Do to Demand Justice for George Floyd and Support Protesters (by Michelle Kim)
A recommendation from our very own spookyfriend – play this playlist on loop on your computer. All ad revenue from the views will go to “the associations that offer protester bail funds, help pay for family funerals, and advocacy listed in the beginning of the video”. More details here.
ETA (6.4.20): If you or people you know are protesting, you should have ways to stay safe. Here are some links Remus posted in his PT header about how to deal with tear gas:
Water on the Smoke The brilliantly simple Hong Kong method for fighting tear gas.
As many of us know, there is a lot of misinformation in the news and social media, painting all the protesters as a violent and destructive mob and minimizing police brutality. So if you can, please consider sharing more accurate information to counter this, here and elsewhere.
- Vast majority of protesting is peaceful, and protesters attempt to stop rioters and clean up damage:
What we’re missing when we condemn “violence” at protests (by Jason Johnson)
Photos: Moments of peace, unity you may not have seen in George Floyd protests
ETA (6.9.20) DC police chief says weekend George Floyd protests were ‘exclusively without violence’ (by William Cummings)
- Majority of violence at protests is by police and far right infiltrators:
De-escalation Keeps Protesters And Police Safer. Departments Respond With Force Anyway. (by Maggie Koerth and Jamiles Lartey)ETA (6.21.20) Floyd protests renew debate about police use of armored vehicles, other military gear (by Andrew W. Lehren, Didi Martinez, Emmanuelle Saliba and Robert Windrem)
7 People Shot at Louisville Protest Over the Death of Breonna Taylor (by Mike Baker)
Right-Wing ‘Race War’ Wannabes Could Make Police Protests Go Nuclear (by Kelly Weill)
‘They want their civil war’: Far-right ‘boogaloo’ militants are embedded in the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis (by Jordan Green)
ETA (6.9.20) Protests about police brutality are met with wave of police brutality across US (by Adam Gabbatt) [Content warning / trigger warning – images and videos of violence and wounded people]
- Many of the people who start violence and looting are unrelated to protesters and don’t listen to protesters’ calls to stop:
Who are the protesters? Majority peaceful, few ‘undisciplined’ locals, anarchists, reports of white nationalists, authorities say
ETA (6.5.20)
- Allegations of Antifa inciting violence are fabricated
Fabrication by neo-nazis – White Supremacist Group Identity Evropa Posed as Antifa on Twitter and Called For Looting and Violence (by David Gilbert)
White House deletes bogus brick video accusing Antifa of planning for riots (by Mike Moffitt)
The FBI Finds ‘No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement’ in Sunday’s Violence (by Ken Klippenstein)
Armed white residents lined Idaho streets amid ‘antifa’ protest fears. The leftist incursion was an online myth. (by Isaac Stanley-Becker and Tony Romm)
ETA (6.5.20)
- Evidence of police brutality and infringement on rights:
Cops intimidate and attack owner of LGBTQ bar for offering first aid to protesters
Testimony of mass arrests and mass incarceration with no clear cause
BBC Report – Videos of police brutality during protests shock US
Reddit group formed to collect evidence of police brutality during the protests
So, that’s what I have so far. Recommendations for more organizations we can support, actions we can take and information we can spread would be greatly appreciated.
- Many of the people who start violence and looting are unrelated to protesters and don’t listen to protesters’ calls to stop: