Europe Pub

Armed Panthers Protest Mulford Act (1967)

Tue May 02, 1967

Image: A Black Panther Party member holds a rifle outside the California State Capitol on May 2nd, 1967, during a protest against a bill that banned carrying loaded guns in public. From the Bettman Archive [buzzfeed.org]

On this day in 1967, 30 armed Black Panthers entered the California State Capitol building while openly carrying firearms in protest of the Mulford Act, bipartisan-supported legislation designed to end Panther patrols of Oakland neighborhoods.

Initially, no one attempted to stop the protesters - they entered the building with their guns pointed at the ceiling and a large group of journalists following them in. When six Panthers entered the assembly chamber, where the lawmakers were in session, some legislators reportedly took cover under desks. Police then ordered the Panthers to leave the premises, and they peacefully complied while insisting they were within their legal right to carry.

Outside, Bobby Seale spoke to a crowd of reporters. Here is an excerpt of what he said:

"Black people have begged, prayed, petitioned, demonstrated, and everything else to get the racist power structure of America to right the wrongs which have historically been perpetuated against black people. All of these efforts have been answered by more repression, deceit and hypocrisy. As the aggression of the racist American government escalates in Vietnam, the police agencies of America escalate the oppression of black people throughout the ghettoes of America."

Shortly after Seale finished speaking, police arrested the group on felony charges of conspiracy to disrupt a legislative session, although the protesters would later plead down to various misdemeanors instead.

Among those arrested was the teenager Bobby Hutton, the first recruit and first treasurer of the Black Panther Party. Hutton would be shot and killed by Oakland Police less than a year later, on April 6th, 1968.

• Date: 1967-05-02
• Learn More: www.huffpost.com, www.sacbee.com, en.wikipedia.org, www.blackpast.org.
• Tags: #Journalism, #Protests.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org

@nocontextpics PIC

#nocontext #pix

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/63593120

The energy crisis triggered by the war in Iran “has made the economic logic of renewables impossible to ignore”, the top United Nations climate change official, Simon Stiell, told leading figures in international climate negotiations on Thursday

The energy crisis triggered by the war in Iran “has made the economic logic of renewables impossible to ignore”, the top United Nations climate change official, Simon Stiell, told leading figures in international climate negotiations on Thursday

EU rules on common chargers apply to laptops from today. It means that all new laptops sold in the European Union must now support USB-C charging.

In December 2024, the rules came into force for mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, videogame consoles, and portable speakers.

Laptop manufacturers were given a longer lead in time to allow for redesign and transition to the common charging system.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/63593709

The War Department has entered into agreements with eight of the world's leading frontier artificial intelligence companies, SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Oracle to deploy their advanced AI capabilities on the Department's classified networks for lawful operational use. These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters' ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare.

Integrating secure frontier AI capabilities into the Department's Impact Level 6 (IL6) and Impact Level 7 (IL7) network environments will streamline data synthesis, elevate situational understanding, and augment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments. SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Oracle will provide resources to deploy their capabilities on both IL6 and IL7 environments. This effort supports the Department's AI Acceleration Strategy by enabling new capabilities across its three core tenets of warfighting, intelligence, and enterprise operations.

A group of rabbis were arrested on Thursday evening while protesting outside of 26 Federal Plaza, a Lower Manhattan immigration courthouse where a number of immigrants detained by ICE are being held.

The demonstration, named “Jews Demand: ICE Out!,” drew hundreds of New Yorkers who condemned the federal agency, and was led by a swath of rabbis who denounced ICE through a Jewish lens.

“G-d takes the side of immigrants. And G-d demands that we do the same,” said Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.

The protest was organized by T’ruah and another progressive Jewish group, Bend the Arc. The two groups previously staged a protest outside ICE headquarters in Washington D.C. in February, when public outcry against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics was at a high.

The latest protest comes as the intensity of opposition has receded even as the agency continues to arrest and move to deport migrants at a rapid clip. It was notable for including a wide range of Jewish organizations that do not always work together, particularly as debates over Israel have divided Jewish progressives.

“I would say that I think it’s representative of a cross of different parts of the community, different denominations, folks who have, I would say, differences in other political views but are able to really be together here today,” said Jamie Beran, Bend the Arc’s CEO, in an interview.

Organizations represented by rallygoers on Thursday included the Workers’ Circle, the Jewish Labor Committee, New York Jewish Agenda, HIAS and Zioness, among others.

Many speakers called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to pass the New York for All Act, which would ban local and state law enforcement from cooperating with federal agents such as ICE.

In addition to Jacobs, the rabbis who spoke included Rachel Timoner of Congregation Beth Elohim; Hilly Haber of Central Synagogue; Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism; Ellen Lippmann, formerly of Kolot Chaiyenu; and Roly Matalon of B’nai Jeshurun.

A dozen clergy, including 10 rabbis and two reverends, were arrested after blocking traffic in front of 26 Federal Plaza. The rabbis included two — Fort Tryon Jewish Center’s Guy Austrian and Congregation Beth Elohim’s Stephanie Kolin — who currently work in synagogues.

Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, made an appearance at the protest, as did the progressive congressional candidate Brad Lander.

Not even using the euphemisms anymore.

Just a paranormal jeans. 👖

sorry for the extended hiatus, I tried to be more normal, but ig once you know about the virtues of socialism you can’t go back to neoliberalism, can you?

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

The alert posted Friday by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control adds another layer of pressure in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz.

About a fifth of the world’s trade in oil and natural gas typically passes through the strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in peacetime.

Iran effectively closed the strait to normal traffic by attacking and threatening to attack ships after the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Feb. 28. It later began offering some ships safe passage by detouring them through alternate routes closer to its shoreline, charging fees at times for the service.