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Pocked with bullet holes and cracked at its pedestal by an off-road vehicle,
the Georgia Historical Society marker reads in part:
“Mary Turner, eight months pregnant,
was burned, mutilated, and shot to death by a mob
after publicly denouncing her husband’s lynching the previous day. …
No charges were ever brought against known or suspected participants in these crimes.
From 1880-1930, as many as 550 people were killed in Georgia in these illegal acts of mo…

Vandalized historic memorial to 1918 lynching now on exhibit in Atlanta museum
An exhibit opening Monday in Atlanta shows a historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized. Pocked with bullet holes and broken at the pedestal, it memorializes an event that some in rural southern Georgia tried hard to erase: the killing of Mary Turner by a white mob. She was set upon after protesting the lynching of her husband, Hayes Turner, and at least 10 other Black people. The violence built support for anti-lynching legislation, though it would not be…

Wie Berichte sind, wenn Polizei und Regierung die Proteste unterstützen. Dann kann Polizei ohne Gewalt, selbst wenn sie damit Körperverletzungen passieren lässt.
https://www.kn-online.de/panorama/bauernproteste-geg…

Landwirte bei Straßenblockaden in Brandenburg von Autos angefahren
Bei Bauernprotesten gegen ein Handelsabkommen in Brandenburg ist es am Donnerstag zu gefährlichen Situationen gekommen: Mehrere Demonstrierende wurden von Autos angefahren, einige leicht verletzt. Die Polizei meldet drei Ermittlungsverfahren.

🪧 Thousands of Irish farmers protest against EU-Mercosur trade deal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/10/thousands-of-irish-farmers-protest-against-eu-mercosur-trade-deal

Thousands of Irish farmers protest against EU-Mercosur trade deal
Demonstration follows similar actions in Poland, France and Belgium as EU states approve accord

"..in the UK. Populist rhetoric has moved away from talking about immigrants in general and towards the demonisation of particular ethnic or religious groups, and away from a concern about current immigration numbers towards demands for deportation of legal migrants. Associating immigrants and asylum seekers with crime is part of that pattern."

mainly macro: Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse…

Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK
  I never cease to be amazed at how bad Labour politicians are at politics. It may seem arrogant for an economist to say that, but it’s not ...

"One demonstrator said they attended the phallic protest, at which people pelted federal agents’ vehicles with sex toys, “because ICE likes to bend over for Daddy Trump.”"
'Operation Dildo Blitz' Anti-ICE Protest in Minneapolis Ends With 50 Arrests | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/operation-dildo-blitz

The global market for memory chips, particularly DRAM and NAND Flash, is experiencing significant price increases, primarily attributed to the explosive demand from operators of AI, who are buying up these essential components in enormous quantities.
https://www.computing.co.uk/analysis/2025/

The memory crunch – Is AI to blame?
The global market for memory chips, particularly DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and NAND Flash, is currently experiencing a period of significant price increases, primarily ...

Internet im Iran wegen landesweiter Proteste eingeschränkt
Die Unzufriedenheit vieler Iraner entlädt sich in einer neuen Welle regierungskritischer Demonstrationen. Und wieder schränkt Teheran das Internet ein.
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A thread with info about ICE protests, vigils, and demonstrations
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https:%2F/c.im/@cdarwin/115857694467412426

Trump speaks with Petro amid nationwide Colombia protests against US after Venezuela intervention
Trump praises Colombian president’s ‘tone’ during call
and says they will meet soon,
while demonstrators rally across Colombia ‘to defend national sovereignty’
Venezuela to continue supplying oil to US ‘indefinitely’, White House says
Venezuela’s interim leader has said US forces’ attack to depose her predecessor
put a “stain” on the countries’ relations,

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Internet im Iran wegen landesweiter Proteste eingeschränkt
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