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NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some had to pay fees. Some were tested. Many people died for that right. It is too important for us not to vote, and if we want to have a democracy, we need to participate in it. We can’t hope that situations will change. We have to be active in helping candidates get elected who will create that change,” said Lex Scott, the president of the Black Lives Matter Utah Chapter.
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden and Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris are traveling the country touting their Build Back Better plan. Biden will hold a Black Economic Summit Wednesday in…
Electoral authorities in Guinea on Saturday declared President Alpha Conde winner of Sunday's election with 59.49% of the vote, defeating his main rival Cellou Diallo.
\t Some people went to the streets to protest immediately after the announcement. Such demonstrations have occurred for months after the government changed the constitution through a national referendum, allowing Conde to extend his decade in power.
\t Opposition candidate Cellou Diallo received 33.50% of the vote, the electoral commission said. Voter turnout was almost 80%.
\t Political tensions in the West African nation turned violent in recent days after Diallo claimed victory ahead of the official results. Celebrations by his supporters were suppressed when security forces fired tear gas to disperse them.
They accuse the electoral authorities of rigging the vote for incumbent president Alpha Conde.
\t At least nine people have been killed since the election, according to the government. The violence sparked international condemnation by the U.S. and others.
\t ``Today is a sad day for African democracy,'' said Sally Bilaly Sow, a Guinean blogger and activist living abroad. The government should take into account the will of the people who have a desire for change, he said.
ICC warning
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor warned on Friday that warring factions in Guinea could be prosecuted after fighting erupted.
“I wish to repeat this important reminder: anyone who commits, orders, incites, encourages and contributes in any other way to crimes … is liable to prosecution either by the Guinean courts or the ICC,” she said.
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: "I wish to repeat this important reminder: anyone who commits, orders, incites, encourages or contributes, in any other way, to the commission of #RomeStatute crimes, is liable to prosecution either by #Guinean courts or by the #ICC."
— Int'l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) October 23, 2020
Initiative promotes partnership between national grassroots voter empowerment and education nonprofits and nationally syndicated radio shows WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 14, 2020 – As the nation enters the final months of the 2020 presidential election campaign, a major new initiative, “Stand in Soulidarity” has launched, designed to educate and empower Black voters to register to vote and go to vote. The initiative, […]
Foot Locker is helping voters get a leg up this election year. The athletic retailer is joining forces with the non-profit Rock the Vote to give voter registration services. For 30 years, Rock the Vote has been [...]
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are running on a platform that is about destroying jobs, Sen. Kelly Loeffler said on Monday while slamming Harris' comments blaming President Donald Trump for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic and harming the economy. Look, Kamala Harris...
By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children's Defense Fund The Peacemaker taught us about the Seven Generations. He said, when you sit in council for the welfare of the people, you must not think of [...]
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Anger is not for the oppressed and marginalized— it is reserved rather for rabid, deranged White males that seek to equalize this time of uprising and protest with White nationalist vigilantism.
BLACK AND ethnic minority voters in the US are actively being discouraged from voting, according...
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Some African American voters find it frustrating and exhausting that President Donald Trump did not condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some US cities this summer.
Instead President Trump during the presidential debate on Tuesday branding the violence as solely a \"left-wing\" problem.
\"Almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing,\" said Trump, whose exchange with Democrat Joe Biden left the extremist group Proud Boys celebrating what some of its members saw as tacit approval.
He was responding to a question from debate moderator Chris Wallace, who asked the president if he would condemn white supremacist and militia groups that have shown up at some protests. Wallace specifically mentioned Kenosha, Wisconsin, where a white teenager was charged with killing two protesters during demonstrations over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. Trump has repeatedly blamed \"antifa,\" which stands for the anti-fascist movement.
Delaware voters Gwendolyn Deshields and Cory Deshields watched the debate and saw it as an embarrassment to the American public.
\"It's very sad, it's a circus,\" Gwendolyn Deshields said. \"It was just like Oh, my goodness because, you know, you just got weigh between the two, but last night was just like change the channel.\"
In his response, Trump addressed the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group that has shown up at protests in the Pacific Northwest, saying they should \"stand back, and stand by.\"
Elihu Wilson, another voter visiting DC from Louisiana, found Trump's choice of words to be strange and peculiar.
\"Trump supporters might say he just made a mistake. He just worded something wrong,\" Wilson said.
Some people might be like that is what he really believes, you know, that there's some people that's on his side... So just that that whole debacle. It didn't make too much sense. Really.\"
Cory Deshields said it's a classic Trump move to not directly answer a yes or no question, and instead leave some wiggle room for different interpretations.
\"Racism and white supremacy and things like that. He hasn't really given his stand on what he believes and what he thinks is right. And I think that's messed up,\" Cory Deshields said. \"I think our leaders should, we should know his or her stand. We should know their mindset towards things that matter to us. If you're going to lead us as a country and we need to know who we're following. And right now, he's given us, you know, an example of someone that I don't think anyone really wants to follow.\"
Biden has said he decided to run for president after Trump said there were \"very fine people\" on both sides of a 2017 protest led by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counterprotester was killed.
Trump said Tuesday that Biden was afraid to say the words \"law and order\" and pressed him to give examples of law enforcement groups that back his campaign.
The Deshields already planned to visit Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington DC the day after the preside
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by Joe Biden There is injustice in America. There is discrimination. There is a legacy of racism and inequality that lives still in our institutions, our laws, and in too many people’s hearts that makes it harder for Black people to succeed. These are facts in the United States of America in 2020, and … Continued
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“With his Club Quarantine parties, Derrick has created a space where folks can come together from living rooms and basements all over the world to let off some steam, dance it out and just enjoy each other’s company,” Obama, who referred to Jones as her friend, said.
“Partying with a purpose…his turntables have provided a soundtrack for so many of our volunteers, helping us reach more than 400,000 eligible voters throughout our recent couch parties,\" she added.
In late March, Club Quarantine partnered with Obama's organization When We All Vote to encourage those tuning in to register to vote, as Blavity previously reported.
