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The statue by Hungarian artist Péter Szalay shows solidarity with Black Lives Matter.

Hungary artist’s BLM sculpture causes an uproar    

Human rights

The installation by artist Péter Szalay is a kneeling sculpture of the Statue of Liberty, illuminated in rainbow colors with her left hand raised in a fist. A tablet in her right hand says: “Black Lives Matter.” 

A group of protesters carries protest signs. One wears a colorful tie-dye shirt and has blue hair. The others wear white and black shirts.

BLM Tokyo tackles Japan’s own issues with anti-Black racism

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City Council of Arlington, Texas

Racial justice movement spurs a Texas city council to bar fracking expansion

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Black Lives Matter protest

A global push for racial justice in the climate movement

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A woman poses in front of a Black Lives Matter mural on the street as a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Brooklyn, New York, June 16, 2020.  

‘We need to talk about racism,’ these Middle Easterners say 

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Protesters in Seoul rallied in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement on June 6,

America’s BLM protests find solidarity in South Korea

Protest

On Saturday, around 100 demonstrators walked through downtown Seoul in protest of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in what was perhaps the first showing of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the nation.

The area where the statue of Edward Colston stood is seen

Symbols of ‘racist past’ topple amid global BLM protests; New Zealand reports no active COVID-19 cases

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A statue of a British slave trader in the UK and confederate statues in the US have been toppled or defaced as protesters demand a reckoning on systemic racism. Some Minneapolis City Council members said they will “begin the process of ending the Minneapolis Police Department.” New Zealand has no active cases of COVID-19 in the country. Brasilia has become a new hotspot for the virus.

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This is a story about the origins of Antifa

Justice

Antifa became the buzzword of the summer after racially motivated protests in Charlottesville. But where did this word come from and how did Antifa become a movement in the US? Find out.

An antifa activist carries a flag of the movement, which features a logo of two flags.

Antifa has a rapid response team that targets alt-right organizers

Justice

Members of the anti-fascist movement are tracking right-wing activists in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, creating a database of known targets.

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