October 22 Is the 25th Annual National Day of Protest

This year marks the 25th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation, and it is taking place in a time of both great danger and enormous possibility. The explosion of righteous nationwide protest this summer has taken things to a level the coalition could have only dreamed of when it started the October 22nd Coalition back in 1996, but it is also happening during a time of growing fascism. The drive toward a unified national action against police brutality and political and racial repression that launched our efforts back in 1996 is even more important now, and the alliance is calling on all past NDP organizers as well as the new generation of rebels, revolutionaries, and dreamers to take up this national call.

The National Day of Protest aims to bring forward a powerful, visible, national protest against police brutality and the criminalization of a generation. It seeks to expose the state’s repressive program, brings forward those most directly under the gun of Police Brutality as well as reach into all parts of the society–bringing forward others to stand in the fight against this official brutality. The National Day of Protest aims to … Click HERE to continue reading