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Notara 26, the first housing #squat for refugee & migrants to open in #Athens, #Greece is celebrating six years of operation today. A few years ago we visited the self-organized squat in the anti-authoritarian district of Exarcheia. Full report from 2018: unicornriot.ninja/2018/greec…
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31st Black Master Storytelling Festival is happening now online.
Watch online now at: vimeo.com/614770198
For more: unicornriot.ninja/2021/celeb…
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Under the hardline stance of Mayor Michael Hancock, #Denver continues to sweep unhoused encampments—more than 80 this year alone—ignoring countless requests from unhoused residents & their advocates to stop & refusing to negotiate alternatives. Full vid: unicornriot.ninja/2021/denve…
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[Content Warning - Sexual Assault]
UPDATE: The man that raped Ali (who had shared her story with UR) accepted a plea bargain today in Dakota County, MN, for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 5th Degree (Nonconsensual Sexual Contact).
Full Vid [Aug '21]: unicornriot.ninja/2021/survi…
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The deal allows for Ali's perpetrator to execute his sentence w/ time served, meaning he doesn't have probation & won't serve jail time.
He was sentenced to 365 days in jail but given time served after receiving credit for a recent prison stint from a separate drug sentence. ↕️
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Along with no jail time specific to the sexual assault on Ali & no probation, the plea deal signed today by the perpetrator also means he won't have to register as a sexual predator or be charged w rape. He was assessed a $130 fine after having $75 for his public defender waived.
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In response to her rapists plea bargain today, Ali said:
"I wish I had time and space to process and grieve this ending, but it has been 926 days since he raped me. The world moved on then & is moving on now, I have to, too. I tried."
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[#Thread 🔼] Ali further stated of her rapists plea bargain:
"I didn’t even consider the possibility that he could walk away with less than the already bullshit plea bargain of two years probation.”
More on Ali's story with video, article, & update: unicornriot.ninja/2021/survi…
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An update to our previous report 'Surviving Sexual Assault and Seeking Accountability' which featured Ali, a sexual assault survivor in MN whose rapist took a video of her passed out before assaulting her: unicornriot.ninja/2021/survi…
Rapist given plea bargain & Ali makes statement
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Over 50 water protectors protesting #Line3 were arrested, some violently, outside the Minnesota Governor’s Residence in St. Paul on August 28, 2021 after a march from the Capitol. Full story and video: unicornriot.ninja/2021/over-…
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The 31st Annual Black Master Storytelling Festival titled “Black Joy: Stories Celebrating Hope, Resilience and Love” is being held virtually this year. unicornriot.ninja/2021/celeb…
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Continuing the legacy of carrying on Black culture & traditions through storytelling, elders Nothando & Vusumuzi Zulu with the Black Storytellers Alliance organize a yearly festival that draws master storytellers from across the US. Our coverage from 2016: unicornriot.ninja/2016/black…
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After storytelling performances during the 2018 festival, we spoke with six of the master Black storytellers including festival director Vusumuzi Zulu, who said that storytelling is "one of the most powerful ways to transmit culture." See the videos here: unicornriot.ninja/2019/shari…
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The 2019 Black Master Storytelling Festival was themed "Strength of Our Youth, Wisdom of Our Elders." unicornriot.ninja/2019/28-ye…
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The 31st Annual Black Master Storytellers Festival has started today.
School concerts are held today virtually from 1p-1:45p (LIVE now) for K-5 grades and 2p-2:45p for 6th grade & up.
The family fun event will be held 6p-7:30p tonight & tomorrow night. unicornriot.ninja/2021/celeb…
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As #Brazil approaches 600K #COVID19 deaths, we heard from a Pastor practicing mutual aid & provided an update on some of the investigation into Bolsonaro's pandemic management, the vaccine rollout, election fraud claims & the run up to the Sept 7 rallies. unicornriot.ninja/2021/brazi…
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Unicorn Riot content is only made possible because we are independently funded through contributions from viewers like you. Thank you ALL! 🥰🦄 unicornriot.ninja/donate/
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Anarchists in west Philly marked the 50th anniversary of the #Attica prisoner uprising with a noise demonstration outside of one of Philadelphia's main youth jails. Several of the youth could be seen waving &/or banging on the windows of their cells: unicornriot.ninja/2021/anti-…
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Denver Refuses to Negotiate, Sweeps Indigenous Encampment [Article, Videos] unicornriot.ninja/2021/denve…
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