🦄 Community, Police

Mayor Betsy Hodges Speech at U of M Campus Disrupted

Minneapolis, MN – On Thursday, May 19th, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges speech at the U of M campus was disrupted by members of the Black Liberation Project (BLP). The speaking event was titled “The Opportunity City: Progress Report for Improving Equity in Minneapolis”.
Here is…

🦄 Community

Unicorn Riot’s Spring 2016 Fundraiser

Fundraiser Ended June 30th, 2016.
Unicorn Riot is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible.
Use the following PayPal “Donate” link to make a one-time donation of any amount.
In order to receive your gift, please provide your mailing address and t-shirt size when…

🦄 Community

Solecast 24 w/ Beth Payne & Ed Medina of Carpe Locus

Solecast 24 is a report back from the Phoenix Anti Capitalist Conference. The first half of the interview is a discussion with the conference’s organizers about organizing in a politically hostile environment like Phoenix. Beth and Ed discuss the anarchist space they help run, and…

🦄 Community

Charges Dismissed After #Fight4Shani Call-in Campaign

Denver, CO – On the afternoon of April 14th, DA Mitch Morrissey announced that the charges against 15-year old Ashanti (Shani) Mills had been dismissed. His announcement came after a 6 month struggle by Shani and her family to fight for justice in what they…

🦄 Community

Islamophobia & Anti-Blackness Confronted at #OurThreeBoys Rally

Minneapolis, MN – On February 29th, 2016 a group of youth, the newly organized Young Muslim Collective (YMC), held an #OurThreeBoys / #OurThreeBrothers remembrance event at Coffman Union on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.

Unicorn Riot was LIVE for this event.

Purposed as…

🦄 Community

Clergy Protest Police Brutality at the Mall of America

Bloomington, MN – On February 22nd, 2016, Unicorn Riot attended a protest at the Mall of America called by “Black Clergy United for Change.” The protest was in response to an assault of 14 year old Isabella Brown by Mall of America [MOA] security officers…

🦄 Community, Police, Prison, Protest & Direct Action

Broken Hearts Rally

St. Paul, MN – On February 13, 2016, Unicorn Riot attended the “Broken Hearts Rally: Picking up the Pieces for Unity.” The rally was held in Arnellia’s jazz club in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was originally slated to be held outdoors, but the event was…

🦄 Community, Police

Black America Forum w/ Sen. Bernie Sanders

Minneapolis, MN – Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders joined Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC) in a historic forum on Black issues called the Black America Forum on Friday, February 12, 2016.
The forum took place at Patrick Henry High School in North Minneapolis, a historically…

🦄 Community

Family of John Henry Torres Questioning Lack of Arrests

Crookston, MN – Over a month has passed since John Henry Torres was “jumped” on Christmas Day, outside of Captain Crook’s Bar in Crookston, Minnesota. The assault resulted in John’s skull being fractured which led to his death on January 1st, 2016.

John’s family, including…

🦄 Arts & Culture, Community

Ninth Annual Art Sled Rally in South Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN – Today, an unusually warm and rainy Saturday in late January, South Minneapolis’s own Powderhorn Park hosted hundreds of community members who both participated in and watched the 9th Annual Art Sled Rally.
Hilarity ensued.

Ninth Annual Art Sled Rally in South Minneapolis…

🦄 Community, Prison, Social Control

SURJ Flash Action Disrupts Denver City Council

Denver, CO

Members of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) held a flash action in Denver this evening, bringing their message to the City Council. After the opening agenda items were completed and the first order of business commenced, a quiet humming could be heard…

🦄 Community, Eco, Protest & Direct Action

First Nations Invite Enbridge to Public Debate

Superior, WI – During a snow storm in Superior, Wisconsin, about 100 community members and activists gathered at the Douglas County Courthouse to voice their opposition to Enbridge’s pipeline expansion plans, march to Enbridge offices, and call for a public debate. After a feast and…