Movement for Black Lives Responds to United States and Israel Attacks on Iran
February 28, 2026
Movement for Black Lives categorically condemns this massive escalation that illustrates US fascism both at home and abroad.
Movement for Black Lives categorically condemns this massive escalation that illustrates US fascism both at home and abroad.
As world leaders gather in the Amazon at COP30, The Black Hive at The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) demands that COP30 prioritize the specific and complex climate injustices, including environmental racism, shouldered by Global Afro Descendant communities at this critical moment.
As world leaders gather in the Amazon at COP30, The Black Hive at The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) demands that COP30 prioritize the specific and complex climate injustices, including environmental racism, shouldered by Global Afro Descendant communities at this critical moment.
Racial justice leaders, youth advocates and policy experts call on lawmakers to advance a community safety agenda that addresses root causes of violence and harm in their communities
New data from The Movement for Black Lives and GenForward Research “Perspectives on Community Safety from Black America” report also suggests that language plays a significant role in support for alternative public safety solutions
In response to the U.S.–backed occupation of Palestine, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
In response to evidence revealing that the Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance is a front for Creative Community for Peace, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
After the Supreme Court scrapped decades of precedent, and ruled to overturn affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
Racial justice leaders, youth advocates and policy experts call on lawmakers to advance a community safety agenda that addresses root causes of violence and harm in their communities
Black leaders in 20 cities across the country will organize for non-police crisis responses to emergencies in service to building safer, healthier communities
After the House of Representatives voted to pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act on May 31, The Black Hive – the Movement for Black Lives’ climate and environmental justice initiative – issued the following statement:
In light of passage of a resolution to celebrate police and condemn life-saving demands, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
As the Memphis Police Department prepares to release footage of the five Memphis police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols, a beating that resulted in his death, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
A nationwide voter registration campaign is turning the message of Black Panther into a political reality.
As the Memphis Police Department prepares to release footage of the five Memphis police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols, a beating that resulted in his death, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
After a Georgia State Patrol Officer violently killed beloved forest defender Manuel Esteban Páez Terán, known to friends and loved ones as Tortuguita, on January 18, The Black Hive – the Movement for Black Lives’ climate and environmental justice initiative – issued the following statement:
In response to the ICJ’s recent ruling on Israel’s genocidal acts in Palestine
After the House of Representatives passed the Invest to Protect Act, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
After Los Angeles police brutally murdered Keenan Darnell Anderson on Jan. 3, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
Today, the Black Hive at the Movement for Black Lives released the following statement condemning renewed efforts by Congressional leadership to sneak Senator Manchin’s zombie “permitting reform” bill in favor of fossil fuels forever into a forced vote within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
After President Biden announced a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
After President Biden announced his student loan debt forgiveness plan last week, Dr. Amara Enyia, policy and research coordinator for the Movement for Black Lives, issued the following statement:
In response to the Jackson, Mississippi water infrastructure crisis, We, the Black Hive – the Movement for Black Lives climate and environmental justice intervention and collective of over 200 climate and environmental justice organizations and Black leaders – release the following statement:
In response to the Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), We, the Black Hive – the Movement for Black Lives climate and environmental justice intervention and collective of over 200 climate and environmental justice organizations and Black leaders – release the following statement:
After the Supreme Court limited the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to fight climate change in a landmark ruling yesterday, the Black Hive at the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
After President Biden released his executive order on policing today, including new restrictions on chokeholds and no-knock warrants, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
After a white supremacist murdered ten people and wounded three others at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
In response to the Biden Administration’s violent deportations and heinous treatment of Haitian migrants, and horrific reports of the use of whips on Haitians at Del Rio, the Movement for Black Lives, issued the following statement:
Hurricane Ida is a sobering reminder that the climate crisis is not coming—it is here. Ida made landfall on August 29th, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; it unleashed unrelenting wind, rain, and flooding across the Gulf South, including Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. Just shy of a category 5 storm rating, Ida is one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the region in the last 160 years. The 150-mph winds knocked out power for at least a million people across Louisiana and Mississippi, tore roofs off buildings, left entire parishes underwater, reversed the flow of the Mississippi River, and displaced countless people.
Hurricane Ida is a sobering reminder that the climate crisis is not coming—it is here. Ida made landfall on August 29th, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; it unleashed unrelenting wind, rain, and flooding across the Gulf South, including Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. Just shy of a category 5 storm rating, Ida is one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the region in the last 160 years. The 150-mph winds knocked out power for at least a million people across Louisiana and Mississippi, tore roofs off buildings, left entire parishes underwater, reversed the flow of the Mississippi River, and displaced countless people.
After the Supreme Court scrapped decades of precedent, and ruled to overturn affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, the Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement:
The Movement for Black Lives commemorates his life, works, and legacy of Black resistance and self-determination and offers condolences to his family.
We are in solidarity with Black Cubans in particular, who throughout history have played a critical role in advancing liberation. In addition, we believe it is critical that we understand the protests that have rocked Cuba this week in historical context.
Today, President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a plan to reduce crime and gun violence by allowing $350 billion in federal stimulus money to be used to fund police departments in areas that have seen an increase in crime.
One year after its historic unveiling, the bill that presented a visionary framework to reshape public safety inspires local, state and federal legislation
The People’s Response Act represents a wholesale shift toward health-based approaches to keep Black people safe.
Today, President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a plan to reduce crime and gun violence by allowing $350 billion in federal stimulus money to be used to fund police departments in areas that have seen an increase in crime.
As a movement committed to the notion of freedom and justice for all, we feel compelled to address the atrocities currently occurring in Palestine. The Movement for Black Lives condemns the deadly, racist attacks against the Palestinian people by the Israeli state.
As President Biden marks 100 days in office, the Movement for Black Lives Calls on Biden and Congress to pass The BREATHE Act.
Today, a jury returned a GUILTY verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd. At Movement for Black Lives, we are working towards liberation for all Black people, because we believe all Black lives matter. We know the current unjust criminal legal system will not deliver liberation, let alone justice.
After Derek Chauvin was found guilty by jury of all three charges against him for the murder of George Floyd, Karissa Lewis, National Field Director of the Movement for Black Lives, issued the following statement:
The Movement for Black Lives and our supporters support the family and community of Daunte Wright who had his life ripped from him by former police officer Kim Potter. Daunte was a beloved son, brother and father to a two-year-old. We’re grieving alongside his family and community, and will continue fighting to defund the police in the pursuit of justice and Black liberation.
The Movement for Black Lives condemns anti-Asian violence happening across the U.S. in recent months. We affirm our solidarity with Asian American and Asian immigrant communities whose lives and futures matter and whose liberation we fight for alongside Black liberation. Asian and Black communities have a long history of shared solidarity and struggle.
The Movement for Black Lives condemns anti-Asian violence happening across the U.S. in recent months. We affirm our solidarity with Asian American and Asian immigrant communities whose lives and futures matter and whose liberation we fight for alongside Black liberation. Asian and Black communities have a long history of shared solidarity and struggle.
We pledge to continue to monitor, speak out and be in principled solidarity with the peoples of Ethiopia in any way we can and consistent without our principles and politics. All Black Lives Matter, including our kin in Ethiopia. We stand with you. We will not be silent. We will not look away. We will not be complicit.
Israeli politicians and some U.S. officials have launched a powerful offensive to silence those who call out Israeli injustice and to suppress growing support for Palestinian freedom and justice. Now they are targeting companies like Ben and Jerry’s for their refusal to make a profit off of settler colonialism.
Israeli politicians and some U.S. officials have launched a powerful offensive to silence those who call out Israeli injustice and to suppress growing support for Palestinian freedom and justice. Now they are targeting companies like Ben and Jerry’s for their refusal to make a profit off of settler colonialism.
Elders and already sick folks are at risk down South. Is the nation paying attention now?
Israeli politicians and some U.S. officials have launched a powerful offensive to silence those who call out Israeli injustice and to suppress growing support for Palestinian freedom and justice. Now they are targeting companies like Ben and Jerry’s for their refusal to make a profit off of settler colonialism.
The Movement for Black Lives stands in solidarity with the people of Nigeria who are under attack as they protest the violence and brutality inflicted by Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the Nigerian police.
ATLANTA – The Movement for Black Lives issued the following statement after the Attorney General of Kentucky announced a meaningless indictment of first degree wanton endangerment against one of the three police officers who killed Breonna Taylor in her home on the night of March 13, 2020.
What we talk about when we talk about addressing the savage roots of policing: justice and safety for everyone.
There are calls to reform, defund and even abolish the police. And central to the push for law enforcement reform is how police officers receive training.
When students in Minneapolis, Denver and Oakland eventually return to their classrooms, one group will be notably missing from school grounds: the police.
Prominent Democrats irresponsibly rushed to label the police-involved shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin over the weekend an act of racism before many details of the incident were even released, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro contended Monday.
In Our Resistance Against The State, Black and Indigenous Peoples Are Collectively Powerful
In Our Resistance Against The State, Black and Indigenous Peoples Are Collectively Powerful
Last week’s Democratic National Convention featured countless references to Black Lives Matter, but some leaders in the movement are expressing concern that Democrats could simply be paying lip service.
Under a sweltering August sun, just blocks from the U.S.-Mexico border, four local activists busily stage-direct the movements of about 100 residents of Laredo, Texas, who are lined up, fists raised, along the street in front of the city’s George P. Kazen federal courthouse.
We need Black Lives Matter. The police who shot Jacob Blake prove it.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey get to speak at the Republican National Convention on Monday because they waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters.
Redirect it to emergency response programs that don’t kill black people.
Millions have taken to the streets with a clear and distinct call to end police violence and to defund police. They have been met with a brutal wave of repression from police departments across the…
A new poll shows that 72 percent of Black people think Trump should resign. In both policy and narrative, Trump has presented an existential threat to Black Americans that has certainly resulted…
On Saturday, June 20th, the Movement for Black Lives will stage a national homegoing memorial service to highlight the Cost of Inaction. We want to remember those who we’ve lost to twin pandemics— police violence and COVID-19.
The Movement for Black Lives calls for defunding the police to release urgently-needed community resources to realize real public safety.
The Movement for Black Lives is hosting a 3-day mobilization over Juneteenth weekend to bring tens of thousands of people into the movement to end police violence and continue adding pressure for transformative solutions.
The Movement for Black Lives calls for defunding the police to release urgently-needed community resources to realize real public safety.
A nationwide voter registration campaign is turning the message of Black Panther into a political reality.
One week before the premiere of the highly anticipated and blockbuster hit, Black Panther, St. Louis-based activist and Electoral Justice Project organizer, Kayla Reed, wasn’t scrambling to find a ticket to the highly-anticipated premiere.
T’Challa’s world, and the huge crowds eager to visit it, inspire a voter-registration drive dubbed “Wakanda the Vote.”
In October of 2017, Kayla Reed, Jessica Byrd, and Rukia Lumumba started the Electoral Justice Project (EJP), a project that is a part of the larger Movement for Black Lives, which seeks to fight for and advance the rights of Black U.S. citizens.
A nationwide voter registration campaign is turning the message of Black Panther into a political reality.
Real world superheroes are registering voters at ‘Black Panther’ Screenings across the country.
Leaders from the Movement for Black Lives have launched a voter registration drive to coincide with the US premiere of the movie, Black Panther.
#WAKANDATHEVOTE Takes Black Panther Beyond Entertainment and Into Politics
Activists are using the buzz around Marvel’s hit film, Black Panther, to register Black voters.
The Electoral Justice Project, a project from the Movement for Black Lives, has launched #WakandaTheVote. Spearheaded by Jessica Byrd, Rukia Lumumba, and Kayla Reed, the initiative aims to get Black voters around the country prepared for midterm elections.
The Electoral Justice Project is behind the effort targeting black voters at screenings of the Marvel film.
A new voter registration drive is going where the people, millions of people, are — movie theaters across the country showing “Black Panther.” The name of the drive is tied to the movie. #WakandaTheVote references the fictional East African country where the movie, which has a nearly all-black cast, takes place.
“Black Panther” is more than a movie for the black community. It serves as a symbol for black joy and positive representation — and three women are using its momentum in a productive way.
The Movement for Black Lives recognized a great opportunity to register a whole lot of people to vote: the opening weekend of Black Panther.
An activist group is setting up voter registration booths at ‘Black Panther’ screenings
One activist group is hoping to turn moviegoers into voters with a new campaign aimed at fans of Black Panther.
That’s the idea behind, well, #wakandathevote, a program from the Electoral Justice Project, an arm of the Movement for Black Lives organization that aims to fight for the rights of black Americans.
Marvel’s Black Panther continues to destroy box office records on the final day of its opening weekend, making $218M at the time of this writing. Headlines insist that the film’s instant success was a surprise to the industry, since the industry notoriously insists there’s no mass appeal for films that don’t center around white people.
Activists are calling on others to #WakandaTheVote by registering ahead of the midterm elections.
An activist group known as the Electoral Justice Project (EJP) has launched a black voter registration effort at screenings of “Black Panther” nationwide.
As Black Panther-fever hits theaters across the nation this weekend, a group of clever Black women decided to used this moment to work on a great cause: voter registration.
The Movement for Black Lives has channeled the energy and excitement surrounding the opening weekend of Marvel’s “Black Panther” into a voting registration campaign.
There is vibranium-level energy around Black Panther as millions of melanated people flock to theaters. Of course, most bask in the black pride, love and community of the film, but some are taking advantage of crowd sizes to enact political action.
Do you remember “Barack The Vote?” Well, this is “Wakanda The Vote,” a new voter registration drive inspired by Marvel’s upcoming Black magic masterpiece, Black Panther.
It’s rare that blockbuster movies do anything to move culture forward besides make people really annoying on Twitter.
An activist group has launched a voter registration effort aimed at black voters at screenings of the “Black Panther” movie nationwide.
Do you remember “Barack The Vote?” Well, this is “Wakanda The Vote,” a new voter registration drive inspired by Marvel’s upcoming Black magic masterpiece, Black Panther.
An initiative from the Movement for Black Lives is fusing political participation with the groundbreaking Black Panther film.
You’ve heard of #RockTheVote – now get ready to #WakandaTheVote.
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) formed in December of 2014, was created as a space for Black organizations across the country to debate and discuss the current political conditions, develop shared assessments of what political interventions were necessary in order to achieve key policy, cultural and political wins, convene organizational leadership in order to debate and co-create a shared movement wide strategy. Under the fundamental idea that we can achieve more together than we can separately.
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