The pillars aren’t new. They were built over decades, with bipartisan consensus. — Read on http://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-making-of-the-deportation-machine/
Category Archives: Lit Review
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: Queen Mother Audley Moore: Midwife of Black Revolutionary Nationalism with Dr. Ashley D Farmer
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Ashley Farmer to discuss the life and legacy of Queen Mother Audley Moore—an organizer, theorist, and political visionary who helped shape the very foundations of modern Black nationalism and the contemporary reparations movement. Though she was, as our guest writes, “one of the most important activists andContinue reading “Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: Queen Mother Audley Moore: Midwife of Black Revolutionary Nationalism with Dr. Ashley D Farmer”
Passing Noam on My Way Out, Part 2: Chomsky vs. Aaron Swartz
In my last post, I accused Chomsky of whitewashing U. S. domestic repression when he described it as “undetectable” in comparison with the rest of the world. This incited some haggling with fans who think it’s reasonable to temporarily disappear, for rhetorical effect, two million people languishing in U. S. prisons, based on a percentage contestContinue reading “Passing Noam on My Way Out, Part 2: Chomsky vs. Aaron Swartz”
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Exposing Britain’s Depravity in Iraq: A.T. Williams’ A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa — Liberated Texts
In September 2003, British soldiers in Anzio Company, in the First Battalion Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, beat an Iraqi civilian to death; his name was Baha Mousa, and he was a 26-year-old father-of-two, who worked as a hotel receptionist in Basra. In addition to killing Mousa – an act which the International Criminal Court concluded constitutedContinue reading “Exposing Britain’s Depravity in Iraq: A.T. Williams’ A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa — Liberated Texts”
Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?
In a new book based on hours of body-cam footage, a legal scholar shows how local police in sanctuary jurisdictions still help ICE − and why true non-cooperation is nearly impossible to enforce. — Read on theconversation.com/are-sanctuary-policing-policies-no-more-than-a-public-relations-facade-269245
Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror – Boston Review
I’m not sure if it’s amnesia or just wishful thinking, but it seems like the well-documented terror tactics of municipal, county, and state police have just disappeared from people’s memory. Chicago and Los Angeles, where resistance to ICE has been extraordinary and well-organized, have histories of police violence that rival anything ICE agents are doing.Continue reading “Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror – Boston Review”
ORAL HISTORY: Jalil Muntaqim “They changed the environment, but the war continued.”
From the notes from the black underground collection: From launching Arm the Spirit, the first revolutionary prison newspaper, to co-founding the Jericho Movement, Black Panther Party & Black Liberation Army veteran, Jalil Muntaqim details stories of resisting empire and organizing for a new world. — Read on http://www.grassrootsthinking.com/oral-history-jalil-muntaqim-they-changed-the-environment-but-the-war-continued/
Palestine Solidarity in the Age of Reaction – Steve Salaita
Should people involved with the Palestine solidarity movement in North America, traditionally leftist in orientation, seek alliances with the political right? — Read on stevesalaita.com/palestine-solidarity-in-the-age-of-reaction/
Detention and Torture – CounterPunch.org
This reason is simple and can be traced to the elements of administrative detention itself: the absence of human rights safeguards and normal legal guarantees such as due process, habeas corpus, fair trial, confidential legal counsel, and judicial review; vague and confusing definitions, standards, and procedures; inadequate adversarial procedural oversight; excessive Executive Branch power stemmingContinue reading “Detention and Torture – CounterPunch.org”
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