The “America First” reading list is nothing if not a virtual how-to manual for white resentment and violence.
Violence
This is not a protest about “bad apples” among police, it’s an uprising against a system built on anti-Black violence.
Neoliberal society is built on the myth that economic prosperity is hermetically sealed from racial and social justice.
This is a wake-up call for those who think Trump is merely embarrassing when compared to a Hitler or a Mussolini.
Even before the pandemic, gender-based violence was one of the most widespread and persistent human rights abuses.
We’re in a situation we cannot fully solve with votes or protests. This disaster requires radical Black politics.
At least 21 trans people were murdered in the U.S. in 2019. We need to change the frameworks that enable this violence.
Trump has an attorney general who says the law doesn’t apply to the president. This has ominous implications.
Education is key to changing our culture. School must be transformed from a tool of oppression to a tool of liberation.
In permitting this heinous practice, the U.S. once again proves itself exceptional in its capacity for violence.