Tag: violence

The Issue is Democracy and Not So Much Property Destruction

By Chuck Morse (February 8, 2017)

– After months of planning, thousands of migrants tear down fences around an empty hill side and build a new neighborhood. We often see “land invasions” like this in places like Mexico City, Lima, Sao Paulo, etc.

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– A random dude smashes a window during a demo. We often see this in Oakland.

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Both examples involve property destruction, but the contexts are very different. One action is planned and embedded in a mass movement; the other is unplanned and vanguardist (because it changes the dynamic of the protest for everyone). 

For me, the issue is not property but democracy and building mass movements.

Some Thoughts on Police Reform

 

By William J. Jackson

 

1. Re-write the 13th amendment to remove legal slavery from prisons and actually abolish it. 
2. Cops have to earn guns.
A. A gun is only issued after two promotions and a year minimum is required for each promotion.
B. Rubber bullets? (still thinking about that one)
3. When a person kills a citizen while in the cop uniform, their name is released and they are charged federally for murder.
4. Right now there are folks deemed too intelligent to be cops… THAT NEEDS TO STOP!

One more that I’m still thinking about and this would negate number 2.

5. Draw districts so folks can vote on who they want to be the cops patrolling their area and you serve a term as a cop.

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William J Jackson is a writer living in Florida.  He is the host of the podcast “Father Teresa’s Wine Cellar“.

Business As Usual: The Reality of Trickle Down Violence

 

By Alex N. Riccio

 

On August 7th, 2014; amidst the second of three failed ceasefires in Gaza (where U.S. weapons and diplomatic backing has been directly responsible for the loss of more than 2,000 lives) a U.S. drone strike killed at least five unidentified people in Pakistan. Continue reading “Business As Usual: The Reality of Trickle Down Violence”

Don’t Tread on White Supremacy

 

By Alexander N. Riccio

The progress U.S. culture has made through concerted social and economic movements amounts to little in the face of our white supremacist status quo. This is not to claim there have not been improvements, or that such improvements haven’t yielded dramatic results, but we should not be comfortable Continue reading “Don’t Tread on White Supremacy”