#DeadlineGlasgow: Defund Climate Chaos Aug. 13 focus #StopLine3
List of demands put in place by November 1, 2021 when international Climate Chaos conference begins in Glasgow.
James Baldwin Was Right All Along, by Raoul Peck
"Why can’t we understand, as Baldwin did and demonstrated throughout his life, that racism is not a sickness, nor a virus, but rather the ugly child of an economic system that produces inequalities and injustice?"
Our New Postracial Myth, by Ibram X. Kendi
"Just as you can recognize an impoverished country by its widespread poverty, you can recognize a racist country by its widespread racial inequity."
Do Haitian Black Lives Matter to Us, by Mary Beaudoin
A look at the past history and immediate unrest in Haiti before the recent assassination of Moise.
Less-Lethal Weapons: Violence to Silence Justice, by Jasmine McBride
“Tear gas was initially developed as a chemical weapon for military use. These chemical weapons are now banned in warfare..."
Analysis: ‘White America can keep kicking Derek Chauvin,’ but what does it mean for systemic change?
"Above all, convicting one individual cop is no substitute for actual legal reform." "Above all, he said, "convicting one individual cop is no substitute for actual legal reform."
Dismantling Myths on Israel-Palestine
Myth: This is a conflict between Israel and Hamas.
DN!: “The Second”: Carol Anderson on the Racist Roots of the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Black people demanding their freedom, being willing to have an uprising to gain their freedom,” says Anderson. “What I saw was that it wasn’t about guns. It was about the fear of Black people.”
Peasant Farmers Protest: Free Trade Isn’t Free for Haitian Women and Haitian Women in Solidarity Statement
The struggle of women is the struggle of the Haitian people!
Injuries from Less-Lethal Weapons during the George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis
"Although less-lethal weapons are designed as an alternative to lethal weapons, we found a substantial number of patients with serious injuries, including many injuries to the head, neck, and face."
Henry Giroux: America Radiates Violence: Challenging the Politics of Isolated Incidents
Pandemic of violence: f we want a real debate about violence, it is crucial to understand it as part of a larger social order that enacts the abandonment of public goods, health care for all, basic social provisions, democratic values and democracy itself.
Chris Hedges: Cancel Culture, Where Liberalism Goes to Die
"The cancel culture, a witch hunt by self-appointed moral arbiters of speech, has become the boutique activism of a liberal class that lacks the courage and the organizational skills to challenge the actual centers of power."