You don’t say? Imagine that. Analysis by Josh Campbell, CNN Security Correspondent The dramatic images rocked the nation — hundreds of thousands of people from all races taking to the streets across the United States, demanding an end to excessive police force against people of color. What began […]
An interesting debate between a black leftist and a black conservative. I would generally agree with Michelle Alexander’s thesis that the police/carceral state and prison-industrial complex is merely the modern version of American black slavery or Jim Crow. But where I would disagree is that I think her […]
A somewhat interesting interview with a leading black conservative. I would be inclined to argue that, at present, substantial sectors of the capitalist class (including some major capitalist entities) along with their allies in the new clerisy/new class that dominates the “ideas industries” are fueling anti-racism hysteria in […]
By Natasha “Could we live without the police?” It isn’t as out there as many seem to think. As Taoism, Confucianism, and other older beliefs rightfully point out, if a society is good, or rather natural/organic, then customs or dharma is respected therefore a ‘police’ is entirely unneeded. […]
So I guess the main thing James Fields did wrong was not becoming a cop before he ran over Heather Heyer. By Eric Umansky Pro Publica Last Halloween, my wife and then-6-year-old daughter were making their way home after trick-or-treating in Brooklyn. Suddenly, an unmarked NYPD car with […]
Some of these characters definitely have chutzpah. I’ll give ’em that. By Victoria Albert CBS News Former police officer Brett Hankison has appealed his firing over the death of 26-year-old emergency medical worker Breonna Taylor. In the appeal, Hankison’s lawyers argue that officials bowed to public pressure and […]
This kind of like when Lenin referred to middle-class liberals as useful idiots for the revolution. If these do-gooder types can be guilt-shamed into anti-piggishness, fine. Whatever works. By Caitlin Dickerson New York Times MINNEAPOLIS — When Shari Albers moved three decades ago into Powderhorn Park, a tree-lined […]
Here it comes. The state attacks with the right hand and co-opts with the left hand. FBI Posts Photos Of Far left Rioters, National Guard Deployed As Fanatics Plan To Tear Down Lincoln. Trump announced last night hundreds of arrests of far left rioters over the destruction of […]
Co-Founding Editor of The Intercept Glenn Greenwald discusses developments in the indictment against Wikileak’s founder Julian Assange.
If recent events are a foreshadowing of events to come, which they may well be, it would seem that the lumpenproletariat faces five primary dangers when it comes to future revolutionary activity.
What I find most interesting about this article is that it shows Americans not only live in what amounts to different countries, but they also inhabit what amounts to different realities. What matters is the myths, legends, and symbols that different tribes hold to and not concrete factual […]
I’ve had a lot of elderly, FOX News watching Red Tribers tell me they were super pissed about what happened to Martin Gugino. The Independent Martin Gugino, the protester shoved to the ground by Buffalo police officers during the George Floyd protests, is recuperating in a secret location […]
Based on all of the articles, videos, and first-person commentary I’ve seen so far, it seems like there have been seven basic categories of participants in the uprising/street battles to date. I’m curious as to whether others would agree with this assessment based on their own experiences. Conventional […]
Chicago Sun-Times In a commentary in the Sun-Times on June 20, Chicago Police Deputy Supt. Barbara West assures us that no one is “more frustrated with the slow pace of reform” of the police department than her. In response, one can only say — prove it. Last week, […]
It’s Going Down While the recent rebellion against the police and white supremacy has been historical, it has also been coupled by an attempt by the State to drown the uprising in a sea of tear-gas and rubber bullets. While demonstrations and actions continue, the State is now […]
Kamala Harris would be the ruling class’ ideal figurehead at this point. A “woman of color” who consolidates the totalitarian humanist ideological framework with the left hand, while strengthening the police/carceral state with the right hand. Sen. Kamala Harris speaks on the Senate floor about historical and modern […]
Speculation: The state may attempt to co-opt the protests/rebellion with the left hand by exploiting it in order to strengthen the totalitarian humanist ideological superstructure, while seek to expand police state repression with the right hand by bringing conspiracy and other charges against protest leaders.
Krystal and Saagar discuss breaking developments from the protests in Washington D.C. and Seattle’s CHAZ.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley One thing that has become crystal fucking clear to any sane sentient creature with a pulse who has paid attention to current events over the last month is the fact that America’s cherished fascist institution known as the […]
By Troy Southgate Those of you who are genuinely opposed to injustice, regardless whether you think Blacks get a worse deal than Whites or vice versa, might like to set your emotions to one side for a moment and think about the following. The mass protests organised by […]
Let the fireworks fly. This might be a situation where a strike is not a winning strategy for a union.
A high priest (literally) of the far-left sees through the neoliberal cooptation effort.
I used to watch this show as a kid and thought that’s what real police work was. Fortunately, I eventually “put away childish things.” By Addison Del Mastro The American Conservative It’s been a staple of television for decades: a dramatic or comedic show following the work of […]
Hint: It doesn’t really mean “defund the police.” Genuine defunding the police would be something similar to what has been done in Cheran, Mexico. The right-wing version of defunding the police would be something more like Latin America with private police functioning as mercenaries controlled by oligarchs, and […]
This is how the System treats people they find to be a genuine threat. By David Alm Forbes Early in the morning of December 4th, 1969, Chicago police raided the home of a man named Fred Hampton and fatally shot him while he slept beside his girlfriend, Deborah, […]
This may not be a winning strategy for the Blue Lives Matter tribe. By Katie Shepherd Hours after the Fulton County district attorney announced felony murder and other charges against the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, in the back, a […]
A young white woman is killed by the pigs in a small Midwestern town. I have said for years that the US police state is now so massive that it has spread way beyond the inner-city black communities and into the rural areas, smaller towns, and even the […]
Former officer Garrett Rolfe faces 11 charges including felony murder after the district attorney reviewed evidence from bodycam, dashcam and cellphone video.
By Thomas Knapp Counterpunch Every few years, some particular instance of a pervasive phenomenon — police violence in the form of unjustified or at least highly questionable killings — “goes viral” with the result that America’s cities explode in protest.
By SAR “Some one who doesn’t think Racism is systemic in America or even systemic in our Police systems explain to me why they disagree with the US Department of Justice. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive […]
A reflection on the problem of interclass and intra-lumpen proletarian conflict. Many positive things have happened in the uprising. These include the mass participation of normies and civilians (non-revolutionaries) in protests and civil disobedience against the state, along with direct attacks on the state such as the destruction […]
By Emily Crane Daily Mail Ariane Lamont McCree, 28, was shot and killed by police outside a Walmart in Chester, South Carolina back in November Footage of the fatal shooting has only just been released after the incident sparked protests and community unrest in the small South Carolina […]
A mild assault on an enemy military base in my area. By REED WILLIAMS Richmond Times-Dispatch The day after pepper spray was deployed on a large crowd of protesters outside Richmond police headquarters and a woman was arrested, Police Chief William Smith said his officers had shown “great […]
Wouldn’t it be funny if protestors started swarming jails and prisons in human wave attacks demanding the release of prisoners, particularly given that the anniversary of Bastille Day is coming up soon? By Sarah Calams CorrectionsOne.Com WASHINGTON — The federal Bureau of Prisons ordered a national lockdown amid civil […]
Voltairine De Cleyre, the classical anarchist, was so anti-government and anti-police she refused to press charges even against the man who wounded her in an assassination attempt. By Stephanie Hegarty BBC James Smith has never wanted much to do with the police but he called them to check […]
By Jessica Lussenhop BBC News Youa Vang Lee was at her home in Minneapolis when her son showed her the video of George Floyd dying under a police officer’s knee. Lee, a 59-year-old Laotian immigrant who assembles medical supplies at a factory, heard Floyd cry out for his […]
New York Times Under growing pressure from demonstrators outraged over the police killings of African-Americans, officials across the country announced major police reforms on Monday, further galvanizing a protest movement that has led to a nationwide reckoning over systemic racism. READ MORE
The statistical data Carlson cites at the beginning of this is interesting. Black Lives Matter may be the single most powerful political party in the United States.
He would be if he was a civilian.
It’s certainly possible to argue that this was a “suicide by cop” situation but, as Jim Bell has pointed out in the forum, this is still an illegal shooting under constitutional jurisprudence. A civilian wouldn’t get away with this. Krystal’s commentary in this is good. Krystal and Saagar […]
That articles like this keep appearing in the New York Times clearly indicates that the elite strategy is to protect the state by making it appear as though police state excesses are merely a racial issue, as opposed to the race issue merely being a symptom of the […]
The right-wing of the ruling class seems to be divided over the issue of co-optation versus repression, while the left-wing of the ruling class clearly favors co-optation and is moving aggressively to do so. The Deep State and the uppermost strata of the power elite seem to prefer […]
Bye. This so funny. “I’ll show these ungrateful assholes. I’ll quit my job!” Uh, that’s kind of the goal, dude. By Daniel Villareal Newsweek
I’m not so sure that it did. What I find most fascinating about the recent low-intensity insurrection is not the insurrection itself but the near-total indifference of the ruling class combined with the immediate move of vast sectors of the ruling class to co-opt the insurgency, from the […]
While I agree with 99% of this article, I’m a bit suspicious as to why the New York Times (“Voice of the Ruling Class”-Abbie Hoffman) was willing to publish it. It seems like some kind of co-optation scheme is in the works. The left-wing of the ruling class […]
Michael A. Wood, Jr. is a retired Baltimore police officer and veteran of the USMC. He recently made the news for publicly speaking out against police brutality and has become a proponent of a new era of policing.
From 2015. This is interesting.
It is interesting how the protests have taken place in small towns, suburban areas, and deep red zones as well as in the cities. My best guess is that it’s because the police state is large enough and entrenched enough that at this point virtually everyone has a […]
Reminds me of a co-worker I once had whose ex-husband was allowed to remain on the SWAT team as a sniper while she had a restraining order on him for stalking and domestic violence.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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