The world is undergoing a transformation, writes Caitlin Johnstone, and it’s taking us in a direction that none of us can predict.
‘2020’
Tag: Black Lives Matter
UPRISING: Trump, Tulsa & the Rise of Military Dissent
Danny Sjursen goes undercover in Trumplandia and comes back with this reflection on the U.S. president’s loss of loyalty among soldiers and veterans.
UPRISING: Police, Prisons & the Pentagon
In the era of Covid-19, climate change and an increased focus on longstanding structural racism, a new approach to “security” is desperately needed, writes William D. Hartung.
UPRISING: Protesters Attacked by Police Sue to Vindicate Constitutional Rights
Police have deployed toxic chemical and sonic weapons, dangerous projectiles, intrusive surveillance, physical violence and “kettling” to trap demonstrators, writes Marjorie Cohn.
UPRISING: Muslim Americans Assert Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
LEE CAMP: Four Giant Reasons to Remove the Statues, From a Robert E. Lee Descendant
We should relocate our racist statues to museums where we can remember our racist history in the appropriate context.
From Grandfather to Grandson: Lessons of the Tulsa Race Massacre
There are interventions we can take, locally and nationally, that recognize centuries of financial and social constraint, writes Gregory B. Fairchild.
UPRISING: Is This the Broadest Popular Movement in US History?
This transformational moment is becoming a transformational movement, writes Marjorie Cohn.
The Killing of Rayshard Brooks Shows Police ‘Reform’ Is a Joke
Reform proponents are advancing a decoy agenda that has been distracting people for generations, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
UPRISING: US Propaganda Outlets Omit Black Lives Matter Protests
It’s hard for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty to sell the USA as a shining example of civil liberties and democracy when the internet is drowning in pics of police violence, writes Yasha Levine.