The movement against modern policing has renewed the call for reparations to descendants of slaves.
Revolution via Zoom
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Cops without masks. Cops too. Agitate for Black Lives Matter from the safety of your home.
Cops Kill White People Too
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Cops kill more blacks than whites. But whites still get killed. Maybe it’s time for whites to believe when blacks tell them that the police are dangerous.
Simon Says Do What I Say Even Though It Doesn’t Make Any Sense
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Capitalism and its marketing apparatus constantly tell us that we need to buy consumer goods in order to be fully viable human beings. But then they only give a few people the ability to buy those coveted items. Why are they surprised when people decide to loot them?
Responding to Protests against Police Brutality with Police Brutality
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Ironically, the authorities who say that the police aren’t brutal deploy the police to beat up demonstrators against police brutality. Talk about making a point for you.
Do the Media and Politicians Really Hate Violent Protests?
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When protests are non-violent, the media doesn’t cover them. When protests are non-violent, politicians ignore them.
This Virtual Campaign Is Even Less Exciting Than the Usual Virtual Campaign
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Can Joe Biden win a presidential campaign from his basement on a small screen without anyone watching? We’re about to find out. Of course, it’s not like most people ever get to interact with the candidates anyway. It’s just that television seems more “real” than the Internet.
Life During COVID-19
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The word “quarantine” comes from the Italian term for 40 days because that was the longest time that people were believed to be able to withstand lockdown before they started to lose it. Now we are starting to see why. Is it really life if you can’t live it?
If Nothing Else, the Cops Are Still “Normal”
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Most people want to get back to the “normal” that prevailed before the COVID-19 pandemic, but others are looking at the police and the murder of George Floyd. They are still killing people of color, just as they always have.
