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On “Looting” in an Apartheid State

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Navid Farnia anti-capitalism, Black radicalism, police violence

“In planning the direction and form that MK [umKhonto we Sizwe] would take, we considered four types of violent activities:

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Losing Willie McGee

July 6, 2020July 5, 2020 Denise Lynn Politics, racism, white supremacy

The toll a failed political campaign takes on an individual can be devastating, none more so than when a life

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Blood in the Water: An Author’s Response

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Heather Ann Thompson carceral state, criminal justice system, mass incarceration, Resistance

This week we’re revisiting Heather Ann Thompson’s Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Pantheon Books, 2016). Today

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Attica: The Present and the Recent Past

June 4, 2020June 2, 2020 LaShawn Harris carceral state, criminal justice system, mass incarceration, Resistance

This week we’re revisiting Heather Ann Thompson’s Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Pantheon Books, 2016). Today

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Attica Means Fight Back: History and Storytelling as Resistance

June 3, 2020June 1, 2020 Danielle McGuire

This week we’re revisiting Heather Ann Thompson’s Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Pantheon Books, 2016). Today

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