Tag: Racial capitalism
Revolution Is Illegal
Orisanmi Burton reflects on the legacy of the Panther Twenty-One on the fiftieth anniversary of their acquittal.
Building Asian American Liberation from Below
Promise Li argues that a true movement for liberation for Asian Americans requires building collective power by linking antiracist and anticapitalist struggles in coalition with other marginalized communities.
Fuck Mindfulness Workshops
Spectre editor Tithi Bhattacharya explains why elite representation and mindfulness workshops are insufficient; what we need is a resurgence of militant mass mobilizations targeting the racist police state and capital.
The Radical Practicality of Community Control Over Policing
Community self-defense requires the capacity to respond to any and all challenges to its safety and self-determination—which requires gaining control over the resources currently consumed by police departments.
Defeat the Police
Omedi Ochieng discusses the police’s role as a counterinsurgent force and it’s impact on radical movements’ meaningful pursuit of police abolition.
Carceral Pardons, Carceral Riots
Dan Berger argues that Trump wielded his pardon power for the same reason governors have largely refused it: to defend mass incarceration and the political-economic inequalities it upholds.
Snatching Victory
Jasson Perez argues that the rise of authoritarianism is a global phenomenon. When the US left takes an American exceptionalist approach, this sets us back in our quest to defeat neoliberalism, the insurgent right, fascism, and authoritarianism.
What’s New About Woke Racial Capitalism (and What Isn’t)
“Woke” racial capitalism reveals contradictory tendencies in the material structure of capitalism and its ideological superstructure.