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“Schools Are an Extension of Police:” Reflections from an Arizona teacher
This August a former student of mine will go on trial for capital murder in Texas. I have no reason to suspect anything other than that he will receive the maximum sentence in the end, which ...
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: On The Demolition of the Symbols
When we see something that we are used to seeing being taken away or changed, we tend to pay special attention.ย In this recent upsurge against police violence, the protestors have been advocating for the removal ...
Police Rebellion, Then and Now
Jarrod: A recent New York Times headline sums it up well: โFacing Protests Over Use of Force, Police Respond With More Force.โ Even as Americaโs cult of cop worship implodes before our eyes, it is clear ...
Fireworks
As the murder of George Floyd set the streets alight, revelers in New York City lit up the night skies with volleys of fireworks smuggled in from out of state. The celebration seemed fitting — the ...
When the PBA Defends Bad Cops
I wrote the following letter to the editor of The Irish Echo in 2000. Patrick Lynch, the current President of the NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA), had just been elected to his first term. Suffice it ...
Middle of the Road
โThe middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac I canโt get from the cab to the curb Without some little jerk on my backโ Middle of the Road – The Pretenders During the Ariel Sharon ...
Today We Mourn
Hard Crackers is pleased to publish this recent message from Abahlali baseMjondolo, the Shack Dwellers Movement in South Africa.ย The message was released on the anniversary of the Soweto Revolt in 1976.ย We thought it would ...
“Preserving Our Capacity to Act:” An Interview with Kristian Williams
Hard Crackers:ย If I understand correctly the argument you’ve made about the efficacy of riots, it’s that they impose, far more effectively than legal limits, that communities can place new limits on police brutality. That seems ...
In the Streets of Philadelphia
A lot can happen in a week. On Saturday, May 30, a beautiful sunny afternoon, we joined thousands of others at the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum to protest the murder of George Floyd by ...
โWho the Hell is They?โ On Two of the Sam Peckinpah Western Films
This is a film commentary (two films, in fact).ย What follows might be perceived as a distraction, but I donโt think so.ย I have been watching the now considered old Sam Peckinpah westerns in between copious ...