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Police


Roundtable Discussion II on the Anti-Police Brutality Insurgency

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Can a movement be built that relies upon different forms of action without being substantially limited by the political views that perhaps inform the least militant of the protestors?  Importantly, young people, frequently including teenagers, have ...

“I experienced a lot of violent shit and never once did it cross my mind to call the police”: A conversation with STiCKii and ShaeShae

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Having spent the last decade organizing against police violence and for queer youth of color in Springfield, MA, STiCKii and ShaeShae break down their thoughts on the protests against police violence. STiCKii: My dad was black ...

“So Are White People”: A Discussion of Race, Class, and Police Violence

JS: Last week President Trump was asked about the epidemic of Black people murdered by police in the United States. His response was: “So are white people. More white people, by the way.”  TA: I have ...

Killing Time

Tim Bruno

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You can hear a sulking refrain from some corners of the internet lately, usually from armchair revolutionaries, celebrity leftists, or just the “extremely online”: the militant phase of the 2020 uprising against police terror is over—liberal ...

“WTF is Going on in Portland Right Now?”: A Report

Pete Little

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This is a long attempt to offer some insights into the question I keep getting: WTF is going on in Portland right now? I assume I’m not alone in believing that the current wave of protest ...

Running Toward the New World

James Stephens

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I am a runner. I am not fast. I don’t compete save for a few odd races here and there, and I’m not really competing in those except against myself. I’m not much for group runs ...

The Unenviable Task of Explaining How The Punisher is Actually Cool

Nate McDonough

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Just so you know, this isn’t gonna be a ‘WOW THE PUNISHER IS COOL, YOU REMEMBER THE TIME HE RENTED A JETSKI?!’ sort of comics piece. It’s mostly just an anti-cop polemic. ACAB. Anyways, let’s get started. ...

What is the American Ruling Class Up To?

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More importantly, how might we respond?– A Hard Crackers Roundtable Series  John: Let me begin with what is probably obvious.  The last several weeks have witnessed an extraordinary explosion of protests, of just about every imaginable variety, ...

Nothing Less Than Total Repudiation

Dan Dewalt

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White America is reeling from being exposed to the truth. We are like the children of a mobster who wake up to the headlines that our dear father, who brought us home candy and protected us ...

What Are White Workers Thinking? An Interview with Timothy Lombardo

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Timothy Lombardo is a native of Northeast Philadelphia and the author of Blue-Collar Conservatism: Frank Rizzo’s Philadelphia and Populist Politics. We caught up with him to discuss the post-war dynamics that gave rise to blue-collar conservatism, ...