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On Political Reppresion

On Political Repression: A Hard Crackers Discussion with Michael Deutsch

John Garvey and Mike Morgan

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Michael Deutsch is an experienced human rights attorney in the U.S., perhaps one of the most veteran and well-informed lawyers at that extremely difficult craft in this country.  Michael graciously allowed us at Hard Crackers to pick his brains and share some of his experiences with us.

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The Fireworks: On Rumor and Counter-Revolution (After Jean Genet)

Tim Bruno

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If, after the first months of quarantine, someone had ventured outside to join the protests against the police and their state, that person might have heard stray chirping about bad actors, provocateurs, ops. Who else, the ...

Myanmar Micks

Christian Alexander

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Let’s put this upfront and made clear, the Myanmar military junta is a murderous regime. It has seized control of the entire political apparatus, rounded up opposition politicians, and launched a war against everyday people around ...

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CoreCivic Responds to Hard Crackers

Hard Crackers Editors

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Well, well, well, imagine our surprise when we received an email message from Ryan Gustin, the Public Affairs Manager of CoreCivic, the outfit that operates the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee, in response to an ...

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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 ...

“Preserving Our Capacity to Act:” An Interview with Kristian Williams

Hard Crackers Editors

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Hard Crackers:  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 ...

Life in America

Hard Crackers Editors

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The following is from the affidavit appealing for a reduced sentence submitted by the lawyers for Cesar Sayoc, the man accused of sending fake pipe bombs to dozens of top Democrats at the time of the ...