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 reformers have successfully coopted it. The refrain comes tinged with defeat and a sense that things are already done. […]
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The Blood on the Bricks: On Reform, Characters & The Iron City House Rockers
First off, I want to encourage all readers to check out the new Matthew Lyons essay in the publication Three Way Fight on the ruling class strategies towards insurgency. Matthew explores the carrot and stick approach to co-optation. He deals with the late 1960s period. In a nutshell, the article outlines liberal measures that enjoyed a […]
The Fire Down Below
The popular saying is “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” It is often used to explain the reasons for a rumor, or to describe another firearm metaphor “the smoking gun” (the hidden truth that will blow the story wide open). The fires we all saw in Minneapolis on Thursday night (May 28th) illuminated a lot more […]