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🕑 Added 2020-06-23 06:30:59 +0000 UTCOn this latest Three Articles, we discuss the global Black Lives Matter protests.
Reading:
- The Triumph of Black Lives Matter and Neoliberal Redemption, Cedric Johnson, NonSite
- ‘As soon as I saw the slaveowner’s statue being toppled in Bristol, I knew the real anti-racism protest was OVER’, Lisa McKenzie, RT
- The Triumph of American Idealism, Alex Hochuli, Damage
- Alex's additional notes on his blog
Comments
Paul Brewer
I thought this was a cracking episode. I loved the brief debate about whether or not football is a working-class sport. (I don't think any sport appropriated or invented by public schools can be working-class.) Also, the disconnect between history and politics is a vital topic for building a new class-based politics. I can't stand what is happening but perhaps Phil and I are being old fogeys about it.
Gabo Goff
In US i think of statue destruction as not historical ignorance as widespread alienation and questioning of legitimacy of government as a whole. Not sure why Washington’s statue is valued here. He defended slavery and very likely us revolution favored property class at expense of working class. My take is i approve of all statue removal by mass movement but not going to do it myself.
