5LL #100 - #DefundThePolice, Obama, Revolutions, Justice, Anarchists

Defund the Police
Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic

America needs to rethink its priorities for the whole criminal-justice system.

Getting Real About the Job of Police: A Letter to Barack Obama
Chenjerai Kumanyika, The Intercept

A more historically informed and honest engagement with policing will have to confront a painful but urgent reality: The job of the modern police in America has been to reinforce a racist social order since its beginnings in the 19th century.

Revolutions Are Good and Should Happen More Often
Lyta Gold, Current Affairs

There are good revolutions, and sometimes uprisings against an unjust social order are necessary.

No Justice, No Peace
Asad Haider, Viewpoint

Despite how he is misread today, King’s criticism of the riots stemmed from a revolutionary perspective — that is, in his view they were not revolutionary enough.

Stop Blaming Everything Bad on Anarchists
Kim Kelly, The Washington Post

They’re at the protests because being an anarchist means dreaming of a kinder, more equitable society

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