[Craic] Cornel West frames "Abolish Police" In the larger context of global capitalist violence, warfare and the destruction of the planet

[Arthur Blomme]

Hi All

Some great oratorical moments in this piece.  I recommend the last 5 
minutes <https://youtu.be/TMcDfNxBTAc?t=1221>/Cornel West.     And if 
you haven't already read the excellent interview of Robin Kelly the link 
is below


<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcDfNxBTAc>

24:22 Now playing <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcDfNxBTAc>
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcDfNxBTAc>


      "America's Moment of Reckoning": Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Cornel
      West on Uprising Against Racism
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcDfNxBTAc>

Democracy Now! <https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow>
Scholars Cornel West and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor respond to the global 
uprising against racism and police violence following the killing of 
George Floyd in Minneapolis. "We're seeing the convergence of a class 
rebellion with racism and racial terrorism at the center of it," said 
Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

Cornel West frames Abolish Police In the larger context of global 
capitalist violence, warfare and the destruction of the planet 
<https://youtu.be/TMcDfNxBTAc?t=1221>(Inspirational rant last 5 minutes 
of show)


  Scholar Robin D.G. Kelley on How Today’s Abolitionist Movement Can
  Fundamentally Change the Country
  <https://theintercept.com/2020/06/27/robin-dg-kelley-intercepted/>

<https://theintercept.com/staff/jeremy-scahill/>
Jeremy Scahill <https://theintercept.com/staff/jeremy-scahill/>

June 27 2020, 10:00 a.m.

_We are living_ in a moment of change and upheaval, a time of immense 
pain and suffering, but also a time of hope and tremendous possibility. 
We are nearing four years of an incompetent but dangerous authoritarian 
— Donald Trump — occupying the most powerful office in the land. We are 
in the midst of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. And we are just four 
months away from presidential and congressional elections.


    more <https://theintercept.com/2020/06/27/robin-dg-kelley-intercepted/>

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