Recorded June 3, 2020. Peter and Adam discuss the protests against police violence across the United States. Peter talks about attending a protest in Portland, Maine. Adam discusses Obama's speech on George Floyd. The two also talk about "allies" to the Black struggle.
Links:
New York Times profile of protesters: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/protester-profiles-floyd-minneapolis.html ; calls to defund police are gaining mainstream support: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/defund-the-police-us-george-floyd-budgets; most Americans support the George Floyd protests and even burning down the police precinct: https://www.axios.com/54-americans-support-george-floyd-demonstrations-d413bfb3-a6a0-4c3d-8d8c-5da451e267e0.html ; https://truthout.org/articles/majority-of-americans-support-uprisings-disagree-with-trump-poll-finds/ ; https://www.newsweek.com/54-americans-think-burning-down-minneapolis-police-precinct-was-justified-after-george-floyds-1508452 ; Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.'s speech at UCLA on January 10, 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv2rEy0dNbU ; Adam's webinar panel talk discussing anti-Blackness, police violence, and the War on Terror: https://www.facebook.com/civilfreedoms/videos/915822285601515/ ; how much do we really need police?: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/06/03/457251670/how-much-do-we-need-the-police ; allies versus accomplices: http://www.indigenousaction.org/accomplices-not-allies-abolishing-the-ally-industrial-complex/?fbclid=IwAR17w3FGk6L3a3RQV82r63lR4aEsLwF0FF5Zm4QHksDrsVhDLyFPF__fCgA ;
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