"What we are seeing now in America is about so much more than people just being sick of the police murdering innocent people. It is a generational and class revolt. ... Look at what the Congressional Black Caucus is doing. They are repeating the same kind of tired clichés about police reform we have heard for years. Most people participating in the George Floyd protests know that such reforms are useless. Empty symbolism. The mayor of Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser, paints "Black Lives Matter" in 35-foot-tall letters on a street near the White House. But at the same time, she's pushing for a $45 million increase in the police budget and the construction of a $500 million new jail. I don't think people are buying such a performance. I also don't believe that people are buying Pelosi's little kente-cloth, "take a knee in solidarity with Black Lives Matter" trick either."
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Chris Hedges, Chris Hedges: America faces a historic choice — "ugly corporate tyranny" or revolution, Chuncey Devega, Salon (16 July 2020)
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Black Lives Matter
(BLM) is a decentralized, political and social movement. It advocates for non-violent civil disobedience. Its demands include the defunding of the police (demand 5). It opposed the unsuccessful Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 (demand 6) and protests against incidents of and racially motivated violence. It holds that Kyle Rittenhouse was unfairly acquitted, citing white privilege in the American legal system.
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