Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives Murch Donna
Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives Murch Donna Black Panther and Cuban exile, Assata Shakur, has inspired multiple generations of radical protest,…
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Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives Murch Donna
Black Panther and Cuban exile, Assata Shakur, has inspired multiple generations of radical protest, including our contemporary Black Lives Matter movement. Through largely hidden channels, it is these punishment campaigns, Murch says, that generate enormous revenues for the state. Drawing its title from one of America's foremost revolutionaries, this collection of thought-provoking essays by award-winning Panther scholar Donna Murch explores how social protest is challenging our current system of state violence and mass incarceration.Murch exposes the devastating consequences of overlapping punishment campaigns against gangs, drugs, and crime on poor and working-class populations of color.
Under such difficult conditions, organized resistance to the advancing tide of state violence and incarceration has proved difficult.This timely and urgent book shows how a youth-led