it's funny that a country whose power structure is hopelessly indoctrinated with pro-capitalist propaganda opportunistically embraces panic hallucinations about "organized retail theft" which resemble actual historical forms of anticapitalist struggle (such as "autoreduction") which are neither taking place nor even widely known here.

#shoplifting #retailtheft #organizedretailcrime #organizedretailtheft #autoreduction #Autonomia #PotereOperaio #capitalism #anticapitalism

Hiltzik: The bogus claim about organized retail theft

Politicians and the press bought into the panic over organized shoplifting, but the source of the alarming statistic now admits that it was a lie.

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🧵An illusory “surge” in “organized retail theft” is being used by big retailers, their trade associations and GQP politicians to demonize Democrats at the state and local level. 1/

#Propaganda #nationalretailfederation #GOP #Democrats #Police #organizedretailtheft

A closer look at #California's $267 million war on "organized retail crime"

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A closer look at California's $267 million war on "organized retail crime"

On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced the state would spend hundreds of millions of dollars to combat "organized retail crime." More than $267 million will be distributed in grants to 55 cities and counties across the state. Individual police departments will receive cash infusions of up to $23 million.

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