The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose
https://lemmy.world/post/17558647
The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose - Lemmy.World
The issue, rather, is what picture of “political violence” this messaging
serves: To say that “political violence” has “no place” in a society organized
by political violence at home and abroad is to acquiesce to the normalization of
that violence, so long as it is state and capitalist monopolized. As author Ben
Ehrenreich noted on X, “There is no place for political violence against rich,
white men. It is antithetical to everything America stands for.”
The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose
https://lemmy.world/post/17558639
The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose - Lemmy.World
The issue, rather, is what picture of “political violence” this messaging
serves: To say that “political violence” has “no place” in a society organized
by political violence at home and abroad is to acquiesce to the normalization of
that violence, so long as it is state and capitalist monopolized. As author Ben
Ehrenreich noted on X, “There is no place for political violence against rich,
white men. It is antithetical to everything America stands for.”
The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose
https://lemmy.world/post/17558636
The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose - Lemmy.World
The issue, rather, is what picture of “political violence” this messaging
serves: To say that “political violence” has “no place” in a society organized
by political violence at home and abroad is to acquiesce to the normalization of
that violence, so long as it is state and capitalist monopolized. As author Ben
Ehrenreich noted on X, “There is no place for political violence against rich,
white men. It is antithetical to everything America stands for.”
How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida
https://lemmy.world/post/11907126
How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida - Lemmy.World
From the Washington Post: ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When the managers of a small
bookstore in this Appalachian mountain town received a call from a distributor
wondering if they could take in 22,000 books rejected by a Florida school
district, it felt like a colossal ask. Firestorm Books usually stocks fewer than
8,000 books — titles that range from historical fiction to solarpunk. The
self-described queer feminist collective wasn’t sure where they’d put them, and
their customers typically weren’t looking for picture books. “We were like, this
feels like a bigger thing than we can manage,” said Libertie Valance, a managing
member of the group that runs the store. “But I think even in that conversation,
there was an acknowledgment that we were going to do it.” And so began the
journey to bring eight tons of books — most of them banned under Florida’s state
laws restricting classroom discussion on race, gender identity and sexual
orientation — from Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville to left-leaning
Asheville.
How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida
https://lemmy.world/post/11907125
How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida - Lemmy.World
From the Washington Post: ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When the managers of a small
bookstore in this Appalachian mountain town received a call from a distributor
wondering if they could take in 22,000 books rejected by a Florida school
district, it felt like a colossal ask. Firestorm Books usually stocks fewer than
8,000 books — titles that range from historical fiction to solarpunk. The
self-described queer feminist collective wasn’t sure where they’d put them, and
their customers typically weren’t looking for picture books. “We were like, this
feels like a bigger thing than we can manage,” said Libertie Valance, a managing
member of the group that runs the store. “But I think even in that conversation,
there was an acknowledgment that we were going to do it.” And so began the
journey to bring eight tons of books — most of them banned under Florida’s state
laws restricting classroom discussion on race, gender identity and sexual
orientation — from Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville to left-leaning
Asheville.
How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida
https://lemmy.world/post/11905911
How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida - Lemmy.World
From the Washington Post: ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When the managers of a small
bookstore in this Appalachian mountain town received a call from a distributor
wondering if they could take in 22,000 books rejected by a Florida school
district, it felt like a colossal ask. Firestorm Books usually stocks fewer than
8,000 books — titles that range from historical fiction to solarpunk. The
self-described queer feminist collective wasn’t sure where they’d put them, and
their customers typically weren’t looking for picture books. “We were like, this
feels like a bigger thing than we can manage,” said Libertie Valance, a managing
member of the group that runs the store. “But I think even in that conversation,
there was an acknowledgment that we were going to do it.” And so began the
journey to bring eight tons of books — most of them banned under Florida’s state
laws restricting classroom discussion on race, gender identity and sexual
orientation — from Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville to left-leaning
Asheville.
