Tag Archives: The New Jim Crow

Why the Drug War Has Been a Forty-Year Lynching

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Luther Blissett

By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman Source: FreePress.org The Drug War has been a forty-year lynching…. …the corporate/GOP response to the peace and civil rights movements. It’s used the Drug Enforcement Administration and other policing operations as a high-tech Ku … Continue reading →

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From White Sheets to Spreadsheets

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Luther Blissett

By Greg Palast Source: GregPalast.com I hate to spoil a happy ending. The movie “Selma,” like this week’s commemorations of Martin Luther King Jr.’s march from Selma, Ala., 50 years ago, celebrates America’s giant leap from apartheid. Half a century … Continue reading →

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