Defund the Police

Rebellion, Confusion, Scoundrels and Kente Cloth

June 14, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, Racism, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 10, 2020 Black rebellion brings insecurity to those in power, as editors, mayors and even long dead criminals are being called to account. “Demands for community control and abolition must remain at the top of the list.” Everything has changed since the world witnessed George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police.[…]

Time to Sharpen Our Weapons and Our Wits

June 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, Police Brutality, Racism, Resistance

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, June 11, 2020 Having not yet won real power over the police, this is no time for a lull or a truce — it’s time to sharpen our political instruments and deepen the mass movement’s social penetration. “The objective is to seize and exercise people’s power in our communities, and to defend[…]