The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the essential roles care work and reproductive labor fulfill in our societies. But will it lead to gender liberation? Roar Mag, August 19, 2020 he COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated nearly every kind of social injustice. In the Global North, it has disproportionately
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We Defend Ourselves So We Can All Breathe In Peace
To move from uprising to liberation we each have a role to play. The conflict is at our doors, and we need to put collective needs before individual wants. “Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non-violent.” — Lorraine Hansberry This
Crimethinc: What Will It Take to Stop the Police from Killing?
We’ve reached a breaking point. The murders of George Floyd—and Breona Taylor, Tony McDade, and the other Black people whose lives were ended by police just this month—are only the latest in a centuries-long string of tragedies. But in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the state is openly treating Black communities as a
Crimethinc: Minneapolis: Now This Fight Has Two Sides. What the Riots Mean for the COVID-19 Era
The demonstrations this week in Minneapolis mark a historic watershed in the COVID-19 era. As we argued in March, there are some things that are worth risking death for. Perpetuating capitalism is not one of them. But some of us face threats even more deadly than COVID-19. It is worth risking our