Talk from “Civility, Civil Rights and Civil Resistance: The CVille Syllabus” panel presentation at Institute for the Humanities and Global Culture, University of Virginia with Sophie Abramovitz, Maya Hislop, and Eva Latterner from Graduate Student Coalition for Liberation April 5, 2018 “Social Power and the Oppressive Potential of Civility” I want to thank Sophie, Maya, […]
READ MORE7/17/2017 STATEMENT TO CVILLE CITY COUNCIL
Following is the statement I delivered on July 17, 2017 at the Charlottesville City Council Meeting, where the police violence is response to the community counter-protest of the July 8th KKK rally and upcoming August 12th white nationalist rally were being discussed. Folks are pushing for the Aug 12th permit to be revoked, citing a […]
READ MOREON NOT “TAKING THE BAIT”
This piece was written around the recent community counter-protest against the KKK in my current hometown of Charlottesville, VA. For a little more context, see the links below. (Photos by Ézé Amos) *************** Several folks are noting the questionable allegations several City officials are making to justify the police’s violence towards a massive nonviolent community […]
READ MORETHE TYRANNY OF CIVILITY: Part 4 in a Four-Part Series
THE “TYRANNY OF CIVILITY”: Part Four in A Four-Part Series NOTE: This series of essays are focused primarily on the use of “civility” as a social/cultural norm in the context of nonviolent revolutionary struggles in the U.S. I’m not interested in discussing the “merits” of revolutionary nonviolence vs. other forms of struggle for liberation and […]
READ MORETHE TYRANNY OF CIVILITY: Part 3 in a Four-Part Series
NOTE: This series of essays are focused primarily on the use of “civility” as a social/cultural norm in the context of nonviolent revolutionary struggles in the U.S. I’m not interested in discussing the “merits” of revolutionary nonviolence vs. other forms of struggle for liberation and survival that might not easily wear that label in this […]
READ MORETHE TYRANNY OF CIVILITY: Part 2 in a Four-Part Series
THE TYRANNY OF CIVILITY: Part 2 in a Four-Part Series NOTE: This series of essays are focused primarily on the use of “civility” as a social/cultural norm in the context of nonviolent revolutionary struggles in the U.S. I’m not interested in discussing the “merits” of revolutionary nonviolence vs. other forms of struggle for liberation and […]
READ MORETHE TYRANNY of CIVILITY – Part One in a Four-Part Series
Image courtesy of Wikicommons THE TYRANNY OF CIVILITY: PART 1 in A Four-Part Series NOTE: This series of essays are focused primarily on the use of “civility” as a social/cultural norm in the context of nonviolent revolutionary struggles in the U.S. I’m not interested in discussing the “merits” of revolutionary nonviolence vs. other forms of […]
READ MOREWHAT I HEAR WHEN I HEAR “THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT DIDN’T REALLY DO ANYTHING”
When I hear someone say that the Occupy Movement didn’t accomplish anything, or amount to anything, I find it incredibly annoying and dismissive. But even worse, I find it ill-informed and/or willfully ignorant. Occupy played a useful role in creating the political environment we are in now, where minimum wage and other anti-poverty struggles are […]
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