& Political Repression
What does this spontaneous uprising of the masses tell us and how does it relate to our historic struggle for
community control of the police?
Of course the most obvious place to start is that this
mass uprising is the manifestation of a new awakening
of the people to the gross racist injustices that exist in
our country. But isn't it also a break away from the
slavish submission to police and government authorities on the question of racist repression?
This uprising is an expression of the mistrust created by an unjust and broken criminal justice
system. Spontaneous movements by their very nature are not consciously based on an
understanding of the necessity of collective resistance to bring about systemic changes. The
present protests arise out of anger and outrage, their initial stages are outbursts characterized
more by desperation and disgust than by organized struggle. At least this is how it seemingly
jumped off in Ferguson on a hot day in August... READ ON