French cities burst back into flames after President Sarkozy’s election on a ‘clean the scum off the streets with a high-pressure hose’ ticket. It won't be the last time, as long as the factors necessitating the mass revolt of November 2005 remain in place, in France and elsewhere. This text, based on Emilio Quadrelli's interviews in the Paris banlieues during and after the 2005 events, overthrows the whole spectrum of slurs against the racialised, pathologised racaille. The myth of an all-boy riot is trashed by female combatant leaders, and leftist commonplaces incur special scorn, above all those about the inarticulate cry for help of the ‘socially excluded’.
Stolen Jefferson Davis Monument Is Apparently In Danger Of Being Turned Into A Toilet (TPM Illustration/Getty Images) April 6, 2021 4:01 p.m.
A $500,000 monument dedicated to Confederate president Jefferson Davis could be doomed to a crappy fate.
The Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair in Selma, Alabama was stolen from the Live Oaks Cemetery in March. Now, the group that claims to currently possess the monument is demanding a ransom from the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), an organization of Confederate descendants dedicated to preserving monuments of their ancestors. The UDC is also known for peddling the bogus “Lost Cause” narrative that falsely denies that Civil War was fought over slavery.
learn a lot from people. reporter: asatta shakur is called on to speak about issues such as equality and human rights. but it wasn t always like this. in fact, she didn t always go by the name asatta shakur. the addition of joanne chesimard to the fbi s most panted terror list. reporter: her given name is joanne chesimard. last year she became the first woman added to the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. a $2 million reward offered for her capture in connection with the fatal shooting of a new jersey state trooper in 1973. while living openly and freely in cuba, she continues to maintain and promote her terrorist ideology. reporter: back in 1973, chesimard was a member of the black panther party. while a fugitive in cuba, talked about what happened the night she and a few of her companions
glenn: yeah, so we have the oppressed here. again, we have the black panthers. and assata shakur. who is that? not a household name to most people but a household name if you happen to be a radical leftist. and who isn t in washington or hollywood anymore? you also might know the name if you check the f.b.i. s most wanted list there he is. asatta shakur. she is adorable, but looks can be deceiving. 1973, wanted for several felonies, including bank robbery, when the new york state police pull the car over, her and her buddies were there. the buddies from the militant black liberation army. hmm. where have we heard this in the news before? the b.l.a. member started a shoot-out and killed the state trooper. assata was sentenced to life in prison but somehow or another excaped in 1979. she is now living in cuba, where they have, michael moore tells us, the greatest healthcare of all time. she is writing books. she even coauthored one with