After black lives matter: policing and anti-capitalist struggle

"The historic uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd transformed the way Americans and the world think about race and policing. Why did it achieve so little in the way of substantive reforms? Cedric Johnson argues that this shortcoming was not simply due to the mercurial and reactiv...

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Main Author: Johnson, Cedric 1971- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London New York Verso 2023
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Black Lives Matter Movement
Police-community relations > United States
African Americans > Social conditions
Racism > United States
Equality > United States
Black Lives Matter > Protest > Polizei > Gewalttätigkeit > Soziale Ungleichheit
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Summary:"The historic uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd transformed the way Americans and the world think about race and policing. Why did it achieve so little in the way of substantive reforms? Cedric Johnson argues that this shortcoming was not simply due to the mercurial and reactive character of the protests. Rather, the core of the movement itself failed to locate the central racial injustice that underpins the crisis of policing: socio-economic inequality"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:408 Seiten
ISBN:9781804291672