Tag: US
Agents provocateurs, free the embassy protectors, the antifa-ban
An agent provocateur is an undercover agent, sometimes a police officer, who’s deployed to join a protest to provoke protesters into illegal acts or violence so the protest can be discredited and those protesting are liable for prosecution. It’s a classic strategy, and Anders Lee explores its place in history, both in the recent George Floyd uprisings, and in many instances of domestic terrorism in the US. …
UN Rapporteur Nils Melzer condemns US for ‘modern day racial terror lynchings’ (E893)
We speak to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer. He discusses the ongoing #BlackLivesMatter protests following the death of George Floyd, President Trump’s police reform executive order and whether it’s good enough, alleged systemic & cultural racism in the US, his condemnation of the US for ‘racial terror lynchings’, the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange and more …