Tag: Show-Watching the Hawks
The rise of internet punditry & the US addiction to incarceration
Most believe that the internet is either a tool to subjugate or liberate. But it can do both and in different ways, depending on the specific historical conditions in a given country. The internet is like money; you cannot identify its good or evil in general as it already forms part of society and it will depend on the individual conditions. …
Police reform: From policing the world to policing city blocks
Examining the role of the United States as the self-proclaimed global policeman through the horror and tragedy of US interventionism. US domestic policing is under fire with many pointing out the desperate need for reform. What changes should be made to make communities safe from both criminal and police violence? …
US Supreme Court upholds Jim Crow 2.0 & Pulse nightclub survivor speaks out on gun violence
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a voting-rights challenge to Arizona’s election laws, ruling the state may discard legal ballots that are cast in the wrong precinct even if doing so results in throwing out a much higher percentage of votes cast by Latinos, black people, and Native Americans than whites. Five years after the shooting at Pulse nightclub that claimed 49 lives, Patience Murray still struggles physically and mentally with what happened that night. “There will never be a point where I’m done learning or done healing,” she said. “And I just have to accept that.” …
US airstrikes in Syria & Iraq: Violation of international law?
The US says it has carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border in response to drone attacks on its forces in Iraq. A Pentagon spokesman said the strikes targeted “operational and weapons storage facilities” at three locations. Two days after the sentencing of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd …
