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Assata Taught Me

State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives.

by Donna Murch

Black Panther and Cuban exile Assata Shakur has inspired generations of radical protest, including the contemporary movement for Black lives. Drawing its title from one of America's foremost revolutionaries, this collection of thought-provoking essays by award-winning Panther scholar Donna Murch explores how social protest is challenging our current system of state violence and mass incarceration.

Murch exposes the devastating consequences of overlapping punishment campaigns against gangs, drugs, and crime on poor and working-class populations of color. Through largely hidden channels, these punishment campaigns generate enormous revenues for the state. Under such conditions, organized resistance to the advancing tide of state violence and mass incarceration has proven difficult.

This timely and urgent book shows how a youth-led political movement has emerged in recent years to challenge the bipartisan consensus on punishment and looks to the future through a redistributive, queer, and feminist lens. Murch frames the contemporary movement in relation to earlier struggles for Black Liberation, while excavating the origins of mass incarceration and the political economy that drives it. 

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Assata Taught Me

State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives

with Donna Murch and Barbara Ransby

Monday, April 18th, 5:00 PM ET
 Drawing its title from one of America’s foremost revolutionaries, Assata Taught Me—a new collection of thought-provoking essays by award-winning Black Panther Party scholar Donna Murch—explores how social protest is challenging our current system of state violence and mass incarceration.

Join Donna Murch and Barbara Ransby for a conversation about state violence, racial capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives.

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From The Desk Of Black Panther Veteran-Zulu Nation King Sadiki "Bro.Shep" Olugbala

via Smai Tawwi Group <Smaitawi@groups.io>