New gun control policies in Brazil emulate the USA, but have starker class divides
Implementing a foreign principle on weapons policy can further exacerbate economic inequalities.
The Inefficiencies of Democracy and Police Operations in Favelas
It isn’t only in the public security sector that vestiges of the Military Dictatorship can be seen. For as long as capitalist values endure in society, so will the need for militarization—to carry out the extermination of an ‘unprofitable’ segment of the population.
Brazil, Between Life and Death
Whatever rules being imposed by the state or the parallel powers of organized crime, they seem to signify a blatant disregard for the lives of marginalized peoples.
Dancing in Defiance
The purpose of the protest wasn’t only to stop Trump from claiming dictatorial power – it was also part of the ongoing rebellion touched off by the police murder of George Floyd, which happened in a city and state controlled by the Democratic party. As such, the crowd’s chants had as much to do with the George Floyd Rebellion as the 2020 election.
Guns and Dope: The Anti-Oppressant
This is the reality of the War on Drugs; it is thinly veiled, and sometimes not, racism.
State Terrorism: A Genocidal Tool of Social Control
An article that explores the culture of fear as a tool for establishing the Power of a capitalist, neocolonial, and genocidal governmental system.
The Cresting Wave
We’re all in a building that’s on fire, and most of us are wearing blindfolds. Spiritual practice helps us take the blindfold off. We’re still in the building, but if we can see, there’s more we can do.