BLM : the making of a new Marxist revolution
(2021)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
323.119607/GONZALEZ,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 323.119607/GONZALEZ,M Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Encounter Books, 2021
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION

xxix, 234 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781641772235, 1641772239, 9781641772235
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"The George Floyd protests that have occasioned great changes throughout American society were not spontaneous events. Americans did not suddenly rise up in righteous anger, take to the streets, and demand not just that police departments be defunded, but that all structures, institutions, and systems, all our supposedly racist, be overhauled. The 12,000 or so demonstrations and 675 related riots took organizational muscle. The ideological grip on all things from the classroom to the ballpark required ideological commitment. That muscle and commitment were provided by the various Black Lives Matter organizations. The leaders are avowed Marxists who say they want to dismantle our way of life. They and their activists make savvy use of social media to spread their message and organize the marches, sit-ins, statue-tumblings and riots. They seized on the video showing George Floyd's suffering to unleash nation-wide the insurgency. This book will look at who exactly these leaders are, something the media has so far refused to do"--

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