A Wave of Racist Terror… From a Rotten, Racist System
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The past few days have witnessed an explosion of videos documenting racist murderous actions and threats from cops and fascists.
As Bob Avakian wrote in March, “In the context of this current crisis, the exploitative and oppressive relations built into this system are asserting themselves in a pronounced way, within this country and internationally, just as they have in previous crises…."
This has been borne out over the past two months and the past week in particular. At a time when African-Americans are dying from COVID-19 at a genocidally disproportional rate... at a time when armed white fascists invade state legislatures waving Confederate flags, swastikas, nooses, and automatic rifles... the past few days have witnessed the following outrageous scenes of racist violence.
In Georgia, a February lynching of an unarmed Black man went down and was about to be covered up until THIS video came to light (go here for full story):
#AhmaudArbery was out jogging in South Georgia when he was chased & LYNCHED by two white racist vigilantes cuz he supposedly "fit the description"
— The Revcoms (@therevcoms) May 5, 2020
This was Feb 23. The killers STILL haven't even been arrested!
How long will this go on? Until we overthrow this goddamn system. pic.twitter.com/2CtX37akBO
In northern California, an unarmed 14-year-old Black boy was brutally beaten by police for possession of a cigar (go here for full story):
My baby brother who is 14 years old. All of this over a swisher😤 there’s more footage but I wasn’t able to upload it all. Please repost, we just want justice for my baby!😭💯 #JUSTICE4JAH pic.twitter.com/reftDDyHha
— nana💋 (@0hnana__) April 28, 2020
And in New York, this past Saturday, THIS is how police supposedly enforced "social distancing" against a Black man for not having a mask (go here for full story).
IS THIS #NYPD BRUTALITY OR NOT? We report, you decide. This happened on Ave D and 9th St, in the #LowerEastSide of #Manhattan on Saturday - @NYCMayor @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/0pTDTat17S
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) May 3, 2020
These are only the tip of the iceberg. The mounting resistance to these outrages is righteous and should be supported, and transformed, toward a movement to make revolution and overthrow this system.
This MUST STOP. This system must be overthrown.
Revolution—Nothing Less!
“REVOLTING BARBARITY, SHAMELESS HYPOCRISY
For Those Who Cling to the Myth of “This Great American Democracy”:
Some Simple Questions”
by Bob Avakian
Can anyone honestly deny the plain truth of the following words boldly spoken by abolitionist & former slave Frederick Douglass in a July 4th speech in 1852?
— The Revcoms (@therevcoms) April 23, 2020
For revolting barbarity & shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.https://t.co/M4q9SwYfEG pic.twitter.com/oYrbAglYa6