BLM : the making of a new Marxist revolution /
Gonzalez, Mike, 1960-
BLM : the making of a new Marxist revolution / Black Lives Matter : the making of a new Marxist revolution by Mike Gonzalez. - First American edition. - xxix, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"--
9781641772235 1641772239
2021013984
GBC1D6121 bnb
020298840 Uk
Black lives matter movement--United States.
Black power--History.--United States
Black lives matter movement--Philosophy.
African American radicals.
Civil rights movements--United States.
African Americans--Politics and government.
BLM : the making of a new Marxist revolution / Black Lives Matter : the making of a new Marxist revolution by Mike Gonzalez. - First American edition. - xxix, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"--
9781641772235 1641772239
2021013984
GBC1D6121 bnb
020298840 Uk
Black lives matter movement--United States.
Black power--History.--United States
Black lives matter movement--Philosophy.
African American radicals.
Civil rights movements--United States.
African Americans--Politics and government.