The Washington Revolutionary Issue 09
DC, Maryland, and Virginia abolitionist news and perspectives
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Issue 09:
Unhoused Black Lives Matter: Residents at Burke and Gompers Parks Evicted without Alternatives
By: Lex and Abby X On Sunday and Monday, Aug. 15th and 16th, activists assisted a community of about 15 unhoused residents living at Burke and Gompers Parks to relocate after displacement by US Park Police and The National Park Service (NPS).
Headlines: Issue 09 August 22nd, 2021
Headlines Biden defends withdrawal from Afghanistan as Taliban takes control. In an Aug. 16th speech, the President stood by his decision to end two-decades of Imperialist U$ intervention in Afghanistan, but he deflected blame for the country’s collapse to the Taliban on
The Global Struggle: The Politicization of Human Rights, a Case Against Western “Humanitarianism” and “Aid”
By: Ari Gutman As we watch the last twenty years of military occupation in Afghanistan come to an end, the US public must once again reckon with the catastrophic consequences of US intervention and “state-building” efforts. Yet, despite the tragic loss of
Abolitionist History: Ferguson August, 2014
By: Lex August 9th, 2021 marked the 7 years since 18-year old Mike Brown was murdered by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer. As these stories tend to go, the killer-cop, Darren Wilson, walked with no charges, much to the dismay of the
Editor’s Media Review: Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism
By: DeAjane Terrell of Libereaders DC Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism is a mixtape-style memoir that discusses the various intersections of Black Feminism (Womanism) through self-reflection and discussion of Beyoncé’s Lemonade visual album. Written by Omise’eke Tinsely, the author leads the