Police Unions VS the Public, Mass Incarceration VS Restorative Justice
A radio interview by Chuck Mertz on This is Hell Radio.
Flint Taylor, co-founder of the Peoples Law Office in Chicago, who has represented the victims of police and political violence for 45 years explains the role of police unions, public defenders, the problems of supposedly progressive candidates who claim more cops will solve problems, and what restorative justice might look like.
Among much else, Flint Taylor is the author of "Blood On Their Hands: The Racist History of Modern Police Unions," and helped author model legislation now before Chicago's City Council that would guarantee reparations to the victims of police torture.
The only reason our sister is being held captive is to once again demonstrate how a runaway slave is treated.
it is merely a fantasy to believe that the struggle to bring socialism in the United States will not involve a revolutionary struggle against the state.
This week we present readers’ thoughts on Kamala Harris, fact checking in the media, and possibilities for the Green New Deal.
The author examines the framing power of sexuality as an ideology of respectability and control.
With the face of AIDS having changed from white gay men to non-whites, it is wise to tap into an earlier radical tradition.
