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- Black Agenda ReportThe memorial gathering for Glen Ford was held on Saturday, September 18, 2021 in New York City at the Riverside Church.
- Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior ColumnistMemories of the last 20 years are rarely focused on increased state violence and repression in the post-9/11 world. The damage has largely been forgotten.
- Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing EditorThe race to the bottom is an imperative of austerity, which is foundational to the history of state violence in the U.S.