interview
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The Unemployed Fight Back: An Interview with Frances Fox Piven
The post was originally featured at Organizing Upgrade. Reposted with permission. By Marc Kagan On April 23th, 2020, some 26.5 million Americans were unemployed, and the St. Louis Fed has estimated that 47 million people may be unemployed by the end of June, with unemployment reaching 32%. The Congressional Budget Office expects at least a 9% unemployment rate through 2021 and perhaps…
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Michael J. Fortner on Criminal Justice – Roots & Reform
By Cher Mullings Recording by Zenzile Greene [soundcloud url=”https://soundcloud.com/murphy-arts-culture-sound/the-voices-of-those-who-suffer-12-1-15-223-pm” params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Why would members of the Harlem community consciously support policies that endorse incarceration of their brothers and sisters? Dr. Michael J. Fortner’s latest book Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and The Politics of Punishment examines how black-on-black crime influenced a chasmic…
