Nationwide uprising against racist police violence
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By People's World Editorial Board

Up to 50 million jobless and 100,000 people dead-those are the backdrops to what has become a national uprising against police violence targeting Black people in America.

The recent murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police has triggered incredible developments that have never been seen in American history. The mass demonstrations coast to coast are certainly more dramatic than anything in the more than 50 years since the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The uprising comes just days after deaths from the coronavirus pandemic passed the grim six-digit mark and the number of unemployed reached heights last recorded in the depth of the Great Depression-all the result of Donald Trump's mishandling of the pandemic response.

This weekend, we saw massive peaceful protests in which huge multi-racial crowds of youth gathered in city after city from coast to coast demanding justice for George Floyd and, more broadly, demanding an end to the structural racism that has plagued this country for 400 years.

Donald Trump, the provocateur in chief, meanwhile, is trying to take advantage of the violence to target battleground states key to the November elections where leading progressive activists have risen to elected office-starting in Minnesota. Keith Ellison is the attorney general and will be leading the prosecution of George Floyd's murderer. The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have progressive mayors. The state's lieutenant governor is a Native American woman, and the governor is a progressive Democrat.

Trump attempted to blame them-along with other governors and mayors nationwide-for violent clashes that were often the result of police provocations. "It took...

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