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Uploaded November 14: Sam Goldman and
Coco Das discuss the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in the
proper context of the fascist movement he is a part of. Recommended
reading: Coco’s recent article
The Rittenhouse Trial and Two Sides in Contention: A Beautiful Rising or Rising Fascism and
Reflections on Kenosha by Paul Street.
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Coco Das:
ll three of these cases really are about the violent reassertion of white supremacy; the domination of white people over all others. You have this deputizing of violent enforcement. There's a direct line from the Confederacy to the fascists of today. Kyle Rittenhouse is part of that continuum. It's actually absurd that he should be able to claim self-defense. He went into this situation holding an AR-15.
Sam Goldman:
We’re continuing to pay special attention to the three trials with tremendous stakes:
In Charlottesville, Virginia: The federal civil trial of 24 white
supremacist groups and individuals who came to Charlottesville in August
2017 and unleashed fascist violence that led to the murder of Heather
Heyer.
In Brunswick, Georgia: the case against Gregory McMichael, Travis
McMichael, and William Bryan who are on trial for hunting down and
murdering Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old Black man who was out on
a jog.
And in Wisoconsin: The criminal murder trial for Kyle
Rittenhouse who traveled with an AR-15 to a Black Lives Matter protest
in Kenosha where he shot and killed two protesters and wounded another.
All three concentrate the fascist mobs and threats of violence that
are being unleashed to build the fascist movement and consolidate power
& it reflects the ways in which there is an assault on the rule of
law in this country and the most vicious overt white supremacy that
threads it all together.
Sam interviews Vara Ramakrishnan
with Strike for Choice on their plans to take action on Dec 1 and how
you can join. Dec 1 is the day the Supreme Court will hear Dobbs vs
Whole Womens Health, the case which poses an imminent threat to abortion
rights and the possible wholesale gutting of Roe v Wade. You can take
action wherever you are to refuse to go along with the evisceration of
this essential right with the hashtag #StrikeForChoice. Find out more at
www.strikeforchoice.org
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