Decades racist police violence, combined with a devastating economic crisis and pandemic, explain why a tipping point has been reached, as the accumulated rage and humiliation of centuries spills over onto the streets.
The latest in an endless string of police killings was the straw that broke the camel’s back, unleashing a tsunami of pent-up fury at all the injustices in American society.
When the great revolutionary martyr Malcolm X said, “You can’t have capitalism without racism,” he summed up a profound truth about the world we live in. Racist brutality is hardwired into the capitalist system.
The racist capitalist system has yet again produced the same tragedy—right down to the pleading final words shared by both George Floyd and Staten Island’s Eric Garner. This has sparked some of the largest protests the Minneapolis area has ever seen.