Governors and Mayors: Dissolve Police Unions NOW, for the safety of us all! (sincerely, a union president)
More clearly: all police unions should be dissolved as they serve no discernible good to the public, public safety, or good policing.
More clearly: all police unions should be dissolved as they serve no discernible good to the public, public safety, or good policing.
While neoliberal Democratic and conservative politicians as well as America’s corporate class habitually turn national crises into financial and power-concentrating opportunities to oppress poor and working people, this Coronavirus era represents a unique opening for America’s marginalized workers to assert and regain power.
When I think about the recent successes of the demonstrations in West Virginia (twice), Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Colorado, North Carolina, and more recently Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago and Oakland, I feel both a sense of encouragement and caution.