Ferguson and the Reality of Internal Colonization
The protests and police state response to the events in Ferguson over the past few weeks have brought to the surface the realities that have been boiling beneath and out of sight in the United States: the realities of internal colonization. Drawing parallels with the Palestinians under Israeli occupation, the black population inside the United States has long been subject to a process of internal colonization and occupation, and thus, as when Palestinians stand up for themselves and against occupation, they are met with fierce and instant (and highly militarized) police state repression. From Ferguson to Palestine, occupation is a stark reality in need of opposition.
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