{"id":9755,"date":"2020-06-04T06:43:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=9755"},"modified":"2020-06-04T06:43:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:43:20","slug":"they-want-to-dominate-we-want-to-liberate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2020\/06\/04\/they-want-to-dominate-we-want-to-liberate\/","title":{"rendered":"They Want to Dominate, We Want to Liberate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workers\u2019 Voice Statement Against the Ongoing Curfew and Martial Law<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSince the second day of the protest against the police murder of George Floyd,\u00a0 the National Guard was deployed in Minneapolis, and later the military police was sent as well. Videos of both forces patrolling residential neighborhoods as occupation troops have terrified and outraged most of those who live in this country, as have the multiple videos and reports of recurring, arbitrary and disproportionate uses of violence and illegal detention against peaceful protests and bystanders.
\nAs of June 3rd and according to the National Guard bureau \u201ca historic 74,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen were activated for domestic operations across the United States” in 31 states and the District of Columbia. By comparison, there are today roughly\u00a0 9,000 U.S. occupation troops currently stationed in Afghanistan and 5,000 more in Iraq.
\nSince Monday June 1st counties and city administrations have imposed curfews in more than 80 urban areas. News outlets are reporting that at least 11,000 people have been arrested in protests.[1]<\/sup><\/a> We know the number is actually higher, as this figure only compiles information from 30 police departments, and LA County alone has seen more than 3,000 arrests since Friday May 29th, the vast majority of which were for non-violent offenses such as refusing to disperse or violating the curfew.[2]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAs if that were not enough, Trump has threatened to mobilize the military to squash the protests. The government is also mobilizing county sheriff offices, highway patrol officers and most recently the Border Patrol and ICE to join the army of militarized forces confronting protesters in the street.
\nWe categorically oppose these measures, and we call on the immediate withdrawal of the National Guard and military police from the streets as well as an end to all curfews. These measures amount to de-facto martial law being imposed in urban areas where most of the U.S. population is concentrated – especially Black and Brown communities. They entail a fundamental violation of our democratic rights to free speech, assembly and protest. But more importantly, they are designed to \u201cdominate,\u201d squash, suppress and humiliate this multi-racial movement of rebellion against racist violence and against the government\u2019s refusal to significantly mitigate the devastating effects that the pandemic has had on working people.
\nBoth Democrats and Republicans are supporting and enforcing these measures from the White House to state and local city administrations. They use the images of looting and violence to justify these measures, and claim these measures are \u201cto protect us\u201d and \u201crestore peace\u201d. They are not. The massive mobilization of military force against civilians is not about protecting people endangered in a context of pandemic, or even to protect small business, it is about political intimidation and the legitimization of the perpetuation of violence against Black and Brown bodies. It is about political domination and subjugation.\u00a0 As Trump himself said it the Governors on June 1st \u201cIf you don\u2019t dominate you are wasting our time, they are going to run over you, you are going to look like a bunch of jets\u2026 you need to arrest people, and you need to try people, and they need to go to jail for for long periods of time.\u201d
\nThis is why we call on all unions, working class organizations, immigrant rights groups, community organizations, student unions and others to join the developing movement to oppose those measures. We need to organize mass protests, with security measures and clear leadership to defy this attempt to silence us. We cannot allow this response to become the new normal in the face of social unrest and mass political action. We need to defend our right to protest, and we need to grow our movement because we need to win!
\n 
\nThey want to d<\/strong>ominate <\/strong>us, we w<\/strong>ant <\/strong>to liberate ourselves and e<\/strong>ach <\/strong>other!<\/strong>
\nJail for ALL k<\/strong>iller <\/strong>cops! Justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor!<\/strong>
\nWithdraw the National Guard and military police!<\/strong>
\nEnd<\/strong> the m<\/strong>ass <\/strong>arrests and curfews! Drop all charges!<\/strong>
\nFor working c<\/strong>lass <\/strong>solidarity and against racism: All out to the protests for George Floyd!<\/strong>
\n[1]<\/sup><\/a>https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/scottpham\/floyd-protests-number-of-police-arrests<\/a>
\n[2]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/jun\/03\/george-floyd-protests-los-angeles-arrests<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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