Terrence McNally talks to Greg Palast about US Voter Repression
Greg Palast’s VIGILANTES INC: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen, narrated by Rosario Dawson and produced by Martin Sheen, reveals that in 43 states individual citizens are able to challenge and remove fellow citizens from voter rolls.
Watch the film here.
GREG PALAST-VIGILANTES INC-GOP takes voter suppression & election theft to next level
Why would we be willingly subordinate to this nation? Yes, I’d read a bit about this, and followed the likes of Georgia’s Republican Governor in Freedom News’ series Notes from the US.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/tag/notes-from-the-us/
The movie is quite correct to highlight the dynastic politics and lineages behind these state ruling cliques, and that racist regimes attract racists from elsewhere. Evil scum tend be self-aware enough that they generally have to hide behind flag, Bible, legal parchment or digital media public relations, and fear the true meaning of Woke: to know one’s own history; their arsenals are both recognition and projection, they know at some level the retributions they are due (yet armed rebellion against white supremacy was a rarity and sometimes carried out by white folks).
The USAmerican political system is complicated in having all those extra elected officials, with has pros and cons for democracy, and the movie shows many of the cons but not all. The stereotype of the racist redneck sheriff must be placed in context that this is generally an elected official with a public mandate, whether obtaining office corruptly or not. Partisan public officials tend to become more extreme during periods of political polarisation, even if you’re trying to ‘correct’ bias. It’s a system with tipping points.
Whether you call this ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ or not, some think that original term is far too mild and obscure, preferring The Age of Neoslavery, Racial Terror, Apartheid or Nadir. And it inspired racist regimes around the world, from Nazi Germany through Apartheid South Africa to Zionist Israel, all of which featured elections. The idea of anti-racist Georgians petitioning the British King is a novel one to me, though.