Americas War Machine sells fear and loathing beyond Ferguson. Black and brown people pay the price From Afghanistan to the NYPD and back again, America’s circle of violence is already repeating itself in 2015. But now is the time to question America’s addiction to violence – and violent racism Tomgram | Adam Hochschild: Thank You for Making War! Steven W. Thrasher, Guardian Image The grim reaper and a Predator drone, inside a US military base in Afghanistan, circa January 2015. Photograph: Lucas Jackson / Reuters Monday 5 January 2015 | The War Machine is the violent nexus of military and economic forces that grinds us up to perpetuate itself. With politicians of all stripes in its pockets and buoyed by lobbyists, the War Machine is beyond the reach of civil government and easily tramples individual souls, especially when they inhabit bodies of color. War is a big, multi-trillion-dollar business, requiring the sales, construction and operation of guns, drones, missiles, governmental armies, private armies, public prisons, private prisons and the like. While the War Machine has been operated most obviously overseas in places like the Middle East, and domestically behind bars, it is now increasingly clear that the War Machine is also operating on America’s streets. Steven W. Thrasher is a weekly columnist for Guardian US. He was named Journalist of the Year 2012 by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, the Advocate and more. Full story … evergreenedigest.org/americas-war-machine-sells-fear-and-loathing-beyond-ferguson-black-and-brown-people-pay-price Related: Tomgram | Adam Hochschild: Thank You for Making War! Adam Hochschild, TomDispatch Celebrating War Over and Over and Peace Once Full story ... evergreenedigest.org/tomgram-adam-hochschild-thank-you-making-war
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