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Project Grudge

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7. This is a great, informative article.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:27 AM

Jan 2012

here's what struck me:

"Mass incarceration on a scale almost unexampled in human history is a fundamental fact of our country today—perhaps the fundamental fact, as slavery was the fundamental fact of 1850. In truth, there are more black men in the grip of the criminal-justice system—in prison, on probation, or on parole—than were in slavery then."

wow. Anyone who thinks Jim Crow is over isn't paying attention.

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There are more people in US prisons now than were in Stalin's gulags. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 OP

�If mass incarceration is considered as a system of social control ... then the system ... Jim__ Jan 2012 #1

So, the War on Drugs and on illegal immigration IS because of the profit motive. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #2

I'll say it once again: BUSINESS IS EVIL gopiscrap Jan 2012 #3

And the Neo Cons, Smurk, Snarl, Rummie and others who deserve solitary confinement Guy Montag Jan 2012 #4

You become what you hate. nt bemildred Jan 2012 #5

If that were true, right-wingers would be gods - they hate everything good that life produces. saras Jan 2012 #10

Well, it's a metaphor, one doesn't want to be too literal with it. bemildred Jan 2012 #11

Good edit. bemildred Jan 2012 #12

When will we ever change? morningfog Jan 2012 #6

This is a great, informative article. Project Grudge Jan 2012 #7

Stalin didn't have as many in gulags SnakeEyes Jan 2012 #8

Not everybody incarcerated in the USSR was in a GULag. Igel Jan 2012 #9

What causes the imprisonment rate to be too high is that morningfog Jan 2012 #16

That should be broken down to violent crimes and non-violent crimes. jwirr Jan 2012 #13

Land of the free, home of the brave Hawkowl Jan 2012 #14

"they're tryin' to build a prison, for you and me to live in..." Soylent Brice Jan 2012 #15

Hey, you!!! dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #17

hey stranger! Soylent Brice Feb 2012 #20

Really glad to see you here. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #21

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2012 #18

This is in spite of the fact that the violent crime rate is LOWER than in the 1980s Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2012 #19

great read n/t RainDog Feb 2012 #22

That'a a direct result of corporate supremacy as is promoted by the corporate media. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #23

It feels like we are in pretty well developed police state now, but damn, they keep surprising me. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #25

I'm sure the Germans; felt the same way in the early to mid 30s, their world was changing Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #26

There are many programs on television now dedicated to nothing but criminalizing the American People dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #28

concerning Obamas tough stance on marijuana.... patrick t. cakes Feb 2012 #24

For profit prisons are only going to make things worse. sarcasmo Feb 2012 #27

We live in a special kind of police state Rex Feb 2012 #29

That is nothing new, actually, here. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #30