Daily Dispatch #24: South Africa approaches Failed State status; A Harbinger for America?

Tune in for analysis and lessons learned from the South African riots. What happens when a multiethnic society implements racial grievance politics? How can communities protect themselves? Are there parallels with last year’s Floyd riots, in organization and objectives?

Links and topics covered in the podcast:

Twitter Thread from SA local:

https://twitter.com/jonathan_witt/status/1414885049095401480?s=21

NYPost piece on Kendi and Grievance politics from Anti-apartheid activist Rian Malan:

https://nypost.com/2021/07/19/how-equity-ideology-plunged-south-africa-into-inequality-and-chaos/

Oped on Seven Key Takeaways:

https://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/zuma-riots-seven-key-takeaways

SA article from Police Minister complaining about parallel structures/dual power:

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/cele-urges-communities-not-to-take-matters-into-their-own-hands-as-looting-continues/

Explanation of dual power:

https://dsa-lsc.org/2018/12/31/dual-power-a-strategy-to-build-socialism-in-our-time/

Cartelification/gang rule:

https://www.nber.org/papers/w28458

Previous podcast about Bernie Sanders bashing open borders, covering the new left/old left divide:

https://anchor.fm/erin-sith/episodes/Daily-Dispatch-4-Bernie-Bashes-Open-Borders-epcog7

Grant Park analysis talking the protest/riot/direct action format:

https://contextualinsurgent.substack.com/p/case-study-grant-park-assault

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