Please choose 2-3 articles and put them into conversation. The assignment is to think about Black Lives Matter and Trump’s use of secret police. How did Trump use the terms ‘anarchy’ and ‘antifa’ (anti-fascism) in summer 2020? Did the way he used these terms correspond to the reality in the streets? If not, then why was he representing the BLM movement in this way? In what ways were Trump’s authoritarian tactics reminiscent of the colonial strategies used in America’s ‘dirty wars’… now brought home? Pay attention to the diverging points of view and the struggle over the powers of representation. Who controls the narrative, in the mainstream media and beyond?

How Black Anarchists Are Keeping the Protest Movement Alive Vanessa Taylor

https://www.mic.com/p/how-black-anarchists-are-keeping-the-protest-movement-alive-30140067?fbclid=IwAR0mbsubgFCq0YcwKilYP0wYMY7dhRSRt1_A7nu5wWanFN5RLAYTyDt0BbI

Trump Secret Police Portland

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-secret-police-portland/

Trumps Secret Police Are Waging a War on American Cities

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/donald-trump-federal-agents-portland

Trump Has Brought Americas Dirty Wars Home

https://newrepublic.com/article/158580/trump-portland-dirty-wars?fbclid=IwAR3VDbqvMAiVkfleJHG-LEeEpC8TjrBLL4vOcuRCOC9xQDGx12yYlABGuh8