The Trump administration’s deployment and use of the National Guard and federalization of local law enforcement is a dangerous tactic with a potentially significant long-term impact moving forward. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss a piece in Hammer & Hope titled “Whose Streets? Trump’s Federalized National Guard and the Long Arc of White Supremacy”, which features a conversation between Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Elizabeth Hinton about the dangers and impact of the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard and federalization of local law enforcement, as well as the connection of those actions to history, policy, white supremacy, and social justice organizing, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation. Listen to this episode here or wherever you podcast!
