{"id":13144,"date":"2022-01-28T05:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/?p=13144"},"modified":"2022-01-28T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T00:20:00","slug":"civil-war-in-the-usa-a-conversation-with-kali-akuno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/civil-war-in-the-usa-a-conversation-with-kali-akuno\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil War in the USA? A conversation with Kali Akuno"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kali Akuno, the co-founder of Cooperation Jackson, recently wrote that &#8220;we have a little less than two years before the neo-confederates and neo-fascists install a reactionary dictatorship by the end of January 2025.&#8221; What can be done under such circumstances given the rise and confidence of the right and the weakness of the left in the USA? What measures can be taken for self-defence, ensuring people have access to food and other basic necessities in the face of threats from the dictatorship and far-right militia? What should be the political response? Organizing around voting rights is necessary, but is it sufficient? What are the possibilities for mass mobilizations? Will that hasten the development of the civil war? What are the implications of COVID in this context?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Frantz Fanon once prophetically stated, \u201ceach generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.\u201d The question is, says Kali Akuno, which one of these will we choose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The choice is ours. We can panic and follow the liberal road to ruin, either intentionally or by default. Or we can rise up, build on our experiences, move from our strengths and forge a new path.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kali Akuno is in conversation with Firoze Manji of Daraja Press to discuss these and other issues in greater depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Civil War in the USA? 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