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BLM
The George Floyd riots, which have precipitated great changes throughout American society, were not spontaneous events. Americans did not suddenly rise up in righteous anger, take to the streets, and demand not just that police departments be defunded, but that all the structures, institutions, and systems of the United Statesβsupposedly racistβbe overhauled.
The 12,000 or so demonstrations and 633 related riots following Floyd's death took organizational muscle. The movement's grip on institutions from the classroom to the ballpark required ideological commitment. That muscle and commitment were provided by the various Black Lives Matter organizations.
BLM examines who the BLM leaders are, delving into their backgrounds and exposing their agendasβsomething the media has so far refused to do. These individuals are shown to be avowed Marxists who claim they want to dismantle our way of life. Along with their fellow activists, they make savvy use of social media to spread their message and organize marches, sit-ins, statue tumblings, and riots. In 2020, they seized upon the video showing George Floyd's suffering as a pretext to unleash a nationwide insurgency.
Certainly, no person of goodwill could object to the proposition that "black lives matter" as much as any other human life. However, Americans need to understand how their laudable moral concern is being exploited for purposes that many would not approve of.
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The book by Mike Gonzalez offers a critical examination of the Black Lives Matter movement, arguing that it poses a significant threat to American principles due to its Marxist ideology. Reviewers commend Gonzalez for his thorough investigation into the movement's origins and highlight his work as a necessary critique. The book is praised for its careful research, offering an urgent call to address what the author perceives as the movement's attempt to reshape America fundamentally.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781641772235
Publisher: Encounter Books,USA
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 21 October 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Encounter Books,USA
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Mike Gonzalez is a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundationβs Allison Center for Foreign Policy in Washington, D.C. He spent close to twenty years as a journalist, fifteen of them writing from Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He left journalism to join the Bush administration, serving as a speechwriter for Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, before moving on to the State Departmentβs European Bureau, where he wrote speeches and op-eds. Since 2009 he has been at The Heritage Foundation, now writing on critical race theory, national identity, diversity, multiculturalism, assimilation, and nationalism, as well as foreign policy in general.
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