Part 2: American Fascism, Authoritarianism, Race, Capitalism & the State-Violence of American Empire

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Part 1: Brief News Highlights around “Indian Country”. Part 2: With the amplified rise of American fascism and authoritarianism during the Trump Administration, Trump’s desire to postpone the 2020 presidential elections, the Trump campaign’s strategies to preempt people of color from voting this November, the frayed systemic global Capitalist system intensifying economic instability, depravity, compounded afflictions on Mother Earth, increased militarization, the ascension of the global police state, etc. what are the interlinking relations between settler colonialism, race, global capitalism, and the contested American Empire? Turn in for part two of today’s program for an in-depth conversation as our guest attempts addressing these very important questions, plus more. Guests: William Robinson, professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), affiliated with the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, and with the Global and International Studies Program at UCSB. William Robinson is the author of the forthcoming book: The Global Police State, recently wrote the article: “Post-COVID Economy May Have More Robots, Fewer Jobs and Intensified Surveillance”, and has published numerous additional books and articles on a variety of issues pertaining to Militarism, Global Capitalism, Repression, etc.