The 2020 Uprisings and the U.S. Military Apparatus
The 2020 uprisings inspired by the Black Lives Matter Movement are the broadest in U.S. history. The uprisings erupted at a moment of deep structural crisis for the society compunded by the health pandemic. All institutions of the society were affected by the implosion. Campbell's presentation argues that the transition beyond neoliberal capitalism will severely splinter the miltary as the weaponization of everything affects the balance between the role of force and the relations of force in the society. As the foundations of white racism are being shaken, the conclusion will query whether the liberal management of society can resolve the questions unleashed by the capitalist crisis or will the society and the military face an 1860 moment.
Horace G. Campbell is an internationally known peace and justice activist. He holds a joint Professorship in the Department of African American Studies and the Department of Political Science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.