“Outside agitators” is a trope used throughout U.S. history in reference to slave resistance, Reconstruction, the labor movement, anti-apartheid movement, and Civil Rights Movement, to dismiss and repress the legitimate agency, intellect, and concerns of local people. It is a form of McCarthyism."
“Outside agitators” is a trope used throughout history in response to slave resistance, Reconstruction, the labor movement, the anti-apartheid movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and more to dismiss ...