Question 1: Do you agree with Howie Hawkins that the Paris Commune should serve as a model for urban government? What do you think modern society would be like today if rather than being violently crushed the Paris Commune and its ideas of government were able to grow and spread? What changes in our political structure would you like to see in order for New York City to be a place of "grassroots democracy"?
Question 2: How did white people react to Black communities such as the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Black Wall Street) and Rosewood, Florida? What is the relationship between organized white terror attacks and racial capitalism? Why do you think that white terrorist attacks increased in the period after the First World War? What are the effects on our current society of white violence in the early 20th century?