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How Far Left Is Black Lives Matter? Here’s A Full List of Its Radical Demands.

John Bickley

The Black Lives Matter movement issued its official list of demands of political leaders on Monday, and they are even more radical, racially divisive, anti-capitalist and anti-law enforcement than anticipated. Among the six categories of demands are permanent reparations “for past and continuing harms” to the black community, including free education for life and a guaranteed minimum income; the end of “the war on black people” and banning the “criminalization” of blacks in any form, including pop culture; the redirecting of law enforcement and military funds to black communities; a complete overhaul of the economy to benefit black people and a rewriting of the tax code for a “radical” redistribution of wealth; control over local government; and “independent Black political power and Black self-determination in all areas of society.”

This is not a set of demands laid out by one of the fringe Black Lives Matter groups; the list is as official as it gets, with over 60 organizations associated with the movement endorsing it.

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