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Lectures, interviews, and talks by David Graeber — anthropologist, anarchist, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Bullshit Jobs, and The Dawn of Everything.
…looks vaguely like violence. Most people think the difference has to do with social media, the fact that, for example, the famous Tony Bologna pepper spray incident that most people have heard of that sort of set it off. It was cops sort of sauntering up…
…women. It shocked people across America. One thing that shocked me was I saw that video. The first thing I saw was, oh, that's Tony Bologna. We all knew that guy. He does this all the time. He's done it dozens of times in New York. I mean, I've been…
…I saw the video and when the guy started walking up, the cop, I said, oh, I know the guy's walking up, that's Tony Bologna. This guy always does that. Like, there's no demonstration in New York where he doesn't ever spray somebody in the face. He's…
…was insane media. I've never seen anything like it. I remember there was this case where there was this guy named Tony Bologna. He's a notorious bro. He's always pepper sprays protesters. He's been doing it in New York for like... practically a decade.…
…a notorious bro. He's always pepper sprays protesters. He's been doing it in New York for like... practically a decade. Everybody saw Tony Bologna. He's a sadist. He just does this. Police have impunity. There was a scene where I heard, oh, there was this…
…occupied. Looking at the TV, I saw this guy sauntering up. Just the way he moved and his shape, I said, hey, that's Tony Bologna. Sure enough, it was. This time, it was a national scandal. He'd done it dozens of times, people I knew. Somehow, there was…
…seen anything like, you're shocked. I mean, a lot of us have been doing this stuff for years. There's this famous case, Tony Bologna, this guy, this New York cop who pepper sprayed some people in a protest, and made national news, and everybody's talking…
…said that there were policemen in attacks of pepper spray guys, I looked at the video on YouTube and said, oh, that's Tony Bologna. We all know him. He does this every... every two months. He's always attacking protesters, that's just what he does. But…