NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Super Bowl halftime show performer was charged Thursday with two misdemeanors, about 4 1/2 months after he ran across the field at the Superdome waving a flag that included the words “Sudan and Free Gaza,” Louisiana State Police said.
Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, turned himself in to authorities to face of charges resisting a police officer and disturbing the peace by interrupting a lawful assembly, police said. He surrendered in coordination with his attorney and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center.
Nantambu revealed the flag and ran on the field during rapper Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance on Feb. 9. He was detained on the field after his demonstration but not charged. The NFL said at the time he would be banned for life from league stadiums and events.
According to a statement from police, Nantambu had been hired as an extra performer and “had permission to be on the field during the performance, but did not have permission to demonstrate as he did.”
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy thanked investigators for their work.
“We take any attempt to disrupt any part of an NFL game, including the halftime show, very seriously and are pleased this individual will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” McCarthy said in a statement.
The US government and corporations fund right-wing groups and propaganda worldwide in dollar amounts incomparable to any other country. In direct material terms, what has Putin done to increase the rise of the far-right? Wealthy people in Russia may benefit from far-right ideologies and help push them but the US is the primary driver of the capitalist aligned far-right and imperialism in the world. The US doesn’t need a rival like Russia to push the far-right narrative, I have seen it all my life pushed endlessly by US organizations and average Americans. Russia and China are the historic scapegoats to shift the blame from the domestic groups pushing fascist ideals and discontent.
If I were to view Putin or Russia in general as having a large influence on the rise of right-wing politics in the US, what would you suggest be done about it? In what way would this change my course of action as a communist or socialist?
https://lemm.ee/comment/21506245
This is what Putin is doing, and he is absolutely behind the rise of far-right politics. Just because he didn’t invent white supremacy doesn’t mean he isn’t fanning the flames and using to his advantage.
What to do about it? At this point, Americans have to be focused on taking back our nation from the MAGA Nazis, and then we can deal with everything else. I’ve even put my own personal political issues (Universal Health Care, Free College Education, etc., mostly Socialist stuff) on the back burner because defeating MAGA is the priority. After that we can reconfigure America to benefit the people and not the Corporatists.
As for Putin, short of war, I’m not sure, frankly. I’d rather not have a World War to crush Russia once and for all. Putin is old, supposedly sick, so maybe he’ll solve the problem for us. Then perhaps we can intervene in the resulting chaos.
This is Nazi Judeo-Bolshervick conspiracy repackaging for American liberal-fascists.
Chauvinist fuck. Can you American fascists stop meddling in other countries?
I refuse to believe there is any university that would give someone so consumed by Great Man Theory bullshit a degree in history.
Once again, everyone. Check out the author of this ‘source’. An absolute fascist nut job who seems to have invented being a nazbol. It is essential to the understanding this weird weird fucking poster that theyre really into a book written by this absolute freak
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Dugin
I love how you so conveniently ignored this part.