Fascists are not the opposite of police. They are not lawless; on the
contrary, the hope to intensify the violence with which laws are
enforced. They count on police to protect them from the wrath of the
public as they recruit new members and encourage them to carry out
attacks. They hope that these attacks will give the police the excuse to
clamp down further on the general population. Their aim is to
normalize bigotry and violence, so there will be less outcry when the
police intensify the discriminatory and violent ways that they enforce
the laws.
Police are not the opposite of fascists. They harass, kidnap,
incarcerate, deport, and murder more people of color, women, and queer
people every year than any fascist group; they do more to advance the
white supremacist agenda than any independent far-right organization. It
was police who enforced the segregation laws of the Jim Crow era,
police who cracked down on civil rights demonstrations, police who
killed Michael Brown and Freddie Gray. Throughout history, longstanding
informal relationships have frequently existed between police and white
supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan in many parts of the
United States and other parts of the world. But these relationships are
not essential for the police as an institution to continuing playing a
structural role maintaining the fundamental disparities of our society.
Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection will be released on November 17 via Mill Creek Entertainment. It’s available to pre-order for $72.99 via Amazon. The Blu-ray box set collects 20 films from British production company Hammer Films.
It includes: The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), The Snorkel (1958), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), Yesterday’s Enemy (1959), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Never Take Candy From A Stranger (1960), The Stranglers of Bombay (1960), The Terror of the Tongs (1961), Scream of Fear (1961), Stop Me Before I Kill! (1961), Cash On Demand (1961), These Are The Damned (1962), The Pirates of Blood River (1962), The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1963), Maniac (1963), The Old Dark House (1963), The Gorgon (1964), The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), Die! Die! My Darling (1965), and Creatures the World Forgot (1971).
The set marks the high definition debut for several of the titles. Special features are not detailed, but Mill Creek confirms that new extras are being produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures.
