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>most explicit avenue for political participation, voting, has
>been valorized to such a high degree that it has successfully
>excluded other effective forms of political activity like
>strikes, riots, or assassinations*

>*this is a historical point. i'm not advocating anything.

They did a profile on NY1 on current NY AG Letitia James and made reference to one of her predecessors who was actually assassinated in City Hall in 2003. Now I was here in NY and for some reason had no recollection of this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/23/nyregion/councilman-is-shot-to-death-in-city-hall.html

totally off-topic. just posting because I had the article open as I read your response