Ferguson sparks rebellion across the US to resist growing poverty, white supremacy, and militarised
![Since 1997, the Department of Defense has given $5.1bn in equipment to state and local police departments, write Katz-Fishman and Scott [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014124155413389734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Jerome Scott, a former auto worker and member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, is the founding director of Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide.
Ferguson sparks rebellion across the US to resist growing poverty, white supremacy, and militarised
![Since 1997, the Department of Defense has given $5.1bn in equipment to state and local police departments, write Katz-Fishman and Scott [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014124155413389734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)