A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen FordClick the flash player to listen to or the mic below to download the MP3 audio of this commentary.
The “period of passivity in Black politics” that accompanied the ascent of Barack Obama, is about to end. The Black is Back Coalition seeks to reignite a Black-led movement for social justice, peace and reparations – which will in turn energize progressive politics in general. See you in DC on November 7.
“Black is Back” on Nov. 7: D.C. Rally and March on White House
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
“We will confront the forces of war, of neo-colonialism, of the rule of bankers and the crime of mass Black incarceration.”
The time has come to bring independent Black politics back to the forefront – to reignite and refocus the debate over the burning issues of the day. Nine months of the Obama presidency has taught us that a Black presence in the White House does not necessarily give voice to critical issues facing African Americans. Instead, Black concerns have been shunted to the side, treated as distractions, derided or ignored, by this president, even as the Black condition in the U.S. and the world steadily deteriorates.
When militant, politically conscious Black people fail to Speak Truth to Power, Power feels comfortable in pretending that somebody else's version of the truth is more compelling. When Black people make no demands, but instead defer to a Black president, then that same president will inevitably respond to other people's demands.
That's why a coalition of Black organizations and individuals is determined that the period of silence and deference and damn-near invisibility for Black people is over. Black is Back, and Truth will be spoken on November 7th at a rally in Washington, DC's Malcolm X Park, followed by a march down 16th Street to the White House, where Power resides.
“African Americans have invested more energy in circling the wagons around one man, than in defending the interests of Black people and humanity at-large.”
The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations was formed on September 12th by activists from a wide range of organizations who believe that a Black-led movement is absolutely necessary to halt the destruction wrought by the predatory rich, the incorrigibly racist, and a world-threatening military. The Black is Back Coalition understands where the vital center of gravity for progressive politics in the United States is located: among African Americans, who have always stood for social and economic justice, and against U.S. military adventures abroad. That Black voice is coming back, beginning on November 7th in Washington, DC, when we will confront the forces of war, of neo-colonialism, of the rule of bankers and the crime of mass Black incarceration.
When Black is Back, all of progressive politics is energized, educated and strengthened for the common struggle to save humanity. Since the ascent of Barack Obama, African Americans have invested more energy in circling the wagons around one man, than in defending the interests of Black people and humanity at-large. This period of passivity in Black politics ends on November 7
in Washington, DC.
Write to me for more information on the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations. I'll put you in touch with spokespersons Chioma Oruh, Rosa Clemente, and Jared Ball. When Black is Back, the movement gets rollin'.
Comments
Let's descend on D.C like the waters of the Nile....
I will not miss this rally for anything. I hope and wish that we will make it known to the many brothers and sisters and the rest of America who can't have enough of Obama's kool-aid that our freedom is not for sale! Thank you Glen...
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about time to send your BLACK
about time to send your BLACK asses BACK to apefrica.
HAHAHAHAHA
...was what I thought when I saw your comment. Next thing I thought was "read a book..."
When Black folks get politically active AGAIN and set this republic straight, you'll be glad we're here now...
AIN'T no 'going back to Africa', come hell or highwater...
You have no idea of the societal turmoil that befell Black Africans during the Arabic and European slave trades. I have no 'homeland' in Africa to speak of, you ignoramus. My enslaved ancestors home is not the land of their survivors in Africa due to the forced and otherwised unwarranted migration of million of people due to the infighting and internal "selling out" that occured because of the Maafa and Middle Passage. Look that up for starters.
Enslaved Black folks built this country, stone by burdensome stone...It's called the construction of the Capitol building. Look it up. We'll be damned if we just give THIS bountiful land on a humbug tip after 400 years of overt and covert tyranny; you got me fucked up. AIN'T no 'going back to Africa'! That ship set sail when the nation of Liberia was founded. Look it up.
You come on a African-American focused website spouting bigotry & nonsense and you don't expect to get chewed up and spit out? You got me all fucked up!
Po scared little racist
The world is getting browner and darker, and you can't do nothing about it. Lilttle pencil dick racist can't reproduce fast enough. Get a penile implant, little scared racist so you can produce some little racist offspring. And heavens to Betsy they just might fall in love with someone Black or brown, and bring you home a "nappy headed" grandchild. HA
Don't get made because some white girls love them some black men or brown ones. "Meet the Kardashians" asshole. HA
TNB "muh dik" it's all you
TNB "muh dik" it's all you apes think about.
TNB= typical n!gger behavior
TNB= typical n!gger behavior
Great Scot! an alphabet boy!
STFU= Some troll fearing unconvention.
You have no game, and are only being psychically dispatched 'round here.
But you already knew that.
(Cue Dr. Evil from Austin Powers:) Riiiiight.
FTW.
Sam Beau ..... an ape is what you use to be?
By ROBERT S. BOYD
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON -- Move over, Lucy. A 4-foot-tall female nicknamed Ardi, who lived 4.4 million years ago in Africa, has replaced you as the earliest best known ancestor of the human species.
Ardi's nearly complete skeleton is 1 million years older than Lucy's, pushing back the point when hominids - pre-human primates - are known to have split from the evolutionary line that led to chimpanzees and gorillas, an international team of scientists announced Thursday.
"Ardi is not a chimp. It's not a human. It's what we used to be," said paleontologist Tim White, an authority on human evolution at the University of California, Berkeley."
Welcome to the fold Bro. Beau, must have been your instincts, the African genes coursing through your blood that lead you to Black Agenda Report.
Sam Beau, it's not a human, it's not a chimp" a zombie perhaps? If your human, Sammy Beau, you're from Africa. I love you Sammy Beau because you are a former ape, and a former African.... just like "we!" LOL
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@Texas Tim:
I agree that 9/12 protestors have a right to petition the government also, whether I agree with them entirely, not at all, or a little. Dollar devaluation, hyperinflation, Wall St. Bailouts (in contrast to auto--for me at least), Big Brother dictates are shared concerns. As long as we debate the merits and keep the right tone all is good.
p.s. If an attack on Iran looks (even more) imminent, save an assault rifle or 2 for me because it will spell TEOTWAWKI. And stop hoarding all the ammo,-- seriously.
A timely call!
With the
-Bank bailout
-Anti-racist conference boycott
-Ass-breath from Israel
-Never-ending war and genocide in "Af-Pac"
-Ditto in Iraq
-Single-payer - "off the table"
-Renewed blockade of Cuba
-"Two-track" support for Honduran coup
Yep, a timely call, indeed!
Good luck
I'll ignore the racist rants posted here and wish y'all better luck with the media than we had on 9/12. I don't want single payer but I appreciate folks letting their government know what they want.
Trust in God but keep your powder dry
LMAO going to fail like
LMAO going to fail like Obozo, Chimpchelle, and Orca did.
And it's been proven again and again that WE did not come out of Apefrica... you nigs did but not us humans.
typical "gibs me dat"
typical "gibs me dat" mentality.... try working and being productive in the HUMAN civiliztion and stop thinking everyone owes you apes a living. the world showed Obongo boy that they didnt like his nig-nog demands, you expect the same with your march November 7th.
The topics
Keep in mind, this is coming from an American Indian/Irishman who lost his rights to the family homestead because my grandma married an indian. The indians in the family have disowned us "white boys" because we aren't off of the reservation and we are all pasty. Talk about jacked up. Knock it off with the persecution line and act responsibly, earn it. Bill Cosby knows what I'm talking about.