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Jon Jeter
Modern Day Reconstruction and Tennessee's Expulsion of Black Lawmakers
19 Apr 2023
The temporary expulsion of two Black Tennessee legislators was a reminder of why even a tiny semblance of Black political independence is feared and hated. The expressions of support from traitorous…
Jon Jeter
Finding Your Whiteness in a Time of Crisis: The Reeducation of Norman Finkelstein
05 Apr 2023
Norman Finkelstein was a highly respected academic, but his latest book is a racist "544-page temper tantrum."
Jon Jeter
Ride or Die: Rachel Corrie's Body and the Bitter Legacy of White Allies
22 Mar 2023
Being a white ally is a very serious matter. They can be "martyred on a shrine of white supremacy in an effort to discourage other whites from following their lead."
Jon Jeter
Chocolate City: Ground Zero for the White Settler's Reclamation Project
12 Oct 2022
Washington DC was once known as Chocolate City. After years of gentrification Black residents are now a minority of the population.
Jon Jeter
Big Ideas to Stir the Blood: Reimagining Reparations as America's Marshall Plan and Not Just a Payday
14 Sep 2022
International law requires that reparations be made for human rights violations. African Americans certainly fall into the category of those entitled to just compensation, restitution, and…
Jon Jeter
'You Can't Swim the Same River Twice': Why Full Employment Was a Great Idea, But is No More
31 Aug 2022
Had it been fully implemented the Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill would have been a boon to U.S. workers. Any talk of reviving it is now moot, as the industrial economy of the 1970s has been…
Jon Jeter
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Harvard: Why the Crew, and not the Captain, Will Save America
10 Aug 2022
The elites who control international finance are the best educated people in the world. They are also the most dangerous and have inflicted the most harm.
Jon Jeter
The White Socialist Left: Seeing a Bleak Future for ‘Black and White Unite and Fight’
06 Jul 2022
White leftists have a history of using class reductionism to ignore racism and even of making common cause with white supremacy itself.
Jon Jeter
911 Is a Joke: Preferring to Shoot Unarmed Blacks, Cops Find It Ain't No Fun When the Rabbit Has the Gun
01 Jun 2022
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) began after an LAPD raid on the Black Panthers in 1969 and spread throughout the country. Then as now they neither protect nor serve, as was the case in Uvalde,…
Jon Jeter
Book Review: The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
27 Oct 2021
The idea that a reverse migration to the south is a route to greater political power should be treated with skepticism.