Glen Ford pointed out that if the Democrats were a real, mass based party, they would never have considered Joe Biden as their nominee because he had no support among the people that energize parties: the youth. He still lacks that support because that is what the duopoly oligarchs want, a voting base which they can ignore. "But the Democrats and the Republicans are not mass political parties. They are not run the people who vote for them. They are controlled by their corporate funders, who make sure that rich people’s interests are protected at every money-soaked stage of the electoral game."
Originally published in Black Agenda Report.
The author offers some thoughts on how to deal with white people that seek to dominate Black political discussion on social media.
Africans have flooded into the streets of Britain, Germany, Brazil, France and many other countries, not only in solidarity, but also as part of their own resistance.
We are murdered, but there is no recourse because there is no crime. No death occurred because we are not human.
Mayor Lance Bottoms brought in troops to occupy her city while claiming that protesters dishonored the memory of MLK.
It is impossible to speak seriously about Marxism in the West without incorporating the role of Christianity in each social formation.
