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 peopleâs interests are protected at every money-soaked stage of the electoral game."
Originally published in Black Agenda Report.
Tiyo Attallah Salah-Elâs exemplary life (without parole) is testament to the human spirit and the cause of abolition.
BLM National Leadership Focused on Money and Careers
âThe mixed Black figure, the mulattaâ is âa central focus of containing and managing Blackness and upholding whitenessâ in both Brazil and the United States, said Jasmine Mitchell,
âThe struggle has to be more than simply a declaration of our significance as human beings, as in the term âBlack Lives Matter,ââ said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Bac
Breya Johnson, co-chair of Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) in Washington, DC, said her organization enjoys a âworking relationshipâ with the local Black Lives Matter chapter, but
