Protesters demanded that Medgar Evers College cancel Hillary Clintonâs scheduled commencement address at the mostly Black Brooklyn institution, next month. The Clintons are a criminal family, said Dahoud Andre, of Komokoda, the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti. If Medgar Evers College honors the former secretary of state, it will be condoning âthe crimes of the Clinton family, and Hillary Clinton, personally, against the people of Haiti and against Black youth, who she called âanimalsâ and âthugsâ who should be âbrought to heel,ââ said Andre.
Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development and one that Black people must embrace.
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Christopher C. Black fought for justice in politically agendized international courts.
Trump deploys Marines against LA protesters, echoing Nixonâs Kent State crackdown. But this time, he faces a broader, greatly disaffected opposition ready to fight back.
This weekâs featured author is Edna Bonhomme. Bonhomme is a historian of science, culture writer, and journalist based in Berlin, Germany. Her book is A History of the World in Six Plagues: HowâŚ
