Blacks in Houston Must Guard Against Displacement
Working class leadership must ensure that the massive Black displacement that followed Hurricane Katrina does not recur in Houston, said Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific author and professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He noted that both Houston and New Orleans are anti-union towns that are hostile to Black and poor people.
Imperial Policies Could Doom Sanders Presidency
âIâm afraid that even if Sen. Bernie Sanders were to become president, heâd probably just continue to manage the U.S. empire abroad,â said Dr. Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As with President Lyndon Johnsonâs Great Society, the domestic social project would be defeated by the imperial foreign policy.
Voices for Prison Abolition
Activists seeking to abolish the U.S. mass incarceration system, root and branch, rallied in 16 cities under the banner âMillions for Prisoners Human Rights.â Speakers included Laura Whitehorn, of the Northeast Political Prisoners Coalition, Tomika Shine, Baltimore representative of Releasing Aging People from Prison (RAPP), and spoken word artist Max Parthas, co-host of New Abolitionist Radio.
Bad News Trump
Wilbert âJazz the Poetâ Sanders, currently incarcerated in Pennsylvaniaâs McKean federal prison, showcased a new work, titled âPolitically Incorrect,â via Prison Radio: âTrump is vindictive, with a cold heart / In time heâll tear this country apart.â
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Infector-in-Chief, Boss Tweet, Refuses to mask his lie hole. He insists on leaving out his snoutâ Normally affixed to CEO posteriors.
The trouble is that identity politics is the victim of elite capture in the service of their own interests.
This week a Democratic Party exit, the role of Democratic Party sheepdogs, and the racial fallout of the pandemic in Chicago were on your minds.
What Haley crafts about the lives of incarcerated women is astounding in its archival literacy, analytical sophistication, and authorial courage.
Black people are without the shelter of rights and protection, whether invited into or locked out of âthe human.ââ
