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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COVID-19 May Trigger a âCrisis of Legitimacyâ
Citing the novel by Chinua Achebe, political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal notes: âWe see outside our doors, our windows, a world we did not know, that now exists.
âThereâs always something new that we couldnât anticipate,â said Minkah Makalani, professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
When North Carolina writer and activist Joshua Briond was introduced to the words, âFrom each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs,â he knew that Be
Can the corporate state hold, âor will it collapse under the weight of mass opposition and mass âdistancingâ from the authority of the state?â asks Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteir
