In the current political climate, Black and progressive activists should focus on locally-based efforts, said author and veteran organizer Kevin Alexander Gray. âWe donât have anybody on the national scene thatâs saying anything coherent,â said Gray, speaking from his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina. âTheyâre saying those sound bites to stay on TV, and smiling and skinninâ and grinninâ,â but âtheyâre disconnected from the struggle, disconnected from their history. People see them as frauds, and thatâs a good thing, as we organize at the local level.â
âIf we believe thatâ achieving âthe first Black woman this, and the first Black woman that, will consolidate gains for our community, then we are deceiving ourselvesâ and âwe might as well say, âIâ
So few of its own citizens have contracted Covid-19 â less than 300 -- that Cuba must test its vaccines in other countries, said Dr Layla Brown-Vincent, professor
President Franklin Roosevelt made profound changes in the US political-economic structure, while Joe Biden only does temporary patchwork on the late-stage capitalist carcass.
To manufacture consent for its own constant aggressions the US claims its competitors are guilty of even greater crimes â sheer inventions that never happened.
You cannot simply declare yourself race free, racism free, and simply think that it will generate a race free or colorblind society.
