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
The man portrayed by Don Cheadle in the movie about mass slaughter in Rwanda was kidnapped and jailed by the countryâs dictator, writes Ann Garrison.
There sat the morally constipated politician fartinâ âround with truth like an amateur magician⌠Locked, loaded, flinging fecal matter at a class mateâŚ
In the 1960s LA communities of color prioritized a radical tradition of care and the transformative power of art and politics.
Through a loophole in the 13th Amendment, governments and corporations profit from cheap, incarcerated labor.
This week corporate funded NGOs, liberal sympathy for Trump, and Russophobia in progressive organizations were on your minds.
