“We need visionary demands,” said Bruce Dixon, speaking at the Black Agenda Report panel at the annual Left Forum conference in New York City. A constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote would “invalidate” all the restrictions that disenfranchise so many in the United States. “If it’s not in the Constitution, any sheriff, any mayor, any governor or state legislature, any county official, can make a rule that interferes with your right to vote,” said Dixon. Democrats had “the moral high ground” to pass such an amendment in the 70s and 80s, but instead decided to rely on the U.S. Supreme Court to safeguard voting rights.
African Union member-states are facing a critical conjuncture as the looming threats of global conflict against imperialism threatens world peace.
The recent re-election of Lula da Silva to the Brazilian presidency is a reminder of the role that he played in the occupation of Haiti. The Brazilian military took the lead in the occupation…
The US is complicit in allowing inhumane practices, including forced labor and wage theft among Haitian sugar industry workers in the Dominican Republic.
The current calls to indict Russian authorities and citizens resemble what NATO did in 2011 to Libya and Muammar Gaddafi.
The white warlords of Haiti and their role in destabilizing their country Part 2, the white nationalist American Renaissance Conference will take place in Tennessee, and Dr. Gerald Horne discusses…
