Complicated Times, Complex Organizing: The Black Radical Congress at 10

Dr. Rose Brewer is Mark’s guest Thursday, June 5, 2008

On the eve of the 10th anniversary, as a founding member of the BRC, I know that the political terrain we face is messy and difficult. Even more daunting, I know these things to be true:

2. It is a moment in which wealth is extremely concentrated within the U.S. and globally. The rich, indeed, have gotten much richer. It is also a moment of complicated racial/ethnic realities and gender divides. The immigration issue looms large in the context of the need to build alliances.

4. It is a gendered moment – with Black women and women all over the world too often exploited and impoverished – the U.S. no exception. These global realities have different gendered consequences for men and women. Nonetheless if we lift up women, women are taking charge, claiming leadership and organizing for social change. We represent a tidewater of movement building possibilities. Thus the next decade of the BRC demands nothing less than a reaffirmation of our radical Black feminist roots, actually building radical Black feminist sensibilities within our communities. This is an imperative but unfinished agenda.