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“It’s insulting that none of us who have been responsible for most registration and turnout are at the table determining priorities.” – Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Rainbow/PUSH Coalition “There is something wrong when groups who have closed the gap on enfranchisement with our track record and our history of protecting the vote are not getting…

Lesser Evil John Kerry danced like James Brown atop the precarious, tiny table that he calls his “plan” for Iraq, easily out-presidentialing the Pure Evil Pirate, George Bush, in last week’s debate. For those of us who believe the fate of the human species may hang in the balance on November 2, it was a…

New voters are swelling the rolls and threatening to upset the assumptions of corporate pundits and polling organizations. Although Republicans are vigorously signing up white voters in the suburbs and exurbs, it appears the GOP is being out-organized by Democrat-led drives in Black and Brown precincts across the nation. According to a New York Times…

“Counter-insurgency is a legitimate weapon in war but it is unique. You recruit individuals from the constituency of the insurgents because they know the local languages, the terrain, and the local cultures. You then form counter-insurgency units who are deployed alongside regular government troops.” What Garang is describing is a military and political doctrine of…

Democrats are going “toe to toe” against a Republican campaign to pollute Black-oriented media, principally radio, with negative and voter suppression ads in key “battleground” states, say officials at the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The official Democratic counterattack has been hugely reinforced by multibillionaire George Soros’s independent “527” outfit, The Media Fund, which will spend…

“There is still time” for John Kerry to reverse his slippage in the polls, said Rev. Jesse Jackson on CNN, this week, but this will require a “shakeup” in the Kerry campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Kerry “has been distancing himself from his base,” which “is not smart.” That’s an understatement. It is now…

The sham of GOP Black voter outreach is over and the true Republican mission has begun: suppress the African American vote, by any means possible. To that end, the Bush men have enlisted the mercenary services of Black front groups invented by rightwing foundations in the Nineties to push for school vouchers and other elements…

We have arrived at an historic juncture in the racial-political-economic geography of the United States – and a critical moment in the African American saga. A convergence of circumstances has provided Blacks and their progressive allies a window of opportunity to seize the political initiative from the ruthless and profoundly racist dictatorship of corporate boardrooms.…

3. Movies such as Revenge of the Nerds where the nerds and geeks triumph over their social oppressors. Curriculum Let’s say for a moment, that I actually bought into this misconception about African-American youths’ aversion to education; when the curriculum is viewed from our social studies, history and English classes across the country; it’s easy…

Co-Publisher Glen Ford delivered the following remarks to the Labor Plenary at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition 33rd Annual Conference, in Chicago, Illinois, June 29. During the last couple years we’ve been hearing a lot about a “global clash of civilizations.” We have our own clash of civilizations going on, right here in the United States. Essentially,…