Category: The African World

The establishment will tell us how great he was, and indeed he was GREAT, but they will focus us away from his anti-imperialism, his faith and his commitment to social justice, and more towards his general audacity and outstanding boxing.

Harriet Tubman is the revolutionary face that we need on the currency today and the revolutionary face we will need on the currency when there is a a fundamental, and progressive social transformation of this territory known as the United States of America.

when most progressives think about electoral politics they think less about strategy and more about a particular candidacy or set of candidacies, more often than not candidacies that have not emerged out of the progressive movements.

I write about Bianca every March 18th. It is important for me to remember her and to remember the moment that she came into our lives. It is important that I remember those three days; days that mixed hope with the most profound sadness.

There is a fruitful comparison to be made between Sanders’s campaign and Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988. Like Jackson, Sanders has positioned himself as the champion of the underdog — the champion of those being stepped on by the wealthy.

On the day that the storm hit i found myself wondering about the homeless people i ran across who were camped out and where they would end up, or, for that matter, whether they would survive.

Right-wing populism cannot be written off as irrelevant lunacy, despite its irrationalism. It is a powerful social movement that represents danger to progress wherever it raises its ugly head. For forces on the Left, the challenge is how to combat this phenomenon?

January 14, 2016 – Issue 636 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; How Neoliberalism Infiltrated Black Politics Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Mr. Fletcher talks to Lester Spence about the rise of Neoliberalism in Black Politics. Additionally, Fletcher talks to Wahleah Johns & Bill Gallegos about the recently completed COP21.

Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Mr. Fletcher talks to film actor Danny Glover, CEO of Louverture Films and James Early, scholar at the Institute of Policy Studies about the recent elections in Venezuela and what it means for the country going forward. This video also features a discussion with Dr. Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco on the latest in Western Sahara, Africa’s last remaining colony.

December 17, 2015 – Issue 634 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; Baltimore A Canary in a Coal Mine Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Mr. Fletcher talks to Baltimore activists about the ongoing Freddie Gray trial and what it means for the city, as well as the nation at-large. Fletcher also looks at…