Category: The African World

Ask yourself if you care whether or not you receive the mail that the Constitution promises.I have lived through several hurricanes and major storms. When you do not know whether your roof will hold together or whether you will get flooded out (and our basement was flooded in the 2011 hurricane), the anxiety is indescribable.…

Let me start by being clear that i am in favor of term limits. I am not in favor of people running forever. That said, the victory of President Chavez is a tremendous one, and not just for him as an individual. There are those who are committed to turning the clock backwards and they…

In the northwest corner of Africa, an on-going conflict against an occupation could be entering a new stage. The Western Sahara, known as the Spanish Sahara prior to the withdrawal of Spain, has been the site of a bitter struggle for national liberation. Currently led by the organization POLISARIO, a movement for the independence of…

As the Venezuelan Presidential elections near (October 7th), the obsession of the US mainstream media with bringing down the administration of President Hugo Chavez resurfaces. The standard story line is generally the same: Venezuela is allegedly led by a dictator who is carrying out repression against his opponents. What is so striking about these allegations…

We need to think about how we need to change our own movement so that we are better positioned to win. Virtually every Labor Day there is less and less discussion of workers and unions than the previous year. Many of us who have been deeply involved in the labor union movement bemoan this situation,…

The Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v United States will be studied for weeks to come. While the Supreme Court threw out key elements of Arizona’s anti-immigrant statute, what they permitted was the right of the police to investigate the immigration status of individuals who have been stopped if they – the police – have…

What is interesting about the relationship of the extreme political Right to Romney is that they actually hate him. This is not speculation. If you review the language of the Republican primary season it is clear that they actually despise him. They do not believe that he is a real conservative. They do not believe…

The June 5th recall election is one of the most important electoral moments I can remember. This is not due to its potential impact on the Presidential elections. The impact, one way or another, will be difficult to determine. The significance of the recall election is found in the willingness of thousands of Wisconsin-ites to…

Soon after Obama�s historic statement in favor of gay marriage, I watched the traffic on Facebook. Overall, the responses were very positive, even where people had questions as to the relative strength of the statement. But then I started seeing comments that questioned the sincerity of the statement. My immediate response was simple: who cares…

Did India just launch a new ballistic missile? A launch, by the way, which received very little international attention and concern and from a country that is a non-signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. And was it me or did North Korea just attempt to launch a new missile which they claimed was for peaceful…