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BC Guest Commentator Bob Wing has been a racial justice organizer and writer since 1968. He is thankful for the editorial advice of many fabulous co-workers and co-thinkers, and to OrganizingUpgrade.com. The reader can find most of Bob’s writing at bobwingracialjustice.org or in his new book Toward Racial Justice and a Third Reconstruction. Contact Mr. Wine and BC.
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Among progressives, “racial capitalism” has won an enthusiastic audience as more people realize that U.S. capitalism and racism are inseparable.
Far from recoiling at Trump’s failed coup of January 6, the GOP is avidly regrouping around him and launching an even more ruthless campaign of voter…
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The fight against racism is seriously impaired without undertaking the struggle for the South and Southwest. The South, in particular, has more population, more Blacks and Latinos, more congressional representatives and more Electoral College votes than any other region. And its power is growing since it has been the fastest growing region for decades, a trend expected to continue well into the future. Yet progressives have largely ceded those regions to the far right.
(Note: This commentary is excerpted from the introduction Mr. Wing's new book Toward Racial Justice and a Third Reconstruction) This piece provides an overview of the…
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Barack Obama’s victory is indeed an historic breakthrough for U.S. politics. In a country that enforced a system of legalized racism until just 40 years ago, and that was founded on white supremacy, black slavery and Native genocide, the election of the first black president is cause for jubilation. The significance of Obama’s victory is…
Barack Obama’s victory is indeed an historic breakthrough for U.S. politics. In a country that enforced a system of legalized racism until just 40 years ago,…
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This article originally appeared in Zmag. It’s as if the spotlight that Hurricane Katrina cast on the inequities of disaster relief never happened. San Francisco’s high and mighty are in full-throated self-celebration of the City’s “rising from the ashes” of the April 18, 1906 earthquake and fire. Forgotten are people like my great-great grandfather Lee…
This article originally appeared in Zmag. It's as if the spotlight that Hurricane Katrina cast on the inequities of disaster relief never happened. San Francisco's high…
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This article was first published by RaceWire, a news service of the Applied Research Center. The 2004 presidential contest was a warning shot across the bow of all progressives. While the president and the Republican pundits vastly overstate their “mandate,” progressives need to become clear on the motion of racial politics if we are to…
This article was first published by RaceWire, a news service of the Applied Research Center. The 2004 presidential contest was a warning shot across the bow…
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