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BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, Jamala Rogers, founder and Chair Emeritus of the Organization for Black Struggle in St. Louis. She is an organizer, trainer and speaker. She is the author of The Best of the Way I See It – A Chronicle of Struggle. Other writings by Ms. Rogers can be found on her blog jamalarogers.com. Contact Ms. Rogers and BC.
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Every move we make must be calculated and in concert with others committed to stopping the rise of authoritarianism and the dismantling of civil and constitutional liberties.
There’s an old Southern saying that has been passed down throughout the generations by Black folks that is vanishing from our cultural vernacular: Mr. Charlie’s ice…
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Money can be a mover of people and ideas. We must pay attention to the dollars that we control because they really do influence the game of politics.
I often hear people repeat the adage, “money is the root of all evil.” My response is always, give me a ton of money and I’ll…
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Throughout history, the military has been used against its citizens who were fighting for change.
The older I get and the longer I’m in movement spaces, I am convinced that most people don’t understand systems of oppression. Governmental control and corporate…
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This is our teachable moment to take a hard look at these practices and make meaningful changes.
When a bombastic trump was on the campaign trail in 2016, he boasted he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and…
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Global retaliation is sure to follow trump’s short-sighted tactic.
Not sworn in yet as the 47th president, trump is already bragging about what he will do on Day One of his presidency. The announcement of…
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We must build a formidable united front for justice and democracy.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The motley picks for cabinet positions by trump mirrors his distorted view of governance and power. The main thing these cronies…
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The Left needs a sobering analysis of how trump got elected twice and lay out its plan to stop the hemorrhaging of democracy.
The November elections were a setback for the U.S. experiment called democracy. We who believe in freedom have every right to be disgusted and outraged. That’s…
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The drug is a driving force in the chemical warfare that plagues our communities.
The recent news of drug overdose deaths seemed like a light at the end of a long and tortuous tunnel. For people like me who have…
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If the ultimate goals are peace and sovereign respect, new thinking is mandatory to re-imagine how we get there.
We are past the one year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. To mark the deadly occasion, Vice-President Kamala Harris planted a pomegranate tree at…
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