The US Black Liberation Movement Has Always Been Internationalist
African Americans practiced an internationalist politics in their epic struggle against US white supremacism, said Paul Ortiz, professor of history at the University of Florida and author of the new book, âAn African American and Latinx History of the United States.â Blacks looked for inspiration and support from Haiti and the anti-colonial struggles in Latin America and Africa. According to Ortiz, escaped US slaves âfound sanctuary as much or more in Mexico as they did in Canada.â
Canada No Safe Haven for Blacks
More than half of Canadaâs Black population was born elsewhere, but disproportionate stops by police âcan not only end in jail, but deportation and removal,â said Robyn Maynard, a Montreal-based writer and activist and author of âPolicing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present.â Canada has been especially harsh in its treatment of Haitians attempting to enter the country, said Maynard.
Renowned Civil Rights Fighter to Help Celebrate Gandhiâs Birthday
Rev. James Lawson, a confident and comrade of Dr. Martin Luther King and longtime student of non-violent social activism, will speak at the 150th anniversary of Muhatma Gandhiâs birth at the Philadelphia Free School, October 3. Rev. Lawson was Dr. Kingâs âcoachâ on Gandhian non-violence and invited MLK to Memphis, where he was assassinated while supporting striking garbage workers, said Free School organizer Jahan Choudry.
Tiny St. Vincent Blasts US Sanctions of Venezuela
The Prime Minister of the Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines denounced US sanctions against Venezuela and called the Juan Guaido âgovernment,â recognized by the US and its allies, âa fictitious creation of foreign powers.â In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves noted significant moves towards Pan African unity, with Caribbean nations in the forefront.
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Roberto Sirvent speaks to Joyce McMillan, an advocate for parental rights in the family policing system. So called "child welfare" disproportionately impacts and harms Black people.
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This weekâs featured author is Emilio Amideo. Amideo is a research fellow in English language and translation atâŚ
The acknowledgement that France and the U.S. robbed Haiti of billions of dollars is long overdue. Yet the discussion is useless absent monetary reparation and the end of the control both thoseâŚ
White leftists have a history of using class reductionism to ignore racism and even of making common cause with white supremacy itself.
