by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon
More than two-thirds of the Congressional Black Caucus signed on as members of the Out of Iraq Caucus, but when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic corporate cohorts turned up the fire, all but four melted into the mass of hypocrisy that joined the U.S. war machine while pretending to resist it. The heroes are mostly heroines: Reps. Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee, Diane Watson, and the only man in the bunch, John Lewis. The collapse of the CBC is not a morality play, but the story of a power play. The lesson: the CBC will not stand up to Power, and is a politically spent force as presently constituted. The same must be said of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, only four of whose non-Black members stuck by their guns.
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This weekâs featured authors are Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson.
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The United States has escalated its proxy war in Syria with the help of jihadist allies and continues destabilizing the entire West Asia region.
