The newly founded Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) and the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC) issued a joint statement denouncing U.S. “destabilization” and “attempts to cause regime change” in Venezuela. “We share the objective to revive the anti-war movement -- the anti-imperialist movement in the U.S.,” said BAP organizer Ajamu Baraka, the veteran human rights activist and 2016 Green Party vice presidential candidate. “We are, of course, committed to peace, but we understand that there can be no peace without justice, and that means people have to be prepared for struggle,” said Baraka.
Now as in the past, much of the talk about American “freedom” is really about white people’s presumed right to dominate everyone else.
The racist roots of healthcare in this country run as deep as the slavery underpinnings of policing.
Census data show 19 percent of Black households did not have enough food to eat in the past week, compared to 7 percent of white households.
Dozens of New Jersey officers who have been criminally charged with official misconduct avoided the jail time called for under the law.
Trump’s election, Russiagate and the smear campaign against Julian Assange have deluded and disoriented many “left” organizations.
