“We need revolutionary change in this country,” said Ajamu Baraka, the veteran human rights activist who ran for vice president on the Green Party ticket and is currently organizing the Black Alliance for Peace. The Democratic Party has been “the main impediment for us developing the kind of radical, oppositional politics and consciousness that we have to build,” said Baraka, an editor and columnist for Black Agenda Report. “Most of our community understand where the Republicans are coming from, but it has been the Democratic Party that has been the source of ideological confusion” in Black America.
Somali nationalists claim victory and raise the Somali flag above the city of Las Anod.
Counter-insurgency and Black Studies: An Interview with Tea Troutman
The anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and a new song are reminders that a strong hatred of the poor continues in the U.S.
The Communist Party of Kenya strongly condemns their nation's involvement in the impending occupation of Haiti.
The plan for the next occupation of Haiti involves Caribbean nations Jamaica and the Bahamas. Even far away Kenya is allowing itself to be used to give cover to a racist attack.
