Black Agenda Report's Danny Haiphong examines the lies at the root of the story America tells itself - as the corporate media obscures the reality of social relations at the base of American power, our collective notions of exceptionalism and innocence mask the exploitation that occurs around us everyday, and the exploiting class at the top of American society.
Danny is author of the book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake NewsâFrom the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror from Skyhorse Books.
Black people are without the shelter of rights and protection, whether invited into or locked out of âthe human.ââ
We are entering a terrifying and daunting time that requires a change in approach and tactics.
We have to reverse the strange alchemy where markets turn land, concrete, steel, and glass into money, while turning people out into the streets.
A bloc of countries, led by the United States of America, is stubbornly persisting in using force to maintain and extend their global dominance.
More than 300,000 people in prisons or jails are under âfull or partial lockdownâ in response to the pandemic.
