The second volume on the life and works of Hubert Harrison, the Harlem-based activist, organizer and journalist, is about to be released. Biographer Jeff Perry has spent almost four decades researching Harrison, who he described as âa socialist who worked closely with Marcus Garvey and was the first to write about the âNew Negroâ in the first quarter of the 20th century.â Harrison deserves to be in the pantheon of formative Black political thinkers and doers, but his principled politics, unsparing journalistic critiques, and refusal to be bought earned him few boosters.
It is important to look at the bigger picture lest we focus on the wrong issue and play into the hands of the ruling class.
The sanctions on Venezuela are also hurting some two million low-income Americans who used to receive free heating oil from CITGO.
Protests mount against Africaâs most populous nationâs most feared police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
The Chicago Police Departmentâs new use-of-force policy input process is a sham, designed only to create the illusion of community engagement.
The police unit most likely to bust protestersâ heads is full of cops with long misconduct histories.
