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“The Jackson police department’s actions expose them as a violent thug operation that needs to be disarmed and eventually disbanded.”
“We often reduce Black politics to integrationism vs nationalism, but freedom dreams have always been more robust and complex.”
“It is crucial for us to understand that what we feel as Black peoples provides useful data that can be turned into critical analysis.”
“U.S. Imperialism is formidable and violently vindictive simultaneously.”
“Throughout her public life, Jarrett served the Empire and not the people, African-Americans least of all.”
