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- Netfa FreemanWhy is more effort is put into trying to discredit CCOP, while the ruling class is pulling all stops to hoodwink the public with actual reformism, like the George Floyd Act.
- Ahjamu UmiJust like we glorified the black leather jackets, black berets, and guns in the 60s, we still romanticize African people with guns and mouths that fire more inaccurately than the guns they carry.
- Denis ChabrolThe martyred revolutionary’s assassination has finally been acknowledged by the Guyana state, and his works will become part of the educational curriculum.
- Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum EditorTo break cyclical, systemic oppression requires a functionality that rejects reified notions of governance, global capitalism, and accommodation.