In the current political climate, Black and progressive activists should focus on locally-based efforts, said author and veteran organizer Kevin Alexander Gray. “We don’t have anybody on the national scene that’s saying anything coherent,” said Gray, speaking from his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina. “They’re saying those sound bites to stay on TV, and smiling and skinnin’ and grinnin’,” but “they’re disconnected from the struggle, disconnected from their history. People see them as frauds, and that’s a good thing, as we organize at the local level.”
The maniacal alliance between the U.S. and Israel has exposed the sham of western democracy and the illusion of international law.
A reminder that Haiti’s struggle is an anti-colonial one that deserves the world’s solidarity, not its indifference.
In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a regional cooperation agreement that raised great hope in the Horn, but now, six years, later, it lies in tatters.
International gathering in New York City fails to enforce its own decisions while regional wars expand in Europe and West Asia.
"Bassackwards Tribe strikes again!" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
