If you managed to attend the annual DC gathering of the Congressional Black Caucus last week you know it was more the "Corporate Black Caucus" that was on display. Goodie bags from Coca-cola, a health care summit sponsored by Pfizer, and the logos from Wal-Mart, Lockheed and Boeing were everywhere to tell you who paid the bills and called the shots at this annual celebration of supposed black political empowerment. In the midst of this den of corporate iniquity, Russell Moniker from Single Payer Action cornered Rep. Conyers to inquire on the status of single payer.
Liberal reforms continue to fail to make the police more accountable. “LAPD officials helped create the ‘wars’ it fought to assert their authority.”
People of African descent, no matter where they come from, face challenges in the American racial hierarchy.
The Indian freedom struggle inspired liberation struggles in Africa and Afro-America.
Congressman John Lewis has joined a new caucus that will likely rally other Black lawmakers in defense of the apartheid state.
Surveillance capitalism is profoundly antidemocratic and follows the logic of the quest for profit.
