Black Is Back Coalition Holds National Conference in St. Louis
Che Guevaraâs call for âone, two, many Vietnamsâ to resist US imperialism has been answered in the 21stcentury by the rise of China and a multi-polar world, said BAR executive editor Glen Ford, speaking at a national conference of the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations. Omali Yeshitela, leader of the African Peopleâs Socialist Party and chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition, told the conference, âWe have to build a steel cadre that is willing to make revolution our profession.â
Trump Isnât Special: All US Presidents Support White Supremacy
William C Anderson, author of a recent article titled, âUsing Patriotism to Deflect Racism is a Deadly Mistake,â said âthe Oval Office is quite familiarâ with white supremacists like Donald Trump. âIt misses the point to say things like, âTrump is disrespecting the office or lowering the standard of the presidency,ââ said Anderson, âwhen this has always been a white supremacist position.â
Jim Crow Still Lives in Hollywood
The US film industry is more open to Black themes and participation than in the past, but still has not answered the question of what kind of society it will project, said Maryann Erigha, a professor of sociology and African American Studies at the University of Georgia, and author of the new book, âThe Hollywood Jim Crow: Racial Politics of the Movie Industry.â âIs it a sanitized whiteness, is it a whitewashed vision, or can we have this unapologetic Blackness, and that just be part of the American cultural canon?â
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Scott King was spied on constantly by the FBI â surveillance that was authorized by the Kingsâ âfriends,â the Kennedy brothers.
Both Newton and King sought to create a united front for peace and socialism.
The convict labor system was once notorious in Mississippi â and it still is, under the guise of debt restitution.
Black Self-Defense is Important, But Ideology is Paramount
The US became deeply involved in global counterinsurgency after World War Two, said Stuart Schrader, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University and author of âBadges Without Bo
