Boxing is a Window on US Race and Class Pathologies
Black excellence in boxing can be traced to the âbattle royalsâ that pitted slaves against each other for the entertainment of white masters, said University of Houston professor Gerald Horne, whose new book is titled âThe Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering and the Political Economy of Boxing.â The book âuses boxing as a vehicle to talk about the larger story of exploitation, racism, white supremacy and organized crime,â said Horne, one of the Black liberation movementâs most prolific writers.
Biden and Trump Not That Different on the Issues
President-elect Joe Biden âis not even giving a nod and a winkâ to Medicare for All, despite its huge popularity among both Democrats and Republicans, said Dr Margaret Flowers, director of Popular Resistance and longtime single payer healthcare advocate. âWe canât give Biden any honeymoon period,â said Flowers. âWeâre not seeing a lot of difference between Biden and Trump in terms of their priorities.â
Democrats Deploy âDiversityâ to Mask Renewed War and Austerity
The ânew regime is just a return to the old regime of endless austerity and war,â said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro, an organizer with the Philadelphia Saturday Free School. âUnder the new Democratic administration âwe will have all this symbology of diversity and inclusion, except when it comes to ideology and policy,â said Monteiro, who expects âa single-mindedness when it comes to American empire.â
Mumia: Fear of Socialism
âPoliticians have pulled out the fear card â socialism â to ensure that voters stay in their place,â said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nationâs best known political prisoner. âThe term âstill has a foreign ringâ to US ears, but itâs actually âabout as American as hunger, itself,â said Abu Jamal, in a commentary for Prison Radio.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:am ET on PRN. Length: one hour.
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The Congolese Action Youth Platform (CAYP) is campaigning for the recognition of the Genocide against the people of DR Congo to be commemorated on August 2nd, the anniversary of Rwanda and UgandaâsâŚ
"Constructive Engagement 2.0â or Freddo frontinâ for heil-tech Hitler?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Maryland has been enforcing harsher criminal laws, using the claim of a crime wave that does not exist. This crackdown funnels Black children into an incredibly draconian legal system. Now, there isâŚ
The rise of the data and technology industry plays a key role in the rapid deterioration of social and economic conditions in the U.S.
