Black Agenda Report co-founder Glen Ford transitioned on July 28, 2021. This week I’m reporting from Caracas, Venezuela where I’m part of an International Peoples Tribunal on US Imperialism and fact finding mission which will hold a hearing on the issue of US economic coercive measures, commonly known as sanctions, which have been waged against Venezuela by the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. In honor of Glen’s memory, I will read from a 2019 article he wrote when Donald Trump began his maximum pressure campaign against Venezuela. He titled this piece, “The Racist, Imperialist War Against Venezuela.”
It is now all but certain that Joe Biden will be the Democratic candidate.
A democracy is not just being “allowed” to “choose” your representatives, but having representatives that actually align with peoples material interests.
Europe – not Africa – is the current epicenter of the disease.
Prisoners and guards are at much greater risk than the general population. “Prison health care systems are not prepared to deal with this epidemic.”
The danger to the global poor has been almost totally ignored by journalists and Western governments.
