The Day that Black Lives did not matter in Panama
December 20, 1989 is a day of infamy for the people of Panama. On that day, the most powerful military in the world descended on a poor black communities in the middle of Panama City and carried out...
View ArticleObama’s Legacy: Permanent War and Liberal/Radical Accommodation?
The announcement by the Obama administration that it will seek congressional authorization to expand the war on ISIS in Syria and possibly send more heavy weapons to its client government in Ukraine...
View ArticleThe Assassination of Sandra Bland and the Struggle against State Repression
During the struggle in South Africa black activists who were captured by the state had a strange habit of jumping to their deaths from the windows of jails and court houses whenever the authorities...
View ArticleMaking Black Lives Matter in Riohacha, Colombia
A gentle breeze from the Caribbean sea should have provided temporary relief from the scorching sun for our small group of international observers gathered together in a stuffy, concrete hall off the...
View ArticleWhy is Cornel West Sheep-Dogging for the Democrats – Once Again?
Rosa Clemente, who ran for Vice President with Cynthia McKinney in 2008, reminds us that Cornel West and many other notable left activists and intellectuals who have given lip-service to the need for...
View ArticleThe Paris Attacks and the White Lives Matter Movement
I received a message from one of my friends in Lebanon who asked with feigned curiosity why the U.S. media only gave a passing reference to the bombing in Beirut before turning to non-stop coverage of...
View ArticleThreats against Afro-Colombian Leaders from Buenaventura
Danelly Estupiñan, a powerful Afro-Colombian human rights activist and personal friend of mine, is now facing a mortal threat from the fanatical criminals aligned with powerful economic interests who...
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