Topic: Thinking Politically
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Death Penalty for a $50 Crack Deal
On January 18, 2014, my husband Robert Rowry died isolated from his family, shackled and chained to a community hospital bed as “property” of the state of Missouri—nine days after denial of medical parole, and roughly eight weeks shy of his scheduled parole date. Robert’s experience shows the ubiquitous presence of conditions that…
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The FBI Wants To Put Me On Trial For Fighting For Black Freedom
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There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), founder of the Uhuru (“Freedom”) Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States. Using the bogus and slanderous charge that we are “Russian agents,” the U.S. government…
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On The Influence Of NeoNazism In Ukraine
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During the war, units of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B) took part in the Holocaust, killing at least 100,000 Jews and Poles. Mykola Lebed, a top aide to Stepan Bandera, the leader of the fascist OUN-B, was recruited by the C.I.A. after the war… Bandera’s closest deputy, Yaroslav Stetsko, said: ““I…fully appreciate the undeniably harmful and…
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Peru coup: CIA agent turned US ambassador met with defense minister day before president overthrown
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Caption for photo: Trump/Biden/CIA appointee Lisa Kenna with Dina Boluarte. The US government has staunchly supported Peru’s unelected coup regime, which declared a nation-wide “state of emergency” and deployed the military to the streets in an attempt to crush the protests… The CIA has organized many coups against democratically elected left-wing leaders in Latin America,…
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The United States and White Supremacy at War with China
In 1904, Jack London, the most celebrated American writer of the time, was sent as a reporter to cover the war between Russia and Japan. According to Daniel A. Métraux, editor of a collection of London’s writings on Asia (1): “London’s tenure as a journalist in Korea and Manchuria was a revelation to his worldview.…
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Tribal nations fight for influence on the Colorado River
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Indigenous nations in the basin are making a stand for their water — and upsetting the river’s power structure. In early November, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought by the Navajo Nation that could have far-reaching impacts on tribal water rights in the Colorado River Basin. In its suit, the Navajo…
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Israel and the Rise of Jewish Fascism
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The mask is being lifted from the face of Israel’s apartheid state, exposing a grinning death’s head that portends the obliteration of the few restraints against the killing of the Palestinians. Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed coalition government of Jewish extremists, fanatic Zionists and religious bigots represents a seismic change in Israel, one that will exacerbate Israel’s pariah status,…
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A contemporary lens for addressing the existential crises we now face
We gain our understanding of the world through the lens of theory. For revolutionaries, the basic laws of behavior of a capitalist system were already understood and advanced over one hundred and fifty years ago by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels and their comrades in struggle. Thankfully, their work is constantly being updated and applied…
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US Abortion Rights: Who Would Kill the Gander that Goosed a Golden Egg?
The suffering of US women under the iron heel of abortion is intensifying, especially for women of color. This makes it imperative to closely examine possible paths forward. As a teenager during the 1960s I witnessed two political paths that remain imprinted on my mind. LBJ and 14 (b) Even before classes began…
