Death, Protest and George Floyd

Death, Protest and George Floyd

Mobs are unruly, headless things. The message is the action. The platform is often violence. But what is happening across the United States cannot simply be labelled as a looting-leads-to-shooting episode. It ranks as another chapter of enraged despair and untidy opportunism. It all began with a savage act in South Minneapolis, a killing grotesque…

‘Looting is the Price of Freedom!’ Washington Conveniently Forgets Its Cynical Advice to Post-Invasion Iraq

‘Looting is the Price of Freedom!’ Washington Conveniently Forgets Its Cynical Advice to Post-Invasion Iraq

As the United States finds itself overwhelmed with protests and riots raging across the nation, its unsolicited past advice in places like Hong Kong and Iraq under similar circumstances is coming home to roost, with a vengeance. Just yesterday Washington DC was the cock of the walk, sufficiently drunk on power to scold foreign governments…

Outrage Mounts Over Racist Police and Vigilante Killings against African Americans

Outrage Mounts Over Racist Police and Vigilante Killings against African Americans

African Americans continue to be systematically profiled and executed by law-enforcement agencies and bigoted whites creating a volatile situation across the United States *** Four Minneapolis police officers have been terminated from their jobs in the aftermath of the videotaped exposure of the blatant killing of George Floyd. This act of police violence which has…

Biden’s “You Ain’t Black” Comment Embodies Everything Wrong with the Democrats

Biden’s “You Ain’t Black” Comment Embodies Everything Wrong with the Democrats

The Republicans are onto something when they claim that the Democrats take African-Americans for granted. *** Former Vice President and current Democrat front-runner Joe Biden embodied everything that’s wrong with the Democrats on Friday morning during an interview with a popular New York City radio host. In response to Charlamagne Tha God’s request for another…