the blackpoets kept me alive!when you told me i should strivethe blackpoets kept me alive!when you told us to be quietthe blackpoets kept we alive!when war turned day into nightthe blackpoets told us to fight!
Author Archives: aidarends
exercise in playfulness
ought ought ought ought to do bought bought bought bought a flu sought sought sought sought a crew drought drought drought drought of youth!
so
you don’t want the boy to know how much you want the boy to know so. don’t tell him much. you want the boy to know how much you want the boy to know so.
How Afro-Colombians are Fighting White Feminism
“By overlooking the Feminist struggles being led by Black and Indigenous women in Latin American countries with the highest femicide rates, not only in the region, but the world, we are creating a narrative that leaves out the range of lived experience amongst women while upholding the white supremacist narrative that Black Indigenous Queer womenContinue reading “How Afro-Colombians are Fighting White Feminism”
Women in the Zimbabwean Revolution
Sleeping Beauty
i want to speak of black beauty to you i want to speak of black beauty to you
The Universe Is Our Holy Book (Jack D. Forbes)
Originally posted on Romford Literary Collective:
The Universe is our Holy Book The Earth our Genesis The Sky our sacred scroll The Animals our teachers The Mountains our prophets The Winds our equations The Birds our prayers The Flowers our miracle The Sun our source The Moon our messenger The Waters our testaments The World…
Quintana: Latin America to Experience Phase II of the Cold War
‘Quintana says that “gringo policy” towards Latin America will put in motion a “witch hunt in the region” in which Washington will say, ‘Either they’re with the West, NATO and the US, or they’re against us.’ Within this context, governments that opt for neutrality in the conflict will be put in the category of pro-RussiaContinue reading “Quintana: Latin America to Experience Phase II of the Cold War”
The Rate of Exploitation: The Case of the iPhone
“Our second Notebook analyses the contemporary production process that results in Apple’s iPhone. We move from a look at the iPhone’s production to the inner workings of profit and exploitation. We are interested not only in Apple and the iPhone, but more particularly in the Marxist analysis of the rate of exploitation at play inContinue reading “The Rate of Exploitation: The Case of the iPhone”
Quote of the Day – March 26
“For according to my eyesight, and Ise one sure-seeing nigger, the wul’ safe foh democracy is a wul’ safe for crackerism.” – Banjo, from Banjo by Claude McKay
Aida Rends 