“Born in Barbados, he was among the last of a generation of writers who traced the Caribbean’s transition to independence.” Clay Risen renders … George Lamming, Who Chronicled the End of Colonialism, Dies at 94
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Treatment of Haitian migrants in Del Rio memorialized on coin | Miami Herald
A controversial moment captured last fall on the U.S. southern border of an officer on horseback corralling a Haitian migrant in Del Rio, Texas, has been memorialized on “a challenge coin.” — Read on http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article262498842.html
Its Time For Us to Reclaim Juneteenth – Hood Communist
The militancy of the Black Power movement and the overall emerging militancy of African and other colonized people signaled a change in our enemy’s approach. If you’ve been paying close attention to the tactics of the capitalist system over the last 25 years, you can see the trend. The mass movements of the past taughtContinue reading “Its Time For Us to Reclaim Juneteenth – Hood Communist”
Patricia Rodney on the 42 years since Walter Rodney’s assassination
Ralph Gonsalves: “Latin-Caribbean integration is necessary, but it has been discontinuous” | MR Online
The small island countries of CARICOM have given a demonstration of dignity and sovereignty, maintaining firm positions on the U.S. interference policy against Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. — Read on mronline.org/2022/06/08/ralph-gonsalves/
Three Questions for Every Paper of Record That Publishes a Story on Trans Healthcare – Sad Brown Girl
“Unlike many fields of medical practice, transgender medicine was deliberately intended by its architects to prevent and limit as many trans people as possible from transitioning. This is conventionally termed the “gatekeeping” model of transgender medicine, one engineered primarily in Europe and North America in the mid twentieth century. The story of how this self-limitingContinue reading “Three Questions for Every Paper of Record That Publishes a Story on Trans Healthcare – Sad Brown Girl”
Biden announces new $1 bln in weapons for Ukraine, Kyiv seeks more heavy arms | Reuters
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a fresh U.S. infusion of $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine that includes anti-ship rocket systems, artillery rockets, howitzers and ammunition. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-expected-announce-around-1-bln-of-weapons-ukraine-sources-2022-06-15/
Corporate ‘Self-Sanctioning’ of Russia Has US Fearing Economic Blowback – Bloomberg
When the invasion began, the Biden administration believed that if penalties exempted food and energy, the impact on inflation at home would be minimal. Since then, energy and food have become key drivers of the highest US inflation rates in 40 years, a huge political liability for President Joe Biden and the Democratic party headingContinue reading “Corporate ‘Self-Sanctioning’ of Russia Has US Fearing Economic Blowback – Bloomberg”
Quote of the Week – June 15
“Through the empty arch comes a wind, a mental wind blowing relentlessly over the heads of the dead, in search of new landscapes and unknown accents; a wind that smells of baby’s spittle, crushed grass, and jellyfish veil, announcing the constant baptism of newly created things.” – Lorca
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