by Ajamu | Jul 18, 2018 | Musings From the Margins
“…we’ who inhabit marginal space that is not a site of domination but a place of resistance… I am speaking from a place in the margins where I am different, where I see things differently. I am talking about what I see.” (Bell Hooks) Trump visits the North Atlantic...
by Ajamu | Nov 21, 2017 | Musings From the Margins
“We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation.” (M.L. King, “Beyond Vietnam”) Yemen, the poorest Arab nation on Earth, is the victim of a savage, illegal war waged by the Saudi Arabian monarchy. Armed to the teeth with the...
by Ajamu | Oct 19, 2017 | Musings From the Margins
Charo Mina-Rojas, a long-time Afro-Colombian activist who has been involved in her country’s peace process since the 22-day civil strike in Buenaventura, Colombia, will speak to the United Nations Security Council this month. See the document below for the...
by Ajamu | Sep 14, 2017 | Musings From the Margins
“One of the mistakes that some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.” (Nelson Mandela in a response to question on Ted Koppel’s show during his first trip to the U.S.)The Trump administration’s bellicosity in response to the...
by Ajamu | Aug 29, 2017 | Musings From the Margins
August 29, 2017—The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) condemns the announcement today by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions before a gathering of the National Fraternal Order of Police (NFOP) that the administration of President Donald Trump intends to remove the...