by Ajamu | Nov 8, 2016 | Musings From the Margins
We are at a critical moment in history. The multiple contradictions of the collapsing neoliberal order are coming to a head – in climate disasters, in the racial violence we see in the streets, at Standing Rock and in the lives of countless people in the U.S. who have...
by Ajamu | Sep 23, 2016 | Musings From the Margins
The police killing of Keith Scott in Charlotte is simply the latest evidence that the United States is fundamentally unable to protect communities from state-sanctioned violence. Therefore, I’m calling for an international response from agencies designed to monitor...
by Ajamu | Sep 18, 2016 | Musings From the Margins
The most recent appeal from the Democratic party “warning” voters that a vote for a third party candidate is like a vote for Trump is evidence of a real shift in the awareness of the American people. First, let me clarify: A vote for Trump is a vote for...
by Ajamu | Sep 13, 2016 | Musings From the Margins
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s remarkable struggle to stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline sparked a movement. Thousands of people – including representatives from more than 180 indigenous nations – traveled to North Dakota in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux...
by Ajamu | Sep 9, 2016 | Musings From the Margins
Thousands of incarcerated men and women throughout the United States are participating in a coordinated strike to protest the inhumane conditions in U.S. prisons. The United States currently imprisons over 2.4 million people — far more than any other country in...