Those of us who know our people's history, and who know the Power of that history, must find some way to break through to our young; to reach them. To surprise them. To anger them.
With the news of the posting of an additional eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the return of former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur from Cuba, the U.S. government has taken another step in its ridiculous so-called War on Terrorism.
West lectured on his book "Democracy Matters," where he returns to the analysis of the arrested development of democracy?both in America and in the crisis-ridden Middle East. He argued that if America is to become a better steward of democratization around the world, it must first wake up to the long history of imperialist corruption that has plagued its own democracy.
Throughout the tides and turns of history, some people have erected barriers against the feared foreigners, to protect their lands from those who would threaten their peace.
History has shown the mighty efforts of nations and empires to erect barriers against the everpresent other, yet it has rarely shown success.
