The Fake Left
By Dady Chery and Gilbert Mercier Haiti Chery All writers with a desire to rattle people out of their torpor occasionally wonder if it is worthwhile to continue to try to raise their voices over the din of lies and … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Martin Luther King Jr
Lessons from MLK: Call for a General Strike in Haiti | Appel à une grève générale en Haïti
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In Haiti and everywhere, all non-violent action boils down to one principle: non-cooperation in one’s own repression. (English | French)
Continue reading →In the Fight Against Imperialism, Beware the Peddlers of Despair
By Dady Chery Haiti Chery All around us – Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, the Congo, Ivory Coast, Palestine, Somalia, Libya, and elsewhere – empires are tearing a trail of destruction. This is not a sign of strength but of weakness, because … Continue reading →
The Politics of Climate Change: Is Occupy Turning Into an NGO?
By Gilbert Mercier and Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. MLK could easily have built a movement to supply food, blankets, and diapers to needy African Americans. Decades later, as climate change exacerbates life for those already on the edge, the arguments are the same: do we put a band-aid over the lash wounds, or do we stop those who administer the beatings?
Continue reading →Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail
By Martin Luther King Jr, In: Why We Can’t Wait (Harper & Row, N.Y., 1963) | Charles Moore, Photos | Estate of Martin Luther King Jr, Statement by Clergymen | Assembled by Haiti Chery. “Lamentably, it is an historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.” – MLK
Continue reading →Wealth Gap Between Minorities and White Americans Doubles After Housing Crisis, Recession
By Amy Goodman, Roderick Harrison, Juan Gonzalez, and Paul Taylor, Democracy Now! | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The average net worth of Blacks and Latinos in the U.S. is 20 times lower than the net worth of Whites: a racial disparity worse than when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive.
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