Refugee Crisis The horrific situation for refugees trying to find a haven in Europe has shone a spotlight on Canadian government policy. The tiny number of Syrians allowed to come to Canada calls to mind shameful events in Canada’s past. The refusal to allow the entry of more than a handful of Jews fleeing the […]
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Eljeer Hawkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The Movement for Black Lives Convening in Cleveland, Ohio July 24-26 took place at a crucial junction in the struggle against police violence in communities of color nationally, and in a period of crisis for U. S. capitalism whose fate is tied to institutional […]
Continue ReadingDomino LaMarr is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The one year anniversary of the murder of Mike Brown, killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, is right around the corner. His death, like that of 14-year-old Emmett Till at the hands of racists in Mississippi in 1955, helped spark a mass […]
Continue ReadingEljeer Hawkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. From Ferguson to Staten Island A Staten Island, New York, grand jury announced last week that it will not indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the illegal chokehold death of father of six and Staten Island resident, Eric Garner. This stunning announcement comes on […]
Continue ReadingChris Gray is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The prospect of a new Black freedom movement has been raised through nearly three months of heroic protests by the youth of Ferguson. Like the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, which helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, Mike Brown’s murder symbolizes the systematic […]
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Continue ReadingEljeer Hawkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. “YOU took my son away from me. YOU know how hard it was for me to get him to stay in school and graduate?! YOU know how many black men graduate?! NOT MANY! … cause you bring them down to this type of level, […]
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Eljeer Hawkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Martin Luther King moved from a position for a gradual reform of capitalism towards an understanding that more radical ideas were needed. The 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for jobs and freedom falls on 28 August 2013. It was on this […]
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