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In Defense of Passionate Intensity.

Or why we need to pay attention to what is happening with the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court. We all know the lines from the Second Coming by WB Yeats: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;” Indeed … Continue reading

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Take back the Dome — Round 2

The fight is picking up right where it had left off. Last summer, the St. Petersburg political scene was rocked by the Uhuru-backed candidacies of Jesse Nevel for Mayor, and Akilé Cainion (now Anai) for City Council District 6. The … Continue reading

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Devil Rays Strike Again!

When the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team first moved to St. Petersburg, they were first known as the “Devil Rays.” The name was most appropriate, as the Boys of Summer play in Tropicana Field over the paved-over graveyards of what … Continue reading

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for a United Front against Gentrification

One small injustice. One of our friends — a working class white woman — was in trouble and called my wife Rose.  Her landlord was trying to force her out of her apartment, despite the fact that she had five … Continue reading

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Robin Harris, Green leader

Orange County, FL commissioner Dist. 6! The pattern of Gentrification in Orange County is classic.  First they drive out the affluent through deliberate neglect, destroying property values, bringing in low-income minorities, ruining the schools, importing a hyper-militarized police occupation that … Continue reading

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Black Community Control of the Police divides the Green Party

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, February 27 — A proposal for Black Community Control of the Police from the Pinellas local of the Green Party of Florida (GPFL) to amend the state platform of the Green Party of Florida failed to get … Continue reading

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Black community must control the police

“The white man does not abide by law in the ghetto. Day in and day out he violates welfare laws to deprive the poor of their meager allotments; he flagrantly violates building codes and regulations; his police make a mockery … Continue reading

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Uhuru Takes the Stage — out of the blue.

The left implodes.  Great hopes were stirred by the Bernie Sanders campaign.  It was alleged to be a movement that would continue beyond the primaries, beyond November, promising a Political Revolution that would transform American politics.

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Uhuru Takes the Stage — the theory.

(continued from Uhuru Takes the Stage — Out of the Blue) Most organizations don’t bother much in the way of theory.  Just do what everybody else is doing, and keep doing more of it.  (That’s why the left is doing … Continue reading

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