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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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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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Reparations are alive!

  “A crime has been committed.  Reparations is the admission of that crime, one which shocks the conscience of the world.” Such is the foundation of the campaigns that Eritha Akilé Cainion and Jesse Nevel are running as candidates for … Continue reading

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League of Women Voters Debate

ST. PETERSBURG, July 10, 2017 — It all comes together. Last year, the night of March 31, three Black girls — Laniya Miller (15), Ashaunti Butler (15), and Dominique Battle (16) — were picked up and offered a ride home. … Continue reading

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This is not a campaign. This is a movement!

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, June 6, 2017 — We are young! We are Black! We are Green!  We are Red!  We are a movement!  That was the message from the diverse crowd of 50 gathered on the steps of City Hall … Continue reading

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Homelessness — Human Rights supersede Civil Rights

For decades, fighters for social justice have been fighting for our civil rights.  Many of these invaluable battles have been successful, grounded in the promises set forth in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights.  We have had victories too numerous to … Continue reading

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Indignation is not Courage. Outrage is not Brains.

By most accounts, that Napoleon was a pretty smart fellow.  Riding the crest of the energy unleashed by the French Revolution, he revolutionized how war was fought.  Year after year, La Grande Armée laid low the feudal armies arrayed against … Continue reading

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