Revisionism

The Uphill Battle For Voting Rights Continues

February 4, 2019 By Amani Sawari, Sawarimi.org Organize! Electoral Politics, Racism, Revisionism, US history

After the Civil War, freed enslaved Africans obtained their rights of citizenship but after working unpaid for centuries those rights were limited, still restricting them from the right to vote. This barred us from influencing policy and not only, contributing to the political welfare of our country, but even more devastatingly it closed us off from benefiting from our country politically. This meant that if we wanted to see change or any improvement on some aspect of our community then we had to hope that someone from outside of our community would recognize that need and commit to making that change.

Antidotes To Brutal Capitalism? Some Hidden In Plain Sight

February 4, 2019 By Frances Moore Lappé, Smirkingchimp.com Create! Capitalism, Employee Ownership, Revisionism

In our capitalist economy, business enterprise is controlled by capitalists, of course, and structured to bring highest return to shareholders. We’re all supposed to love this set-up because competition among companies gives us ever cooler products and always better deals. Right? But, wait a minute…where is the competition? Over just the last 15 years, mergers have proliferated so quickly that in twelve major industries just two companies now control more than half the market. Economists warn us this level of concentration kills competition — not to mention bringing with it an erosion of wages, as monopoly weakens competition for workers too.

France’s Red Scarves: Ready-Made Counter-Protest And New Media Darlings

January 29, 2019 By Whitney Webb, Mintpressnews.com Resist! France, Liberals, Nationalism, Revisionism, Yellow Vest

PARIS — As the “Yellow Vest,” or Gilet Jaunes, protest in France continues to perplex and concern the French government and European elites, a new “counter-protest” has emerged in response to the popular protest movement now entering its 12th week. Protesters branding themselves as the “Red Scarves,” or Foulards Rouge, descended on Paris this past Sunday in order to protest the “violence” of some Gilet Jaunes protesters and a desire to see the country return to “normalcy.” The French government, which has sought to weaken and disperse the Yellow Vests movement since its inception, stated that the Red Scarves numbered around 10,500 in Paris, while other reports claimed that the demonstration was significantly smaller than the government-supplied figure.

Norway Is Far More Socialist Than Venezuela

January 29, 2019 Matt Bruenig, Peoplespolicyproject.org Educate! New Economy, Norway, Revisionism, Socialism, Venezuela

As the United States begins its effort to depose Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro, the discourse is plagued by the perennial question: what is socialism? Venezuela helps illuminate this question because many pundits commit to the claim that Venezuela is socialist before committing to a specific definition of socialism. This unfortunate order of events then requires them to retroactively identify specific things that they say make Venezuela socialist, but then those things exist in other countries that they refuse to call socialist.

Protests And Civil Rights Movement In The ’60s

January 23, 2019 RJ Reinhart, News.gallup.com Educate! Civil Rights, History, Revisionism

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In current times, reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.'s life often involves celebrating the nonviolent tactics he advocated as key to much of the civil rights movement's success. At the time of his leadership in the 1960s, however, Americans held very different views of the effectiveness of mass demonstrations, boycotts and acts of civil disobedience. In an early Gallup question on the issue, Americans were asked whether tactics such as "sit-ins" and demonstrations by the civil rights movement had helped or hurt the chances of racial integration in the South. More than half, 57%, said such demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience had hurt chances of integration, while barely a quarter, 27%, said they had helped.

Finally Obey MLK, Liberation Is Black Owned Banking

January 21, 2019 By Amani Sawari, Sawarimi.org Create! Banking, Black Capitalism, Revisionism

On April 3, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his last speech, pleading with Black America to shift their wealth into Black owned institutions the night before his assassination. It is by no coincidence that his death came shortly after the world renowned speaker gave this radical advice to the millions who had been following his lead. Imagine where we would have been as a people if we’d gotten into the habit of Black banking in the 60s rather than continuing to allow ourselves to be dependent on institutions that do little to serve our community. The potential for Black banking to disrupt the American exploitation of Blacks was so great that MLK did not make it through the next 24hrs.

Women’s March Returns For Third Year With New Agenda

January 21, 2019 By John Zangas, Dcmediagroup.us Resist! Electoral Politics, Revisionism, Women's March

Washington, DC — The founders of the historic Women’s March stood together on stage in Freedom Plaza on January 19 urging the nation to embrace diversity, equality, and intersectionality for women everywhere. The march was part of a 300-city “Woman’s Wave” involving hundreds of thousands of women, femmes and allies across dozens of nations. Co-founders Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez jointly outlined the successes the Women’s March movement in the two years since its debut in the Capital on January 21, 2017. On that day, the founders committed themselves to building a new woman-centered society of equality...

The U.S. Has Venezuela In Its Crosshairs

January 19, 2019 Vijay Prashad, Independentmediainstitute.org/globetrotter Educate! Electoral Politics, Latin America, Revisionism, Venezuela

Despite 10 years of governance by the socialist forces—first led by Hugo Chavez and now by Maduro—the Venezuelan oligarchy remains firmly intact. It dominates large sections of the economy, holds immense amounts of the country’s social wealth and controls the main media outlets. A walk through the Altamira neighborhood in eastern Caracas is sufficient to gauge the resilience of the wealthy, most of whom have homes in Spain and in Florida as well. Pelucones is the name used to define them—bigwigs, a term with aristocratic connotations. They have resisted all attempts by the socialist Bolivarian movement to expand political and economic democracy in the country.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Tax Proposal Could Raise $720 Billion Over The Next 10 Years

January 15, 2019 Ruth Milka, Nationofchange.org Educate! Electoral Politics, Liberals, Reform, Revisionism, Taxes

Such a high tax rate is not unheard of and higher rates used to be the norm during a large portion of the 20th century. Why was this the case? Because higher tax rates on the wealthy generated huge revenue. As Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez proposes, the revenue from raising taxes on the wealthy could be spent to fund the Green New Deal, a proposal that would implement radical policy in order to eliminate fossil fuels and carbon emissions within the next 12 years. Prior to the 1980s, when President Ronald Reagan slashed tax rates for the wealthiest, the tax rate for any taxpayer that made more than $216,000 a year was 70 percent.

The Influence Of Gandhian Socialism On Du Bois And King

January 14, 2019 By R. Divya Nair, Blackagendareport.com Educate! Activism, MLK, Revisionism, Socialism, W.E.B. Dubois

Mohandas K. Gandhi began agitating for the independence of the Indian people from colonial rule in the early twentieth century. In 1921, he took leadership of the Indian National Congress, leading nationwide campaigns devoted to achievement of swaraj or home rule. In 1930, he opposed the tax imposed on salt by imperial Britain, leading the Dandi Satyagraha or Salt March, an act of civil disobedience aimed at overturning the colonialist economic monopoly over salt, which was a vital resource for the Indian people. In 1942, he impressed upon the British to quit India, an appeal which led to India’s liberation from colonial rule in 1947.

The Tools Of Nonviolent Struggle Should Never Lose Their Edge

January 9, 2019 Rivera Sun, Dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Educate! Class Struggle, Nonviolence, Revisionism

The tools of nonviolent action and the skills of struggle are as vital to these times as reading, writing, and arithmetic. Training to use them is as essential as learning how to use a computer. The ability to boycott and strike is as important as the ability to drive a car. Every citizen who knows how to use email should also know how to protest, walk-out, shut-down, occupy, blockade, and more. This is the only way the power of the people can hold the power of oligarchs in check. Before the oligarchs concluded that the study of civics was detrimental to the longevity of their rule, every elementary student learned about checks-and-balances.

Democrats Block Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Committee

December 22, 2018 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Educate! Climate Change, Electoral Politics, Revisionism

Despite weeks of protests demanding Democrats to push for a Green New Deal, the Democratic leadership blocked Thursday a proposal by congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to form a committee that would have drafted the New Deal project. Instead, they've decided to back a plan by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to revive a global warming panel lead by representative Kathy Castor. The move sparked controversy because Castor has dismissed calls to bar people who accept money from fossil fuel companies from serving on the committee, saying it would violate the right to free speech.

Corporations See A Different Kind of “Green” In Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal”

December 19, 2018 By Whitney Webb, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Corporations, Electoral Politics, Revisionism

WASHINGTON – (Opinion) In recent weeks, support from progressives and establishment liberals has been pouring in for the “Green New Deal,” a plan largely promoted by U.S. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. The plan claims that it seeks to “transform the U.S. economy in an effort to fight climate change” that would ostensibly push the U.S. from fossil fuels to 100 percent renewable energy in a little over a decade. Though Ocasio-Cortez and others have claimed that the measure is “anti-establishment” and has been mocked by the corporate media, it has recently gained the support of over 30 House Democrats and won endorsements from mainstream media pundits such as Van Jones of CNN.

Corbyn Positioned For End Of Neoliberalism If Yellow Vest Comes To UK

December 17, 2018 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Strategize! Electoral Politics, Jeremy Corbyn, Revisionism, United Kingdom (UK)

The British Parliament between Dec. 10 and Dec. 12 was host to dramatic scenes, not normally seen during the half-empty procedural debates that take most of its time. Jeers and laughs were plentiful, one Labour MP even picked up the parliamentary ‘mace’ (a royal staff), the most disrespectful act one can commit in Parliament, under archaic feudal laws, the House of Commons is not allowed to sit until the Mace is in its place. First, Theresa May had finally put together a Brexit deal that the EU was happy to accept. Despite most opposing it for different reasons, May was determined to push this through.

Communist NY Councilman Ben Davis And The Meaning Of Nonviolence

December 15, 2018 By Andrew Stewart, Washingtonbabylon.com Educate! Electoral Politics, History, Left Politics, Revisionism

As we continue to see protests emerge nationwide in opposition to oppression promoted by the state and its co-conspirators in big business, we need to better understand the lessons of the Smith Act trials and the life of Benjamin Davis. In certain activism circles these days, one is destined to become engaged in a lively discussion about the validity and meaning of violent opposition to reactionaries that congregate under various banners of the alt-right. These formations, proffering a refurbished brand of scientific racism that was supposed dormant (or at least marginalized by responsible Republican political thinkers), are determined to not only advance their repulsive ideology, they aim to recruit converts to the cause with a sustained evangelism that is both frightening and effective.

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