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Race and Democracy The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims, have been born of earnest struggle. ~ Frederick Douglass
I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me .... I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath - America will be! ~ Langston Hughes
The history of the United States is a history of race relations. Racism is the lubricant for an economic machine geared towards profit, and it is the poison that sickens American progress. Democracy has always been the subversive antidote to racial injustice. Read here for resources on race and democracy. Organizing ResourcesNewsATHENS BANNER-HERALD: "Left for dead", Amelia Robinson recalls voting rights struggleDate: February 21, 2010RELEASE: Green the Block campaign launchedDate: August 5, 2009ACLU: Rev. Pinkney, community leader, vindicatedDate: July 15, 2009Take ActionSupport Benton Harbor leader now!source: Rev. Pinkney Support CommitteeStop Domestic Terror!source: Velvet RevolutionEventsMICHAEL FRANTI: Concert to benefit democracy movement!(September 27, 2009)Welcomed to Wisconsin by True Endeavors . . . Ticket price includes $0.50 donation to Liberty Tree . . . NASCO Action Camp 2009: Racial Justice for Sustainable Communities(August 13, 2009 - August 16, 2009)NASCO Action Camp, held each August, provides an intensive training retreat for leaders and members of housing co-ops, worker collectives, and other democratically-run communities. Democracy Track at the U.S. Social ForumThe Democracy Track is a series of sessions and community spaces at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-July 1, 2007. The purpose of these sessions is to centralize democracy in all of our everyday struggles. Publications & TalksMANSKI: Public Radio's Week in Review(December 4, 2009)Ben Manski is a regular guest in WPR's "Week in Review" VIDEO: Manski, Farsetta, Alexander Gray on Extending Democracy(May 1, 2009)Progressive Magazine's Panel Discussion: EXTENDING DEMOCRACY Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution Video from the Local Democracy ConventionEdited video footage from the 2006 Local Democracy Convention is now online, and also available for order! |
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