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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 ResourcesNewsDETECTIVE OLSON: Demand the Removal of Sheriff Arpaio from DutyDate: January 12, 2010NICHOLS: Supreme Court Pulls Teeth From the Voting Rights ActDate: June 22, 2009Take ActionSupport Benton Harbor leader now!source: Rev. Pinkney Support CommitteeStop Domestic Terror!source: Velvet RevolutionEventsDemocracy 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. U.S. Social Forum II(June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2010)Another World is Possible! Another U.S.A. is necessary! Confronting Racism: Building United Movements Ohio Conference(May 16, 2009)
Publications & TalksVideo from the Local Democracy ConventionEdited video footage from the 2006 Local Democracy Convention is now online, and also available for order! CHIEF COUPER: Seven seeds for policing(May 5, 2009)David Couper is the former police chief of Madison, Wisconsin (1972-1993). He is now an Episcopal priest. This presentation was given in 1994. 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 |
