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The Poor People's Army in Philadelphia / credit: Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign / Facebook

Ahead of Rev. Barber’s ‘Moral March,’ U.S. Groups Call Out Hypocrisy of $54B Ukraine War Funding

Julie Varughese June 18, 2022 Julie Varughese

Spokespeople for the Black Alliance for Peace and the Philadelphia-based Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign said they have reached out for years to develop relationships with the Poor People's Campaign, led by the Reverend Dr. William J. Barber. However, the spokespeople said U.S. poverty will not be eradicated until people are independently organized to challenge the power of finance capital and disengage from the Democratic and Republican parties. TF editor Julie Varughese reports.

Proud Boys in MAGA hats at a neo-Confederate rally in 2019 / credit: Anthony Crider / Flickr

Left-Right White Solidarity Basis of Support for U.S./EU/NATO Wars on Global Humanity

Ajamu Baraka February 1, 2022 Ajamu Baraka

The apparent incapacity of white leftists to understand the cultural and ideological impact of white supremacy and its powerful effect on their own consciousness has weakened and deformed left analysis of U.S. and European foreign policy initiatives, resulting in the U.S. and European left taking political positions that either objectively champion U.S./NATO imperialist aggression or provide tacit support for that aggression though silence, writes Ajamu Baraka.