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15 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News DEMOCRACY: USE IT OR LOSE IT - Democracy is not promised, given, or owed to anyone. It is a living, breathing system. Just like the human body it thrives with use. In use it is immensely powerful. Help us with the small resources we need. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Juan Cole | What Africa Taught the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.  Juan Cole, Informed Comment   Cole writes: "In 1957 Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta went to Ghana in connection with its independence from Britain."   READ MORE n 1957 Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta went to Ghana in connection with its independence from Britain. The British had grabbed the fabled West African Gold Coast in the nineteenth century in order to profit from its gold and other resources (after having profited in the 18th century from slaving in the region). As late as the 1940...

15 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News SO FAR TODAY: 18K VISITORS, “4” DONATIONS, $35. - No fair! If we have to stop the train for funding, we will stop the train for funding. “Someone else” will not donate. It works when you say, “I will.” With urgency. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Steven W. Thrasher | If Martin Luther King Jr. Were Alive Today, Politicians Would Denounce Him  Steven W. Thrasher, Guardian UK   Thrasher writes: "Modern day Republicans and Democrats often speak as if they love King, even as they excoriate the real heirs to his legacy."   READ MORE Modern day Republicans and Democrats often speak as if they love King, even as they excoriate the real heirs to his legacy oday is the day American many politicians pretend to care about the life and legacy of  Martin Luther King , Jr, one of the wisest souls who attempted to save this sorry nation. Don’...

Dear Friend, Journalist Nick Turse, who has reported extensively on US military operations in Africa, was recently told that he has been deemed “not a legitimate journalist” by AFRICOM, the US military command which oversees operations across the continent. What it was like being in the middle of the Hawaii false alert? Robert J Barsocchini writes a first hand account from Honolulu, Hawaii U.S President Donald Trump Has Been Declared “Persona Non Grata” In The Caribbean.    A Declaration that was authored by the Pan-Africanist and Socialist popular forces of  the Caribbean nation of Barbados at Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday 13th January 2018, and  submitted to the people and civil society organizations of the Caribbean for their endorsement and adoption On January 1, 2018, thousands of Dalit families that had gathered at Bhima Koregaon to pay homage to the Dalit Mahar martyrs of the Anglo-Maratha war of 1818, were targeted and attacked by ...