Author: Kirstin Beatty, with thanks to Sigrid Schmalzer for the sickle cell details | Updated 6 April 2022 Some people wrongly believe the Black Panthers were anti-white and violent (they promoted self defense), but setting that aside a moment, notice what can be learned from their experience.
Divide & Co-Opt: $hit By Kirstin Beatty On every issue, there are powerful forces united against change. The liability or potential financial collapse of any business sector means that there are both personal (investments, job) and corporate interests in continuing the status quo, and so both individuals and corporations have an interest … Read more
By Kirstin Beatty | Updated 21 July 2021, 6 April, 14 September 2022 When you examine the civil rights movement, there wasn’t talk among the African-American community of letting the legislators form a commission to discuss how to dole out civil rights. The civil rights movement went ahead and said we want decent health care, … Read more