I first saw this at Cynthia’s Interest. I want to give a huge shout out to the Chicago Defender – website and podcast – welcome to the 21st! I think it is time that we seriously start the process of creating our own political party. If the existing political structure can’t secure our rights and liberties then we are mature enough now to secure them for ourselves.
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Growing disappointment with the Democratic Party, capped by a so-called Senate compromise last week that paved the way for the confirmation of at least three Right-wing judges, has prompted some activists to consider leaving the Democratic Party and forming an independent political movement. "Everybody knows that Blacks are the most loyal folk to the Democratic Party. We have been loyal. And what do we get for our loyalty?" asks Mary Frances Berry, former chair of the U. S. Commission of Civil Rights. "African-Americans should form an independent political movement; not a party, but a movement and say, 'This is what our issues are and any candidate who supports these issues we will support. And if you don't support them, we won't support you.' Todd says an independent movement in the Black community should start from the bottom up rather than by elected officials who are already tied to the two major parties." I think that Blacks in the local community ought to start organizing," he says. "An independent movement at the grassroots level, at the bottom and not even expect it to be done from the top down." Ogletree agrees.
full
<< Home