Glen Ford

When Trayvon Martin was murdered by a “creepy-ass cracker” in February, 2012, an outraged Black America mobilized to force the State of Florida to put the perpetrator on trial.

President Barack Obama, a man of infinite cynicism, made a great show of going on pilgrimage to Nelson Mandela’s old prison cell on Robben Island, where the future first Black president of South Africa spent 18 of his 27 years of incarceration.

Back in 1964, under prodding from a BBC interviewer, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

‘MASS MURDER IS AT THE CORE OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RELIGION.’

As the U.S. and its NATO allies move southward to further consolidate their grip on Africa, following the seizure of Libya and its vast oil fields, most of the continent’s leadership seems to welcome re-absorption into empire.

Even as US militarisation of the Horn of
 Africa has contributed massively to the threatened starvation of
 millions, the Americans have announced an escalation of drone attacks
 against Somalia and the establishment of a Marine task force for the
 region.

Only two members of the Congressional Black Caucus mustered the courage to oppose a House Resolution in support of Israel's savage assault on Gaza, last week.