Okay, so moments ago, I became a member of the NAACP.

"But aren't you... white?"

Yes, I am. At the same time, I'm fucking sick and tired of the crap the US government dumps on black folks. I don't see a better way for me to counter the current disenfranchisement campaign than joining the NAACP.

If you live in the US, I invite you to do the same, irrespective of your skin tone:

https://naacp.org/take-action/become-member

#USPol #NAACP #BlackRights #VotingRights #disenfranchisement

Become a Member

By becoming a member of NAACP, you'll be standing up to injustice, fighting back against systemic racism, and answering the call for equality.

NAACP

1932 US Communist Party Campaign Poster Advocating Black Rights and Self-Determination

Back in '32, commies were the real freedom fighters pushin' Black self-rule while Dems and GOP hid from Jim Crow truths. History's hidden heroes, man.

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The Voting Rights Act at 60: still the frontline for democracy

Decades after its passage, the revolutionary law continues to face threats and attempts to pervert its purpose

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
George Chidi
Wed 6 Aug 2025 07.00 EDT

Congress wrote the #VotingRights Act to prevent the case-by-case whack-a-mole games local lawmakers were playing with election rules. It forced jurisdictions with a history of #discrimination to clear elections changes with the Department of Justice before they could go into effect. It banned literacy tests to vote and allowed challenges to district maps when those maps would not allow proportional representation for minority voters.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/voting-rights-act-at-60?CMP=share_btn_url

#press #news #politics #BlackRights #BlackMastodon

The Voting Rights Act is facing the biggest threats in its 60 years

Decades after its passage, the revolutionary law continues to face attempts to pervert its purpose

The Guardian

Black And Beautiful... Soul And Madness by The Jihad, released on Jihad Productions in 1968.

"Black & Beautiful, Soul & Madness was the first word-music record I did completely devoted to this form. One-piece on a New York Art Quartet side earlier, but Black & Beautiful was recorded at my home and in the small theater my wife, Amina, and I built there The Spirit House (33 Stirling St.) shortly after I had returned home to Newark, NJ, after the implosion of the Harlem based Blacks Arts Repertory Theater-School. Spirit House, like the Black Arts, was created to present Black theater, poetry, music, and political dialogue. we thought of ourselves as cultural workers, revolutionary artists 'pushing the program' as some of our cultural nationalist comrades were wont to say. I think you can feel our excitement and commitment." - Amiri Baraka, September 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGpaVWCAYA

#thejihad #blackrights #leroijones #amiribaraka

@PariaSansPortefeuille YIKES! "This strategy is spelled out in the #HeritageFoundation’s #ProjectEsther, a corollary to its Project 2025. This document seeks to 'dismantle' nonprofit organizations advocating for #Palestinian rights by stripping them of their tax-exempt status. This is exactly what H.R.9495 seeks to accomplish.

"The movement for Palestinian rights is the canary in the coal mine. When states began adopting unconstitutional laws designed to punish and suppress #FirstAmendment protected speech and action to advance boycotts for Palestinian freedom, these laws were then used as templates to shut down activism for #BlackRights and #ClimateJustice.

"Enacting this dangerous law as the Trump administration prepares to take office will embolden it to repress a broad swath of organizations working to advance causes such as #immigrant and #LGBTQ+ rights, to name just a few other movements which are currently in the crosshairs of the MAGA Republicans’ agenda."

https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/memos/bill-trump-dismantle-progressive-groups

#StopHR9495 #HR9495 #Project2025

MAGA Reps. Are Pushing a Bill to Allow the Trump Admin to Dismantle Progressive Groups — IMEU Policy Project

MAGA Reps. Are Pushing a Bill to Allow the Trump Admin to Dismantle Progressive Groups | IMEU Policy Project Memo #13

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