By Percy Hintzen
By Bill Gallegos
Dreaming eyes piercing the velvet dawn/
Follow the twisted shimmer of coiled wire/
It’s cutting sneer snaking along border walls.
Brown clad shapes wrapped in the dust and spikes of the arroyo/
By Nnimmo Bassey
I see the invisible
I hear the inaudible
I feel the intangible
I’m everywhere in no time
Floating on memories of strained futures<
Aloft on lofty hopes
Sliding on rugged dreams in truncated nights
By Percy Hintzen
By Aaron Jamal and Nnennaya Amuchie
By Layla D. Brown-Vincent, Ph.D.
By Charisse Burden-Stelly
In 1950 at the age of 82, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois accepted the American Labor Party’s nomination to run for the New York seat of the U.S. Senate. Regarding this decision, his second wife, Shirley Graham, wrote: “The fact that you have done this now is conclusive proof of your own in[n]ate greatness. You accept the historic role in which events have cast you!” (Du Bois Papers, Shirley Graham Du Bois to W.E.B. Du Bois, Sept. 1, 1950).
By Nnimmo Bassey
The year 2019 was a year of extreme weather events spread across the world. Sweltering heat hit much of the globe. Raging wildfires were recorded in Brazil, Bolivia, Australia and the United States. Massive floods ravaged even cities like Venice, famed to be able to handle floods.
Pro-Black, Feminist and Anti-Imperialist: Women Writing and Acting in the Hispanophone Caribbean[1]
By Dr. Sandy Plácido
Voices from the Editorial Collective
By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
It is a matter of moral and political necessity that the planet’s progressive citizens speak out unambiguously against the U.S. aggression perpetrated against Iran and the danger of an Iran-U.S. war. The murder of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani was, at best, a reckless act by a desperate president, completely panicked about his impeachment. At worst, it was a declaration of war against a sovereign country which could lead to a much larger regional conflict.
By Nnimmo Bassey
Watching a video of a cyclist offering water to a koala on a highway in Australia, then helping it up a tree on the side of the highway was so touching. The animal turned around and waved back as the man turned to leave. Other photos of people helping scared animals have been posted on social media, and they all indicate the basic human instinct of love for all species, human and non-human.
By Nnimmo Bassey
A Poem
By Nnimmo Bassey
1. Nigeria
If there is egwu eke
There must be a drummer
Or the flutist
Where there is a dance there must be a song
Who is the musician to whose beats
The python is dancing?
The crocodile please
My gapping jaws and fearsome teeth
Never mean I smile
No matter how hard my stinking efforts with
Dirt-crusted teeth
Who says the crocodile smiles or is this a search for flesh to rip?