I was watching Book Talk: “Power Concedes Nothing” with Linda Burnham and Deepak Pateriya. It was very instructive for anyone who’s turning their attention to the coming elections and what it will take to win in November. https://youtu.be/FcAacJv3erEWatching.

In her introductory comments, Burnham mentioned that the book’s title comes from a speech of Frederick Douglass: “West India Emancipation,” delivered at Canandaigua, New York, on August 3, 1857. She went on to recommened reading the speech in its entirety, noting the combination of tactics, including parlieamentary struggle, that resulted in freedom and emancipation and mentioning their contemporary relevance. I followed Burham’s advice and was richly rewarded.

Great tribute to Jackie Robinson across major league baseball yesterday. 75 years ago Jackie broke baseball’s color line. A moment to celebrate for sure, but also to take stock of where we are as a country in our journey down freedom road.

The peace and anti-imperialist movement will never get much of a hearing from the American people, as long as it spends more time critiquing Biden and NATO than unambiguously condemning Putin and the immoral, illegal, and indefensible Russian invasion of Ukraine.