Somebody makes a lot of money having their outfits hired to train people how to step out and speak in public. Particularly, how to speak on behalf of a corporation. And America Inc. is the Ultimate Corporation of the US of A. Politicians have been paying all kinds of consultants…

Most of you know about Sally Q. Yates’ amazing stand Monday (30 January) in the face of that Executive Order (“It’s not a Muslim ban.” “Call it what you want.”). And that Trump fired her later in the day. She did not join the Justice Department, by the way, as…

This piece was originally published in the April 16, 1979 edition of the Village Voice. With the above title. Since then, it is referred to in the ah sharper circles of music critics (my classical colleagues aside). It is being reproduced here because of the latest round of chatter, particularly…

The people who are ridiculing or slamming the protests need a check on their history. America was born in protest. And became great through protest. My main complaint with some of the protestors is the “leader” who told a reporter it was not up to them to stop the…

I cannot take this jive any more. No, not the election. That wasn’t a big surprise. But four days of this news media hand-wringing…no mas, man. Because you just KNOW that by the end of December even the smallest lesson will be forgotten. Waaa, how did we miss it? We…

The play “Party People” has arrived at the Public in New York after a run in Oregon and California. This past Sunday (6 November) special guests included former members of the Young Lords Party and Black Panther Party. I’m told by former comrades it is quite moving and on time…

This mess has everybody recalculating. “Screw ’em all” “What’s the point?” “Well, maybe” “I’m sorry: a vote for her is the same ol’ same ol’ ” “THAT guy?!” For quite some time, Latin radicals in the U.S. have had to grapple with voting from positions particular to our situation. If…

The knife was pressing against my throat. This backwards dumb as fuck ignorant Negro son of a bitch who didn’t know he was Black had actually shoved me against a building in daylight in North Philly and put a knife to my neck for passing out a leaflet that talked…

“It was a dark and stormy night.” Actually, “It was a slow news day.” And that’s why it happened. My boss in 1988 at then-WNEW TV (now WNYW) John Parsons was ripping into reporters demanding stories that could play high up if not lead that night’s 10 O’Clock News. I…