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During the Cold War, a very common myth about Reagan was created in major part to separate the struggles of black from others’ (such as Asians & Chicano ppl globally)
The confusing idea that Reagan simply “looked the other way as drugs came into black neighborhoods” -
The confusing idea that Reagan simply “looked the other way as drugs came into black neighborhoods” -
Or that Reagan simply “brought the cocaine in” just to criminalize black people (perhaps, based on his campaign, this might make sense).
However, neither of these connect this issue to the sinister & truly genocidal set of projects that Reagan & company were embarking on here
However, neither of these connect this issue to the sinister & truly genocidal set of projects that Reagan & company were embarking on here
Throughout the prime years of the anti colonial revolutions, the socialist & specifically pro Soviet parties were routinely (& were attacked for being) supportive of black national liberation, both in Africa & in USA.
Through the Civil Rights era, this was made to decline.
Through the Civil Rights era, this was made to decline.
From the murder of Brother Malcolm X and the Black Panthers to the manufacturing of anti-socialist & liberal intellectuals (including such famous names as James Baldwin)
black ppl’s liberation was itself colonized into a function of the same imperial system that necessitated it.
black ppl’s liberation was itself colonized into a function of the same imperial system that necessitated it.
By the 1980’s in particular, socialism (like black liberation before it) was on the decline in popularity in the Anglicized world, Pan-Africanism & black nationalism no exception.
Thus, Reagan yrs brought intense, anti-black austerity - reaction against a non-existent revolution
Thus, Reagan yrs brought intense, anti-black austerity - reaction against a non-existent revolution
In this time, off the shores of the USA, the revolution in Nicaragua (against the US hereditary colonial dictatorship, still a thing in the 1980’s) had reached critical mass, & the Sandinista guerrilla fighters managed to set up a small government.
