Juneteenth (June 19) has finally become a national holiday in the United States. Malik Miah looks at its origins and what it represents in the struggle for Black liberation.
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Trump鈥檚 authoritarian aspirations are becoming more evident, writes Barry Sheppard.聽But the force blocking Trump is the mass Black Lives Matter uprising, which looks to continue the fight beyond the next election.
What began as a response to anti-Black police violence and the murder of George Floyd on May 25 is now a deepening 鈥淎merican Spring鈥, writes Malik Miah, demanding revolutionary change to a system that puts white lives above Black lives in all walks of life.