Showing posts with label black politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black politics. Show all posts
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Dr. Omar Ali: "All Power to the People" 2010 Anti-Corruption Award NYC
Dr. Omar H. Ali, an associate professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, received one of the NYC Independence Party's 2010 Anti-Corruption Awards.
Dr. Ali has been an independent grassroots political organizer and activist with independentvoting.org for nearly 20 years. The author of In the Balance of Power: Independent Black Politics and Third Party Movements in the United States (described as a “landmark work” by The National Political Science Review) and In the Lion’s Mouth: Black Populism in the New South, Ali is a contributing author to History in Dispute: American Social and Political Movements, among other publications. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University.
Also see Dr. Ali here: "Black Populism in the New South, Transforming America" on PBS... and here: Open Primaries on independentvoting.org
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Dr. Lenora Fulani speaks in Harlem on the significance of Mike Bloomberg's independent run for Mayor of NYC for the Black community
Must see for independent voters, not only in New York City, but throughout the country: Lenora Fulani speaks out on the Mayor's race in NYC -- Black or Independent? How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Synthesize, synthesize, synthesize!
Don't let the big shots tell us what it means to be Black, don't let the parties tell independents we don't stand for anything. Au contraire, mon frere!
Fulani says in her speech "It's no longer about 'Yes we can", it's about 'Yes we did'." It's a new day. We are creating a new Black community, a new world of peace and world security... Let's get to work."
Ditto from Hankster readers: Let's kick some more!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
INDEPENDENT VOTERS
CAMPAIGN
Fulani vs. Bloomberg? (Daily News/Daily Politics) This full-page ad, paid for by Lenora Fulani and her allies in the Manhattan Independence Party, appeared in this week's Amsterdam News and seems to signal trouble ahead for Mayor Bloomberg if he tries to run again next fall on Row C as he did in 2001 and 2005.
"The meeting was prompted by what’s going on in the city right now," said Fulani ally and party official Sarah Lyons. "The city is facing a democracy crisis with a one-time reform mayor has turned his back on the principles of democratic reform."
"As an independent who played a major role in getting Bloomberg elected, Dr. Fulani feels she has an obligation to speak out. Many who support her work felt it was an important moment to speak out also and to acknowledge the extensive quality work she has done for many different communities."
There will also be a radio ad campaign on 98.7 KISS FM, Lyons said.
Listed as "speakers and endorsers" of next week's event in support of Fulani are: Sen. Eric Adams (who has been outspoken in his opposition to Bloomberg's term limits bill), Councilman Charles Barron (ditto) and his wife, Assembly candidate Inez Barron,
Fulani expressed her displeasure with the mayor's effort to extend term limits during an interview with the DN's Frank Lombardi last month, telling him: "As far as I’m concerned the people of New York City have spoken. We have term limits and the elected officials should respect it.”
Last summer, Fulani launched an exploratory committee for a 2009 potential mayoral run. As an enrolled member of the Independence Party, all she has to do is circulate petitions; she needs no permission to run from Indy leaders.
Not so for Bloomberg.
Since the state's highest court has sided with Fulani and her supporters in their legal fight with state Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay, a Bloomberg ally, over who controls Wilson Pakulas in citywide races, they would have to grant him the right to run on the line.
- Fiscally Conservative, Socially Progressive Spenders (LETTER to Wall Street Journal) In the blue states, a self-described independent is a left-leaning sophisticate wrapped in Izod packaging, driving a Prius and whining about Sarah Palin.
- Con Games: The Real Third Party (Michael Conniff, Huffington Post) This third party is like no other in the history of politics -- with no leader, no agenda, and no way to measure the profound and growing influence it already has over our national politics.
CAMPAIGN
- Obama lead on McCain slips to 9 points (Reuters) his lead among independents had fallen to 16 points from 26 Friday.
- Perceptions of Palin Grow Increasingly Negative, Poll Says (Washington Post) Among independent women, the percentage who view Palin as in tune with people like themselves slipped from 73 to 50 percent.
- Obama's ground game: 770 field offices--The Democrat's campaign plans 1.2 million 'conversations' this weekend. (Chicago Tribune/The Swamp)
- Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 51.3%, McCain 41.0% (DL-Online Detroit Lakes MN) The poll, a three–day rolling average survey of likely voters nationwide, shows that Obama continues to dominate among independent voters – he leads by a 56% to 30% margin over McCain among those voters – and among those who have already cast their ballots.
Fulani vs. Bloomberg? (Daily News/Daily Politics) This full-page ad, paid for by Lenora Fulani and her allies in the Manhattan Independence Party, appeared in this week's Amsterdam News and seems to signal trouble ahead for Mayor Bloomberg if he tries to run again next fall on Row C as he did in 2001 and 2005.
"The meeting was prompted by what’s going on in the city right now," said Fulani ally and party official Sarah Lyons. "The city is facing a democracy crisis with a one-time reform mayor has turned his back on the principles of democratic reform."
"As an independent who played a major role in getting Bloomberg elected, Dr. Fulani feels she has an obligation to speak out. Many who support her work felt it was an important moment to speak out also and to acknowledge the extensive quality work she has done for many different communities."
There will also be a radio ad campaign on 98.7 KISS FM, Lyons said.
Listed as "speakers and endorsers" of next week's event in support of Fulani are: Sen. Eric Adams (who has been outspoken in his opposition to Bloomberg's term limits bill), Councilman Charles Barron (ditto) and his wife, Assembly candidate Inez Barron,
Fulani expressed her displeasure with the mayor's effort to extend term limits during an interview with the DN's Frank Lombardi last month, telling him: "As far as I’m concerned the people of New York City have spoken. We have term limits and the elected officials should respect it.”
Last summer, Fulani launched an exploratory committee for a 2009 potential mayoral run. As an enrolled member of the Independence Party, all she has to do is circulate petitions; she needs no permission to run from Indy leaders.
Not so for Bloomberg.
Since the state's highest court has sided with Fulani and her supporters in their legal fight with state Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay, a Bloomberg ally, over who controls Wilson Pakulas in citywide races, they would have to grant him the right to run on the line.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Lenora Fulani at NYC Term Limits hearing
New York City Council hearings on May Bloomberg's push to extend term limits for himself (and City Council)
Lenora Fulani, the country's foremost black independent and chief organizer of the New York City Independence Party, calls for "more democracy, not less" to solve the economic crisis. "What a difference a taste of power makes," she said in reference to Mayor Bloomberg's reversal on term limits. Fulani says, if the City Council won't make the right decision, the "people will have to do it for ourselves, and I CAN'T WAIT."
Mayor Bloomberg could be in trouble with the city's independents. Stay tuned!!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Dr. Omar Ali to be guest today on WLIB's Mark Riley with Politics Plus
Dr. Omar H. Ali, author of In the Balance of Power: Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States, will be a guest on WLIB's Mark Riley show today (September 25th) at 7:35 pm New York time. Click on On Air: Listen Live on the left side column.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Conversations on African American Voters and Independents 2008, Challenge to the Clinton Machine
How black voters took on the Clinton machine -- see Lenora Fulani in action in Harlem, African American Day Parade, September, 2007, video #1, and video #2....
And read more here on The Daily Voice
And read more here on The Daily Voice
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Recommended reading: In the Balance of Power
Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States
By Omar H. Ali
Ohio University Press and Swallow Press
Foreword by Eric Foner
With the presidential election looming, the “black vote” has been deemed a crucial portion of the electorate. Historically, most black voters have aligned themselves with one of the two major parties—the Republican Party from the time of the Civil War to the New Deal; and, since the New Deal, and especially since the height of the modern civil rights movement, the Democratic Party.However, as In the Balance of Power convincingly demonstrates, African Americans have long been part of independent political movements...
By Omar H. Ali
Ohio University Press and Swallow Press
Foreword by Eric Foner
With the presidential election looming, the “black vote” has been deemed a crucial portion of the electorate. Historically, most black voters have aligned themselves with one of the two major parties—the Republican Party from the time of the Civil War to the New Deal; and, since the New Deal, and especially since the height of the modern civil rights movement, the Democratic Party.However, as In the Balance of Power convincingly demonstrates, African Americans have long been part of independent political movements...
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