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blackagendareport.com - A Black President? Sure. But If We Don't Do Nothin' He Won't Do Nothin'

blackagendareport.com - A Black President? Sure. But If We Don't Do Nothin' He Won't Do Nothin': "a speech by Amiri Baraka, recorded earlier this month in Newark

Give Obama a break, some of his supporters argue. He's got to get elected first. Till them he can't be seen acknowledging the needs of Black America for job creation on a vast scale, for an end to foreclosures, the repeal of No Child Left Behind, the equitable rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, and lowering of the prison population and cutting military budget to free up money for these and other human needs.

Poet, playwright and longtime activist Amiri Baraka has a different take on the Obama candidacy, and the responsibility of the politically conscious. In this speech he cautions those who imagine Obama will make a difference without a strong left movement pressuring and pushing him further and faster than he and his corporate backers really want to go.

'Even if there's gonna be a black president,' said Baraka in Newark early this month, 'if we don't do nothin' he won't do nothin'... the less we do, the less we can expect Obama to respond to us...'"

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