J.L. Walden
J.L. Walden is a Boston-based educator and journalist who has become preoccupied with the ways in which moral idealism is being used to distract from a materialist political project that can benefit all people.
Latest posts by J.L. Walden (see all)
- Examining Elizabeth Warren’s Political Identity: Is She Really a Rose? - September 20, 2019
- Can the Mainstream Media See Elizabeth Warren Clearly? - September 9, 2019
- Why Protesting Straight Pride Won’t Help Anyone: A Materialist Analysis - August 5, 2019
On June 17, in Washington, D.C., Reverend William Barber and the Poor People’s Campaign hosted a presidential forum as a part of its three-day event called the Poor People’s Moral Action Congress. In his discussions with each presidential candidate, Reverend Barber hewed to questions that focused tightly on the way that voter disenfranchisement, especially disenfranchisement of Black voters, helps to maintain poverty for people of all races. He, in fact, took pains to note that…