Barricades Quote by Gerald Horne

Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict.

— Gerald Horne

The Africans were oftentimes allied with the antagonist of the Republic. Now, you may want to step back and ask yourself why that might…

— Gerald Horne

I think that even though we should always welcome allies within the four corners of the United States, we shouldn't limit our allies to…

— Gerald Horne

I think we need to de-center the idea of US sovereignty.

— Gerald Horne

Germany had come late to feast at the table of colonialism and did not feel that the division of colonial spoils at that particular…

— Gerald Horne

In order to better charge Moscow with human rights violations, the United States had to bend with regard to the more excessive aspects of…

— Gerald Horne

It is only with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement that you begin to see different examinations of not only Reconstruction but slavery…

— Gerald Horne

I think - particularly in terms of the destiny of Africans in North America - our destiny has also been shaped indelibly by global…

— Gerald Horne

In the era of slavery, you could be a so-called Afro-Cuban one day and a so-called Black American the next day, or vice versa.…

— Gerald Horne

Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.

— Gerald Horne

I shudder to think where we people of African descent would be without our allies in the international community. It's been our everything, quite…

— Gerald Horne

I once wrote that Black Americans are involved in an intriguing experiment to see if an oppressed minority can continue to march forward if…

— Gerald Horne