By Paul Kasun
If voting in November elections contains the essence of politics, then slavery continues to be the essence of daily life.  Contrary to the notion of an election being the essence of politics, the people of Bolivia and Venezuela have shown that freedom demands politics on a daily basis by everyone. Those who insist that we are free because we vote in an occasional election, hope that we forget about daily politics. When we forget about daily politics, laws are created to gut health care, to give tax breaks to people with multiple houses and million dollar jets, to slash wages, and to squeeze more wealth out of people of color.
What does it take to turn our culture from favoring the white elite to favoring humanity’s hard working people? Who is capable to lead the end of racism in America and to begin a true time of peace? There are seasoned Hispanic leaders as well as seasoned immigrant leaders who bring their experience for our benefit. We have seasoned Black leaders who have five centuries of experience under white rule. Our goal ought to be clear: to form political blocks to win the ideal of the American constitution.
As it stands, the American Constitution does not give people of color the upper hand in U.S. law, but the white elite. However, the American Constitution can be changed to bring equal opportunities to people of color in relationship to whites. What are some immediate steps to reach our long term goal?

• We need local organizations of both Black and Hispanic political power. At the same time, political power must be structured to create solidarity and harmony, or else internal rivalry among us will give the upper hand to the white elite.
• Because it appears that we have so little power, grabbing personal power seems more important to the cause than establishing social power. However, as our local organizations are established and connect one to another, solidarity increases. This increases real power. Making solidarity a permanent feature of our culture will be one of our toughest challenges. Why? In part, because the fraud of the white elite will tell us that we have no power and they will try to take our successes away from us, telling us that we are nothing. Leaders counteract this and inspire workers, which unites our political blocs and creates solidarity.
• The ancient dictum of being as clever as a snake and as peaceful as a dove becomes the mantra of the finest leaders. Why? There has to be a positive mental way to respond to the incessant blows by the privileged, or else one may lose hope, become a cynic and otherwise be useless to the effective organizing of Black and Hispanic political blocs.
• How can someone resist the temptation to sell out their ideas, political prestige or stature in the community to the whites, who offer irresistible opportunities to exchange praise and security for class betrayal? Our finest leaders meet their needs for praise, recognition and security with their dedication and loyalty to the underprivileged, in reality never looking for the fulfillment of these needs. The struggle is long and hard, and every drop of our blood brings hope for our sons and daughters.
• Leaders balance what it means to follow whites and what it means to be independent from them. This talent is taught to other leaders to help establish and maintain both Black and Hispanic power through political blocs. When too much dependency is created on the white class, demoralization begins to seep into the mind and the community. When independence is created, even in small bursts, creative and productive energy moves us toward our goal.
• We must have an innate sense to defend both Black and Hispanic masses, not by angry explosions, but by deliberate and conscious steps to achieve our goal of taking political power in America. This is particularly important since whites aim to dupe us, taking merciless advantage of our distress, lack of education, political inexperience and humility, hoping to coax us into habits like dependence and carelessness.

People of color have a historic opportunity to obtain both the power and control in the United States, so as to end the destructive path whites have put the course of this country. Only a small percentage of Blacks and Hispanics is necessary to take political control of our country, just as a few white extremists lead today’s conservative movement. Only one million, well-trained people of color can take control of our culture, putting it on the right path.
Why is this urgent? Time is a factor since those in power today continue to lead our country to short term success for one particular race, but long term paralysis for everyone. Why can’t we struggle to end this kind of suffering? We can’t trust our most precious assets, our youth, to the laws of a country controlled by white conservatives. They brainwash people, using racist pundits to divide our working class, pay them less and force them to work longer hours. The police enforce this injustice. We need the structure of society on our side.
How can we win?  We win by forming political blocs. Like the owners of companies that travel through North America looking for cheap labor and weak or nonexistent unions, our leaders can travel through North America looking to strengthen unions and worker solidarity.