Tim Wise, "Good, and Now Back to Work"

This victory is not the end of struggle - in many ways it is only the beginning.  And, yet, it is cause for celebration, and pride, and hope.  Once again, Tim Wise writes eloquently and powerfully on this crossroads we are at:

...let me say this, to some of those on the left - some of my friends and longtime compatriots in the struggle for social justice - who yet insist that there is no difference between Obama and McCain, between Democrats and Republicans, between Biden and Palin: Screw you.

If you are incapable of mustering pride in this moment, and if you cannot appreciate how meaningful this day is for millions of black folks who stood in lines for up to seven hours to vote, then your cynicism has become such an encumbrance as to render you all but useles to the liberation movement.