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Letter to a young gangster
I really enjoyed the few times we exchanged ideas about the new Black Liberation Movement. I was a little surprised when you told me that you consider yourself to be a Black revolutionary because most young brothers who gangbang don't identify themselves as such; and that's because being one requires opposing and resisting racism and other systems of oppression, which is a huge burden and responsibility. Others simply don't understand the concept of a revolutionary.
Russell Maroon Shoatz: Rage, humiliation, testosterone, youth and the politics of...
Steve Bloom, a comrade and veteran activist, asked me several questions regarding my contribution to "Look for Me in the Whirlwind." The questions delve into aspects of our political struggle against oppression back in the 1960s and '70s and are still pressing concerns. My story is closer to what untold numbers of highly motivated 1960s and 1970s "revolutionaries" usually don't write about or discuss nowadays. I believe I have answered comrade Steve Bloom's questions.
Bay View turns 40!
It's 2016, 40 years since Muhammad al-Kareem founded the New Bayview, now renamed the San Francisco Bay View, in 1976. Inspired by Malcolm X, he wanted to bring a newspaper like Muhammad Speaks to Bayview Hunters Point. He'll tell the story of those early years, and I'll pick it up now at the point when my wife Mary and I took over in 1992. Watching our first paper roll through the huge two-story tall lumbering old press at Tom Berkley's Post Newspaper Building on Feb. 3, 1992, was a feel-like-flying thrill we'll never forget.
I tried my best to encourage the brothers to stand up
A call for a national work stoppage was issued for Sept. 9, 2016, to inmates all across America to bring an end to the "exception" – the slavery clause – in the U.S. Constitution's 13th Amendment upholding slavery for prisoners. Sadly, I, along with a very small sprinkle of inmates here and there on "the farm" (a reference to Angola, a former slave plantation turned into the largest prison in the country) answered the call.
Black August Memorial: an interview with Kasim Gero, Patuxent Prison
On FLEA Days, Tupac Shakur, Baltimore, Kwanzaa, women-comrades and the revolutionary experience of Black August ... Kasim O. Gero is currently housed as an inmate at the Patuxent Institution in Jessup, Maryland. The unedited answers to these questions are his added consent to this interview and dissemination of information in alignment with the mission of George Jackson University.
Cadlac Tom the adult cartoon: an interview wit' founder Tyrone Trapper
Tyrone Trapper was born in Los Angeles and raised in West Oakland. After being traumatized by the murder of a close friend in the streets of Los Angeles, he decided to turn the pain into something constructive, and he started work on his adult cartoon series, "Cadlac Tom." I salute Tyrone Trapper on his entrepreneurial spirit, on immortalizing his loved one and for turning his pain into gain. Check him out; a lot of us can learn a thing or two from him.
On Beyoncé's In_Formation Day, Haiti revelers celebrate slaying Carnival King
By ourselves, we disenfranchised Haitians took down the fake elections and U.S. puppet president, Michel Martelly. He left on Superbowl 50, Feb. 7 – the day Beyoncé set off a politically charged "Formation," unapologetically Black. America's most powerful artist dressed her dancers in Afros and Black Panther leather outfits and got in (Malcolm) X formation, Black fists raised up. Banm sèt kout kouto – bring it! she said.
Stand firm collectively and denounce the actions that caused the death...
Here's where we are: Everyone who claims to be committed to the Agreement to End Hostilities needs to take care not to allow our beloved revolutionary giant Hugo "Yogi" Pinell's death to be just another tragic and senseless bullshit reactionary violent statistic. Stand firm collectively and denounce those actions that caused Yogi's death! This is a wake-up call to action!
Bay Area Black doctor plans to repatriate to South Africa
I talked to a future repatriate, my comrade Dr. Chris Zamani, about his recent trip to South Africa in search of a homeland and a place for him to stick his flag. I talked to him about some of the factors that he has to consider in order to prepare to make that move. He has a very interesting outlook on history and life that is driving his decision to want to leave the U.S., and I wanted to share this ongoing conversation that we have been having with each other for the last few years. Check out Dr. Zamani in his own words ...
In loving memory of El Hajj Malcolm Latif El Shabazz
The janazah was traditional and profound. The spiritual warmth could be felt flowing all through the hall in the stately Islamic Center in downtown Oakland, as over 300 people mourned, paid last respects, celebrated his life and gained inspiration during the service held Friday morning, May 17, in loving memory of Hajj Malcolm Latif El Shabazz. Though "Young Malcolm," as he was often recognized, in remembrance of his grandfather, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X), was just coming into his own, he has made a profound and an indelible mark upon the world. In the finest traditions of the Shabazz family; by his life he will continue to inspire.
Cleveland PD murders unarmed Black couple, firing 137 shots
A horrific shooting on Nov. 29 resulted in the death of two unarmed African Americans, Malissa Williams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43. This may be the worst example of excessive use of deadly force in the history of the United States. The fact that 12 of the 13 Cleveland police officers were white and the victims were Black in a city which has an almost 70 percent minority population is a crisis. We all know that 12 Black police officers would never have fired 137 shots at Black or white citizens.
'Seven Guitars,' a review
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, was the opening of August Wilson's play, "Seven Guitars," directed by Kent Gash, at the Marin Theatre Company. I hadn't seen the play in about 15 years. Wilson was alive then and he was work-shopping his latest – play five in the eventual 10-play cycle – at ACT-SF with the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in a co-production.
Hustlin in the City: an interview wit Frisco rapper Sellassie
The Frisco native and conscious rapper Sellassie has to be one of the hardest working men in independent Bay Area rap music. He has been a big promoter of unifying the Bay Area's rappers and he has started a campaign against "house nigga" rap. He also hosts a regional up and coming artists' showcase called "We All We Got."
Re-instate KPFA WorkWeek Radio now!
For this action to be taking place during this current crisis of capitalism and attacks on the working class and oppressed leads one to draw the conclusion that there must be corporate influence on this decision. - Clarence Thomas, ILWU
Mayor Breed commits to support Black San Franciscans who shut down...
We demand that City Supervisors work to keep Black folks in San Francisco and to improve their quality of life. We demand that they pass policies to immediately relieve the disparities.
The University of California's 'bad practice' in the Hunters Point Shipyard
The UC committee finds the recent surface radiation testing at the Hunters Point Shipyard sufficient and calls for "an informational meeting with the residents of Parcel A to discuss the cost and benefits of further radiation testing of the parcel." Supervisor Shamann Walton has called a public meeting for Tuesday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m., at 451 Galvez Ave., the Storehouse at the Shipyard. All residents are urged to attend.
Moms 4 Housing: Un-Wedgewooding the world must be led by Mama...
Moms 4 Housing and all the beautiful people who stood together with the Moms are sheroes and heroes who manifested something capitalism tries very hard to kill: People Power. But they also manifested MAMA POWER, which, like all of us mamaz and daughters know, can take down a developer or real estate snake any day.
California prisoners call for end to machismo and femicide in Mexico
https://youtu.be/UB69VbhxmUk VICE News investigates the murder of women in Mexico and meets relatives of the...
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