Power to the people: A welcome prison victory in Ohio
‘A welcome prison victory at Youngstown’ by Denis O’Hearn follows by Bomani Shakur, aka Keith LaMar This is the cast of the play “Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising” by Staughton Lynd,...
View ArticleAnd like that – blink! – a new war
by Mumia Abu-Jamal The U.S. bombs Libyan loyalist vehicles on the road from Benghazi to Ajdabiyah on March 20. – Photo: Goran Tomasevic, Reuters Just as the Arab Spring erupted across the region of...
View ArticleChernobyl: Consequences of the catastrophe 25 years later
Democracy Now! broadcast April 26, 2011 by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., and Alexey V. Yablokov, Ph.D. Editor’s note: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists asked Dr. Sherman, recognized worldwide for her...
View ArticleStealing the oil, gas and sovereign wealth of Libya
Listen below to ‘First Black president bombs Africa,’ the second explosive interview with Black Libya expert Gerald Perreira by Minister of Information JR by Junious Ricardo Stanton Qaddafi organized...
View ArticleMalcolm and the music
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali Malcolm X, loved then and now by the people, eulogized by Ossie Davis as our “Black Shining Prince” El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) was assassinated 46 years...
View ArticleFarrakhan condemns war on Libya
by Amadi Ajamu Minister Louis Farrakhan blasts the U.S. and its NATO allies for invading Libya at a June 15 press conference in New York. – Video frame: FCNN Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis...
View ArticleRace and immigration
by Jean Damu Derek Jeter (left) and Alex Rodriguez (right). They are very similar in appearance but Rodriguez is considered Latino while Jeter is African American - Photo: www.bronxbanterblog.com The...
View ArticleInside a housing takeover
by Carol Harvey By 2005 estimates, 1 billion people worldwide lived in squatted homes and shantytowns. For years, squats have been legal in Europe, notably England and the Netherlands, but not in the...
View ArticleIs Britain burning with racism and economic inequality?
by Colin Benjamin Jobless Londoners wait in a welfare line in South East London. Overall unemployment in the U.K. is approximately 2.46 million, with 1.49 million people claiming unemployment benefits...
View ArticleThe 1966 Hunters Point rebellion: The fight must go on
Interview by Alka Joshi, introduction and transcription by Natasha Reid This month marks the 45th anniversary of the Hunters Point rebellion, touched off Sept. 27, 1966, by the police murder of Matthew...
View ArticleGrassroots radio gives voice and life to democracy
Speech to the Grassroots Radio Conference Aug. 14 by Mumia Abu-Jamal Loris Ann Taylor, JR Valrey and Sylvia Richardson were the keynote speakers at this year’s Grassroots Radio Conference in Kansas...
View ArticleCongo: Elections, democracy and the Diaspora awakening
by Friends of the Congo A Congolese soldier stomps Fabien Mutomb, provincial vice president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), Tshisekedi’s party, during a peaceful protest in...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for March 2012
by Wanda Sabir Her story: Occupy San Quentin When the beautiful sister smiled shyly at me as I, as unobtrusively as possible, took her photo while she waited to speak at Occupy San Quentin, I wasn’t...
View ArticleImam Jamil Al-Amin on El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X) – Rally Monday to...
Atlanta will rally Monday, March 19, 3-5 p.m., at Georgia Capitol, 206 Washington St., in support of Imam Jamil Al-Amin and to bring him back to Georgia Design: Malcolm X Grassroots Movement On Monday,...
View ArticleFly Benzo is free, so why is Mendell Plaza a no Fly zone?
by Malaika Kambon Fly Benzo, known for his mentoring of youth, holds Nailah Amari Bey, one of his staunchest supporters. – Photo: Malaika Kambon From Hunters Point to Haiti, Black communities are...
View ArticleMarcus Garvey, the African Union, the African Diaspora
by Shaka Barak, President, The Marcus Garvey Institute In the year 2014, as we recognize this as the centennial year of the Jamaican, Caribbean born Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey’s (born Aug. 17,...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for March 2014
by Wanda Sabir Russell Maroon Shoatz is out of solitary confinement! Hugo Pinnell had his first contact visit in 40 years last weekend. Kiilu Nyasha announced this wonderful news at a reception...
View ArticleRod Starz of Rebel Diaz: Ten important observations to know about Ferguson
by Rodrigo Starz of Rebel Diaz 10. Who was Mike Brown? While many out-of-town activists and supporters were going straight to the scene in Ferguson to, as they said, “get it poppin’,” we didn’t want to...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for September 2014
by Wanda Sabir Art for Change Through their art, William Rhodes helped his students at Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in Bayview Hunters Point connect with children in South Africa. Congratulations...
View Article‘Friends of Victoire’ launched to free Rwandan political prisoner Victoire...
by Ann Garrison French translation by Alexis Habiyaremye follows KPFA Weekend News broadcast Jan. 17, 2015 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/FRIENDS-OF-VICTOIRE-BAY-VIEW1.mp3 Friends of...
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