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‘A Lifetime of Being Betty (Reid Soskin)’ CD release party Saturday, Aug. 17
“A Lifetime of Being Betty,” to be released Aug. 17 at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door. Visit www.thefreight.org/event/1858290-little-village-foundation-berkeley/.
#HugosSoWhite: The literary convention diversity scandals
When there aren’t enough Black folks doing the writing, Black characters are written by white writers with all the inherent biases.
Hit me, Bruh! Thoughts on ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’
“Do you love it? You don’t get to hate San Francisco unless you love it.”
People’s Power stops a modern-day lynching
A massive phone protest by people from around the world and calls for direct protests forced the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to back down from carrying out the state’s latest attempt to kill MOVE 9 member Delbert Orr Africa.
Black August Resolution
Since Aug. 20, 1619, with the arrival of the first documented slaves planting their feet on the soil of American land, Black resistance has been an important aspect of what it means to survive while Black in America.
A modest proposal for the abolition of slavery in America in the 21st century
We declare all elections not based upon full universal suffrage to be invalid and powers not derived from the consent of the governed to be usurpations.
We still ain’t free!
I want all of you to understand that as soon as a prisoner is released from prison or jail, she or he is expected to find a job and pay taxes. So, with this in mind, why in the hell can’t all states restore our right to vote?
Black contractors call Oakland’s proposed Project Labor Agreement ‘modern day slavery’
Fifty years ago, when Ray Dones set up the National Association of Minority Contractors, there were 350 Black construction firms in Oakland; today, there are fewer than 100. Black contractors are on a path to extinction.
Sweet land of liberty
Let’s build that culture bridge, build that culture bridge, build that culture bridge.
AOC slammed for ‘concentration camp’ remarks
“I know what concentration camps are … I was inside two of them, in America. And yes, we are operating such camps again.”
Noted historian reveals a major omission in college courses
California community colleges omit Africa and lack equity in their curricula
Expansion of at-home internet access program for low-income people seeks to bridge the digital...
More than one million
California households newly eligible for internet essentials – including those
on MediCal with disabilities and previously uncovered seniors
The San Francisco Bay Area...
Artist Tom Manning is gone, freedom fighter for Blacks, Natives, workers and all oppressed...
Class war prisoner, freedom fighter, man of the people, man for the people, long held political prisoner Thomas William Manning died on July 30 of a heart issue at the federal penitentiary in Hazelton, Kentucky.
‘Pantherism is for everyone!’
We’re either for the total freedom of humanity, or we’re for the continuation of the division of humanity that we have today. We are for total freedom – the New African Black Panther Party is for the complete and total liberation of all humanity.
Community-created ‘Spirit of Fillmore’ mural unveiled by SF Mayor London Breed
Breed returned to her childhood neighborhood to lead a formal unveiling of the brilliantly-colored, collaboratively-created “Spirit of Fillmore” mural enlivening the exterior of the Rosa Parks building.
The cheapest way to save the planet grows like a weed
“As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon dioxide emissions that are driving global heating. New research estimates that a worldwide planting programme could remove two-thirds of all the emissions that have been pumped into the atmosphere by human activities, a figure the scientists describe as ‘mind-blowing.’”
Free South Carolina Movement commemorates Black August and exposes deplorable prison conditions
“For we are our own liberators; to expect that someone will take full responsibility for our own freedom is suicide!” – George Jackson
Angola 10-2ers argue for retroactive application of new constitutional amendment requiring unanimous juries
Louisiana must be made to release the African Americans who have been irreparably harmed and dehumanized by officials who took oaths to protect them.
Judge hears arguments by the defense for Kevin Epps in packed courtroom
Why hasn’t the D.A. shared this evidence? Perhaps the answer is: Because it does not exist. #FreeKevinEpps #PackTheCourt
Malik has been granted parole!
It is with great joy that I announce my parole from Texas state prisons (TDCJ)!