2019
Yearly Archives: 2019
When Our Ancestors Speak … LISTEN!
I hope you will join me in supporting our youth-led “Global Climate Strike” in locations around the planet, from 20-27 September.
The Black Panther Party of 1966 and the New United Panther Movement: Continuity and...
Meet Shaka Zulu and George Katsiaficas, learn more, get involved: Thursday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m., at Freedom Archives, 522 Valencia St., San Francisco.
What do Oprah, Kendrick Lamar and ‘The Rock’ have in common? They want kids...
For teens and young people struggling with mental illness or childhood, learning about celebrities who’ve had similar experiences can be freeing.
Relearning H. Rap Brown Conference in Atlanta Oct. 4-5
World famous as H. Rap Brown in the '60s, inspiration to millions, targeted by the FBI most of his life, Imam Jamil Al-Amin does not belong in prison and must be freed! Come to “Re-Learning H. Rap Brown,” a conference in Atlanta Oct. 4-5.
Dear Mr. Benioff, no matter how many times you ‘study’ me it doesn’t get...
With all due respect, how is a $30 million study on homelessness even close to an answer?
DC Abolition Coalition blockades US Department of Justice entrances in protest of prison abuses
In April, the US Department of Justice issued a scathing report on Alabama prison abuse and promised to sue. Six months later, with no lawsuit filed and Alabama prison abuses worsening as the state proceeds with plans to build more prisons, advocates braved arrest and brutality to bring Alabama prisoners’ demands to the officials who can stop them.
Rwanda: Murder of dissidents continues as migrants are shipped in
“I know that the killers want me and other members of the opposition to be afraid and stop our democratic struggle. But Rwandan people need to be free in our country. Fear of being arrested again or being assassinated will never stop our struggle.”
Tech start-up honors filmmaker Kevin Epps with activist award
“The reason why Kevin is being honored is because he has always been at the forefront of championing for others, advocating and being a voice,” Free Kevin Epps Committee member Sarah Allen stated during her speech accepting the award on Kevin's behalf.
Stop the Massacres in Haiti Week of Action
It is time for the U.S. to be held accountable for its continued support of the repressive regime now in power in Haiti: Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, 280 S. First St, at 2:00 p.m.
Election interference: 2016 paper trails suggest fraud in Democratic primaries
Clinton won 65 percent, Bernie Sanders 35 percent in states with strictly electronic voting machines. In states with paper ballots, Clinton won 49 percent, Sanders 51 percent.
South Carolina prisoners, stay strong! We got your back
Today, the oppression in South Carolina prisons has, if anything, intensified. Many prisons are still on and off of lockdown TWO YEARS after the riot at Lee that touched off the 2018 prison strike.
Preparing for court Sept. 26, Kevin Epps’ supporters protest threats by prosecutor
“This Thursday, at 9 a.m. in Department 20, 850 Bryant St., SF, will be my first day back in court since I was threatened by District Attorney Michael Swart. I really need the community support to send a clear message that his biased, vindictive, unprofessional actions are unacceptable and will not be tolerated.” – Kevin Epps
‘Decade of Fire’ hits the Oakland International Film Fest Friday
“While the environment has changed from one of total abandonment and neglect to one of gentrification, the impacts upon the community are very similar.”
‘My Father Belize’ screens Sept. 26 and 27 at the Oakland International Film Festival
It is important for our community to see love, understanding and forgiveness between Black males in a family, especially when the corporate media is so diabolically bent on showing us images of us as dysfunctional.
‘Tent City’ is a favorite at this year’s Oakland International Film Fest
The family suffers tremendously when a loved one has a mental health disorder or becomes homeless. It can destroy a family for generations.
Biden and the Black vote
Even if Obama openly endorses him at some point, Biden has his own record, and it’s that of a consistent corporate stooge, particularly of the real estate and banking industries, and as one of the architects of the mass incarceration state.
Zap Mama, Saul Williams, Chef Bryant Terry, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and more make...
We have lived in the past metaphysically for too long. Now it is time to nosedive into the future to start on the creation of the “New Us.” Don’t miss Matatu – all this week.
Michigan: The Good Time Bill myth
If Michigan state legislators really want to pass a bill that effectively reduces the current population inside jam-packed state prisons (TIS), they should introduce a bill, or bills, that simply repeals disciplinary time, as enacted back in 1998.
Biden his time
Do you elect someone who has failed you for decades, again, again – and again?
One year later, National Prison Strike demands manifest in presidential proposal
Every one of the [National Prison Strike] demands is addressed in Bernie Sanders’ criminal justice reform plan.