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A celebration of the Justice for Oscar Grant protesters
by Dave Id Oakland’s outrage at the murder of Oscar Grant by BART cop Johannes Mehserle launched a new strategy for protesting police murders: incessant marches and rallies and grassroots organizing...
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Sacramento officials: The two officers who shot Stephon Clark, an unarmed...
Stephon Clark and his two young sons by Leah Francois The two officers who shot Stephon Clark, an unarmed Black man, last March will walk free. The district attorney’s decision not to press charges...
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Rebellion
Graffiti is a great communicator – and organizer. Remember when “I am Oscar Grant” was written, often with illustration, on every surface in Oakland, creating the solidarity that did the impossible,...
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In preparation for ‘Mario Woods Remembrance Day’ gathering on Wednesday
Elaine Brown, former chair of the Black Panther Party, will speak, and Gwen Woods, mother of Mario Woods, will host Mario Woods Remembrance Day, Wednesday, July 22, 4:30-7:00 p.m., at Third Street and...
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Comrade Malik’s Black August message
“Black August Resistance” – Art: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, 264847, Pendleton Correctional Facility, G-20-2C, 4490 W. Reformatory Road, Pendleton, IN 46064 by Keith ‘Malik’ Washington, Liberate the Caged...
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Don’t just survive, but thrive: The legacy of Fred Jordan
In Fred Jordan’s living room, the walls are alive with beautiful Black art and from the window he can survey the city he loves. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell by Lin Robertson An unselfish leader is one who...
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To City College Trustee Tom Temprano and the Board of Trustees
CCSF students and the community were peacefully protesting to protect their education and faculty when they were surrounded by police at Tom Temprano’s house. Despite the clear effort to intimidate...
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Curtis Family C-notes hits big stage!
Love for the people, discipline and unparalleled musical gifts define the Curtis Family C-notes and got them to the main stage of America’s Got Talent! Along with their commitment to music, we in the...
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Police unions block 60 percent of cases involving officers killing Blacks...
Police unions are not to be confused with other labor unions. These hold far too much power in the American political and social machinery – including the power to take life and the power to intervene...
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Leonard Peltier is one of America’s longest-serving Political Prisoners, and...
Rigo 23’s statue of Leonard Peltier is titled “Waiting.” The size of the sculpture, 12-by-6-by-9 feet, are the dimensions of an average American prison cell. All Rigo’s gigantic carvings make powerful...
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Prisoners sue California prison system following targeted raid against Black...
Talib Williams performs one of his spoken word poems at his Defy Ventures graduation in 2019. Talib Williams, incarcerated at Correctional Training Facility, Soledad, California, has filed a lawsuit...
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Black youth who led the Ferguson Rebellion and inspired the world are dying –...
by Kerry ‘Shakaboona’ Marshall In this iconic photo, a hero of the Ferguson rebellion, Edward “Skeeda” Crawford, throws a tear gas canister back at police and away from the women and children they had...
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‘We Charge Genocide’
by Mike Kuhlenbeck “The responsibility of being the first in history to charge the government of the United States of America with the crime of genocide is not one the petitioners take lightly,”...
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Outing the Bay Area campaign contributors to KKK fascist David Duke
Update: This story and the boycotts it started have resulted in the closure of two popular establishments after patrons and staff learned the owners had contributed to David Duke’s campaign. O’mei...
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Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur: Seizing the time
by Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur, co-founder and chairman of the New Afrikan Liberation Collective We, New Afrikan Revolutionary Nationalist cadres and all righteous, conscious citizens of the Republic of New...
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Togo’s struggle is our struggle
by Dwayne Wong Omowale For the last 50 years, Togo has been ruled by a neo-colonial dictatorship. Togo’s first president, Sylvanus Olympio, was assassinated in 1963, which was only three years after...
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In Florida prisons, will so-called street thugs find the courage to confront...
by Shabazz M. Muhammad (Eric X Wilridge) The Florida Department of Corrections is a system that’s operated by the children of slavemasters and Uncle Toms. The system is designed to break the once...
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Wanda’s Picks for February 2018
by Wanda Sabir Join the community in honoring the Mother of Bayview Hunters Point, Dr. Espanola Jackson, on her day, Jan. 9, and vow to carry on her legacy of fighting for fairness. Black Women Rising...
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Regarding the 2005 photo of Farrakhan and Obama: A gentle scolding of a dear...
by Oscar H. Blayton Fox News interviews Askia Muhammad, news director of Pacifica station WPFW in Washington, D.C., about the recently released photo he took in 2005 showing then-Sen. Obama with...
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The unofficial gag order of Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown): 16 years in prison,...
by Obaid H. Siddiqui At the modern intersection of Islamophobia and the Black Lives Matter movement resides Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), the now forgotten civil rights activist and...
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