Five Comrades in The Black Panther Party, 1967-1970

by Judy Juanita   BOBBY SEALE AND Huey Newton came to San Francisco State in the spring of ’67 to recruit at the same time Clorox, Kaiser and IBM came. The two men stood side by side, gave their spiel, their sign up sheets laid out in the back of the room. My roommates and […]

Charlotte Hill O’Neal – Mama C: Urban African spirit visits Laney, CSU Eastbay

by Malaika Kambon Brought to the Laney College Forum by the Black Student Union and the Oakland based People’s Community Medics, artist Mama C – Charlotte Hill O’Neal – co-director of the United African Alliance Community Center (UAACC) in Tanzania, East Africa, came to share with Africans in the Bay Area the strong, vibrant ancestor-rooted art of […]

Marshall ‘Eddie ” Conway back in court june24,2013

Uhuru Comrades  I have just received word from Marshall Eddie Conway,a political prisoner held here in Maryland State and he has informed me  to spread the word to the public that he is about to go back to court on June 24th 2013 and that if all goes well that he will be set free […]

SEKOU ODINGA: LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

SEKOU ODINGA LEGAL DEFENSE FUND LONG TIME NEW AFRIKAN LIBERATION SOLDIER/PRISONER OF WAR, SEKOU ODINGA IS SEEKING FUNDS IN ORDER TO LAUNCH A POST CONVICTION APPEAL. SEKOU HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A LAWYER, WHO SPECIALIZES IN POST CONVICTION APPEALS AND HAS TOLD SEKOU THAT HE WILL TAKE ON HIS APPEAL AT A CUT RATE OF 20K. NORMAL LEGAL […]

The Black Liberation Struggle:What Really Happened Off The 60s And What Did Not

The Black Liberation Struggle: What Really Happened Off the ’60s —And What Did Not http://www.blackunity.ning.com   The masses answered this question, unmistakably. People rebelled in hundreds of American cities,25 and the revolutionary stance of leaders like Malcolm X and forces like the Black Panther Party resonated with millions in the streets and campuses of the […]

Unity in organization

by Kamau M. Askari Organization is a framework through which collective power can be achieved. Organization is also a byproduct of unity. Prisoners of varying racial and ethnic backgrounds and ideological and political persuasions have forged a united front – best reflected by the Short Corridor Collective confined in Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing […]

Interview with Safiya Bukhari

(Interview conducted in New York City, September 27, 1992 and distributed by Arm the Spirit via e-mail for International Women’s Day 1995.) Q: The first question I have is, how did you get involved with the Black Panther Party (BPP)? I was going to college to be a doctor. The first year in college I […]

Against capitalism: To exist we must resist

by Rashid Johnson Capitalism’s insane logic Capitalist logic proclaims no one has the right to exist, to be here, except the wealthy. This illogic inheres in the very system itself. Salute to Rashid for this powerful pen and ink drawing to note the unity of purpose of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party with the […]

Court Rules BPP Program is Gang Material

by a Wisconsin prisoner December 2012 permalink The tree of liberty must sometimes be watered with the blood of tyrants.” – Thomas Jefferson “Give me liberty or give me death” – Thomas Pain The above two quotes are admired citations that most Amerikans with any educational degree deem to be master slogans this country’s freedoms […]

Black power – reading guide

Libcom.org’s reading guide on the American black power movement of the 1960s-70s and its key groups as well as some readings on the civil rights movement. General recommended reading Black particularity reconsidered – Adolph L. Reed Jr. – In-depth analysis of how the management of black dissent by the black American middle-class/professional elite helped restructure […]