by Zari Sundiata Revolutionary greetings, dear comrades, friends and supporters. This is Robert Seth Hayes, a former member of the Black Panther Party and a Black Liberation Army combatant. Still incarcerated, yet still progressing, I am determined to have closure to an era of Civil Rights struggles. To those of you who have been partners […]
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by Zari Sundiata Robert Seth Hayes was arrested in 1973, after police opened fire on his apartment while he was home with his wife and children. This occurred as a result of the U.S. government’s illegal Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO), in a climate dominated by portrayals of black militants as murderers and cop-killers. Seth, a former […]
February 21, 2012 by Mumia Abu Jamal After 30 years in solitary confinement on Pennsylvania’s Death Row, Mumia Abu-Jamal is finally in general population, where he can, for the first time in those three decades, touch another person. His first “contact” visit was with his wife, Wadiya Jamal, and lawyer, Rachel Wolkenstein, on Feb. 6. […]
10 Things We Must Teach Our Sons Being a father is one of the most important things you will ever do as a man. For our African youth, the need for fathers is amplified as there are so many extra things a young black man has to worry about. You are the leader, the role […]
Reblogged from wanderinginlove: Note: This piece is also live at Role/Reboot. Ally (verb): 1) to unite or form a connection or relation between, 2) to form or enter into an alliance with (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). In the realm of social justice work, an ally is generally understood to be a person who takes these actions in […]
February 19, 2012 Editor’s note: This comes from the brilliant minds – locked away in one of the most restrictive prisons in the U.S. – who brought you “California prison hunger strikers propose ‘10 core demands’ for the national Occupy Wall Street Movement,” the Bay View’s most read story, with 9,980 pageviews, from Dec. 6, […]
Reblogged from MisBehaved Woman: Where oh where does our (war) money go..? Apparently it goes where ever the hell DoD decides it should… Who are we mere debt mules to question the great & wise (corporate owned) congressional budget committees? What kind of legacy are we living future generations if we continue to spend beyond […]
Reblogged from The Speed of Dreams: Since 1492: Around two thousand indigenous Zapotec people live in the community of Santiago Xanica in the mountain range ‘Madre del Sur’ in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It takes two hours to travel here via a dusty dirt track that cuts through fresh tropical vegetation on the dry […]
Reblogged from Davey D's Hip Hop Corner: In the wake of the passing of Etta James, my good friend and producer from London, England, Agent of Change, sent me a incredible beat sampling her unmatched voice for a dedication. The result is below. I pray it’s a worthy tribute a phenomenal woman. Re blogging this […]
“Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories.” -Amilcar Cabral “WE WANT education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present-day society.” -Point 5 of THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, Ten Point Platform & Program (October, 1966) […]
