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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.   In this two-part series of Oakland Asian Cultural Center's “Let's Talk” podcast Eastside Arts Alliance is featured. Elena Serrano and Susanne Takehara, two of the founders of Eastside Arts Alliance, and staff member Aubrey Pandori will discuss the history that led to the formation of Eastside and their deep work around multi-racial solidarity.   Transcript: Let's Talk podcast episode 9  [00:00:00] Emma: My name is Emma Grover, and I am the program and communications coordinator at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, known also as OACC. Today we are sharing the ninth episode of our Let's Talk Audio Series. Let's Talk is part of OACC'S Open Ears for Change Initiative, which was established in 2020. With this series, our goals are to address anti-Blackness in the APIA communities, discuss the effects of colorism and racism in a safe space, and highlight Black and Asian solidarity and community efforts specifically in the Oakland Chinatown area. Today's episode is a round table discussion with Elena Serrano, Susanne Takahara, and Aubrey Pandori of Eastside Arts Alliance.  [00:00:53] Aubrey: Hello everybody. This is Aubrey from Eastside Arts Alliance, and I am back here for the second part of our Let's Talk with Suzanne and Elena. We're gonna be talking about what else Eastside is doing right now in the community. The importance of art in activism, and the importance of Black and Asian solidarity in Oakland and beyond.  So I am the community archivist here at Eastside Arts Alliances. I run CARP, which stands for Community Archival Resource Project. It is a project brought on by one of our co-founders, Greg Morozumi. And it is primarily a large chunk of his own collection from over the years, but it is a Third World archive with many artifacts, journals, pens, newspapers from social movements in the Bay Area and beyond, international social movements from the 1960s forward. We do a few different programs through CARP. I sometimes have archival exhibitions. We do public engagement through panels, community archiving days. We collaborate with other community archives like the Bay Area Lesbian Archives and Freedom Archives here in Oakland and the Bay Area. And we are also working on opening up our Greg Morozumi Reading Room in May. So that is an opportunity for people to come in and relax, read books, host reading groups, or discussions with their community. We're also gonna be opening a lending system so people are able to check out books to take home and read. There'll be library cards coming soon for that and other fun things to come.  [00:02:44] So Suzanne, what are you working on at Eastside right now? [00:02:48] Susanne: Well, for the past like eight or nine years I've been working with Jose Ome Navarrete and Debbie Kajiyama of NAKA Dance Theater to produce Live Arts and Resistance (LAIR), which is a Dance Theater Performance series. We've included many artists who, some of them started out here at Eastside and then grew to international fame, such as Dohee Lee, and then Amara Tabor-Smith has graced our stages for several years with House Full of Black Women. This year we're working with Joti Singh on Ghadar Geet: Blood and Ink, a piece she choreographed, and shot in film and it's a multimedia kind of experience. We've worked with Cat Brooks and many emerging other artists who are emerging or from all over, mostly Oakland, but beyond. It's a place where people can just experiment and not worry about a lot of the regulations that bigger theaters have. Using the outside, the inside, the walls, the ceiling sometimes. It's been an exciting experience to work with so many different artists in our space.  [00:04:03] Elena: And I have been trying to just get the word out to as many different folks who can help sustain the organization as possible about the importance of the work we do here. So my main job with Eastside has been raising money. But what we're doing now is looking at cultural centers like Eastside, like Oakland Asian Cultural Center, like the Malonga Casquelord Center, like Black Cultural Zone, like the Fruitvale Plaza and CURJ's work. These really integral cultural hubs. In neighborhoods and how important those spaces are.  [00:04:42] So looking at, you know, what we bring to the table with the archives, which serve the artistic community, the organizing community. There's a big emphasis, and we had mentioned some of this in the first episode around knowing the history and context of how we got here so we can kind of maneuver our way out. And that's where books and movies and posters and artists who have been doing this work for so long before us come into play in the archives and then having it all manifest on the stage through programs like LAIR, where theater artists and dancers and musicians, and it's totally multimedia, and there's so much information like how to keep those types of places going is really critical.  [00:05:28] And especially now when public dollars have mostly been cut, like the City of Oakland hardly gave money to the arts anyway, and they tried to eliminate the entire thing. Then they're coming back with tiny bits of money. But we're trying to take the approach like, please, let's look at where our tax dollars go. What's important in a neighborhood? What has to stay and how can we all work together to make that happen?  [00:05:52] Susanne: And I want to say that our Cultural Center theater is a space that is rented out very affordably to not just artists, but also many organizations that are doing Movement work, such as Palestinian Youth Movement, Bala, Mujeres Unidas Y Activas, QT at Cafe Duo Refugees, United Haiti Action Committee, Freedom Archives, Oakland Sin Fronteras, Center for CPE, and many artists connected groups.  [00:06:22] Aubrey: Yeah, I mean, we do so much more than what's in the theater and Archive too, we do a lot of different youth programs such as Girl Project, Neighborhood Arts, where we do public murals. One of our collective members, Angie and Leslie, worked on Paint the Town this past year. We also have our gallery in between the Cultural Center and Bandung Books, our bookstore, which houses our archive. We are celebrating our 25th anniversary exhibition.  [00:06:54] Susanne: And one of the other exhibits we just wrapped up was Style Messengers, an exhibit of graffiti work from Dime, Spy and Surge, Bay Area artists and Surge is from New York City, kind of illustrating the history of graffiti and social commentary.  [00:07:30] Elena: We are in this studio here recording and this is the studio of our youth music program Beats Flows, and I love we're sitting here with this portrait of Amiri Baraka, who had a lot to say to us all the time. So it's so appropriate that when the young people are in the studio, they have this elder, magician, poet activist looking at him, and then when you look out the window, you see Sister Souljah, Public Enemy, and then a poster we did during, when Black Lives Matter came out, we produced these posters that said Black Power Matters, and we sent them all over the country to different sister cultural centers and I see them pop up somewhere sometimes and people's zooms when they're home all over the country. It's really amazing and it just really shows when you have a bunch of artists and poets and radical imagination, people sitting around, you know, what kind of things come out of it. [00:08:31] Aubrey: I had one of those Black Power Matters posters in my kitchen window when I lived in Chinatown before I worked here, or visited here actually. I don't even know how I acquired it, but it just ended up in my house somehow.  [00:08:45] Elena: That's perfect. I remember when we did, I mean we still do, Malcolm X Jazz Festival and it was a young Chicana student who put the Jazz Festival poster up and she was like, her parents were like, why is Malcolm X? What has that got to do with anything? And she was able to just tell the whole story about Malcolm believing that people, communities of color coming together  is a good thing. It's a powerful thing. And it was amazing how the festival and the youth and the posters can start those kind of conversations.  [00:09:15] Aubrey: Malcolm X has his famous quote that says “Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.” And Elena, we think a lot about Malcolm X and his message here at Eastside about culture, but also about the importance of art. Can we speak more about the importance of art in our activism?  [00:09:35] Elena: Well, that was some of the things we were touching on around radical imagination and the power of the arts. But where I am going again, is around this power of the art spaces, like the power of spaces like this, and to be sure that it's not just a community center, it's a cultural center, which means we invested in sound good, sound good lighting, sprung floors. You know, just like the dignity and respect that the artists and our audiences have, and that those things are expensive but critical. So I feel like that's, it's like to advocate for this type of space where, again, all those groups that we listed off that have come in here and there's countless more. They needed a space to reach constituencies, you know, and how important that is. It's like back in the civil rights organizing the Black church was that kind of space, very important space where those kind of things came together. People still go to church and there's still churches, but there's a space for cultural centers and to have that type of space where artists and activists can come together and be more powerful together.  [00:10:50] Aubrey: I think art is a really powerful way of reaching people. [00:10:54] Elena: You know, we're looking at this just because I, being in the development end, we put together a proposal for the Environmental Protection Agency before Donald (Trump) took it over. We were writing about how important popular education is, so working with an environmental justice organization who has tons of data about how impacted communities like East Oakland and West Oakland are suffering from all of this, lots of science. But what can we, as an arts group, how can we produce a popular education around those things? And you know, how can we say some of those same messages in murals and zines, in short films, in theater productions, you know, but kind of embracing that concept of popular education. So we're, you know, trying to counter some of the disinformation that's being put out there too with some real facts, but in a way that, you know, folks can grasp onto and, and get.  [00:11:53] Aubrey: We recently had a LAIR production called Sky Watchers, and it was a beautiful musical opera from people living in the Tenderloin, and it was very personal. You were able to hear about people's experiences with poverty, homelessness, and addiction in a way that was very powerful. How they were able to express what they were going through and what they've lost, what they've won, everything that has happened in their lives in a very moving way. So I think art, it's, it's also a way for people to tell their stories and we need to be hearing those stories. We don't need to be hearing, I think what a lot of Hollywood is kind of throwing out, which is very white, Eurocentric beauty standards and a lot of other things that doesn't reflect our neighborhood and doesn't reflect our community. So yeah, art is a good way for us to not only tell our stories, but to get the word out there, what we want to see changed.  So our last point that we wanna talk about today is the importance of Black and Asian solidarity in Oakland. How has that been a history in Eastside, Suzanne?  [00:13:09] Susanne: I feel like Eastside is all about Third World solidarity from the very beginning. And Yuri Kochiyama is one of our mentors through Greg Morozumi and she was all about that. So I feel like everything we do brings together Black, Asian and brown folks. [00:13:27] Aubrey: Black and Asian solidarity is especially important here at Eastside Arts Alliance. It is a part of our history. We have our bookstore called Bandung Books for a very specific reason, to give some history there. So the Bandung Conference happened in 1955 in Indonesia, and it was the first large-scale meeting of Asian and African countries. Most of which were newly independent from colonialism. They aimed to promote Afro-Asian cooperation and rejection of colonialism and imperialism in all nations. And it really set the stage for revolutionary solidarity between colonized and oppressed people, letting way for many Third Worlds movements internationally and within the United States.  [00:14:14] Eastside had an exhibition called Bandung to the Bay: Black and Asian Solidarity at Oakland Asian Cultural Center the past two years in 2022 and 2023 for their Lunar New Year and Black History Month celebrations. It highlighted the significance of that conference and also brought to light what was happening in the United States from the 1960s to present time that were creating and building solidarity between Black and Asian communities. The exhibition highlighted a number of pins, posters, and newspapers from the Black Liberation Movement and Asian American movement, as well as the broader Third World movement. The Black Panthers were important points of inspiration in Oakland, in the Bay Area in getting Asian and Pacific Islanders in the diaspora, and in their homelands organized.  [00:15:07] We had the adoption of the Black Panthers 10-point program to help shape revolutionary demands and principles for people's own communities like the Red Guard in San Francisco's Chinatown, IWK in New York's Chinatown and even the Polynesian Panthers in New Zealand. There were so many different organizations that came out of the Black Panther party right here in Oakland. And we honor that by having so many different 10-point programs up in our theater too. We have the Brown Berets, Red Guard Party, Black Panthers, of course, the American Indian Movement as well. So we're always thinking about that kind of organizing and movement building that has been tied here for many decades now.  [00:15:53] Elena: I heard that the term Third World came from the Bandung conference. [00:15:58] Aubrey: Yes, I believe that's true.  [00:16:01] Elena: I wanted to say particularly right now, the need for specifically Black Asian solidarity is just, there's so much misinformation around China coming up now, especially as China takes on a role of a superpower in the world. And it's really up to us to provide some background, some other information, some truth telling, so folks don't become susceptible to that kind of misinformation. And whatever happens when it comes from up high and we hate China, it reflects in Chinatown. And that's the kind of stereotyping that because we have been committed to Third World solidarity and truth telling for so long, that that's where we can step in and really, you know, make a difference, we hope. I think the main point is that we need to really listen to each other, know what folks are going through, know that we have more in common than we have separating us, especially in impacted Black, brown, Asian communities in Oakland. We have a lot to do.  [00:17:07] Aubrey: To keep in contact with Eastside Arts Alliance, you can find us at our website: eastside arts alliance.org, and our Instagrams at Eastside Cultural and at Bandung Books to stay connected with our bookstore and CArP, our archive, please come down to Eastside Arts Alliance and check out our many events coming up in the new year. We are always looking for donations and volunteers and just to meet new friends and family.  [00:17:36] Susanne: And with that, we're gonna go out with Jon Jang's “The Pledge of Black Asian Alliance,” produced in 2018.  [00:18:29] Emma: This was a round table discussion at the Eastside Arts Alliance Cultural Center with staff and guests: Elena, Suzanne and Aubrey.  Let's Talk Audio series is one of OACC'S Open Ears for Change projects and as part of the Stop the Hate Initiative with funds provided by the California Department of Social Services in consultation with the commission of Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs to administer $110 million allocated over three years to community organizations. These organizations provide direct services to victims of hate and their families and offer prevention and intervention services to tackle hate in our communities. This episode is a production of the Oakland Asian Cultural Center with engineering, editing, and sound design by Thick Skin Media.  [00:19:18] A special thanks to Jon Jang for permission to use his original music. And thank you for listening.  [00:19:32] Music: Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another. Don't become too narrow, live fully, meet all kinds of people. You'll learn something from everyone. Follow what you feel in your heart. OACC Podcast [00:00:00] Emma: My name is Emma Grover, and I am the program and communications coordinator at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, known also as OACC. Today we are sharing the eighth episode of our Let's Talk audio series. Let's talk as part of OACC's Open Ears for Change Initiative, which was established in 2020. With this series, our goals are to address anti-blackness in the APIA communities, discuss the effects of colorism and racism in a safe space, and highlight black and Asian solidarity and community efforts specifically in the Oakland Chinatown area.   [00:00:43] Today's guests are Elena Serrano and Suzanne Takahara, co-founders of Eastside Arts Alliance. Welcome Elena and Suzanne, thank you so much for joining today's episode. And so just to kick things off, wanna hear about how was Eastside Arts Alliance started?   [00:01:01] Susanne: Well, it was really Greg Morozumi who had a longstanding vision of creating a cultural center in East Oakland, raised in Oakland, an organizer in the Bay Area, LA, and then in New York City where he met Yuri Kochiyama, who became a lifelong mentor.   [00:01:17] Greg was planning with one of Yuri's daughters, Ichi Kochiyama to move her family to Oakland and help him open a cultural center here. I met Greg in the early nineties and got to know him during the January, 1993 “No Justice, No Peace” show at Pro Arts in Oakland. The first Bay Graffiti exhibition in the gallery. Greg organized what became a massive anti-police brutality graffiti installation created by the TDDK crew. Graffiti images and messages covered the walls and ceiling complete with police barricades. It was a response to the Rodney King protests. The power of street art busted indoors and blew apart the gallery with political messaging. After that, Greg recruited Mike Dream, Spy, and other TDK writers to help teach the free art classes for youth that Taller Sin Fronteras was running at the time.   [00:02:11] There were four artist groups that came together to start Eastside. Taller Sin Fronteras was an ad hoc group of printmakers and visual artists activists based in the East Bay. Their roots came out of the free community printmaking, actually poster making workshops that artists like Malaquias Montoya and David Bradford organized in Oakland in the early 70s and 80s.   [00:02:34] The Black Dot Collective of poets, writers, musicians, and visual artists started a popup version of the Black Dot Cafe. Marcel Diallo and Leticia Utafalo were instrumental and leaders of this project. 10 12 were young digital artists and activists led by Favianna Rodriguez and Jesus Barraza in Oakland. TDK is an Oakland based graffiti crew that includes Dream, Spie, Krash, Mute, Done Amend, Pak and many others evolving over time and still holding it down.   [00:03:07] Elena: That is a good history there. And I just wanted to say that me coming in and meeting Greg and knowing all those groups and coming into this particular neighborhood, the San Antonio district of Oakland, the third world aspect of who we all were and what communities we were all representing and being in this geographic location where those communities were all residing. So this neighborhood, San Antonio and East Oakland is very third world, Black, Asian, Latinx, indigenous, and it's one of those neighborhoods, like many neighborhoods of color that has been disinvested in for years. But rich, super rich in culture.   [00:03:50] So the idea of a cultural center was…let's draw on where our strengths are and all of those groups, TDKT, Taller Sin Fronters, Black artists, 10 – 12, these were all artists who were also very engaged in what was going on in the neighborhoods. So artists, organizers, activists, and how to use the arts as a way to lift up those stories tell them in different ways. Find some inspiration, ways to get out, ways to build solidarity between the groups, looking at our common struggles, our common victories, and building that strength in numbers.   [00:04:27] Emma: Thank you so much for sharing. Elena and Suzanne, what a rich and beautiful history for Eastside Arts Alliance.   [00:04:34] Were there any specific political and or artistic movements happening at that time that were integral to Eastside's start?   [00:04:41] Elena: You know, one of the movements that we took inspiration from, and this was not happening when Eastside got started, but for real was the Black Panther Party. So much so that the Panthers 10-point program was something that Greg xeroxed and made posters and put 'em up on the wall, showing how the 10-point program for the Panthers influenced that of the Young Lords and the Brown Berets and I Wor Kuen (IWK).   [00:05:07] So once again, it was that Third world solidarity. Looking at these different groups that were working towards similar things, it still hangs these four posters still hang in our cultural, in our theater space to show that we were all working on those same things. So even though we came in at the tail end of those movements, when we started Eastside, it was very much our inspiration and what we strove to still address; all of those points are still relevant right now.   [00:05:36] Susanne: So that was a time of Fight The Power, Kaos One and Public Enemy setting. The tone for public art murals, graphics, posters. So that was kind of the context for which art was being made and protests happened.   [00:05:54] Elena: There was a lot that needed to be done and still needs to be done. You know what? What the other thing we were coming on the tail end of and still having massive repercussions was crack. And crack came into East Oakland really hard, devastated generations, communities, everything, you know, so the arts were a way for some folks to still feel power and feel strong and feel like they have agency in the world, especially hip hop and, spray can, and being out there and having a voice and having a say, it was really important, especially in neighborhoods where things had just been so messed up for so long.   [00:06:31] Emma: I would love to know also what were the community needs Eastside was created to address, you know, in this environment where there's so many community needs, what was Eastside really honing in on at this time?   [00:06:41] Elena: It's interesting telling our story because we end up having to tell so many other stories before us, so things like the, Black Arts movement and the Chicano Arts Movement. Examples of artists like Amiri Baraka, Malaguias Montoya, Sonya Sanchez. Artists who had committed themselves to the struggles of their people and linking those two works. So we always wanted to have that. So the young people that we would have come into the studio and wanna be rappers, you know, it's like, what is your responsibility?   [00:07:15] You have a microphone, you amplify. What are some of the things you're saying? So it was on us. To provide that education and that backstory and where they came from and the footsteps we felt like they were in and that they needed to keep moving it forward. So a big part of the cultural center in the space are the archives and all of that information and history and context.   [00:07:37] Susanne: And we started the Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival for that same reason coming out of the Bandung Conference. And then the Tri Continental, all of this is solidarity between people's movements.   [00:07:51] Emma: You've already talked about this a little bit, the role of the arts in Eastside's foundation and the work that you're doing, and I'd love to hear also maybe how the role of the arts continues to be important in the work that you're doing today as a cultural center.   [00:08:04] And so my next question to pose to you both is what is the role of the arts at Eastside?   [00:08:10] Elena: So a couple different things. One, I feel like, and I said a little bit of this before, but the arts can transmit messages so much more powerfully than other mediums. So if you see something acted out in a theater production or a song or a painting, you get that information transmitted in a different way.   [00:08:30] Then also this idea of the artists being able to tap into imagination and produce images and visions and dreams of the future. This kind of imagination I just recently read or heard because folks aren't reading anymore or hardly reading that they're losing their imagination. What happens when you cannot even imagine a way out of things?   [00:08:54] And then lastly, I just wanted to quote something that Favianna Rodriguez, one of our founders always says “cultural shift precedes political shift.” So if you're trying to shift things politically on any kind of policy, you know how much money goes to support the police or any of these issues. It's the cultural shift that needs to happen first. And that's where the cultural workers, the artists come in.   [00:09:22] Susanne: And another role of Eastside in supporting the arts to do just that is honoring the artists, providing a space where they can have affordable rehearsal space or space to create, or a place to come safely and just discuss things that's what we hope and have created for the Eastside Cultural Center and now the bookstore and the gallery. A place for them to see themselves and it's all um, LGBTA, BIPOC artists that we serve and honor in our cultural center. To that end, we, in the last, I don't know, 8, 9 years, we've worked with Jose Navarrete and Debbie Kajiyama of Naka Dance Theater to produce live arts and resistance, which gives a stage to emerging and experienced performance artists, mostly dancers, but also poets, writers, theater and actors and musicians.   [00:10:17] Emma: The last question I have for you both today is what is happening in the world that continues to call us to action as artists?   [00:10:27] Elena: Everything, everything is happening, you know, and I know things have always been happening, but it seems really particularly crazy right now on global issues to domestic issues. For a long time, Eastside was um, really focusing in on police stuff and immigration stuff because it was a way to bring Black and brown communities together because they were the same kind of police state force, different ways.   [00:10:54] Now we have it so many different ways, you know, and strategies need to be developed. Radical imagination needs to be deployed. Everyone needs to be on hand. A big part of our success and our strength is organizations that are not artistic organizations but are organizing around particular issues globally, locally come into our space and the artists get that information. The community gets that information. It's shared information, and it gives us all a way, hopefully, to navigate our way out of it.   [00:11:29] Susanne: The Cultural Center provides a venue for political education for our communities and our artists on Palestine, Haiti, Sudan, immigrant rights, prison abolition, police abolition, sex trafficking, and houselessness among other things.   [00:11:46] Elena: I wanted to say too, a big part of what's going on is this idea of public disinvestment. So housing, no such thing as public housing, hardly anymore. Healthcare, education, we're trying to say access to cultural centers. We're calling that the cultural infrastructure of neighborhoods. All of that must be continued to be supported and we can't have everything be privatized and run by corporations. So that idea of these are essential things in a neighborhood, schools, libraries, cultural spaces, and you know, and to make sure cultural spaces gets on those lists.   [00:12:26] Emma: I hear you. And you know, I think every category you brought up, actually just now I can think of one headline or one piece of news recently that is really showing how critically these are being challenged, these basic rights and needs of the community. And so thank you again for the work that you're doing and keeping people informed as well. I think sometimes with all the news, both globally and, and in our more local communities in the Bay Area or in Oakland. It can be so hard to know what actions to take, what tools are available. But again, that's the importance of having space for this type of education, for this type of activism. And so I am so grateful that Eastside exists and is continuing to serve our community in this way.   What is Eastside Arts Alliance up to today? Are there any ways we can support your collective, your organization, what's coming up?   [00:13:18] Elena: Well, this is our 25th anniversary. So the thing that got us really started by demonstrating to the community what a cultural center was, was the Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival, and that this year will be our 25th anniversary festival happening on May 17th.   [00:13:34] It's always free. It's in San Antonio Park. It's an amazing day of organizing and art and music, multi-generational. It's beautiful. It's a beautiful day. Folks can find out. We have stuff going on every week. Every week at the cultural center on our website through our socials. Our website is Eastside Arts alliance.org, and all the socials are there and there's a lot of information from our archives that you can look up there. There's just just great information on our website, and we also send out a newsletter.   [00:14:07] Emma: Thank you both so much for sharing, and I love you bringing this idea, but I hear a lot of arts and activism organizations using this term radical imagination and how it's so needed for bringing forth the future that we want for ourselves and our future generations.   [00:14:24] And so I just think that's so beautiful that Eastside creates that space, cultivates a space where that radical imagination can take place through the arts, but also through community connections. Thank you so much Elena and Suzanne for joining us today.   [00:14:40] Susanne: Thank you for having us.   [00:15:32] Emma: Let's Talk Audio series is one of OACC'S Open Ears for Change projects and is part of the Stop the Hate Initiative with funds provided by the California Department of Social Services. In consultation with the commission of Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs to administer $110 million allocated over three years to community organizations. These organizations provide direct services to victims of hate and their families, and offer prevention and intervention services to tackle hate in our communities.   This episode is a production of the Oakland Asian Cultural Center with engineering, editing, and sound design by Thick Skin Media. A special thanks to Jon Jang for permission to use his original music, and thank you for listening.   [00:16:34] Music: Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another. Don't become too narrow. Live fully, meet all kinds of people. You'll learn something from everyone. Follow what you feel in your heart. The post APEX Express – August 14, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

How can the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity take lessons from the Black Liberation Movement? Historical circumstances are clearly different yet there are similarities. Both are located in a colonial-like situation, where a powerful oppressor dominates another less powerful group. Racism is a major factor. The Black Liberation Movement and Malcolm X's eloquent voice and militant politics resonate with Palestinians struggling for their freedom. Liberation struggles are not easy. Resistance to change is entrenched. Power does not readily give up its prerogatives. 2CDs

As time goes on the division between the right and left deepens. The difference in perspective is no where more obvious than the different reactions to the Black Liberation Movement. We look at the deeper reasons why the two responses exist. By deeper we mean explanations that do not depend solely on assuming all white people are racists, fragile and jealous of all the privilege they enjoy.

The United States is one of the most incarcerated nations in the world. But why does the U.S. have so many people in prison and what are the biggest drivers of mass incarceration? One way to understand the answer to this question is to look at how prosecution is done in America. Reimagining criminal justice procedures has been the focus of a growing progressive prosecutor movement. Chesa Boudin, a proponent of reforming prosecutorial procedures, is the former district attorney of San Francisco, a position that he held until his recall in 2022. His biological parents spent a combined 62 years in prison starting when he was a baby. He's now the founding executive director of Berkeley's Criminal Law and Justice Center. Boudin joins WITHpod to discuss his familial experience with incarceration, the backlash he received while in office, building out alternative infrastructures, rethinking decarceration and more.

Black Politics expert Dr. James Taylor returns to our classroom for 9/11. Dr. Taylor will reflect on the attack on the World Trade Center. He will also discuss Dr. MLK Jr.'s stance on Reparations and chronicle the Reparations fight from 1963-2023. Before Dr. Taylor, Patrick Lumumba From the Black Liberation Movement and the Elmer Geronimo Pratt Gun Club founder Nick Bezzel plus Baltimore author David Miller will also join the show. The Blackest News Stories Of The Week: Reparations, Affirmative Action And More Learn About The 54 Countries of Africa Text "DCnews" to 52140 For Local & Exclusive News Sent Directly To You! The Big Show starts on WOLB at 1010 AM, wolbbaltimore.com, WOL 95.9 FM & 1450 AM & woldcnews.com at 6 am ET., 5 am CT., 3 am PT., and 11 am BST. Call-In # 800 450 7876 to participate, & listen liveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liu Liangmo's story is as remarkable as it is unknown. An anti-imperialist, pro-Communist Christian, with a significant relationship to the Black Liberation Movement and the Indian Freedom Struggle, Liu lived in the U.S. as a diplomat after participating in the ongoing Chinese revolution. He wrote a column for the prominent Black newspaper. The Pittsburgh Courier, before returning to his home country and attaining a fairly high-ranking position there. His story offers notable insight into the history of pre- and post-revolutionary China and its approach to the Black freedom movement in the U.S. It also reveals much about the turbulent “Second Popular Front” era in China, during which time Communist forces obtained broader legitimacy. This has largely been erased from U.S. political and historical consciousness, which helps explain Liu's relative marginality. Most radical movements since the late 1960s have rightly critiqued the legacy of the Popular Front for blurring the lines between reform and revolution and, by extension, capitalism and communism. They see the Popular Front as an opportunist approach to building unity where radical ideas and the independent working-class program were subordinated to maintain legitimacy among left-liberal reform currents. What is lost in such sweeping generalizations are the unusual concrete circumstances and strategic conundrums that Communist forces faced worldwide in this moment, especially among the struggles of oppressed peoples against colonialism and fascism. Liu Liangmo's story provides an opportunity to critically examine this period anew. His Courier columns covered a wide breadth of “popular front” political activities and the relationships expressed in those writings speak to both the strengths and the weakness of Communist political activity during World War II. On the one hand, there was unprecedented vitality and significance to Communist-led interventions while, on the other hand, there was a lack of strategic clarity that forestalled a larger political breakthrough. Using Liu's columns as a foundation, we can address this moment and draw important international parallels. Read the full story here: https://www.liberationschool.org/liu-liangmo-pt-2/

In this week's episode, Raquel and Jennifer speak with union organizer, activist, and author Jon Melrod. In his book Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War, Jon chronicles his life and experience as part of the Black Liberation Movement, the Labor Movement, and the Feminist Movement. This is conversation that reaches back to the past and applies lessons learned to situations in the present. Tune in!Where to find Jon Melrod:Website: www.jonathanmelrod.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanmelrod/Let Raquel and Jennifer know what you think about this and other episodes of Madness Cafe on IG @madnesscafepodcast or by email at madnesscafepodcast@gmail.com.And don't forget to rate and review the show wherever you listen!Thanks for listening and responding!

We spend this hour in conversation with Mama Ayanna Mashana about what it means to celebrate Black August – the history of Black rebellion, the political prisoners who the US holds hostage from the Black Liberation Movement, and the customs that we use to celebrate the month. My guest Mama Ayana is also the former partner of Baba Shaka At-Thinnin who, as a former political prisoner, co-founded the Black August Organizing Committee and the Black August movement. Learn more about Black August: https://freethelandmxgm.org/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Commemorating Black August w/ Mama Ayanna Mashana appeared first on KPFA.

Tupac Shakur — who was killed at 25 in 1996 — would have turned 52 this year. His mother, Afeni Shakur, was an activist and a central figure in the Black Panthers. Author and historian Santi Elijah Holley's new book, An Amerikan Family, follows the Shakur family tree and their work in the Black Liberation Movement.Ken Tucker reviews Janelle Monáe's new album, The Age of Pleasure.Christian Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park in 2020 when a white woman falsely accused him of threatening her. The video went viral. His memoir, Better Living Through Birding, chronicles life as a Black birder, gay activist and Marvel comic book writer and editor.

Tupac Shakur — who was killed at 25 in 1996 — would have turned 52 this year. His mother, Afeni Shakur, was an activist and a central figure in the Black Panthers. Author and historian Santi Elijah Holley's new book, An Amerikan Family, follows the Shakur family tree and their work in the Black Liberation Movement.Ken Tucker reviews Janelle Monáe's new album, The Age of Pleasure.Christian Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park in 2020 when a white woman falsely accused him of threatening her. The video went viral. His memoir, Better Living Through Birding, chronicles life as a Black birder, gay activist and Marvel comic book writer and editor.

Tupac Shakur — who was killed at 25 in 1996 — would have turned 52 this year. His mother, Afeni Shakur, was an activist and a central figure in the Black Panthers. Author and historian Santi Elijah Holley's new book, An Amerikan Family, follows the Shakur family tree and their work in the Black Liberation Movement.John Powers reviews the final season of the British detective series Endeavour.

Tupac Shakur — who was killed at 25 in 1996 — would have turned 52 this year. His mother, Afeni Shakur, was an activist and a central figure in the Black Panthers. Author and historian Santi Elijah Holley's new book, An Amerikan Family, follows the Shakur family tree and their work in the Black Liberation Movement.John Powers reviews the final season of the British detective series Endeavour.

Journalist David Sirota talks about why Biden's debt ceiling "victory" is actually a failure. But first Ajamu Baraka talks about war, imperialism and why the United States of America is a "gangster state." Ajamu Baraka is human rights defender whose experience spans four decades of domestic and international education and activism, with roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles. He was the Founding Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) from July 2004 until June 2011. Before that, Baraka worked with Amnesty International USA where he was the Southern Regional Director and also directed Amnesty's National Program to Abolish the Death Penalty. In 1998, Baraka was one of 300 human rights defenders from around the world who were brought together at the first International Summit of Human Rights Defenders commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2001, Baraka received the “Abolitionist of the Year” award from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. The following year, Baraka received the “Human Rights Guardian” award from the National Center for Human Rights Education. Baraka has also served on the boards of various national and international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International (USA), the Center for Constitutional Rights, Africa Action, and the Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights. He's a national organizer for Black Alliance For Peace and was the Green Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 2016. His writing has appeared in Black Agenda Report, Common Dreams, Dissident Voice, Pambazuka News, and CounterPunch. Link to The Black Alliance For Peace website - https://blackallianceforpeace.com/ Link to The Black Alliance For Peace Zone of Peace campaign - https://blackallianceforpeace.com/zoneofpeace DAVID SIROTA is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author living in Denver, Colorado. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work helping Adam McKay create the story for the blockbuster film DON'T LOOK UP. Sirota is the founder and editor of The Lever, an editor at large at Jacobin Magazine and a columnist at The Guardian. He served as Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign speechwriter in 2020. He also created Audible's financial crisis podcast series MELTDOWN, which was named one of the best podcasts of the year by The Atlantic and Uproxx. Link to The Lever - https://www.levernews.com/ Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Eventbrite link for the live taping with Briahna Joy Gray in NYC on June 10, 2023! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/katie-halper-show-live-with-briahna-joy-gray-tickets-643828447217 ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/rkEk75Emhy

For folks who don't know the APSP (African People's Socialist Party) leadership has been indicted under trumped up charges alleging that the APSP leadership “spread malign influence” on behalf of “foreign governments” without properly “registering” with FARA, as well as including an undertone accusation off inciting racial or national-based hatred + violence, of which none have any evidence or basis in reality. The APSP came around in the 70s, and since the dawning of slavery and African oppression, Black/African peoples have been criminalized, incarcerated, or assassinated and have ALWAYS been made to be, among others, a scapegoat for other oppressed communities, and impoverished people. We must NOT let the APSP stand alone! Join w the FRSO, BAP, Spirit of Mandela, Community Movement Builders and others who have supported the APSP or released statements against the indictments of APSP leadership and the 3 Russian nationals also included in this bullshit charge, and consider sending a message or donation of support, or join the African People's Socialist Party, the Unit solidarity movement, or other organizations mentioned like the Black Alliance for Peace (for Africans) BAP solidarity network (for non-Africans), Spirit of Mandela, About the People, Community Movement Builders, All African People's Revolutionary Party or others! UHURU! All power to the people!

On this week show; Voices present A collection of brief Conversations Eric Mann has had in recent past with various frontline organizers from across the globe. Including Civil Right activist Janius Williams, a significant figure in the Newark N.J. Black Power Movement from 1965 to the present, director of The North, and author of Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power, The Black Liberation Movement yesterday, today, and tomorrow/ UCLA Latinx activist Emily Zamora, A lead student organizer for UCLA Friends of the Strategy Center and Bus Riders Union on the struggle against Anti-Blackness and Academic Opportunism at the UCLA Luskin school—and the opportunities for radical reform at Luskin and all of UCLA. Kamau Franklin, an organizer with Community Movement Builders in the Pittsburgh area of Atlanta's Black community. His work spans Afrocentric political education, alternative institutions construction, and defending the Black community against police and gentrification assaults. Check out their very impressive website, www.communitymovementbuilders.org to learn more about their cutting edge work. Check out Kamau's important article, An Ivory Tower Assassination of Malcom X, (Black Agenda Report April 11, 2011). Civil Rights activist Hollis Watkins, about his work and efforts to organize voter's registration, and bring about social justice in the deep south of Mississippi. and Keith LaMar, a poet, a visionary, a Black prisoner, facing a death sentence with a scheduled execution date of November 16, 2023. This cannot happen. We have to do everything in our power to prevent the unthinkable. It's fundraising time and 90.7 FM KPFK needs your generous financial help. Go to kpfk.org and make a generous financial contribution to help kpfk sustain its self, and remain a strong and revolutionary consistent voice for the people.

We Are Back! The New Voices from the Frontlines—Wake Up and Smell the Revolution Every Tuesday, staring Tuesday November 29 2022 at 8 AM pst. Host Eric Mann, co-host and producer Channing Martinez, and co-producer Julian Lamb are excited to bring you a new format to continue our political and cultural revolutionary politics. This week on Voices from the Frontlines with Eric Mann: A Conversation with Junius Williams—significant figure in the Newark N.J. Black Power Movement from 1965 to the present, director of The North, and author of Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power, The Black Liberation Movement yesterday, today, and tomorrow A Conversation with Emily Zamora, lead student organizer for UCLA Friends of the Strategy Center and Bus Riders Union on the struggle against Anti-Blackness and Academic Opportunism at the UCLA Luskin school—and the opportunities for radical reform at Luskin and all of UCLA Sing Along with Jerry Butler—For Your Precious Love Get up and Dance with Peaches and Herb “Shake Your Groove Thing” Channing Martinez on the Strategy Center and Bus Riders Union Holiday Block Party—Saturday December 17 2022 from 12 to 4pm at Strategy and Soul Movement Center 3546 Martin Luther King Blvd LA 90008, confirm if you can at www.thestrategycenter.org and bring family and friends. RSVP Today Are you listening? Send your comments, questions, and suggestions to eric@voicesfromthefrontlines.com. Listen to Voices from the Frontlines beginning November 28th, 2022 at 8AM PST on KPFK 90.7FM OR click below to stream the show live on KPFK.

On this episode of the Reparations in Action / White Lies Shattered radio show and podcast, host Jamie Simpson interviews Akilé Anai of the African People's Socialist Party about the vicious July 29th FBI attacks on the Uhuru Movement. Calling on the white community: oppose counterinsurgency; stand in solidarity with the Black Liberation Movement facing the most severe government repression since the 1960s and COINTELPRO.

Enjoy this instrumental of the USSR anthem paying tribute to American Communists. The workers of this country will inevitably achieve victory over the capitalist class, and it is of vital importance to pay tribute to all those who gave their lives for the cause of Communism. The PSMLS and PCUSA are helping rebuild the Bolshevik movement in America and are following in the footsteps of those depicted in this video. Enjoy! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/PSMLS Recommended Literature: Black and Red: The Role of Communists in the Black Liberation Movement (2022) www.lulu.com/shop/party-of-communists-usa/black-an… Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder by V.I. Lenin (1920) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/vi-lenin/left-wing-communi… Mastering Bolshevism by J.V. Stalin (1937) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/joseph-stalin/mastering-bo… www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/MB37.html The Communists and the Liberation of Europe by Maxine Levi (1945) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/maxine-levi/communists-and… Materialism and the Dialectical Method by Maurice Cornforth (1953) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/maurice-cornforth/material… The Collapse of the Second International by V.I. Lenin (1915) www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/csi/ Marxism & Revisionism by V.I. Lenin (1908) www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/apr/03.h… Speeches on the American Communist Party by J.V. Stalin (1929) moses.law.umn.edu/darrow/documents/Stalin_Speeches… Party of Communists USA Website: partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/

Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of an article by comrade C.E. Ruthenberg entitled "The Bolshevists: Gravediggers of Capitalism," published in January 1919 in The Ohio Socialist. Today we celebrate comrade Ruthenberg's 140th birthday and we consider this video a tribute to his contributions to the Communist movement in America. This article was written prior to the establishment of what was then founded as the Communist Party of America (CPA), and gives the general reaction of the left-wing of the socialist movement in the USA to the events of the Great October Socialist Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Given the hindsight available to us, this article proves to be an outstanding forecast of the instrumental role in history ultimately played by the Bolsheviks. It is our duty to fill the shoes of those like comrade Ruthenberg, so as to carry on the Bolshevik struggle for the building of a Soviet America. We hope you learn something new! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/PSMLS Join the PCUSA: linktr.ee/partyofcommunists Literature Used: The Bolshevists: Gravediggers of Capitalism by C.E. Ruthenberg (1919) www.marxists.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1919/01… Recommended Literature: Black and Red: The Role of Communists in the Black Liberation Movement (2022) www.lulu.com/shop/party-of-communists-usa/black-an… History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) www.marxists.org/archive/browder/way-out/index.htm History of the Communist Party of the United States by William Z. Foster (1952) williamzfoster.blogspot.com/ The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-peters/the-communist-par… Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932) ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/towardsovietamer.pdf Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-stalin/foundations-of-l…

Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of A. Landy's 1929 article "The Right of Revolution: An American Revolutionary Tradition" published in that year's July edition of "The Communist," the former theoretical organ of the CPUSA, and the current theoretical organ of the PCUSA. Landy lays out a brilliant case as to why the right of revolution is indeed an American tradition, as well as why it is important to study and learn from our own revolutionary history. Going forward, it is our duty as working-class Americans to struggle for a workers' government, the only government that can truly be "of the people, by the people, and for the people." Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/PSMLS Join the PCUSA: linktr.ee/partyofcommunists Literature Used: The Right of Revolution: An American Revolutionary Tradition (1929) www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/communist/v08n07… Recommended Literature: Black and Red: The Role of Communists in the Black Liberation Movement (2022) www.lulu.com/shop/party-of-communists-usa/black-an… History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) www.marxists.org/archive/browder/way-out/index.htm History of the Communist Party of the United States by William Z. Foster (1952) williamzfoster.blogspot.com/ The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-peters/the-communist-par… Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932) ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/towardsovietamer.pdf Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-stalin/foundations-of-l… 0:00 Introduction 3:04 A Denial of the Right of Revolution 7:29 The American Revolution 10:05 Before the Civil War 17:22 The Civil War

Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of a Red Patriot article entitled "A Defense of the Science of Marxism-Leninism," by Xavier, published June 2022. Red Patriot is the official organ of the Central Committee of the League of Young Communists USA (LYCUSA) and provides its readers with a Communist analysis of contemporary issues confronting American youth. This article explains why Marxism-Leninism is a science and defends it against slander by those who wish to harm the revolutionary movement of the working class. We hope you learn something new! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/PSMLS Join the PCUSA: linktr.ee/partyofcommunists Literature Used: A Defense of the Science of Marxism-Leninism by Xavier (2022) redpat.org/2022/06/a-defense-of-the-science-of-mar… Recommended Literature: Black and Red: The Role of Communists in the Black Liberation Movement (2022) www.lulu.com/shop/party-of-communists-usa/black-an… History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) www.marxists.org/archive/browder/way-out/index.htm History of the Communist Party of the United States by William Z. Foster (1952) williamzfoster.blogspot.com/ The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-peters/the-communist-par… Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932) ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/towardsovietamer.pdf Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-stalin/foundations-of-l…

Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of Emilian Yaroslavski's 1934 article "Marxism and Anarchism" published in that year's December edition of "The Communist," the former theoretical organ of the CPUSA, and the current theoretical organ of the PCUSA. In light of the recent attacks by anarchists on our comrades in Northern California, this reading serves to educate workers on the dangers of anarchism and its utter irreconcilability with socialism. If all anarchists can do is destroy, how is socialism going to be built? We hope you learn something new! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/PSMLS Join the PCUSA: linktr.ee/partyofcommunists Literature Used: Marxism and Anarchism by Emilian Yaroslavski (1934) www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/communist/v13n12… Recommended Literature: Black and Red: The Role of Communists in the Black Liberation Movement (2022) www.lulu.com/shop/party-of-communists-usa/black-an… History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) www.marxists.org/archive/browder/way-out/index.htm History of the Communist Party of the United States by William Z. Foster (1952) williamzfoster.blogspot.com/ The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-peters/the-communist-par… Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932) ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/towardsovietamer.pdf Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-stalin/foundations-of-l…

Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of L. Magyar's 1934 article "What is Fascism?" published in that year's April edition of "The Communist," the former theoretical organ of the CPUSA, and the current theoretical organ of the PCUSA. This article provides interesting insight into the perspective of the Communist International during the period of "class against class," ahead of the later "united front" period. It articulately explains the rise of fascism in Europe, as well as how German fascism was to be used as a battering ram for an invasion of the Soviet Union. We hope you learn something new! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/PSMLS Join the PCUSA: linktr.ee/partyofcommunists Literature Used: What is Fascism? by L. Magyar (1934) ourcloud.usvanguard.net/s/qpLZCkDHxZitoPp Recommended Literature: Black and Red: The Role of Communists in the Black Liberation Movement (2022) https://www.lulu.com/shop/party-of-communists-usa/black-and-red/paperback/product-pqeqyd.html History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) www.marxists.org/archive/browder/way-out/index.htm History of the Communist Party of the United States by William Z. Foster (1952) williamzfoster.blogspot.com/ The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) https://www.lulu.com/shop/j-peters/the-communist-party-a-manual-on-organization/paperback/product-1e48qqp2.html Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932) ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/towardsovietamer.pdf Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) https://www.lulu.com/shop/jv-stalin/foundations-of-leninism/paperback/product-1wkqz545.html

Enjoy this instrumental of the Hymn of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY). The English lyrics have been included in this description for your convenience. The WFDY was set up in 1945 by the Soviet Union following the victory over fascist barbarism. The Federation still exists today and the League of Young Communists USA (LYCUSA) is working tirelessly to attain membership in its ranks. Long live the World Federation of Democratic Youth! Long live the struggle of young Communists! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/PSMLS Lyrics: (Verse 1) One great vision unites us Though remote be the lands of our birth. Foes may threaten and smite us, Still we live to bring peace to the earth. Every country and nation, Stirs with youth's inspiration — Young folks are singing, Happiness bringing Friendship to all the world. (Chorus) Everywhere the youth is singing freedom's song, freedom's song, freedom's song. We rejoice to show the world that we are strong, we are strong, we are strong. We are the youth, and the world acclaims our song of truth. Everywhere the youth is singing freedom's song, freedom's song, freedom's song. (Verse 2) We remember the battle, And the heroes who fell on the field, Sacred blood running crimson, Our invincible friendship has sealed. All who cherish the vision, Make the final decision, Struggle for justice, peace and good will For peoples throughout the world. (Chorus) (Verse 3) Solemnly our young voices Take the vow to be true to our cause. We are proud of our choices, We are serving humanity's laws. Still the forces of evil lead the world to upheaval. Down with their lying! End useless dying, Live for a happy world. (Chorus) (End) Recommended Literature: Black and Red: The Role of Communists in the Black Liberation Movement (2022) www.lulu.com/shop/party-of-communists-usa/black-an… Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder by V.I. Lenin (1920) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/vi-lenin/left-wing-communi… Mastering Bolshevism by J.V. Stalin (1937) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/joseph-stalin/mastering-bo… www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/MB37.html The Communists and the Liberation of Europe by Maxine Levi (1945) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/maxine-levi/communists-and… Materialism and the Dialectical Method by Maurice Cornforth (1953) www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/maurice-cornforth/material… The Collapse of the Second International by V.I. Lenin (1915) www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/csi/ Marxism & Revisionism by V.I. Lenin (1908) www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/apr/03.h… Speeches on the American Communist Party by J.V. Stalin (1929) moses.law.umn.edu/darrow/documents/Stalin_Speeches… PSMLS Website: peoplesschool.org/contact/ Party of Communists USA Website: partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/

Rich people are pushing poor people out of their homes. Or are they? Mike is back! He and Jon and Tom discuss local gentry, environmental justice and bleeding heart liberal nonprofit organizations, saving Gaea, government services proportional to taxes paid, geriatrics versus gerrymandering, affordable housing availability, property ownership, Section 8 housing, changes in minority family dynamics in the 1960s, white versus back home ownership, cost of basic land surveying services for low value properties, negative and positive aspects of gentrification, cost of living increases with gentrification, Black Liberation Movement and the Bureau of Land Management, BLM grants and loans for real estate purchases and business investment, pride in ownership, white trash and estate properties, wealth generation and debt, a definition of gentrification, lack of home economics and personal finance education in high school and college, increasing real estate values, they're printing more money but not making any more land, property taxation, highest and best use basis for property taxation, losing your property due to failure to pay taxes, mixed use zoning, Zillow not understanding the real estate market, buying a dilapidated house, vehicle ownership is a bad investment, gentrification occurs rapidly, tax locking versus tax offsets for historic properties, the poor always suffer the most, killing people in cities doesn't help urban investments, single use zoning, providing housing for displaced residents, absentee ownership and urban blight, Detroit was the wealthiest city in the United States, ten dollar housing and sixty thousand dollars in taxes, taxation is theft, Mike and Jon are carpetbaggers, white guilt, Ben Shapiro, money and grass are green, people protecting their community and Kenosha. https://www.patreon.com/ThreeEqualsFive https://threeequalsfive.buzzsprout.com https://open.spotify.com/show/7yxcbdSbd1e8w20ooLLmuj https://podcasts.apple.com/lk/podcast/three-equals-five/id1590436951 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-three-equals-five-89552834  #Gentrification #Taxation #RealEstate #Poverty #Wealth #BLM  Property Taxes and Highest and Best Use Valuation https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/present-use-value-transferring-property-enrolled-in-present-use-value-property-taxation  You Can Gentrify A Neighborhood Without Pushing Out Poor People https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/04/08/yes-you-can-gentrify-neighborhood-without-pushing-out-poor-people/  Discovery MattersA collection of stories and insights on matters of discovery that advance life...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Listen to the Sat. Feb. 26, 2022 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the Russian intervention in Ukraine and the international implications of the conflict; the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deployed another delegation to Mali to discuss the transitional process after two recent military coups; more people have been killed by a cyclone which hit the Southern African state of Madagascar; and Algeria is commemorating the 60th anniversary of its national independence from France in 1962. In the second and third hours we continue our celebration of African American History Month with examinations of the lives, times and contributions of figures within the Black Liberation Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Ella Baker and later the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Hake rants about black parents, schools, women, UK/Europe "hate speech" and pro-LGBT mess. A few interesting calls!  The Hake Report, Wednesday, January 26, 2022 AD: Catch Hake on TJump YouTube channel today 4pm PT (6CT/7ET). // Evil schools and black parents like John Legend brainwashing kids for "racism" and LGBT mess! // Murders in DC happen over petty insults! // Dumbing down the SATs and colleges for POC's // Anti-family outlet TheSkimm wants "paid family leave." // Be more like Europe! LGBT anti-Christian "hate speech" laws. Finnish MP prosecuted for quoting the Bible! // Pope Francis: don't condemn children with "different sexual orientations." // A FEW INTERESTING CALLS: black crime, boss taking tips, King Drop!, BLM, Trump the "vaxx promoter" — see below! //  MUSIC: Human Television - "I Laughed" - Look at Who You're Talking To (2006, Gigantic Records) // MK2 - "Cold Step" - YouTube Audio Library (Chris selection) //  CALLERS Rich from Victorville, CA says a black Mesquite, TX gym security guard was beaten to death!  AJ from NY feels cheated out of tips by his boss, but he'd agreed to it! He asks for advice.  Erick from Selma, AL, AKA King Drop in chat, loves Hake's debates even with the Transgender.  Rick from Maine says BLM stands for Black Liberation Movement, per Mark Levin.  Justin from Fullerton, CA says Trump promoted the "failed" vaxx. Should we support him?  Also check out Hake News from today.  TIME STAMPS 0:00:00 Wed, Jan 26, 2022 0:01:56 Hey, guys! 0:04:09 Hake on TJump 4pm PT 0:07:43 Evil schools, black parents 0:24:19 RICH: BLM NO GOOD 0:34:10 Murder in DC over petty insults 0:36:07 AJ, NY: BOSS STEALING TIPS? 0:43:53 Supers: Grammar, Chauvin statue 0:49:15 Dumbing down the SATs, colleges 0:59:45 "I Laughed" - Human Television 1:01:46 Reading chat 1:03:17 Female-minded vulture women 1:11:02 Be more like Europe! Abortion, LGBT 1:17:56 Gay cakes, trans cakes, UK, USA! 1:27:12 ERICK AKA KING DROP 1:31:13 Suspect Pope Francis: sexual orientations 1:37:57 RICK: BLM, MARK LEVIN 1:46:04 JUSTIN: TRUMP VAXX PROMOTER 1:56:41 Supers: DeSantis, Trump 1:59:34 "Cold Step" - MK2 HAKE LINKS VIDEO ARCHIVE: YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | COMING: Odysee  AUDIO PODCAST: Apple | Spotify | Podcast Addict | Castbox | TuneIn | Stitcher | Google | iHeart | Amazon | PodBean  LIVE VIDEO: Odysee | Facebook | Twitter | DLive | YouTube* | Twitch* | NOT Trovo*  SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | Odysee | SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Patreon | Teespring  Call in! 888-775-3773, live Monday through Friday 9 AM - 11 AM PT (Los Angeles) https://thehakereport.com/show  Also see Hake News from JLP's show today.  *NOTE: YouTube, Twitch, and Trovo have all censored James's content on their platforms over fake "Community Guidelines" violations. (Trovo permanently blocked The Hake Report.)  BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2022/1/26/012622-wed-evil-john-legend-lgbt-europe-hake-rants 

In this show, we explore the meaning of Kujichagulia, how it has its roots in the Black Liberation movement, but how such a program is powerful for everyone. With Kujichagulia, we have the tools to be authentic and accountable for our actions. Such a program has the potential to bring out the best in us, so that we can act more responsibly. Tune in and for those that want to learn more about what GNJMedia can do for you and/or want to support the Journey:FreeGNJecourse.omGNJMedia.supportGNJMedia Merchandise - https://merch.gnj.mediaBainnu Health Sea Moss - https://seamoss.gnj.media#21daynguzosabachallenge or #Nguzosabachallenge - https://nguzosabachallenge.gnj.mediaFreedom Within Limits Book ebook - https://gnj.gumroad.com/l/EGmpA#Kwanzaa365 Gear - https://gnjmedia.myspreadshop.com/Hard cover #Nguzosabachallenge in color - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NRF364FPaper back #Nguzosabachallenge in b/w - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NRHG648

In this episode On The Square commemorates Black August. Sapelo Square Senior Editor Su'ad Abdul Khabeer speaks with community activist, playwright, freedom fighter, and chairperson of the National Jericho Movement, Jihad Abdulmumit, about Freedom and Self-Determination. In this wide-reaching conversation Abdulmumit tells the story of the direct role he played in the Black freedom struggles of the 1960s/1970s and the heavy price he paid for his involvement in the Black Liberation Movement. Abdulmumit served 23 years of his life in prison as a domestic political prisoner and in this discussion he sheds light on the plight of political prisoners and how Islam shapes his commitment to the Black Liberation struggle. Abdulmumit also speaks to the role the arts play in the quest for freedom and self-determination and shares his thoughts on how the struggle for freedom and self-determination has changed since the 1970s.  To the question, “What is your Black Muslim theme song?,” Abdulmumit chose Nina Simone's “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” – with lyrics added by his artist children to include the Muslim experience. See these resources to learn more about:  Black August  Domestic political prisoners and the Jericho Movement  The Black Panther Party The Black Liberation Army  The Spirit of Mandela October Tribunal This episode includes excerpts from archival clips of the Black Panther Party preserved in the National Archives. It also includes a clip from an interview with Nina Simone. On The Square's theme music was created by Fanatik OnBeats. Artwork for On The Square was created by Scheme of Things Graphics. --- Courtest of Maydan podcast.

Title of the Event: UMCP NAACP and Howard University Chapter of the Claudia Jones School's “State of Black Liberation Panel” Description: The purpose of this event is to teach the UMD and Howard University campus communities about the Black Liberation Movement by interviewing a panel of intellectuals and community organizers within the movement. We will be using the text, “From Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor as the main source for questions for our panelists. This event is scheduled to occur on Tuesday, November 16th from 5:30PM - 7:00PM in the Multipurpose Room of the Nyumburu Cultural Center on UMD's campus.Panelists: Dr. Jared Ball (Morgan State and BPM), Yvonne Bramble (From the Roots 240 and UMD), Quiana Johnson (Life After Release and Harriet's Wildest Dreams), Sean Blackmon (PSL DC and By Any Means Necessary), Jacquie Luqman (PACA and BAP), Kevin Cramer Jr. (Palm Collective DC), Aaron Booe (Howard University Chapter of the Claudia Jones School)Kelsey ColemanShe/HerPresident of UMCP NAACPBlack Liberation Studies and Public Policy Double MajorClass of 2023https://thecrisisblog2021.wordpress.com

MoNOlithic - The Podcast is back with a bang! This episode is about identity development. I hope you are ready for a deep conversation and ready to learn some history. Some uncomfortable topics may be mentioned. Please have an open-mind! In this episode, Founder and guest host, Chaos discuss numerous topics including institutional and systemic racism, racial profiling, war-on-drugs, gang culture, positive Black male influences, history erasure, the Black Liberation Movement, polarizing figures in history, and the importance of context, reframing, balance, and self-educating. Join the conversation by following us on Instagram @monolithic_thepodcast! #ExplicitLanguage --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Max and Yusuf are back live this Sunday in S2-E39 With guests Shay Franco-Clausen of the ACA3 abolition amendment and Jihad Abdulmumit, Chairperson of the National Jericho Movement. Shay Franco-Clausen is one of the lead organizers behind California's bill to end involuntary servitude (ACA3). Jihad was a former domestic political prisoner who served 23 years of his life in prison for his involvement in the Black Liberation Movement. As always, we have amazing music/poetry, news, and updates on the abolitionist movement, and we bring the voices of the ancestors back to life for a new generation in our Bridging The Gap segment.

Max and Yusuf are back live this Sunday in S2-E39 With guests Shay Franco-Clausen of the ACA3 abolition amendment and Jihad Abdulmumit, Chairperson of the National Jericho Movement. Shay Franco-Clausen is one of the lead organizers behind California's bill to end involuntary servitude (ACA3). Jihad was a former domestic political prisoner who served 23 years of his life in prison for his involvement in the Black Liberation Movement. As always, we have amazing music/poetry, news, and updates on the abolitionist movement, and we bring the voices of the ancestors back to life for a new generation in our Bridging The Gap segment.

Max and yusuf are back live this Sunday in S2-E39 With guests Shay Franco-Clausen of the ACA3 abolition amendment and Jihad Abdulmumit, Chairperson of the National Jericho Movement. Shay Franco-Clausen is one of the lead organizers behind California's bill to end involuntary servitude (ACA3).  Jihad was a former domestic political prisoner who served 23 years of his life in prison for his involvement in the Black Liberation Movement.   As always, we have amazing music/poetry, news and updates on the abolitionist movement, and we bring the voices of the ancestors back to life for a new generation in our Bridging The Gap segment.    

Rev. Lukata Agyei Mjumbe: Sundiata Acoli and the Elder Incarceration Problem During the Black Liberation Movement, the US imprisoned many activists, among them Black Panther Party member Sundiata Acoli. Sundiata remains incarcerated at 84 years of age. Join Ramona today as she talks to Rev. Lukata Agyei Mjumbe about the need for American society and policy leaders to consider “compassionate release” of elderly prisoners. Originally from Washington, DC, Rev. Lukata Agyei Mjumbe is a veteran grassroots community organizer, public policy advocate, interfaith leader and Pastor of the historic Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey.

Physical, Psychological, Spiritual and Social Freedom. LIBERATION (1) Freedom from physical enslavement, imprisonment or confinement (2) Freedom to possess your own psychological milieu –language, ideologies, spirituality, images and ideals (3) Freedom to establish and perpetuate your own society—economic foundations, educational institutions, entertainment industries, family structures, labor conditions, legal systems, political organizations, religious beliefs, scientific criteria and war (Defense) capabilities.  The initial goal of the Black Liberation Movement in "America" was (IS) Physical, Psychological, Spiritual, and Social Freedom. THIS GOAL WAS EVENTUALLY COMPROMISED FOR THE FALSE DECEITFUL IDEA OF DESEGREGATION UNDER "AMERICAN" INTEGRATION. Identified Now As "AFRICAN-AMERICAN"!  Question Everything Taught To Believe. Is It Truth?  REMEMBER, LIBERATION IS THE G O A L!  justiceradiostation.com    OPEN LINE FRIDAYS 10p.m.Est., 9p.m.CT, 8p.m.MT, 7p.m.PT.                                                                                                                                  

Physical, Psychological, Spiritual and Social Freedom. LIBERATION (1) Freedom from physical enslavement, imprisonment or confinement (2) Freedom to possess your own psychological milieu –language, ideologies, spirituality, images and ideals (3) Freedom to establish and perpetuate your own society—economic foundations, educational institutions, entertainment industries, family structures, labor conditions, legal systems, political organizations, religious beliefs, scientific criteria and war (Defense) capabilities.  The initial goal of the Black Liberation Movement in "America" was (IS) Physical, Psychological, Spiritual, and Social Freedom. THIS GOAL WAS EVENTUALLY COMPROMISED FOR THE FALSE DECEITFUL IDEA OF DESEGREGATION UNDER "AMERICAN" INTEGRATION. Identified Now As "AFRICAN-AMERICAN"!  Question Everything Taught To Believe. Is It Truth?  REMEMBER, LIBERATION IS THE G O A L!  justiceradiostation.com    OPEN LINE FRIDAYS 10p.m.Est., 9p.m.CT, 8p.m.MT, 7p.m.PT.                                                                                                                                  

The Black National Anthem recently got additional publicity with the current events that are working towards the Black Liberation Movement and popular culture. Kia Rae reflects her earliest memories of singing this song and how she views this piece of art.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUAoEORif5E&t=86s https://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/black-authors-spoken-word-poetry/lift-every-voice-and-sing/

Approximately 400 years ago, in August 1619, enslaved Africans touched foot in the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States for the first time. The centuries since have seen the development of a racial system more violent, extractive, and deeply entrenched than any other in human history. Yet where there is oppression, there is also resistance. Since 1619, Black radicals and revolutionaries have taken bold collective action in pursuit of their freedom, threatening the fragile foundations of exploitation upon which the United States is built. These heroic struggles have won tremendous victories, but they have also produced martyrs—heroes who have been imprisoned and killed because of their efforts to transform society. “Black August” is honored every year to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the Black Liberation Movement, to call for the release of political prisoners in the United States, to condemn the oppressive conditions of U.S. prisons, and to emphasize the continued importance of the Black Liberation struggle. Observers of Black August commit to higher levels of discipline throughout the month. This can include fasting from food and drink, frequent physical exercise and political study, and engagement in political struggle. In short, the principles of Black August are: “study, fast, train, fight.” Read the full article here: https://www.liberationnews.org/study-fast-train-fight-the-roots-of-black-august/

WE ARE BACK with another Art Slice Short: Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker cover one of their favorite contemporary painters, Black artist Kerry James Marshall and his painting, “Memento #5” of his Souvenir Series. You can find all the images we discuss today on artslicepod.com or instagram http://linktr.ee/artslicepod They also discuss the Black Liberation Movement, the Civil Rights movement of the1960s that visually inspired the Souvenir Series: from Civil Rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, to the nationwide Civil Rights protests and how these events continue to impact and inspire social reform and change today. Topics include Mambo #5, Dodge hemis, Watts Riots, political lawn signs, punky emo belts, and a tailgate party featuring blue weenies. Reviewing, subscribing, liking, and sharing really helps support the show: Follow us on twitter, tiktok, youtube, and instagram: http://linktr.ee/artslicepod Consider subscribing and leaving us a review on apple podcasts. You can pick up a 4 pack of stickers to help support the show: http://linktr.ee/artslicepod

In this interview we talk to Joseph R. Fitzgerald, associate professor of history and political science at Cabrini University and author of The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation. Perhaps most known today as the subject of an iconic photo where she pushes away a bayonet and stares down the national guardsman whose wielding it, Gloria Richardson was a dynamic leader of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. We talk to Dr. Fitzgerald about Ms. Richardson’s life, her time at Howard University, and her leadership in the Cambridge Movement. We also talk about her relationship to Malcolm X and other prominent figures in the Black Liberation Movement, and her role in the development of Black Power politics. Fitzgerald also talks about Ms. Richardson’s thoughts on electoralism, cooptation, and her experience at the March on Washington. Ms. Richardson turned 99 years old earlier this month, and along with Dr. Fitzgerald’s biographic commentary we’ve weaved in some brief excerpts from an interview she gave several years ago. A link to that interview is found in the show notes, and we encourage folks to also seek out interviews with her and read The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation, which provides a deep exploration of her life, her organizing and her political thought. As always if you like what we do and have the means, please support us on patreon, you can become a patron of the show for as little as $1 a month.

"The Vital Need to Decolonize" feat. Ajamu Baraka A human rights defender whose experience spans four decades of domestic and international education and activism, Ajamu Baraka is a veteran grassroots organizer whose roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles. He is an internationally recognized leader of the emerging human rights movement in the U.S. and has been at the forefront of efforts to apply the international human rights framework to social justice advocacy in the U.S. for more than 25 years. He is now a National Organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace, whose activities we discuss. Baraka has taught political science at various universities and has been a guest lecturer at academic institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Baraka has appeared on a wide-range of media outlets including CNN, BBC, Telemundo, ABC, RT, the Black Commentator, the Washington Post and the New York Times. He is currently an editor and contributing columnist for the Black Agenda Report and a writer for Counterpunch. We talked about the recent airstrikes by the US on Syria; how foreign policy was virtually ignored during the 2020 presidential campaign; the bloated US military budget; the global reach of US imperialism; neoliberalism as an expression of fascism; alternative media and social media; decolonization and the need to dismantle the United States; the structures of white supremacy; the dependency of technoindustrial culture on colonialism; following indigenous leadership; the necessity of revolutionary change; the weak organizational culture in the US; and the importance of acting in solidarity with social struggles around the world. If you like this episode, please share it on social media, and subscribe to the podcast so you'll be alerted to future episodes. To support "Voices for Nature & Peace" financially, you can make a one-time donation at paypal.me or venmo to username kollibri. You can also become a member at Patreon.com/kollibri, where you'll get early access to most episodes and to exclusive content. Now here is my conversation with Ajamu Baraka. Ajamu Baraka's website: https://www.ajamubaraka.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajamubaraka Black Alliance for Peace: https://blackallianceforpeace.com/ Music in background of introduction assembled from samples by: MieliTietty https://freesound.org/people/MieliTietty/ and jaffa1970 https://freesound.org/people/jaffa1970/ RADIO FREE SUNROOT: Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume https://radiofreesunroot.com KOLLIBRI'S BLOG & BOOKSHOP: https://macskamoksha.com/ ONE-TIME DONATION: http://paypal.me/kollibri https://venmo.com/Kollibri Support Voices for Nature & Peace by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/voices-for-nature-and-peace This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a50345 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Voices for Nature & Peace.

Carolyn Harding and today I'm talking with Kiara Yakita, Jessica Smiley and Brynette Turner, activists and founders of the Black Liberation Movement Central Ohio. Kiara Yakita is the Founder of grassroots non-profit corporation Black Liberation Movement and CEO of The UnBossed Network, a local Black media network. She developed herself as an activist, starting with protests for the LGBTQ+ community and Black Lives Matter for Trayvon Martin. She fights for Black Liberation through frontline activism, protesting, community outreach, anti-racism education, speeches and community events. Kiara spreads a message of equality, unity, justice, and the eradication of racism and hate. Jessica Smiley, grassroots organizer and activist for over 10 years, is a Black lesbian and mother to a 13 year old daughter. Her passion lies with both the BLM movement and LGBTQIA+ rights and protections. She was a distributed/national organizer of the Women's March, helping women nationwide become community organizers for equality and to defeat Trump in 2020. She organized rallies at Goodale Park and the Ohio Statehouse, submitted written testimonies for and attended virtual city council meetings to voice her support for legislation to end no-knock warrants, to form citizens review boards, to demilitarize CPD and to address CPD presence in our schools. Jess was a field volunteer for Obama's two presidential campaigns, and for Bernie, 2020.  Brynette Turner, Ohio native/Columbus resident is an author and retired federal employee who has also been a community advocate, political activist, and organizer of a variety of community events. Whether working on political campaigns, registering and educating voters, lobbying politicians, or actively protesting against social injustices and human rights violations, Brynette has been driven by a deep love for people, democracy, and the ideal of equal opportunity. She fully believes this country has the ability to live up to its promises to all people and its responsibility to be good stewards of this land and its many resources. Columbus is an epicenter for Police Violence on people of color. Families and communities are heartbroken, devastated from the recent murders of Casey Goodson and Andre Hill. The Columbus Police chief has been demoted, Officer Coy has been indicted. A new Chief will be hired, and the newly won Citizen Review Board will be formed. It's been an intense six months since our first conversation. In your perspective what is foremost in the hearts and minds of Central Ohio BLM activists? Bail Bond Information: https://www.pretrial.org photo by Paul Becker GrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding - Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio! There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back! Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org We now air on Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM. Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station. Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/ Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/ If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753 GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085 This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cinublue/featured... Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8

As you know, those of you who have listed to our broadcast over the years, understand that our focus is on business and we rarely tread into the world of politics. And while this conversation has political underpinnings what Jaylin Cavil has to say about a host of issues has a direct impact on economic growth, jobs, financial security and productivity. Jaylin is with the Black Liberation Movement. You would also know them as Black Lives Matter. Here, in this long-form interview we spend time talking about the six "Legislative Demands" the group has taken to the Iowa Legislature as well as why alter the BLM name. Here is Jaylin Cavil.

Already mid-week.  Welcome to the Wednesday Edition of the business news headlines and, yes, we've got about ten minutes worth to get you up to speed. Remember you can follow us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour.  Here's what made the headlines today: One word put the markets in a tailspin; Boeing reported earnings today...ouch; Forced labor in China is a story; ThreadUp to go public; CVS & Walgreens in hot water; The rise of the independent investor; The Wall Street Report; Retirement woes is a real deal. Those stories plus, for the interview, it's Jaylin Cavil from the Black Liberation Movement. While politics takes center stage here there are a host of business related issues that are connected such as wages, health care, productivity and financial security. Jaylin also explains the name change and we break down the organizations six legislative demands...no, not requests...but...demands.  To listen, click here. Thanks for coming by!  

Better to Speak: The Podcast is back for a special episode on the #EndSARS movement and youth leadership in the global movement for Black lives. Featuring writer and feminist Naomi Ndifon and #EndSARSDMV organizer Seun Babalola.“Nigerian youth are rediscovering their power, picking up the mantle of the cultural & political resistance that in the past helped snatch the country back from the jaws of military dictatorship" (source).The ongoing End SARS movement in Nigeria, aimed at dismantling the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (also known as SARS), has been spearheaded primarily by Nigerian youth - and especially by Nigerian women and the LGBTQ community. Due to that fact, we want to dedicate this special episode to discuss youth activism to end police brutality across the diaspora, from #EndSARS in Nigeria to Black Lives Matter in the United States. As Seun put it: “The Black Liberation Movement is global and intersectional.”--Find Better to SpeakTwitter | Facebook | Instagramwww.bettertospeak.org Find NaomiTwitter | Instagram Find SeunTwitter | Instagram-- Sources and Additional Information:Naomi/Black Women Radicals IG Live - #ENDSARS: Why Transnational Black Feminist Solidarity MattersNigerian Women vs SARS: A Coalition Against Police Brutality by Naomi  The Nigerian protests are about much more than police violence #EndSARSTeachin: Video Recording | Resource List | End SARS Teach-in FundPan-African Activist Sunday School- Every Sunday for the Rest of November (hosted by Black Alliance for Peace)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/better-to-speak-the-podcast/donations

Black Liberation Movement organizer Matt Bruce, in his own words.

In this episode, Dr. Tony Van Der Meer from the University of Massachusetts-Boston, talks about his activism and his involvement with the black liberation movement. He also invokes some of the obstacles that have historically impeded the struggle of Black folks in Africa, the United States and other parts of the Black Atlantic. 

old through the lens of activists Janaé Bonsu and Bella Bahhs, Unapologetic follows their journey in leading the movement against police violence in Chicago and beyond. Reset talks to the director of the documentary ahead of its world premiere at the BlackStar Film Festival Thursday night.

Fifty years ago, James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul," released the iconic song, "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud." It was released in August 1968, just four months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Randall Kennedy, a Harvard law professor, said he remembers when he first heard the song. The funk- and soul-inspired hit was like nothing he had heard before — especially at a time in which Kennedy said overt "colorism," or the preference for lighter skin color, was prevalent in the black community. It is one of the landmark cultural texts of the 1960s. The Black Liberation Movement had a variety of fronts. One front was outward facing challenging white supremacy. The other front, however, and a very important front was the inner struggle in black America to rehabilitate itself, reclaim itself. The basis of Black Power is various ideologies that aim at achieving self-determination for black people in the U.S. Black power dictates that blacks create their own identities despite being subjected to pre-existing societal factors. The first popular use of the term "Black Power" as a political and racial slogan was by Stokely Carmichael (later known as Kwame Ture) and Willie Ricks (later known as Mukasa Dada), both organizers and spokespersons for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Now Fifty years later , Beyonce comes now and says in the midst of civil unrest , Black Lives matter and A crazy Trump in office and declares “Black is KING

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Black Brazilians are dying by the tens of thousands from Covid-19, and from police bullets on the streets. Slavery was all about money, and insurance companies collected their share of the profits in human flesh. And, a Black scholar says mid-wives can help reduce the high rates of death among birth-mothers and their babies.   But first – activists around the country are commemorating “Black August,” in honor of the political prisoners who are still incarcerated, half a century after the crushing of the Black Liberation Movement.  We spoke with Jihad Abdulmumit, the chairperson of the Jericho Movement, and a former Black Panther Party political prisoner who spent 23 years behind bars. The Jericho Movement is part of the Black Is Back Coalition, which this weekend holds its national conference – where Jihad Abdulmumit will speak on the significance of “Black August.”   Brazil has the largest Black population outside of Africa, and is among the top three Covid-19 hotspots on the planet, along with the United States.  Brazilian social anthropologist Jaime Amparo Alves teaches at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He’s written a book on Brazilian police terror against Blacks, and is busy raising funds for Black families caught in the coronavirus epidemic. Dr. Amparo Alves notes that Blacks in Brazil and the U.S. have another thing in common: white supremacist presidents.   To send money to help Black Brazilian families survive the Coronavirus onslaught, Google UNEAFRO [OOH-Knee-Afro] Brazil. That’s U-N-E-A-F-R-O Brazil.  https://benfeitoria.com/Covid19Brazil   Slavery in the United States was the nation’s biggest business by far, and all of the financial sectors got their cut of the profits. Dr. Michael Ralph, director of Africana Studies at New York University, says the insurance industry was central to how white masters measured the value of their human property.    Most people in the United States were born under the care of professional doctors and nurses. But mid-wives played a huge role in child-bearing, not so long ago. Dr. Sasha Turner, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, has written a book on mid-wives and the role they played in helping Black mothers give birth, during and after slavery in the Americas. Turner says mid-wife-ing – or mid-wiffery [whiff-ery] – was the norm before professional medicine took over.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Black Brazilians are dying by the tens of thousands from Covid-19, and from police bullets on the streets. Slavery was all about money, and insurance companies collected their share of the profits in human flesh. And, a Black scholar says mid-wives can help reduce the high rates of death among birth-mothers and their babies.   But first – activists around the country are commemorating “Black August,” in honor of the political prisoners who are still incarcerated, half a century after the crushing of the Black Liberation Movement.  We spoke with Jihad Abdulmumit, the chairperson of the Jericho Movement, and a former Black Panther Party political prisoner who spent 23 years behind bars. The Jericho Movement is part of the Black Is Back Coalition, which this weekend holds its national conference – where Jihad Abdulmumit will speak on the significance of “Black August.”   Brazil has the largest Black population outside of Africa, and is among the top three Covid-19 hotspots on the planet, along with the United States.  Brazilian social anthropologist Jaime Amparo Alves teaches at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He's written a book on Brazilian police terror against Blacks, and is busy raising funds for Black families caught in the coronavirus epidemic. Dr. Amparo Alves notes that Blacks in Brazil and the U.S. have another thing in common: white supremacist presidents.   To send money to help Black Brazilian families survive the Coronavirus onslaught, Google UNEAFRO [OOH-Knee-Afro] Brazil. That's U-N-E-A-F-R-O Brazil.  https://benfeitoria.com/Covid19Brazil   Slavery in the United States was the nation's biggest business by far, and all of the financial sectors got their cut of the profits. Dr. Michael Ralph, director of Africana Studies at New York University, says the insurance industry was central to how white masters measured the value of their human property.    Most people in the United States were born under the care of professional doctors and nurses. But mid-wives played a huge role in child-bearing, not so long ago. Dr. Sasha Turner, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, has written a book on mid-wives and the role they played in helping Black mothers give birth, during and after slavery in the Americas. Turner says mid-wife-ing – or mid-wiffery [whiff-ery] – was the norm before professional medicine took over.

With a massive uprising in the US against systemic racism and the authoritarian police state, the government and corporate foundations have mobilized a counterinsurgency strategy to try to contain the Black liberation movement and co-opt it into a liberal direction that the Democratic Party can digest. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Professor Jared Ball about the co-option of the George Floyd uprising. We also address how the corporate media weaponizes allegations of anti-Semitism against Black nationalist activists. Max and Jared talk about Black-Jewish relations and a provide larger, more nuanced context that is often left out of these conversations. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=A7WJMMB9jzM SHOW NOTES: moderaterebels.com/counterinsurgency-black-liberation-anti-semitism-jared-ball Follow Jared Ball on Twitter: @imixwhatilike Jared's website: imixwhatilike.org (Episode recorded on July 16, 2020)

We are very enthusiastic that LAUSD School Board member Monica Garcia will introduce a motion at the 2020 Budget Vote to cut the LASPD budget by 50%—$35 million from their $67 million budget Please work with Black Lives Matter, Students Deserve, Brothers Sons Selves, Inner City Struggle, and yes, the Strategy Center To get the LAUSD tomorrow to cut $35 million from their $67 million or more budget and move those funds to Black students and schools. This is not just about cutting their budget, it is cutting their power in more than half, a massive vote of no confidence in the LASPD, a massive victory for the Black Liberation Movement, For the Black, Latinx, and third World Alliance. We want more than taking Aunt Jemima off the box. We don’t care that Amazon now says Black Lives Matter next to an ad for Amazon Prime. We want to Defund Police, Defund the LASPD now. -------------------- Here is how you can help Call in at 8:30am to make a Public Comment Call 1-669-900-6833 and enter Meeting ID 981 7435 3474 from their telephone keypad. Then press #, and then # again when prompted for the Participant ID. Callers will be placed on hold until it is their turn to speak. Send a Tweet to the Board Today Call the Board Members Right Now Call the Board Members right now to urge them to vote for a $35 Million cut to the LASPD Budget at tomorrows board meeting, and email us to let us know. Austin Beutner, Superintendant (213) 241-7000 George McKenna, Board Member District One (213) 241-6382 Monica Garcia, Board Member District Two, (213) 241-6180 Scott Schmerelson, Board Member District Three, (213) 241-8333 Nick Melvoin, Board Member District Four, (213) 241-6387 Jackie Goldberg, Board Member District Five, (213) 241-5555 Kelly Gonez, Board Member District Six, (213) 241-6388 Richard Bladovic, Board Member District Seven, (213) 241-6385

For decades Anti-Blackness has been normalized in our daily lives. After the death of George Floyd and the Black Liberation Movement across the United States, we want to talk to our non-black people, as we have seen multiples statements that erase our Black Communities in Central America. Sussan and Alejandra discuss why those statements are problematic and why we should do more than talking about it at home. Blackness in Central America Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16yOHd9JVqjLtUMJlDJjrcRxoIebNvXIE Language/Idioma: Bilingual: English & Español Mentioned/Mencionado: The CentAm Collective https://www.instagram.com/thecentamcollective/ CentAm Beauty / Zaira Miluska https://www.instagram.com/centam_beauty/ Alan Palaez https://www.instagram.com/migrantscribble/ Carlos Lara https://www.instagram.com/carloslaradibujo/ Jorge Cuellar https://www.instagram.com/infrapolitics/ Music: Vlad Gluschenko — Forest https://soundcloud.com/vgl9 License: CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en Website: www.centralamericanvoices.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/centamvoicespodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/centamvoicespod Sussan's Page IG: https://www.instagram.com/thecentamcollective/ Alejandra's IG: https://www.instagram.com/aalquiroz/

June is Pride Month and while we can't celebrate like want to due to the pandemic, we can continue having amazing and thought-provoking discussions. The Amerikan Therapy team sits down with two powerhouses in the black LGBTQ+ advocacy space to talk about how the revolution and resistance this time around must openly embrace our queer family. We learn how Black LGBTQ+ advocates have always stood up for the liberation of black peoples everywhere, even when their own community may not have embraced them. The intercommunity discrimination against LGBTQ+ members of the black community is a nuance tail illustrating how systems of oppression function at all levels. This show illustrates the Amerikan Therapy team's dedication to continuing to grow our own understanding and definition of what black liberation looks like in all its forms. Xaria James - LGBTQ+ Advocate:Xaria James is a Hospitality Graduate of Johnson and Wales University and in 2020 became Certified in Executive Hospitality Management. She is a Transgender Professional and avid activistic. Her goals and ideals are to lead & inspire each and everyone around her in all positive facets of professional life and all-around well being. Xaria is a 2013 Cheer & Dance World Champion Recipient, a fitness enthusiast, and an all-around badass.National LGBTQ Task Force (Winter Party) Volunteer Relations Coordinator ' 2019 & 2020Pridelines, Colors Under The Rainbow Fundraiser’ 2020 Key Note Speaker for FIU Transgender Day Of Remembrance ' Nov 2019Committee member of Miami Beach Pride' Dec'2019David Johns - Executive Director of National Black Justice Coalition: David J. Johns is known for his passion, public policy acumen, and fierce advocacy for youth. He is an enthusiast about equity—leveraging his time, talent, and treasures to address the needs of individuals and communities often neglected and ignored. A recognized thought leader and social justice champion, David’s career has focused on improving life outcomes and opportunities for Black people.On September 1, 2017, David Johns began his next life chapter as the executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)—a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS. NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ bias and stigma.In 2013, Johns was appointed as the first executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (Initiative) by President Barack H. Obama and served until the last day of the Obama Administration in January 2017. The Initiative worked across federal agencies and with partners and communities nationwide to produce a more effective continuum of education and workforce development programs for African American students of all ages. Under his leadership, the Initiative studied the experiences of students—leveraged a partnership with Johnson Publishing Company (EBONY Magazine) to produce a series of African American Educational Summits (AfAmEdSummits) at college campuses throughout the country, where the only experts who sat in front of the White House seal were students as young as elementary school. The recommendations that students made at AfAmEdSummits have been used to improve policies, programs, and practices, including curriculum, designed to ensure that students thrive—both in school and in life.Prior to his White House appointment, Johns was a senior education policy advisor to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) under the leadership of U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). Before working for the Senate HSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/AMERIKANTHERAPY)

Imam Zaid Shakir on history of Islam in America, structural racism, and Black resistance.

adrienne maree brown is the author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, and is the co-editor of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements. She is a writer, social justice facilitator, pleasure activist, healer and doula living in Detroit. brown has been facilitating professionally for over fifteen years, and has worked with hundreds of organizations at all levels of scale including informal collectives, foundations, national networks and more. She is the cohost of the How to Survive the End of the World podcast. Jillian Bessett: The voice in the intro and outro belong to songwriter Jillian Bessett. Jillian Bessett is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose evocative lyrics and welcoming stage presence have endeared her to audiences throughout the southwest music scene. Jillian is currently writing music and gigging with her new favorite instrument the Boss RC-505 Looping Station. Mentioned in the Episode: Beyoncé Lizzo A Little Juju Podcast: “OK, So Beyonce is a Witch." Audre Lorde, “Uses of the Erotic”

James Forman was a prominent African-American leader in the civil rights movement. He was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party, and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. As the executive secretary of SNCC from 1961 to 1966, Forman played a significant role in the freedom rides, the Albany movement, the Birmingham campaign, and the Selma to Montgomery marches. After the 1960s, Forman spent the rest of his adult life organizing black people around issues of social and economic equality. He also taught at American University and other major institutions. He wrote several books documenting his experiences within the movement and his evolving political philosophy including Sammy Younge Jr.: The First Black College Student to Die in the Black Liberation Movement (1969), The Making of Black Revolutionaries (1972 and 1997) and Self Determination: An Examination of the Question and Its Application to the African American People (1984). The New York Times called him "a civil rights pioneer who brought a fiercely revolutionary vision and masterly organizational skills to virtually every major civil rights battleground in the 1960s Source Link https://archive.org/details/DrBenjaminSpockInBerkeley-1968 Public Access America PublicAccessPod Productions Spock, Berkeley, draft, resistance, Vietnam, Pacifica, Audiobooks, Business, Comedy, Entertainment, Learning, News, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Science, Sports, Storytelling, Technology, America, History, BigBrainPod, PublicAccessPod, Podcast, newsreel, Motivational, Education, Footage downloaded and edited by PublicAccessPod Podcast Link Review us Stitcher: http://goo.gl/XpKHWB Review us iTunes: https://goo.gl/soc7KG Subscribe GooglePlay: https://goo.gl/gPEDbf YouTube https://goo.gl/xrKbJb

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James Cone: Father of Black Liberation Theology[col. writ. 4/29/18] © ’18 Mumia Abu-Jamal James Cone was a small man, as in short of stature; but he was great in mind as a theologian and scholar.And after the emergence of the Black Freedom Movement of the ‘60s, he shocked the world with his seminal work Black Theology, where he wrote; “God is Black.” Professor Cone wasn’t the first to say that, for, decades before he did so, scholar Arthur Huff Fauset wrote Black Gods of the Metropolis,published originally in 1944, detailing Black religious movements in US Northern ghettoes. Professor Cone’s work, enlightened by the Black Freedom movement, led him to write:            God is black…There is no place in black theology for a colorless God in a society where human beings suffer precisely because of their color. The blackness of God means that God has made the oppressed condition God’s own condition. James Hal Cone, author: A Black Theology of Liberation, 2nd ed. (1986) Cone’s ideas came to fruition in Black Christian nationalist communities across America, who saw the Divine at work in the Black Freedom Movement. Cone’s boldness was matched by his brilliance, and his writing was both liberating and revelatory. In 1991, Cone published Malcolm and Martin in America, which examined the ideas of Martin L. King, Jr., and Malcolm X, and their impacts on America. In writing of these two spiritual leaders and their respective ways of leadership, Cone wrote:            Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury. James Cone, author: Malcolm and Martin in America.James Cone, born in Fordyce, Arkansas, 1939, returns to his ancestors after a shimmering career as a Black scholar. -© ‘18maj

Main Interview: Stop The MVP and All Pipelines! (at ~ 16min, 38sec) This week, Bursts spoke with Birch and Judy, two folks involved in the Tree Sits on Peter Mountain along the Appalachian Trail on the border of Virginia and West Virginia.  The tree sits are operating in order to block the Mountain Valley Pipeline or MVP.  Before all of the permits have been ok'd, contractors with the help of local law enforcement have been clearing the path for the pipeline.  This preparation would include 3,800 feet blasted through the mountains or if that didn't work the blasting of a trench that length through the mountains.  We also talk about the ACP, or Atlantic Coast Pipeline, in this conversation and the connections between the two projects and their resistance. These constructions (or destruction) and the resultant pipelines threaten the plants, animals (human and non) and all of the water systems along the route as well as continuing to foster an energy system that feeds off of the unsustainable extraction, transport and burning of fossil fuels to the short term benefit of a few government officials and capitalists and to the detriment of the entire world via anthropogenic, or human initiated, climate change. To get involved, you can contact: petersmountainstand@protonmail.com. You can donate at their youcaring page. For more information on the the Peters Mountain tree sit, the campaign against the MVP and how to join in or support where you are, check out the fedbook page Appalachians Against Pipelines.  To keep up on resistance to the ACP, you can follow the twitter account, NoACP.  And to learn more about anti-pipeline struggles in Virginia, in particular, check out the podcast, "End Of The Line".  We interviewed a producer of this project in an earlier episode. Retraction of a previous Sean Swain segment To open our announcements section, I'd like to air a brief statement in the spirit of accountability. As per the very reasonable request on the part of the folks doing support for Alvaro and Abraham, we have omitted the Sean Swain segment for the episode in which we interviewed Bruno Rennero-Hanan regarding Keep Loxicha Free, which originally aired on February 18th. The You Are the Resistance topic did not pair well with the main interview content, and the group that was being interviewed did not have any prior knowledge of the segment. We very much regret any confusion or discomfort that this caused, and all versions of the show have since been updated to remove the segment in question. We would like to take a bit of space here to contextualize these segments for new listeners, which is to say that the Sean Swain segments are presented in the spirit of satire; Swain himself has been a political prisoner for over 25 years at this point, and his humor can get abrasive, but he is a committed believer in the dismantling of all forms of oppression. This is in no way to imply that they should be free of interrogation or troubling, and we are open to feedback on this segment and any other content we present! Due to separate, technical difficulties, we are unable to air a Sean Swain segment this week. But fear not, Swainiacs, for next week Sean should be back. To brush up on the over 200 segments we've recorded of Sean over the years, please visit SeanSwain.org Some Events in Asheville Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Tour At Firestorm in Asheville, NC, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief will continue it's tour of 2 night presentations around the region with Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism on March 9 @ 7:30 pm EST.  The next day at 3pm (correction, we said 12 noon in the podacst), in the basement of Firestorm, at Kairos, MADR will also host Part 2 of their tour, Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness.  These events will be free.  More info on these and other tour stops is available at https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org. "Hebron" Documentary Coming up: the group, Jewish Voice for Peace – Asheville presents a film screening of the 35-minute documentary Hebron, by Palestinian filmmaker and now Asheville resident Yousef Natsha, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmaker and other community members. The showing will take place on Sunday, March 11th, at 3:00pm at THE BLOCK off Biltmore, 39 S Market St B in downtown Asheville.  More info on the film can be found at his website here, and stay tuned for an interview with the filmmaker on this film and many other topics on this here radio platform! Other Announcement: J20 West Coast Tour J20 West Coast Speaking Tour will be doing a daily stops down the Pacific coast of Turtle Island.  Today, March 4th, they'll be in Olympia, Monday the 5th they'll be in Portland, Tuesday they'll be in Eugene... etc, ending up (announced so far) in Tuscon on March 18th.  If you find yourself in that route and want to hear the voices of defendants and build that movement support, give a visit to http://defendj20resistance.org/blog/ and find the link and image. Support Ruchell Cinque Magee! (at ~ 8 min, 40 sec) And here's an announcement about the man who may be the longest held political prisoner in the world. Ruchell was originally from Franklinton, La., he was falsely charged with "attempted rape" for being with a White girl in KKK territory. He was 16 and sentenced to the infamous Angola State Prison. Ruchell Magee was politicized alongside George Jackson and was involved in the Marin County Courthouse Rebellion alongside Jonathan Jackson, William Christmas and James McClain in 1971. He'll be up for parole this year after 54 years behind bars, 7 of which were for his prior conviction. More info from PrisonerSolidarity.Net: Ruchell is the longest held political prisoner in the U.S., having been locked up since 1963. Politicized in prison, he later participated in the Marin County Courthouse Rebellion, the attempted liberation of political prisoner George Jackson. Ruchell Magee pled guilty to the charge of aggravated kidnapping for his part in the assault. In return for his plea, the Attorney General asked the Court to dismiss the charge of murder (Magee being the shooter of Judge Haley). Magee later attempted unsuccessfully to withdraw his plea, and was sentenced in 1975 to life in prison. He has lost numerous bids for parole. He has also worked tirelessly as a jailhouse lawyer, working on his own case and helping many other prisoners win their freedom. He had been in L.A. for 6 months when he and his cousin Leroy got in a fight over a $10 bag of marijuana. In court, the two ended up with trumped up charges of kidnapping and robbery and he was given life in prison. While in prison Ruchell began learning the long and rich history of Black liberation history. He adopted the middle name of Cinque, after the enslaved African who led the takeover of the slave ship Amistad, which eventually lead to the freedom of all the people being held on board. He began petitioning his unjust sentence to no avail. Although critically wounded on August 7, 1970, Magee was the sole survivor among the four brave Black men who conducted the courthouse slave rebellion, leaving him to be charged with everything they could throw at him. Here is some background on the Marin Courthouse Incident On August 7th, 1970 Jonathan Jackson, age 17, George's younger brother, raided the Marin Courtroom and tossed guns to prisoners William Christmas and James McClain, who in turn invited Ruchell to join them. Ru seized the hour spontaneously as they attempted to escape by taking a judge, assistant district attorney and three jurors as hostages in that audacious move to expose to the public the brutally racist prison conditions and free the Soledad Brothers (John Clutchette, Fleeta Drumgo, and George Jackson). McClain was on trial for assaulting a guard in the wake of Black prisoner Fred Billingsley's murder by prison officials in San Quentin in February, 1970. With only four months before a parole hearing, Magee had appeared in the courtroom to testify for McClain. The four revolutionaries successfully commandeered the group to the waiting van and were about to pull out of the parking lot when Marin County Police and San Quentin guards opened fire. When the shooting stopped, Judge Harold Haley, Jackson, Christmas, and McClain lay dead; Magee was unconscious and seriously wounded as was the prosecutor. A juror suffered a minor injury. In a chain of events leading to August 7, on January 13, 1970, a month before the Billingsley slaughter, a tower guard at Soledad State Prison had shot and killed three Black captives on the yard, leaving them unattended to bleed to death — Cleveland Edwards, "Sweet Jugs" Miller, and the venerable revolutionary leader, W. L. Nolen, all active resisters in the Black Liberation Movement behind the walls. After the common verdict of "justifiable homicide" was returned and the killer guard exonerated at Soledad, another white-racist guard was beaten and thrown from a tier to his death. Three prisoners, Fleeta Drumgo, John Clutchette, and Jackson were charged with his murder precipitating the case of The Soledad Brothers and a campaign to free them led by college professor and avowed Communist, Angela Davis, and Jonathan Jackson. Magee had already spent at least seven years studying law and deluging the courts with petitions and lawsuits to contest his own illegal conviction in two fraudulent trials. As he put it, the judicial system "used fraud to hide fraud" in his second case after the first conviction was overturned on an appeal based on a falsified transcript. His strategy, therefore, centered on proving that he was a slave, denied his constitutional rights and held involuntarily. Therefore, he had the legal right to escape slavery as established in the case of the African slave, Cinque, who had escaped the slave ship, Armistad, and won freedom in a Connecticut trial. Thus, Magee had to first prove he'd been illegally and unjustly incarcerated for over seven years. He also wanted the case moved to the Federal Courts and the right to represent himself. Moreover, Magee wanted to conduct a trial that would bring to light the racist and brutal oppression of Black prisoners throughout the state. "My fight is to expose the entire system, judicial and prison system, a system of slavery.. This will cause benefit not just to myself but to all those who at this time are being criminally oppressed or enslaved by this system." On the other hand, Angela Davis, his co-defendant, charged with buying the guns used in the raid, conspiracy, etc., was innocent of any wrongdoing because the gun purchases were perfectly legal and she was not part of the original plan. Davis' lawyers wanted an expedient trial to prove her innocence on trumped up charges. This conflict in strategy resulted in the trials being separated. Davis was acquitted of all charges and released in June of 1972. Ruchell fought on alone, losing much of the support attending the Davis trial. After dismissing five attorneys and five judges, he won the right to defend himself. The murder charges had been dropped, and Magee faced two kidnap charges. He was ultimately convicted of PC 207, simple kidnap, but the more serious charge of PC 209, kidnap for purposes of extortion, resulted in a disputed verdict. According to one of the juror's sworn affidavit, the jury voted for acquittal on the PC 209 and Magee continues to this day to challenge the denial and cover-up of that acquittal. Ruchell turns 79 years old this month and eligible for parole for several reasons, including the impanelment of a federal three-judge order to release elderly prisoners to reduce the prison population. You can write to Ruchell by addressing mail to: Magee, Ruchell #A92051 B3-270 California Men's Colony State Prison PO Box 8103 San Luis Obispo,, CA 93409-8103 To read a recent article by former Black Panther Kiilu Nyasha including words by Ruchell, you can go to the SF Bay View. Playlist

Solecast 45 is a conversation with folks from the Base in Brooklyn about The Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement.  From their text: The Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement is a political movement dedicated to freeing people from bondage and building resistance in the United States. We situate our political movement in the context of the abolitionist struggle against slavery and continue in the tradition, from Nat Turner to the Black Liberation Movement. We believe the Civil War was never resolved and the system of slavery transitioned into the prison industrial complex. Our struggle today must begin from this starting point. Lastly, as revolutionary anarchists, the abolitionist struggle must be extended to the state and capitalism, the perpetrators of oppression. The revolutionary movement in the US today is at a cross roads, as fascist movements are expanding, and the state becomes increasingly authoritarian. The Rojava Revolution, in northern Syria, provides us with a model for revolution today with its foundation in communal and council based political organization and militant defense.   Download the .Pdf here or buy the book here.  We talk about the limitations of protest and the need to move beyond it.  We discuss the importance of explicitly radical anarchist education and physical spaces in social movements. We mostly talk about the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement and the analysis behind it.  R.A.M. pulls together various threads of history and social movements to put forth a framework for collective liberation.  They link the foundation of the Americas, the expansion of capitalism, slavery, genocide ,  points to this historical moment and the struggles since then and shows that in order to truly have a revolutionary politics we must focus on abolishing the prison system, capitalism, patriarchy, and the state.  Its a very short read, check it out and if you are interested in getting involved hit them up. The Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement.

Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Ajamu Baraka Here on Law and Disorder we continue our interviews with candidates other than the two major parties. This week we talk with Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Ajamu Baraka. Guest â?? Ajamu Baraka is a longtime activist, veteran of Black Liberation Movement, Human Rights defender, Former founding director of US Human Rights Network, currently Public Intervenon for Human Rights with Green Shadow Cabinet, member of Coordinating Committee of Black Left Unity Network and Associate Fellow at IPS. Heâ??s on a long time board member of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a human rights defender whose experience spans three decades of domestic and international education and activism, Ajamu Baraka is a veteran grassroots organizer whose roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles. Black Agenda Report The Connecticut Four More than ten years ago four librarians in Connecticut fought back after FBI agents handed them National Security Letters seeking library records under the PATRIOT Act, and warned them it was a criminal offense to discuss it with anyone. The letter demanded that the librarians identify patrons who had used library computers online at a specific time a year earlier. Four librarians challenged the legality of the request in a lawsuit, represented by the ACLU. A year later the government withdrew the demand for information and the gag order. The media dubbed them â??the Connecticut Four.â?? Recently they have reunited to draw attention to attempts by the U.S. Senate to expand the amount and kinds of information that the government may compel libraries and others to divulge. It could force librarians to give the FBI transaction records, such as email metadata, links clicked on to access other websites and the length and time of Internet search sessions. Guest â?? George Christian, executive director of the Library Connection and one of the four Connecticut librarians gagged by the FBI. The four librarians, members of the Library Connection, sought help from the ACLU after the FBI demanded patron records through a National Security Letter. The Bronx 120 Just before 5 in the morning on April 27, 700 law enforcement officers conducted the largest gang raid in NY history in the Williamsbridge section of the North Bronx. Prosecutors used the 1970 RICO Act, and 78 young men averaging 24 years in age were arrested and indicted 120 on conspiracy charges. All are being detained collectively for 8 murders and firearms and drug charges dating back two decades. In one apartment, more than a dozen police threw flash-bang grenades and broke down the front door with assault weapons aimed at Paula Clarke and her two daughters, then forced them to crawl down their hall on all fours toward the officers. At a press conference, police characterized the young men as â??the epitome of organized crime today.â?? Cooperating federal agencies included the DEA, the ATF, the US attorney general, and ICEâ??s Homeland Security Investigations. Community members question this portrayal, saying the young men were not highly organized gangsters terrorizing a community; they lacked money and weapons and were living at home with their parents. Critics claim that applying RICO to to street gangs has racist implications. Under RICO, individuals can be found guilty by association. Despite gang-related crime accounting for less than 2 percent of city crime, two weeks after the raid, James Oâ??Neill, now NYPD Commissioner, promised 20 more raids before July 4. The department quadrupled its gang division by launching Operation Crew Cut in 2012. A 2014 initiative has spent over $64.6 million on surveillance cameras and singled out 15 projects as high-crime zones; at least ten of those projects have experienced police raids. Guest â?? Cindy Gorn is a former teacher of Urban Studies at Hunter College and a member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee.

"Hubert Harrison was an immensely skilled writer, orator, educator, critic, and political activist who, more than any other political leader of his era, combined class consciousness and anti-white-supremacist race consciousness into a coherent political radicalism. Harrison's ideas profoundly influenced "New Negro" militants, including A. Philip Randolph and Marcus Garvey, and his synthesis of class and race issues is a key unifying link between the two great trends of the Black Liberation Movement: the labor- and civil-rights-based work of Martin Luther King Jr. and the race and nationalist platform associated with Malcolm X." "The foremost Black organizer, agitator, and theoretician of the Socialist Party of New York, Harrison was also the founder of the "New Negro" movement, the editor of Negro World, and the principal radical influence on the Garvey movement. He was a highly praised journalist and critic (reportedly the first regular Black book reviewer), a freethinker and early proponent of birth control, a supporter of Black writers and artists, a leading public intellectual, and a bibliophile who helped transform the 135th Street Public Library into an international center for research in Black culture. His biography offers profound insights on race, class, religion, immigration, war, democracy, and social change in America."--BOOK JACKET. Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry, an independent archivist, bibliophile, historian & working-class scholar formally educated at Princeton, Harvard, Rutgers, & Columbia. For 40+ years he's been active in the working class movement as a worker & as a union shop steward, officer, editor, & retiree. Dr. Perry, preserved & inventoried the "Hubert H. Harrison Papers".  Visit him at: www.JeffreyBPerry.net/

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the life and times of "The Greatest", Muhammad Ali, who passed away Friday, June 3, at the age of 74. Discussed are how Ali was in essence a man of his times, how he transcended boxing and all sports in a way that has not been seen before or since, the historical context in which he developed as a person and as a boxer, his ties with Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, his relationship to the Black Liberation Movement, how his opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam was vindicated, and much more. The PodOmatic Podcast Player app is available for free, both for Android at Google Play, and for iOS on the App Store. The No Holds Barred theme song is called "The Heist", which is also available on iTunes by composer Ian Snow. No Holds Barred is free to listen to and is sponsored by: The Frank Gotch World Catch Wrestling Tournament. On Sunday, July 3, 2016, catch wrestlers from all around the world will compete in Humboldt, Iowa, the hometown of the legendary world champion wrestler Frank Gotch. Organized by the Catch Wrestling Alliance and co-sponsored by IAWrestle, the Frank Gotch Statue Committee, and the Frank Gotch Kids Wrestling Club, the event will take place at Humboldt High School. For more information, go to CatchWrestlingAlliance.com. The North American Catch Wrestling Association, a grassroots organization designed to help rebuild the sport of catch-as-catch-can-wrestling. For more information, go to their Facebook page at facebook.com/NorthAmericanCatchWrestlingAssociation. BJJ Eastern Europe, for the latest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu news, articles, interviews, competition calendar, European belt rankings, academy directory, and more. For more information, go to BJJEE.com. The National Registry for Wrestling, whose mission is to increase wrestling's fanbase, to build a registry of all wrestling fans, to serve as a connecting point for all wrestling fans, and to provide TV and Internet listings for wrestling. For more information, go to NR4W.com. Thanks, Eddie Goldman EddieGoldman.com

Mr. Ajamu Baraka visits The Context of White Supremacy. Mr. Baraka was the Founding Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) from July 2004 until June 2011. The USHRN was the first domestic human rights formation in the United States explicitly committed to the application of international human rights standards to the U.S. Ajamu Baraka is a human rights defender whose experience spans three decades of domestic and international education and activism, Ajamu Baraka is a veteran grassroots organizer whose roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles. We'll investigate Mr. Baraka's recent analysis of how the Charlie Hebdo attack invigorated the global White collective's devotion to White Power - not free speech. We're also eager to here his dissection of House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to Prime Minister Netanyahu; Boehner's request strayed from the typical protocol of involving the president of the United States and has attracted a great deal of controversy and conjecture. The Washington Post and Black Talk Radio Network founder Scotty Reid have highlighted the contempt and Racism that could be motivating these procedural inconsistencies. INVEST in The COWS - http://tiny.cc/ledjb CALL IN NUMBER: 760.569.7676 CODE 564943# SKYPE: FREECONFERENCECALLHD.7676 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

Hosts:  Henry Muhammad, Jason X and Forrest Muhammad. No Justice - No Profit The Blackout Continues!!!  Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision in NYC. The Murder Of 12 Year Old Tamir Rice, Cleveland, OH The UnLawful Captives Team will go deep into these issues with the Men of: The Coalition For A Better Life:  El Hajj Amir Khalid A. Samad is an internationally known and recognized community activist and leader who formerly served as the Assistant to the Public Safety Director for the City of Cleveland for youth gang intervention. Jitu Sadiki, Founder and Executive Director of Black Awareness Community Development Organization INC, an organization that had it's origin in California Prisons in the 1970's designed to enhance Afrikan Prisoners awareness of their history from Chattel Slavery, the Black Liberation Movement of the 60's – 70's.  T. RASHAD BYRDSONG is a revolutionary activist who is focused on social justice through institutional changes that promise tangible benefits in African American communities where a vast number of the under served population suffers from poverty, racial discrimination, and other systemic disparities. to more current issues impacting their lives and self help opportunities.

This episode features Thomas Joseph "T.J." English, "Author of The Savage City (2011), a NY Times best-selling account of racial turmoil between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Movement in the 60s and early 70s.  Other best-sellers include The Westies, an account of the last of the Irish Mob in the infamous Manhattan neighborhood "Hell’s Kitchen"; Born to Kill (1995), an account of a violent Vietnamese gang based in New York’s Chinatown; Paddy Whacked (2005), a history of the Irish American gangster in New York, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans, and other U.S. cities; the NYT bestseller Havana Nocturne (2008), about U.S. mobster infiltration of Havana, Cuba before Fidel Castro (currently in film development); his most recent book, Whitey's Payback (2013), which combines first-rate reporting and storytelling techniques into 16 true-crime stories.   As a journalist, English has written for many publications including: Esquire, Playboy, NY Magazine, The Village Voice, LA Times Magazine, and the NY Times. In the mid-1990s, he wrote a 3-part series for Playboy, "The New Mob";  in 2011 he wrote "Narco Americano," for Playboy; in 2010, his article for Playboy about a DEA agent who allegedly framed innocent people on bogus narcotics charges won the NY Press Club Award for Best Crime Reporting.  He published interviews with Bill Murray, former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, Martin Scorsese, and George Carlin.  As a screenwriter, English wrote episodes for "NYPD Blue" and "Homicide," for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize. http://www.tj-english.com/