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Pam Africa Tribute Essay
Media As Message
What Makes Me a Political Prisoner
Revolutionary Salute! Before I begin my talk on “What Makes Me a Political Prisoner?” I want to express my deepest appreciation and gratitude to each and every one of you for attending this year’s national… Full Transcript
The Politics Of Mean
Son Of Haditha
or those in on the carnage that is the Iraq War, the term Haditha tells it all. Haditha is not a person, it is a place. A village in Iraq where American soldiers went on… Full Transcript
Statement of Solidarity and Victory
Wars For Votes
It isn’t enough that Capitol Hill is chock-full of shameless political whores–oopsl, excuse me, I meant ‘sluts’– who are for sale to the highest bidder. To be honest, that’s simply the nature of U.S. politics–nakedly… Full Transcript
Death Penalty Dies In Connecticut
Several days ago, weeks in fact, I wrote a brief message to brothers and sisters on Death Row in Pennsylvania. I told them, among other things, that the death penalty was dying, due in large… Full Transcript
Banneker’s Peace Department
Officially, Black History Month has passed, and it seems that the shortest month cannot hold the wealth of information garnered over the last 5 centuries of Black Life in this ‘New World’ (BTW, it certainly… Full Transcript
Dubois Country Lecture
Bullies
The Vision of Fanon
Fanon: Revolutionary
The Gift of DuBois
Whitney Houston 1963-2012
Memories of Maroon
For a Revolutionary Black History Month
As we once again approach February, the papers and TV stations will feature programming that shows more Black faces than usual. Some will show movies, some documentaries and some will feature history in celebration of… Full Transcript
Souls on Ice
When I heard of the call, just raised In Oakland, California, to “Occupy the Prisons”, I gasped. It was not an especially radical call, but it was right on time. For prisons have become a… Full Transcript
Incarceration Nation
Fellow students, Dr. Mark Lewis Taylor; I think you for this rare opportunity to join you, if only on paper. For the first time in nearly 3 decades, I join you, free from a death… Full Transcript
Since the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the racist principle and illusion of “separate but equal”, many states passed laws for “white primaries”, where white voters essentially decided… Full Transcript