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This is Assata
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Every little girl should know her name. From the bowels of repression and calamity, she came. Wrung poetic lyrics of love from raw pain. From a system designed to break, she remained untamed, gave herself… Full Transcript
El Comadante Fidel Castro, Presidente
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, the iconic revolutionary leader, beloved by many and hated by few, has passed away Friday (11-25-2016) at the ripe old age of 90 in his homeland of Cuba. The news… Full Transcript
Black August 2004
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was a sweaty, steaming night in August, when a group of African captives gathered in the forests of Marne Rouge, in Le Cap, San Domingue. It was August, 1791. Among these men was a… Full Transcript
Flint: Crimes of Capital
Mumia Abu-Jamal
From the beginning of human communal time, people built cities adjacent to rivers, for water, fresh water, was the source of life. Cairo (and before it grew into Cairo, Fustat), relied on the Nile; London… Full Transcript
The IRS and Pastors for Peace
Mumia Abu-Jamal
IRS at war with Pastors for Peace. The Reverend Lucius Walker, the leader of the IFCO [Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization] group, Pastors For Peace, is no longer among us. He worked for many years… Full Transcript
Her name, Assata Shakur, has become an iconic symbol of Black revolutionary resistance to the white nation and American empire. Shot, beaten and threatened with death, Assata lived up to the meaning of her name:… Full Transcript