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Is the US Government Assassinating Black Youth Leaders of the Ferguson Rebellion?
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Who would have ever thought that America’s domestic Cointelpro assassination program of Black Leaders from the 1960s and ‘70s, most notably the assassinations of Medgar Evers, Minister Malcolm X, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King,… Full Transcript
Our Lives Matter by Rob G. Kelly: A Review
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Rob G. Kelly’s new work of poetry screams from its very cover: “Our Lives Matter!” In an era of the Black youth movement, often termed “Black Lives Matter” by the corporate press and in fact… Full Transcript
Life is for Everyone
A New Day
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The events of last week continue to reverberate throughout national consciousness. The unprovoked killings by cops in the streets of America’s Midwest, and the subsequent killings of cops in Texas, show us that a new… Full Transcript
Hillary in Harlem
Centuries of Struggle Big House Prison Blues
Mumia Abu-Jamal
‘Plus ça change …’ say the French; or ‘The more things change, of course, the more they stay the same.’ That thought, with all its despair and wisdom, resonates with particular power when we look… Full Transcript
Clarity in Our Use of the Term Racism: Part 4
Mondo We Langa
This is part four of the serious “Clarity in Our Use of the Term Racism.” The enslaving of people of color, the invasion and occupation of their lands, the use of weapons technology in the… Full Transcript
From Katrina to Ferguson
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been 10 years since the watery carnage of Katrina, and 1 year since the fiery rage lit the night skies of Ferguson Missouri, and between the two harrowing events lay the state of Black… Full Transcript
The Nation of Islam Calls for Million Man March to Demand Justice or Else
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The National Representative of the Nation of Islam, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, has called on African American, Latino/ a Native American, and Caucasian peoples to attend the coming October 10th gathering of the 20th… Full Transcript
Ferguson Two: Contradictions Of The State
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On August 9th, 2015, at the anniversary of the police murder of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown, at the Ferguson Rebellion, a militarized state of emergency has yet again been declared on the county of… Full Transcript
How To Get Away With Murder
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
There is a disturbing pattern of cops getting away with murdering unarmed mostly Black and Latino males in America. This pattern of cops murdering unarmed Black males can be seen in the cases of Oscar… Full Transcript
Images From Ferguson
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Images from Ferguson by Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall. In the wake of the police murder of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown, there are powerful images emerging from the Ferguson Missouri Rebellion, images reminiscent of the Black… Full Transcript
Can America Deny Collective Human Rights?
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
When America denies the collective human rights of 50 million Black people, what’s next? By Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall. Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, and now the murder of another Black male, 18-year-old Michael Brown by a… Full Transcript
Hip Hop Radio’s Profiteers and Enablers,” by Ohio political prisoner, Jason Goudlock. During rap music’s infancy in the early 1980s, nearly all the poetic rap songs, the boom bap music, played on hip hop radio… Full Transcript