The Dorner Dilemma
The short but utterly fascinating police career of Christopher Dorner has captured the attention of millions. Dorner, a fired Los Angeles cop, vowed war against his former colleagues and almost made good his threats. Citing… Full Transcript
What It Means And Doesn’t Mean
For the second time in American history, a Black man takes the office of U.S. President – a feat not thought possible just a few years ago.The re-election of Barack Hussein Obama to the nation’s… Full Transcript
Luxemburg and Occupy
I recently did a thought experiment of Rosa Luxemburg and gave her a role in advising the young activists. I will not repeat that.practice. Her spirit, however, of principled resistance to imperialism and advocacy of… Full Transcript
Whores Of Babylon
It is possible now to live in a major American city, which boasts of a Black mayor, a Black police chief, and a Black president of a local legislative body, say, a city council, or… Full Transcript
Attack Dogs Of War
Once again, Israel is in a rage, bombing a weaker Arab neighbor, one that would be hard pressed to face the most powerful armed force in the Middle East. And once again, the U.S.is playing… Full Transcript
Tears Of Sorrow And Rage
For decades, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) has been the focus of fear. Fear because the agency, which years ago recruited heavily from the South, had people on staff that used their office to further… Full Transcript
The State and the Teacher: Alberto Patishtán
In the United States, teachers are criticized, called bad names, and occasionally, they have their pensions threatened. That’s bad enough, but in Mexico, an elementary school teacher who also was a community organizer in the… Full Transcript
Ode to Butter (Terry Williams)
The name on his death warrant is Terrance Williams, but that’s not his name. It’s Terry Williams – and some clerk, some prosecutor perhaps, decided to make it “Terrance” —and so it is. The man… Full Transcript
Ending Solitary Confinement Message
Brothers and Sisters! Mis Hermanos y Hermanas! Comrades! Thank you all for coming together here. You may think that you know something about solitary, but you don’t. You may have a loved one in prison… Full Transcript
Dying For A Raise
The Massacre in Marikina, South Africa, of striking mine workers has caused dismay and disbelief the world over. Thirty four miners were slaughtered, and 78 others wounded by a hail of police gunfire. How could… Full Transcript
The American Way of Massacres
And here we go again. A man armed with semi-automatic weapons unleashes his pent-up rage and alienation on his fellow Americans. He kills nearly a dozen people – men, women and babies – and wounds… Full Transcript
Trayvon and the War Against Us
For a brief moment in time, the name and fate of Trayvon Martin broke through the daily media fog, and touched the lives of tens of thousands of people, motivating them, mobilizing them and moving… Full Transcript
The Revolution Betrayed: Egypt
When Egyptians massed in Tahrir Square a year and ½ ago, denouncing the corrupt, Western-backed regime of Husni Mubarak, the West was faced with a quandary: How to retain Mubarakism without Mubarak? After many months… Full Transcript
Chicago Again
It was the summer of 1968, when thousands of anti-war protestors converged on Chicago, the site of the Democratic National Convention. They gathered to hand their presidential nomination to U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey… Full Transcript
At War With MOVE
For members of the MOVE Organization. especially those who survived the August 8th, 1978 police attack on their home in Powelton Village in West Philadelphia. the system is always at war with them. In August… Full Transcript
Beyond Trayvon
The Trayvon Martin case has rushed around the globe at cyber speed, due in large part to social media. It had all the markings of a national tragedy, and of course, is an ongoing one,… Full Transcript
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
Rosa Our Rosa
For Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Goldie, his daughter. For Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Frances Goldin. We gather today over 140 years after the birthday of Rosa Luxemburg – The brilliant thinker, writer, activist and revolutionary… Full Transcript
Troy Davis: Movement Lessons
The state judicial murder of Troy Davis of Georgia showed both the limits and the successes of the anti-death penalty movement. It seems silly to speak of successes when an innocent man is poisoned to… Full Transcript
In the news business, yesterday’s news is, well…no longer news. It’s stale, old, and useless. Yet this rush for what’s new often ignores that which bears closer scrutiny. I speak of the memorandum written by… Full Transcript