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by Michael Phillips  ~  

    

  Progressives have hobbled the Democratic Party and have played a big role in its drift to conservatism. Yes all the progressive allies of the Democratic Party, such as Move-on, the unions, the peace movements, the NAACP, the ACLU, environmental groups, human and civil rights groups, civil liberties groups….you name it, are all guilty.

This realization came to me after I attended a Democratic club meeting recently. I have been a member of this club for over thirty yea

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By Gloria Dulan-Wilson ~

  For me Sylvia's passing was like losing a member of my family. I've known and admired her and her family since my first eating at her then humble restaurant in 1968. Thanks to a friend, Sam Anderson, who took me there because I was homesick for home cooking, I became a regular diner of Sylvia's over the years.

That friendship and kinship was born of her eternal genteel nature, graciousness, elegance; her love of people, and her wonder food. Even when her restaurant was n

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Review of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
a play by August Wilson
Produced and directed by
Ayodele Nzinga
Performed by the Lower Bottom Playaz
at the Prescott Joseph Center

review by Marvin X

Down in the heart of West Oakland, in the so called lower bottom of the once Harlem of the West that was the end of the intercontinental railroad, there exists a group of thespians lead by a woman who can only be described as a precious jewel. What better person to inhabit the Thea
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SLAVE MAN, WHERE IS YOUR GOD?

SLAVE MAN,

WHERE IS YOUR GOD?

 

Slave Man, how did you get here, where are you from, and what is your heritage?

 

Your pain and suffering has gone on forever,

And I cannot remember when you were not here.

 

Slave Man, are you sure you want to live under these circumstances?

You do not profit from self-determination, therefore, what’s in this country for you?

 

Slave Man, tell me; where is your GOD?

 

What did you do to deserve the agony and humiliation you endure?

You people give new meaning to enslavement

tha

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Level the Playing Field--Everybody Pack!

James Holmes (AP Photo/University of Colorado); A woman in Aurora, Colorado (Reuters/ Evan Semon)


Violence is as American as cherry pie!--H. Rap Brown, aka Imam Jamil Al Amin


The murder of my child will not make your child safe.--James Baldwin





The recent mass shooting in a Colorado cinema is an essential part of American culture, a culture steeped in violence, genocide and a plethora of psycho pathologies too numerous to catalogue. In short, America is a society rooted in mental illness. The very idea of claiming equality of all men, yet practicing chattel sla
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2500 lay-offs, department shutdowns, draconian “contract” imposition underway

By Diane Bukowski ~

In the world’s largest Black-majority city outside of Africa, with the nation’s highest poverty rate, over 2500 City of Detroit workers are being laid off. The city’s federally-funded health, human services and workforce development departments are being handed over to private entities.

Meanwhile, a draconian “City Employment Terms” (CET) contract is being imposed on the remaining workers, under or

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Africa

Kemet Travel is an Egyptian tourism agency with a license number 2166, Class A with full approve from the Egyptian Tourism ministry and  we have many years of experience how to attended our clients.

Our travel company named Kemet , and Kemet is Egypt ,  as you know that through  the ancient Egypt Kingdom ( Old Kingdom , Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom ) , Pharaohs ( our brothers and sisters ) were commonly referred to there land by Kemet in  reference to the black Nile earth ( The name of Kemet is

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Call for Conscious Black Poems

Peace Brother Marvin,

Thank you for your submission to the anthology Stand Our Ground: Poems for Trayvon Martin and Marissa Alexander. It is an honor to include your work in this effort. 
I will be keep you updated as the project moves forward. At this time, we really need all the help we can get to encourage poets to contribute. I do hope you will share the call with all the poets in your global network!
Thank you,
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West

Britain admits 1950 torture of Kenyans

The British government has admitted that the colonial administration in Kenya tortured and abused of detainees during the Mau Mau uprising that led to the country's independ

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Black Arts Poets Unite for Freedom and Justice


 
Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Askia Toure, Marvin X and Everett Hoagland, some of the leading voices of the Black Arts Movement of the Sixties, will be featured in Stand Our Ground: Poems for Trayvon Martin and Marissa Alexander. The ultimate purpose of the book is to raise funds the justice campaigns of both cases and to raise awareness about the persistence of racial injustice.
“We are honored and excited to have these legendary world-renowned poets involved in this important project, says Ewua
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by Gloria Dulan-Wilson ~

   I met Peggy Dodson at the beginning of 2011, at a time when she was in the middle of the formulation of the UBC-TV Cable Network. Over the course of the year we played a game of sporadic telephone tag. I would call her and get her voice mail. Weeks later she'd call me back and get mine.

It was probably because she was busier than a one-armed paper hanger designing and developing a new Television Network, showing that Oprah Winfrey is not the only diva genius mogul am
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Africa

Egypt Land of Blacks

Kemet (Egypt) is the oldest country in the world as it has at least 6000 years of recorded history - Kemet (Egypt) is centrally located in relation to other concentrated population centers in Europe, Asia and Africa for that Kemet (Egypt) set in the middle of commercial, invasion and migration routes . When we look at the map of the world we can say that Kemet (Egypt) occupies the northeast corner of Africa or the land between the Red sea and The Mediterranean Sea. Its existence is bound up with

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by TRUTH Minista Paul Scott


A million names on walls engraved in plaques/Those who went back received 
penalties for their acts”
                                Triumph -Wu Tang Clan


For years, Hip Hop’s hottest rapper, the Boss had made millions of dollars 
hustlin’ his misogynistic, minstrel murder music off as Hip Hop. When people 
would accuse him of promoting the genocide of the Black community ,he would, 
arrogantly, laugh them off and say they were just hatin’. Then one day, 
suddenl

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Asia

Kerala, a beautiful Indian state on the Malabar Coast in southern India, is honeymooner’s paradise. It has been very popular among honeymooning couples or newly wed couples because of beautiful beaches, serene backwaters with luxurious houseboat cruises, verdant hill stations, rich flora & fauna, historical & religious places, etc. The most important destinations for honeymoon vacations in this state can be grouped into three major groups – beach holidays, backwater (houseboat) holidays and hill

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Asia

Kerala, famed as the God’s Own Country, is regarded as one of the most charming and captivating states in India. It has unique geographical and cultural features which have made it very popular among tourists. Many people say that it is the one of the greenest places on the earth. National Geographic Traveler has declared it as one of the top ten paradises on the earth and one of the fifty must-see places of lifetime. The state is famous for beautiful palm-fringed beaches, serene & scenic backwa

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Chicago-Midwest

I went to their home in 1970. It was the year I turned four. I wasn’t the only one traveled with them that night. My cousins who lived next door went too. Like so many other Black folks of that time had learned to do we left the house late at night (or early in the morning depending on your view) after the chicken had been fried and wrapped in foil, after the drinks had been placed in a cooler, after I had been awakened from the sleep they made me take at around four p.m., and after everyone had

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Africa

As spiritual tour, we will walk quietly through of Egypt, were we will relax and meditate within the precincts of the sacred Temples & Tombs.  Here, we will come alive with the powerful energies, the temple walls echo memories and energies that inspire our soul and consciousness and we would like to walk with you and pass our inspiration and gifts of well being on to you.

As a spiritual guide &therapist we will help people address their problems on a journey of self discovery and healing in the m

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Chicago-Midwest

I am the person who exists, breathes, acts and responds when no one is watching or when there is someone in my presence who I feel cannot harm me.  Whether the person is too small, too young, an outcast, or someone from whom I have taken power, how I comport myself around them is actually the real me.  When I  walk out of church and people have complimented my speaking or my shouting or my dance of praise and I start to hurriedly run to my car in order to avoid some poor soul who is on the busli

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By Chika Onyeani

South African Home Affairs Minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is vying for the post of the African Union Commission.

 

  Two people are locked in a battle to see who emerges victorious after the African Union leaders vote either on July 15th or 16th as to who becomes the Chairperson of the African Union Commission during the 19th session of the African Heads of State and Governments Summit, which started on the 9th of July and will end on the 16th.  The incumbent chairperson
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THE GENOCIDAL FRUITS OF U.S. AFRICA POLICY

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford ~

 

  Rwanda’s crimes against Congo are the subject of another United Nations report. The U.S., Rwanda’s ally and protector, “is also liable for the genocide in Congo.” Washington has placed its guns and money in the hands of an aggressive, minority regime – which is not surprising. “U.S. policy in Africa has almost always been to choose chaos in those places where it cannot rule directly.”

 

The Genocidal Fruits of U.S. Africa Policy

A Black Agenda Radio

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