Marvin X's Brief Career in Academia: UC Berkeley, A Case Study by Dr. J. Vern Cromartie of the Contra Costa College Sociology Department

by Dr. J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College, Richmond CA

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We Who Like It Hot Call It ‘Black August’ (Revised version)

By ‘bro. zayid’*

It is the month when our oppressors have nothing to celebrate.

It is the month where the nature of our oppression and the boldest expressions of our resistance to that oppression have been made most plain.

We who like it hot call it ‘Black August’…

As a concept of resistance, Black August has its beginnings in the mid 70’s with the prison justice movement. It was inspired by the courageous legacy of Black Panther pr

Somethin' Proper, the Autobiography of Marvin X, from the introduction by Dr. Nathan Hare

       in America (N’COBRA) Announces

   Election of National C0-chairs             

The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA), held its 22nd national conference in Chicago, IL, June 23-26, 2011. For the first time in its 24 year history there was a tie vote for the national office of male Co-chair.  In the absence of a tie-breaking procedure for the election of a national co-chair and in the spirit of unity, the two cand

Fred Hampton, Jr. on JR, Minister of Mis-information

REVISED.

Beloved One:

RESTITUTION, REPARATIONS, REPATRIATIONS (RRR) is for the sane and serious among us who are serious about our people period. RESTITUTION, REPARATIONS, REPATRIATIONS, is our people Divine Ark/Key/Savior. Why are we doing anything else outside of that which is our Divine Freedom? What type of mind-set that does not recognize their Divine Saviors

How many more Conference, Lectures, Speeches, Marches, Rallies, Protesting…and the likes are our people going to have before we AWAKE

Cecil Rhodes the murdering butcher who deceitfully gained access to Afrikan land claiming that he wanted to buy it, but when Afrikans would not sell it to him but allowed him to use the land he murdered millions of Afrikans and took it, and formed the country formerly known as Rhodesia.

Cecil Rhodes: A bad man in Africa

The evil that men do lives after them - and rarely more miserably than in the case of Cecil Rhodes, who died 100 years ago this month

By Matthew Sweet  

Saturday, 16 March 2002

North

by Bob Davis ~

Right now I am sitting here eating a bagel w/cream cheese & lox.

There are relatively few things that I enjoy more in life than doing that.
It is probably on my top ten list of things to do.

This past weekend at the 2011 Soul-Patrol Convention, in Philadelphia at
a German-American multi-purpose facility called Cannstaters, originally
built as a haven for a group of people who were outcast from "normal
society," I got a chance to do most of the other 9 things in life that I
enjoy doing

THE EXCITEMENT IS SPREADING THE ENERGY IS CONTAGIOUS

THE FORCE IS UNSTOPPABLE

NATURAL HAIR PANDEMIC IS COMING! 

On July 30, 2011, a natural hair and beauty show will take place in Houston, Texas.  This event will be like no other as Natural Hair Pandemics mission will not only provide access to top notch products, services, and information but also educate the community about the importance and benefits of embracing natural hair, understanding green products, and how overall health & wellness im

By Michael Phillips

When I wrote Obama Has Got To Go I expected criticism.

I wanted criticism. I wanted critics to prove me wrong.

I wanted critics to dispel my fears for Libya.

In Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, the worst drought to hit east Africa in 60 years is jeopardizing the lives of millions. An estimated 10 million people face starvation. For example, more than 1,300 refugees are arriving every day in Dadaab in Kenya with no end in sight. The camps were built to accommodate 90,000 people, but

by Dr.Rodney D. Coates ~

Memory speaks of a ship of slaves

Tortured bodies cramped in the belly of the whale

Pained reflections of what had been

Soft murmurs of amazing grace.

Back hung low with strain

Fingers knurled, cut and bruised

Cotton spikes and bosses laugh

Poppa sings of goin’ up yonder to see my lawd.

Freedom blues strain against concrete jungles

Nappy headed kids playing in alleys of despair

Junkies going wild, pimps all around

Momma sings ole happy days.

Justice delayed, people played

Stagnant

Parable of the No People

The Character of a Champion: Nelson Mandela at 93

    Pan African Commentary From the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC)

By David L. Horne, Ph.D                                                                             

 organizingsrdc@aol.com                                                                        

 www.srdcinternational.org                                                                                   

On July 18, 2011 of this week, Mr. Nelson Mandela—Madiba—will hav

Hustler's Guide to the Game Called Life

If you want to learn about motivation and inspiration, don't spend all that money going to workshops and seminars, just go stand at 14th and Broadway and watch Marvin X at work. He's Plato teaching on the streets of Oakland.--Ishmael Reed, poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, professor emeritus, UC Berkeley