Blogs

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Two Poets on Politics in Oakland

Two Poets on Politics in Oakland:
Ishmael Reed and Marvin X

October 21, 2010

Raynard Jackson

Am I the only one who has noticed the media’s total irresponsible coverage of the Rutgers’ college student who committed suicide when he became aware that his roommate streamed his gay sexual encounter on the internet? I think, therefore, I am not.

Supposedly, the student jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate broadcast his gay sexual encounter live on the internet. The media portrayed his death as a cause célèbre as to how “gay” bullying has led

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Seeks Visiting Professorship

Seeks Visiting Professorship

Marvin X is author of 25 books.He is one of the founders of the Black Arts Movement and the father of Muslim American literature. Bob Holman calls him the USA's Rumi, Hafez and Saadi.Ishmael Reed calls him Plato teaching on the streets of Oakland.

Marvin X (b. 1944), poet, playwright, essayist, director, and lecturer. Marvin
Ellis Jackmon was born on 29 May 1944 in Fowler, California. He attended high
school in Fresno

Monday, October 18, 2010

Thinking Out da Box

Monday, October 18, 2010

Tentative Contents, Poetry Issue, Journal of Pan African Studies

Tentative Contents of Poetry Issue

Journal of Pan African Studies

Marvin X, Guest Editor

Itibari M. Zulu, Senior Editor

Special thanks:

Louis Reyes Rivera

Eugene Redman

Bruce George

Gwendolyn Mitchell

Askia Toure

Rudolph Lewis

Amiri Baraka

Dedication to Jose Gancalves, Publisher/Editor, Journal of Black Poetry

List of contributo

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Preview #17, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Film Review

Reviewed By Marvin X
© 2002 by Marvin X

Note: We send out this review on the 50th anniversary of independence in the Congo. Lumumba said he was fifty years aheadof his time, and so it is. But even fifty years later the same problemsof poverty, ignorance and disease remain, the Europea

Affidavit Of Jeanette Audrey; [Triplett], agent

( third party witness)

The People Of The United States, ex reI

I, Jeanette Audrey; [Triplett], am one of the people of the united states of America, am of age of majority, over 21 years old, and competent to
testify as a professional witness, having first hand

knowledge of the facts stated herein as true, correct, complete, and not misleading, to the best of my knowledge and belief, an

By Chief Elder Osiris

There Is Much More Where This Come From

O_akkebala2002@yahoo.com

Imposing your Will through influence of having others to believe in what youclaim to be godly true, such is the action of Religion.

There is more to being A Black Race than appearance, all who appear to be Black is not Black, because being Black is a way you mustact in life and acting is living, and living reveal the way that you makedecisions and allow your self to be treated by your self, and by other than your

Preview #15, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Guest Editor Marvin X

News, Views, Reviews

Reply to Qaddafi, et al.

on Apology for Slavery

WE must appreciate the Arab apology for their role in the slave trade.The French also apologized for slavery and colonialism, although theyinsist on citing the positive aspects of colonialism, indicating aresidue of white supremacy and their need for further recovery.Australia apologized for genocide of the Aboriginal people. America hasyet to apologize

From: FORKSYAROADS@aol.com

COUNT DOWN TO MISS-LOU’S THIRD ANNUAL BLACK & BLUE CIVIL WAR LIVING HISTORY EVENT… OCTOBER 29, 30, 2010

This two days equal history commemoration project annually aims to restore the Erase-ism memory of the roles and actions of runaway enslaved who served as Union Military soldiers, sailors, nurses and supporting civilians during the Civil War. They and other African descendants significantly helped preserve the United States Union and gained the freedom of enslaved a

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Preview #14, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Preview #14,

Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Guest Editor, Marvin X

Deadline for submissions November 15

Send submission to jmarvinx@yahoo.com,

Include bio, pic, MS Word attachment

Neil Callender, Boston MA

The Maroon is Dead! Long Live the Maroon!

On the night Malcolm died, tough men, hewn from

Louisiana's woodlands and paper mills, and from

the battlefields of Europe and Korea gathered in their

town of Bogalus

October 14, 2010 -

As participants from the U.S. at the 25th National Gathering of Women (XXV Encuentro Nacional de Mujeres) in Paraná, Argentina we denounce the attacks by rightwing Catholics on feminists at the workshops on
"Women, Contraception and Abortion" which resulted in a number of injuries and the hospitalization of one activist.

This gathering is an historic victory by Argentine women and is a crucial place for the sharing of experiences as well as for strategizing on how to advance

October 14, 2010

Raynard Jackson

With the mid-term elections fast approaching, I thought this would be a good time to give my views on the state of the political landscape.

Let me start by saying publically what I have been telling friends all year—if you are an incumbent, you will not be getting my vote!

Politicians from both parties have made a mockery of our political process. I was taught as a child that in a democracy—the majority rules. But, no one notified our U.S. Senate because in order t

Now Available from Black Bird Press:Mythology of Pussy and Dick

This book empowered me. I didn’t know I had that much power!—Young sister

It helped me step up my game!—Young brother

Thank you, thank you, for writing this. I am going to make my son and daughter read it.—A Mother

Mythology

of Pussy and Dick

toward

Healthy Psychosocial

Sexuality

Marvin X

Warning: Contains explicit language

And youth who otherwise don't read, do read this book and even squabble over ownership, as if it were black gold!

--Paradi

Preview #12, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Preview #12, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Deadline for submissions extended to November 12, 2010

We especially want to hear from hip hop poets, spoken word artists, conscious rappers

Send your submission to Guest Editor, Marvin X, jmarvinx@yahoo.com, include brief bio, pic, MS Word attachment

Submissions received from the following:

Askia Toure
Amiri Baraka
Rudolph Lewis
Al Young
Ishmael Reed
Mona Lisa Saloy
Gwendolyn Mitchell
Haki Mad

This is fast running life. People have everything except time. They have potential to earn money and own properties in bulk but don’t have sufficient time to manage their properties. Especially life of people of American State is too fast. People in Maryland –one of the American states have lots of properties but they are unable to draw profit out of them. Managing property is not only function of time but also of contact. People do not have good social association to rent properties at lucrativ