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Friday, October 29, 2010

The Politics of War and Tricknology

Finding a suitable renter to put property on rent is big issue. It is very difficult to find good renter on whom you can trust and put your property on rent. But with the assistance of property managers you can easily find a renter and rent your properties. People who are engaged in managing properties remain regularly in contact with the tenants. They have ideas regarding their background and financial status. They will accordingly put your properties on rent to the suitable person.

They deal w

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Black Plays at Eastside Arts

By Ezrah Aharone

The Juan Williams incident and the rhetoric of Bill O'Reilly that caused Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar to walkoff the set of The View, fan the flames of an unbroken theme in history where no other "belief" has arguably been as unifying yet divisive, peaceful yet violent as religion.

Although the proposed Mosque at Ground Zero is widening the gap of intolerance between some Christians and Muslims, the tragedy of 9-11 (which involved extremist Muslims) is no more a window into Is

October 28, 2010

Raynard Jackson

Earlier this week I received a phone call from a good friend and he relayed the following story from a liberal, Democratic friend of his in California.

She is a retired worker with a college degree and worked for many years in the court system. She wanted to get back in the work force on a part-time basis and had several interviews. She had all the necessary skills except one---she didn’t speak Spanish! Therefore, she didn’t get any of the jobs she sought.

According

NOTICE OF MEETING OF UN RAPPORTEUR IN HARLEM

BUILD THE HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOUSING MOVEMENT
A community forum and strategy session with Raquel Rolnik, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing one year of her historic UN mission.

An opportunity to share the strength of our movement and collaboration.

Monday, October 25, 2010
Doors open at 6 PM/Event at 6:30 PM
James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary
121st Street 7 Broadway
FREE & OPEN TO ALL

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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

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( 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