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Preview #20, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Posted by Marvin X on November 5, 2010 at 3:33am

Friday, November 5, 2010

Preview # 20, Shaggy Flores

Preview #20, Poetry Issue, Journal of Pan African Studies

Guest Editor, Marvin X

Shaggy Flores, New York City

Letter for Bobo

Sent a letter

To the governor of Mississippi today

Asked him

If he remembers

That the ghost of Chicago Bobo

Still swims

in the shallows

Of the Tallahatchie River

Not far

From the town of Money

Where the only Green

That exists

Is the Evil

That Men Do

On Delta Summer

Back Roads

Sent a letter

To the governor of Mississippi today

Marked it urgent

S

Chicago-Midwest

Carol Moseley Braun Criticizes Rahm Emanuel's Hollywood Trip

Posted by Mark S. Allen on November 5, 2010 at 2:39am

For Immediate Release
Contact Renee Ferguson 312-848-4432

SENATOR CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN COMMENTS ON
RAHM EMANUEL
HOLLYWOOD FUNDRAISING TRIP

“On this day when President Obama and Illinois Democrats are still
recovering from the painful political debacle that he was the architect of, Rahm
Emanuel is off in Hollywood hanging out with bankers and billionaires. But maybe
Hollywood is where he belongs because the story of how he *helped* the Obama
administration when he was chief of staff is indeed fiction. Rah

Oakland Braces for Sentencing of Killer Cop

Posted by Marvin X on November 5, 2010 at 2:23am

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Oakland Braces for Sentencing of Killer Cop

Oakland Braces
for Sentencing of Oscar Grant, Jr. Killer Cop

Again, the City of Oakland circulated a letter to downtown businesses to usetheir best judgment whether they should leave early on Friday inanticipation of a light sentence for theBART police officer who shotOscar Grant in the back while under arrest on last New Year's.

Men'sWarehouse is boarded up. Shall there be another Day of Absence withwhite workers fleeing the ar

We do live in interesting times

Posted by TheBlackList on November 4, 2010 at 1:35pm

Rodney D. Coates:

As the political dust begins to settle, there are many who are
already passing the blame and taking credit for what appears to be a major
shift in American politics. The Republicans in a sweeping set of victories
have reclaimed the House of Representatives, while the Democrats only
narrowly held on to the Senate. Already pundits are sifting through the
debris, sorting through the tea leaves, and superficially deconstructing this
most recent of elections. The problem, as with mo

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The Republican’s Historic Night

Posted by Raynard Jackson on November 4, 2010 at 12:00am

November 4, 2010Raynard JacksonWith all the pundits giving their views on Tuesday night’s election results, I found very little insightful analysis of what really happened. So, if you want the traditional election analysis, then go on the internet and read all the conventional analysis. I want to deal with the election results from a different slant.Tuesday’s elections proved to be historic for the Republican Party. Two Blacks were elected to the House of Representatives, two Hispanics were elec

Chicago-Midwest

SO,BLACKMAN WHAT'S THE PLAN?

Posted by Enoch Mubarak on November 3, 2010 at 5:40pm

Now that we have had our fanny perpendiculars handed to us, what’s the plan blackman? Do we have a counter strategic strike?

When Obama initially won The White House, white America immediately prepared a counter strategy and today they have kicked our collective fanny perpendiculars but however bloodied, beaten and defeated we are or feel we still have a black president and his entire family trapped behind political enemy lines and let’s leave no man behind. So, what’s the plan blackman?

Prior to

Preview #19, Poetry Issue, Journal of Pan African Studies

Posted by Marvin X on November 3, 2010 at 3:14am

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Preview #19, Journal of Pan African Studies

Preview #19, Poetry Issue, Journal of Pan African Studies

Guest Editor, Marvin X

Tony Medina, Washington DC

Slam-A-Lot

Shit Slam Squat & Pee Slam Bacon & Eggs Slam Ham on Rye Slam Shit onShinola Slam Spit & Drool Slam Vomit Slam Back Alley Wino Piss SlamMaggots Crawling Out An Open Skull Slam Backstabbing Slam Eviction SlamAss on Pavement Slam Prescription Slam Hungry Man Slam Starvation SlamBombs Bursting in Air Slam Dead Roach in

The Film "WHO KILLED EMMETT TILL?" Coming to a city near you soon!

Posted by SendMeYourNews on November 2, 2010 at 2:31pm

"WHO KILLED EMMETT TILL?"Coming to a city near you soon! Scheduling now....from Nov 2010 to March 2011!

THE EMMETT TILL LEGACY FOUNDATION along with Award winning Journalist Ray Metoyer now ready to present the Film "WHO KILLED EMMETT TILL?" at your next
gathering.

The Film "Who Killed Emmett Till?" (45 min) directed by the award winning journalist and TV anchor Ray Metoyer (produced by the former Black Family channel) is a powerful educational
piece that the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation

Chicago-Midwest

PNC Bank Sponsorship Allows "Every Day Women" To Attend "Take Back Your Life" Event

Posted by Mark S. Allen on November 1, 2010 at 12:52pm

PNC Bank Sponsorship Allows "Every Day Women" To Attend

"Take Back Your Life" Event

PNC Bank Sponsorship Allows "Every Day Women" To Attend

"Take Back Your Life" Event

PNC Bank provided the Monroe Foundation with tickets to distribute to low-income"everyday" women to attend WVON's "Take Back Your Life" event, held onSaturday, October 30th in Tinley Park.

What makes this important is that the event, priced at $ 60 per person, andwas focused on issues of empowerment for women, are being held often toen

The Art of Deception in the Middle East

Posted by Marvin X on November 1, 2010 at 11:30am

Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Art of Deception in the Middle East

The Art of Deception in the Middle East

The Middle East is the prime area on the planet for the play out of deception in the political arena.

Ofcourse, it is original home of the the Assassins, those Medievalhashish smoking Muslims who killed Christians during the Crusades. Andsince we are in the midst of the neo-Crusades, including the Jewishoccupation of Palestine, the US occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan andPakistan, we should look f

Friday, October 29, 2010 The Politics of War and Tricknology The Politics of Warand TricknologyIsn't it absolutely amazing we are in three wars: Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, yet the elect

Posted by Marvin X on October 29, 2010 at 1:22pm

Friday, October 29, 2010

The Politics of War and Tricknology

The Politics of War
and Tricknology

Isn'tit absolutely amazing we are in three wars: Iraq, Afghanistan andPakistan, yet the elected politicians, the media magicians, the left,are in total silence about the wars, blood and bones on both sides, thebillions missing from reconstruction funds in Iraq and Afghanistan.Surely such terror and looting should be the subject of politicaldiscussion. But the Americans are such deaf, dumb and blind dupes

NYMetro

Rent Your Property with the Assistance of Property Manager

Posted by Ramesh Booapthy on October 29, 2010 at 3:25am

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

Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball (2)

Posted by KWASI Akyeampong on October 28, 2010 at 8:30pm

by Kwesi Kwaa Prah

Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS)

Cape Town

Dear Gen. Williams*,

The flurry of emails, I have so far seen, have maintained the pace and heat of the discussions that were initiated and aired during our Johannesburg meeting of early January this year. This is enormously encouraging, because the free exchange of views is crucial to the identification and elaboration of a platform for ideas which could eventually feed into the 8th Congress. As originators

Black Theatre at Eastside Arts Alliance

Posted by Marvin X on October 28, 2010 at 3:07pm

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Black Plays at Eastside Arts

playwrights
Marvin X
Opal Palmer Adisa

Ayodele
Nzingha,
producer,
director,
actress

Two Black Plays at Eastside Arts Alliance

We are happy to announce two black plays will be performed at EastsideArts Alliance: Opal Palmer Adisa's Bathroom Graffiti Queen and MarvinX's classic Flowers for the Trashman. The plays are produced anddirected by Ayodele Nzingha, founder of the Lower Bottom Playaz of WestOakland. Ayodele portrays the Queen in this one-woman p

Culture, Constitution, and Religious Conformity

Posted by TheBlackList on October 28, 2010 at 2:50pm

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

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The Man in the Mirror

Posted by Raynard Jackson on October 28, 2010 at 12:01am

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

Europe

ACTION ALERT FOR JAMIE SCOTT (Scott Sisters)

Posted by Darcy Delaproser on October 25, 2010 at 3:34pm

Dear Supporters,Mrs. Rasco received a call from Jamie Scott this morning complaining of excruciating head pain that she has suffered with all night long and that the prison refuses to take her to the hospital.Jamie has been dealing with severe headaches this entire month and has only been given Tylenol, which has not helped and which she is worried may cause liver and other types of damage.Please contact everyone below for Jamie Scott, #19197, and urge that she be taken to the hospital immediate

United Nations Rapporteur on Adequate Housing meet with Harlem Residents

Posted by SendMeYourNews on October 24, 2010 at 9:30am

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

http://restorehousingrights.org/wp-cont

Two Poets on Politics in Oakland--the Mayor's Race

Posted by Marvin X on October 21, 2010 at 1:32pm

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Two Poets on Politics in Oakland

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

Below is Ishmael Reed's analysis of Oakland's mayoral race. Ishmael has abrand of optimism that I lack, especially in the political arena. Hischoice for Oakland's next mayor is a

formerstudent of his at UC Berkeley, now a professor at San Francisco StateUniversity, Joe Tuman. Ishmael is not alone in his choice of ProfessorTuman. My political advisers who visit Academy of da Corner

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I Think, Therefore I Am Not

Posted by Raynard Jackson on October 21, 2010 at 12:00am

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

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Preview #20, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Friday, November 5, 2010

Preview # 20, Shaggy Flores

Carol Moseley Braun Criticizes Rahm Emanuel's Hollywood Trip

Oakland Braces for Sentencing of Killer Cop

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Oakland Braces for Sentencing of Killer Cop

We do live in interesting times

The Republican’s Historic Night

SO,BLACKMAN WHAT'S THE PLAN?

Preview #19, Poetry Issue, Journal of Pan African Studies

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Preview #19, Journal of Pan African Studies

The Film "WHO KILLED EMMETT TILL?" Coming to a city near you soon!

PNC Bank Sponsorship Allows "Every Day Women" To Attend "Take Back Your Life" Event

The Art of Deception in the Middle East

Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Art of Deception in the Middle East

Friday, October 29, 2010 The Politics of War and Tricknology The Politics of Warand TricknologyIsn't it absolutely amazing we are in three wars: Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, yet the elect

Friday, October 29, 2010

The Politics of War and Tricknology

Rent Your Property with the Assistance of Property Manager

Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball (2)

Black Theatre at Eastside Arts Alliance

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Black Plays at Eastside Arts

Culture, Constitution, and Religious Conformity

The Man in the Mirror

ACTION ALERT FOR JAMIE SCOTT (Scott Sisters)

United Nations Rapporteur on Adequate Housing meet with Harlem Residents

Two Poets on Politics in Oakland--the Mayor's Race

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Two Poets on Politics in Oakland

I Think, Therefore I Am Not

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