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40,000 ex-prisoners in Maryland given voting rights

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Maryland’s general assembly voted 29-18 in favor of restoring voting rights to 40,000 ex-prisoners on February 2, 2016. The colonial laws in Maryland previously only allowed ex-prisoners to vote after completing parole or probation.
African People’s Socialist Party (APSP)

Auctioned page from Eldridge Cleaver diary: “They [The African People’s Socialist Party] reject me…”

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In 2008 a handwritten page from the diary of Eldridge Cleaver sold for $700. Among other things, Cleaver’s diary reveals the history of The African People’s Socialist Party’s determination to forward the African revolution even after its brutal and bloody defeat by the U.S. government and its abandonment by some of its most significant leaders.
Contributors

Harriet Tubman on $20 bill and we still don’t have reparations

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The U.S. Department of Treasury announced on April 20, 2016 that the face on the U.S. 20 dollar bill will be changed from Andrew Jackson to Harriet Tumbman. Many see this as a victory for Africans, especially African women, however this is a reflection of imperialism in crisis.
Geography

U.S. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders supports the illegitimate State of Israel

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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has commented, during his campaign, in support of the illigitimate State of Israel.
Geography

The “Panama Papers”: Exposing the parasitic capitalism of the white ruling class

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The “Panama Papers” have left people in shock at the amount of corruption that exists among the ruling class.
Africa

Kenny Motsamai: Why I Don’t Want to Be Out Without Freedom

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Piece submitted by Kenny Motsamai, PAC Freedom Fighter currently held as political prisoner in Occupied Azania (South Africa) on charges which he was illegitimately convicted of during the Apartheid regime.
African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF)

BLACK HEALTH MATTERS at the Uhuru Health Festival & Flea Market!

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African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) is proud to host the 5th Annual Uhuru Health Festival & Flea Market at Clark Park on 43rd and Chester Ave in Philadelphia on April 23, 2016!
Contributors

Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba

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Mama Africa Miriam Makeba is best known for her song "Pata Pata." She was born in Johannesburg on March 4, 1932. She joined the ancestors on November 9, 2008. Makeba was pro-Africa and had a profound impact on artists such as Aretha Franklin.
Geography

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pledges allegiance to Israel

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The U.S. Democratic party's presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington DC on March 21, 2016 to garner support from the group in her race for president. Clinton spoke to the relationship between the U.S. and Israel and gave her word to do whatever it takes to maintain this relationship as well as protect the interests of the settler State of Israel.

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