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Toronto’s Massey Hall—host of several great black musicians—undergoes renovations
This venue is an iconic one for the music of African people. In 1953, the greatest Jazz concert ever was held there and in 1975, Bob Marley and the Wailers blessed the house.
No Pride in Genocide: LGBTQIA+ Solidarity with Black Power!
I am a white person of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) population in solidarity with Black Power.
CLEARWATER, FL—On July 19, 2018, a 24-year-old African woman named Britany Jacobs waited in the parking lot of a convenience store while her boyfriend, Markeis McGlockton, and five-year-old son, Markeis Jr. were inside.
Nomination of Ticharwa Masimba: Comrade of the Quarter
It’s hard to believe it will only be two years; August 22, 2018 that African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF)/Black Star Industries (BSI) Economic Director- St. Louis, Ticharwa Masimba joined the African People’s Socialist Party and successfully completed his probation February 22, 2017.
ST. LOUIS—The U.S. government has chosen St. Louis, Missouri, still reeling from the 2014 African rebellions following the police assassination of Mike Brown, as the host city for a massive counterintelligence facility known as the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA).
Juneteenth In Houston, Texas “Not Yet Uhuru”
HOUSTON—Once again it is the Juneteenth time of year. In Houston, Texas that means “Juneteenth, ‘Not Yet Uhuru’ Freedom and Music Festival.”
Burning Spear shines the spotlight on St. Louis!
St. Louis – It’s been a little over a month since Themba Tshibanda, longtime member of the African People’s Socialist Party’s Department of Agitation and Propaganda and title holder of Top Spear-seller, was deployed into St. Louis to get the Spear out to the community and train our Comrades on how to sell, sell, sell!
Duke Ellington should have won the Pulitzer Prize before Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar is the man of the moment having won a Pulitzer Prize on April 16, 2018. It was the first win for a non-classical or jazz musician since the awards began including music some 75 years ago. Lamar won for his fourth album, Damn.
Black is Back: 2nd Electoral Campaign School
The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will convene an electoral school in St. Louis, Missouri from April 7 through 9, 2018 for the second time in as many years.


