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The Whirlwind: Letter from political prisoner, Richard Mafundi Lake

The letter is in response to the closing down of a successful Black History Program that Mafundi had created and lead at Donaldson with enthusiastic participation from the African inmates.

Herman Wallace, Revolutionary

For as the saying goes, "Freedom is a constant struggle." In the Black Panther Party, there was the saying, "When an oppressor dies, it is lighter than a feather, but when a revolutionary dies, it is heavier than a mountain."

Message from International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement President Diop Olugbala

Uhuru! Comrades, brothers, sisters and allies, Firstly I want to officially inform everyone that I was released from the Pinellas County jail at approximately 11pm on Wednesday, September 25. I also must thank everyone who participated in the call-in campaign that made my expeditious release possible.

Pregnant African woman beaten by police is imprisoned

The pregnant African woman that was beaten by a Rochester NY cop is currently being held in custody after her court appearance on September 17th. Earlier this year, an eyewitness recorded video of RPD cop Lucas Krull beating Brenda Hardaway. The video shows Krull slamming her onto a car hood, slamming her to the ground, punching her in the head and kneeing her in her mid-section. Brenda Hardaway, the pregnant 21 year old African woman is clearly heard telling the cop that she is pregnant and yelling "You're going to kill my baby!"

Black is Back Coalition to protest NYPD shooting in Times Square!

  Location: TIMES SQUARE ACROSS FROM NYPD PRECINCT                 (43RD ST BETWEEN BROADWAY AND SEVENTH AVE)   TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013, 6:30PM   PRESS CONTACT Black is Back Coalition (215) 459-7551 or info@blackisbackcoalition.org   On...

Zimmerman is the NYPD! Put the U.S. colonial State on trial! InPDUM unites with call for march for black justice!

  On Saturday, August 17, 2013, the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (INPDUM) will join forces with community activists and other organizations as the Black...

Censorship on the prison plantation: Extinguishing dissent

  “We have as far as possible, closed every avenue by which light may enter the slave’s mind. If we could extinguish the capacity to...

Black August honors George Jackson

  George Jackson, his younger brother, Jonathan Jackson and Khatari Gaulden are central to understanding Black August, the commemoration of the martyred freedom fighters that...
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