Fly Benzo is free, so why is Mendell Plaza a no Fly zone?
by Malaika Kambon Fly Benzo, known for his mentoring of youth, holds Nailah Amari Bey, one of his staunchest supporters. – Photo: Malaika Kambon From Hunters Point to Haiti, Black communities are...
View Article10 things you should know about slavery and won’t learn at ‘Django’
by Imara Jones Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx in “Django Unchained” – Photo: The Weinstein Co. Much hullabaloo has been made recently about slavery as entertainment in movies like “Django Unchained.”...
View Article‘African Independence’ doc: an interview wit’ filmmaker Tukufu Zuberi
by the Minister of Info JR One of the most important films that will be screened at the Oakland International Film Fest is “African Independence,” a film by Tukufu Zuberi that discusses true African...
View ArticleWomen of the Congo decry U.S. neocolonialism
The following letter was delivered to Ambassador Carson on March 20. It is signed by Diaspora Congolese women in the U.S., U.K., Belgium, France and South Africa. Ambassador Johnnie Carson Outgoing...
View ArticleCynthia McKinney tours Cali wit’ her new book ‘Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom’
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Six term congresswoman, ‘08 Green Party presidential candidate and international peace activist Cynthia McKinney has been that rare voice in the halls of the...
View ArticleIn loving memory of El Hajj Malcolm Latif El Shabazz
by Malaika H Kambon On the joyous occasion of his 26th birthday, at a party surrounded by his family and friends, Malcolm Shabazz kisses his beloved mother, Qubilah Shabazz, on Oct. 9, 2010, a month...
View Article‘The Black Woman Is God’ – Part II
Closing reception for ‘The Black Woman Is God’ exhibit is Thursday, May 30, 6 p.m., in the Sargent Johnson Gallery, African-American Arts and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton St., San Francisco by Malaika H...
View ArticleU.S.-NATO installed Libyan regime requests assistance from imperialist...
Massacre in Benghazi illustrates failure of West’s regime-change strategy by Abayomi Azikiwe After more than two years of a full-fledged Pentagon and NATO-led war against the North African state of...
View ArticleMargaret Winter, ACLU: California can be in the vanguard of the movement to...
Testimony of Margaret Winter, associate director of the ACLU National Prison Project, at the California Senate and Assembly Public Safety Committees’ Joint Informational Hearing on Segregation Policies...
View ArticleMandela, pacifist or rebel?
by Diana Cariboni Montevideo (IPS) – Perhaps it’s a false contradiction. But today there are many who stress the pacifist message with which South Africa’s Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) emerged from...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Resource politics behind the UN Force...
by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News, broadcast Dec. 28, 2013 http://www.anngarrison.com/sites/default/files/mp3/David-Van-Wyk-on-New-DRC-Resource-War.mp3 Transcript KPFA News Anchor Cameron Jones:...
View ArticleMarcus Garvey, the African Union, the African Diaspora
by Shaka Barak, President, The Marcus Garvey Institute In the year 2014, as we recognize this as the centennial year of the Jamaican, Caribbean born Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey’s (born Aug. 17,...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for February 2014
by Wanda Sabir I am recovering from a huge blow – my computer was taken along with other personal irreplaceable items in Carpinteria, a bedroom suburb outside Santa Barbara. We stopped by Loon Point to...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for March 2014
by Wanda Sabir Russell Maroon Shoatz is out of solitary confinement! Hugo Pinnell had his first contact visit in 40 years last weekend. Kiilu Nyasha announced this wonderful news at a reception...
View ArticleFrance and Rwanda hostile after Kagame accuses France of genocide planning
Following the transcript in English is a French translation by Marceline Nduwamungo of the Womens’ International Network for Democracy and Peace. by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News, broadcast April 12,...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for July 2014
by Wanda Sabir San Francisco says farewell to Dr. Maya Angelou Wanda stands in front of huge posters of Maya Angelou at the entrance to Glide Memorial Church in the Tenderloin, where the San Francisco...
View ArticleConnecting the dots throughout the world leading to economic empowerment
by Harry C. Alford The idea hit me during the International Panel at our 22nd annual conference in Chicago July 10-12. Speaking on the panel were NBCC members from Colombia, Benin, Ghana, Suriname,...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for August 2014
by Wanda Sabir Congratulations to Gerald Lenoir for carrying the torch and blazing the way for so many social justice issues from HIV/AIDS awareness in the Black community to his recent work in just...
View ArticleRod Starz of Rebel Diaz: Ten important observations to know about Ferguson
by Rodrigo Starz of Rebel Diaz 10. Who was Mike Brown? While many out-of-town activists and supporters were going straight to the scene in Ferguson to, as they said, “get it poppin’,” we didn’t want to...
View Article15 US lawmakers ask Haiti Senate to make way for mock elections
Open letter from the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network (HLLN) regarding the Sept. 15 U.S. Congressional letter addressed to the Haiti Senate urging it to clear the path for another round of mock...
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