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‘Jailhouse Lawyers,’ Mumia’s new book: an interview wit’ Angela Davis, author...
by Minister of Information JR After this Block Report interview at KPFA, the apprentices and other staff who had conducted and assisted with the recording gathered around the legendary Angela Davis for...
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Filmmaker Angela Carroll on her new film ‘Angela Y. Davis: Radical Pedagogy’
“Angela Y. Davis: Radical Pedagogy” will be screened Wednesday, March 10, Wednesday, March 10, 1-3 p.m., in the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center, Cesar Chavez Student Union (upstairs), San Francisco...
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Paul, the magnificent: Tribute by Mumia Abu-Jamal on Paul Robeson’s birthday
by Mumia Abu-Jamal It’s amazing that we are marking the 110th anniversary of the birth of Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 –Jan. 23, 1976). “The artist must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have...
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Rethinking Malcolm: What was Marable thinking?
by Abdul Alkalimat Malcolm X at Queens Court 1964 - Photo: Herman Hiller The new book by Manning Marable, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” will help us to get a deeper understanding of Malcolm X and...
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Racism, white privilege in the 99%: If not now, when do we address it?
by Minister of Information JR Minister of Information JR’s article, “My thoughts on Occupy Oakland after the murder and one-month anniversary,” drew a provocative response from his longtime comrade...
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Should Africa be an ally of the West or China? The case of Cameroon and Côte...
by Jean-Paul Pougala, translated from French by Therese Boua In Cameroon, women are becoming farmers and growing cotton. Where previously the men preferred the women not to become cotton farmers, many...
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10 things you didn’t know about Rosa Parks
by Jeanne Theoharis Rosa Parks, always the picture of dignity, is fingerprinted after her arrest Dec. 1, 1955. 1. Parks had been thrown off the bus a decade earlier by the same bus driver – for...
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Claudia Jones: African-Caribbean Communist defied racism, sexism and class...
Book review of “Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment,” edited by Carole Boyce Davies, Ayebia Clarke Publishing by Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire Claudia Jones stands beside Paul Robeson...
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Wanda’s Picks for May 2013
by Wanda Sabir Wilfred Batin, Wanda’s nephew, at the Honor Roll Tribute in February at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco – Photo: Wanda Sabir We remember Richie Havens, folk singer and activist who made...
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New on DVD: ‘Free Angela and All Political Prisoners’
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey Angela Davis is one of the most famous women, communists and professors to be groomed in the tumultuous revolutionary ‘60s and ‘70s, when Blacks and...
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The Omaha Two: How long is life?
by Linda Kennedy New information revealed at Omaha’s annual Black August Weekend, held at the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, may engender a glint of hope for Nebraska political prisoners, Mondo we...
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Exoneration only the first step in making amends to the Scottsboro Boys
by Southern Poverty Law Center The state of Alabama may be a step closer to exonerating all of the Scottsboro Boys – nine Black youths falsely accused of raping two white women 80 years ago in a case...
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Richmond’s people to people delegation: How beautiful is Cuba!
by Willie Thompson, Tarnel Abbott and Marilyn Langlois “Cuba is neither the hell that our enemies like to pretend it is nor the paradise that our friends wish it to be, but a country which struggles...
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Tribute to Mabel Robinson Williams (1931-2014): Mabel and Robert F. Williams...
by Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit – Funeral services were held in Detroit on April 25 for Mrs. Mabel Robinson Williams, the widow of African American revolutionary Robert F. Williams. The couple had settled...
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Journalist, poet Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987) fought fascism to cure the...
by Mike Kuhlenbeck Journalist and poet Frank Marshall Davis is an important voice who channeled his social convictions through the power of the pen, and proved to be an unsung hero in the struggle for...
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