We have unwittingly invented an artificial way to accelerate the evolution of these deadly viruses – and pump them out across the world. They are called factory farms. They manufacture low-cost flesh, with a side-dish of viruses to go.
Haiti’s Lavalas movement effectively destroyed the credibility of the April 19 Senate election through a successful boycott campaign called Operation Closed Door. Participation may have been as low as 3 percent nationwide.
Tags:
Cite Soleil,
Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CEP),
Dr. Maryse Narcisse,
election boycott,
electoral fraud,
Fanmi Lavalas Party,
Haiti Senate election,
Haitian National Police,
Kevin Pina,
L'Union,
Lavalas movement,
Obama administration,
Operation Closed Door,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
Prime Minister Yvon Neptune,
Rene Civil,
Rene Preval's Lespwa party,
Ronald Fareau,
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,
U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson
When the news first hit that Michelle Obama was starting an organic vegetable garden, I became obsessed with reading everything about it. As a Black woman, my first thought went to the ancestors who built the White House and most of the capital.
We now know where a lot of coltan and cassiterite stolen from Congo go, in the end. They go to Ghana and other parts of Africa as toxic electronic waste, often disguised as charity: European and North American “contributions” of worn-out, broken, no longer fashionable tech garbage.
Tags:
Ann Garrison,
cassiterite,
coltan,
conflict minerals,
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Greenpeace,
North Kivu Province,
President Barack Obama,
Rwanda,
Rwandan President Paul Kagame,
toxic electronic waste,
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM),
U.S. Army Gen. William "Kip" Ward
Happy Birthday, Mumia Abu Jamal! On Wanda’s Picks Radio, we are celebrating Mumia Abu Jamal’s birthday and his new book, “Jailhouse Lawyers,” with an introduction by Angela Davis.
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Alyse,
Angela Davis,
Avotcja and Modupue,
Berkeley Earth Day,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Colored Ink,
Dee Dee Bridgewater,
Fiyawata,
Hugh Masekela,
Kaylah Marin,
Lee Scratch Perry,
Liberation Dance,
Linda Evans,
Mary L. Booker,
McCoy Tyner Trio,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE),
Queen Mother Rev. Diama Clark,
Robert King,
Tiny,
Wanda Sabir
After the execution of three Somalis and the wounding and capturing of another in the Indian Ocean on April 12, a leader of the so-called pirates vowed to avenge the deaths of these youth who held the U.S. captain of a cargo vessel known as the Maersk Alabama for five days.
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Abayomi Azikiwe,
Abdulahi Lami,
Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse,
Adar Abdirahman Hassan,
African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah,
Alisha Ryu,
Capt. Richard Phillips,
chemical wastes,
diplomatic approach,
European corporations,
fierce resistance,
flag of truce,
Foreign Minister Mohamad Abdullahi Omaar,
Garowe Radio,
George W. Bush,
hazardous waste dumping ground,
hospital wastes,
industrial waste,
invasion and occupation,
Jamac Habeb,
Jamey Cummings,
Januna Ali Jama,
life imprisonment,
lifeboat,
Maersk Alabama,
Mohammad Siad Barre,
Mohammed Adow,
Mohammed Gure,
Nick Nuttall,
Obama administration,
oral and abdominal bleeding,
President Barack Obama,
President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed,
Puntland,
retaliation,
Ron Kuby,
skin infections,
snipers,
Somali "pirates",
Somali brigands,
Somalia,
Somalia Concerned Group,
Somalis,
tsunami,
U.S. imperialism,
U.S. Navy Seals,
Ukrainian ship,
United Nations Environment Program,
United Nations envoy,
uranium radioactive waste,
USS Bainbridge,
waste disposal costs
It’s the party of parties! Celebrate Mumia’s birthday and the release of his new book, “Jailhouse Lawyers,” this Friday, 4/24, 6:30pm, Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland, with keynote speaker prison abolitionist Prof. Angela Davis, Min. of Info. JR, Mistah F.A.B., Chela Simone, Kiilu Nyasha, Tiny of Poor, Molotov Mouths, Adimu of Hairdoo and many more.
Sonoma State University has the whitest and likely the richest student population of any public university in the State of California. Research shows that the SSU administration has specifically sought to market the campus as a public ivy institution.
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barrios,
Brown v. Board of Education,
civil rights era,
Cornel West,
equal opportunity,
Gary Orfield,
Gerald Torres,
ghettos,
Lani Guinier,
Peter Phillips,
police profiling,
poverty,
repressive incarceration,
school segregation,
significant unemployment,
troubled economy,
unemployable,
upper-income students,
white upper-income public and private high schools,
wine-country
“It’s a civil war, us against the authorities – if you get pulled over, you’re so afraid for your life that you’re going to react as someone would react in war. A random traffic stop is life or death now.” – Mistah F.A.B., interviewed by Davey D
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432 year sentence,
Adolph Grimes,
Annette Garcia,
Davey D,
Dead Prez,
four Oakland police officers,
inhuman,
injustice,
Johannes Mehserle,
long hot summer,
Lovelle Mixon,
Mistah F.A.B.,
Oscar Grant,
racial profiling,
random traffic stop,
rapper,
Sean Bell,
self defense,
slaves revolted and killed a slave owner,
South by Southwest Music Conference
Dominique Crutchfield, 18, Thurgood Marshall Academic High School graduating senior, said: “I was about to get in a fight with this Asian kid, but then Peer Resources helped me. So I know it’s a good program.”
Tags:
Brian Stanley,
Crystal Carter,
disenfranchised youth,
Dominique Crutchfield,
Guillermo Morales,
Hugh Vasquez,
Kirya Traber,
Marcus Hicks,
Mica Valdez,
Rodney Robinson,
San Francisco Education Fund,
San Francisco Peer Resources (Peers),
San Francisco Unified School District,
Sharolyn Bautista,
Thurgood Marshall Academic High School (TMAHS)
Patrick Gonzalez and Tony Pirone, we promise you a rapid promotion! Johannes Mehserle, not to worry, Buddy! We’ll cover all your legal fees. We’ll get you out of that slump with flying colors and added stripes on your bloody sleeve!
Tags:
"Incredible Black Hulk Lovelle Mixon",
Amadou Diallo,
Asa Sullivan,
Caroline Mixon,
DA Tom Orloff,
Enjoli Mixon,
Gary King Jr.,
Jody Mac Woodfox,
John Burris,
Kathryn Johnston,
Laronte Studesville,
Marlon Ruff,
mesha Monge-Irizarry,
Michael Philip Dorado,
Officer Patrick Gonzalez,
Oliver "Big O" Lefiti,
Oscar Grant,
Sean Bell,
Tony Pirone,
traffic stop,
Tyrelle Taylor
Angela Davis called for a new movement to abolish what she called “the prison-industrial complex” in the U.S., which has become the largest jailer in the world. “Racism is directly responsible for the fact that the U.S. has become the great incarcerator.”
Tags:
"Free Angela Davis" campaign,
abolitionists,
Angela Davis,
Benjamin Latrobe,
Black freedom struggles,
Black Power Movement,
Black radicalism,
capital punishment,
capitalism,
Carter G. Woodson Institute,
Chicago's South Side,
Communist Party USA,
criminalized,
Deborah McDowell,
Dr. Barbara Ransby,
FBI's Ten Most Wanted List,
first penitentiary,
Frederick Douglass,
incarcerator,
Jane Raley,
Judith Stuart,
Karen Yarbrough,
law enforcement surveillance,
National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR),
Patricia Hill,
Pepe Lozano,
President Barack Obama,
President Obama,
President Thomas Jefferson,
prison industrial complex,
racial disparities,
Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright,
Santa Cruz,
social and racial educational injustice,
Thomas Jefferson,
University of California,
University of Virginia,
University of Virginia's Academical Village
On Wednesday, April 8, 15 buses and numerous carpools headed to Sacramento to demand that legislators begin to address the concerns of all the people of California in the laws they pass.
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AB312 and BART's civilian police oversight,
Caravan for Justice II,
Dave Id,
environmental racism,
gang injunctions,
parole and probation,
Police Bill of Rights,
police terrorism,
the power of police and prison guard unions,
Three Strikes,
Town Halls for Justice for Oscar Grant,
voter disenfranchisement
Many TV channels broadcast live the entire funeral for four Oakland police officers killed March 21, news anchors calling them “heroes” and “angels.” Police funerals are intended to legitimize past and future police violence and tell the public to shut up. The spineless left complies – no mention of Oscar Grant … or Lovelle Mixon.
Tags:
Angela Davis,
armed resistance,
Attorney General Jerry Brown,
BART Officer Johannes Mehserle,
BART police,
Bill O'Reilly,
Black and Brown community,
Black Panthers,
cop killer,
DNA evidence,
East Oakland,
Enjoli Mixon,
extermination campaign,
Gary King,
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Jan. 7 rebellion,
liberal hypocrisy,
Lovelle Mixon,
lynching,
male supremacy,
myth of the Black rapist,
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums,
Oakland police officers' funeral,
Oakland's Citizens' Police Review Board,
occupying army,
Officer Daniel Sakai,
Officer Ervin Romans,
Officer John Hege,
Officer Mark Dunakin,
Officer Patrick Gonzalez,
Oscar Grant,
pacifism,
parole officer,
police sympathizers,
police violence,
prison industry businessmen,
racial profiling,
rape accusations,
Reynete Mixon,
routine stops,
Sen. Barbara Boxer,
Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
surgical termination,
Three Strikes,
Uhuru House
A lot of artists call themselves “political,” “revolutionary” and “conscious” artists but very few, including the internationally known ones, use their art to benefit people’s street campaigns, political and social struggles.
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Baysho Bizness,
Code of Culture,
conscious artists,
Down2earfth,
East Bay Politix,
Free the SF 8,
Mommi Digital,
Murda Ma,
Nemis B'Nai,
people's street campaigns,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
political artistry,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee,
Ras Ceylon,
Richport the Savior,
The Fam
The hip hop generation young warriors have to speak for themselves. The movement has always been built on the backs of young brothers and sisters who rose up from the street to defend and stand for justice for our people.
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Caravan for Justice,
criminalizing youth,
devaluation of Black life,
domestic terrorism,
environmental racist catastrophe,
KPFA's Friday Night Vibe,
Minister Christopher Muhammad,
murder by law enforcement,
Oscar Grant,
police militarization,
prison industry,
Prop. 209,
social engineering,
T-Kash,
Taliban gang,
Three Strikes,
unemployable,
unemployed
“You could hear a pin drop” when prisoner Marritte Funches’ letter was read at the April 14 hearing of the Nevada Board of Prison Commissioners. These are four of the shocking public comments submitted to the Prison Board on April 14.
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"high risk potential" status,
abuse of authority,
Alex Haley,
Annabelle Parker,
Assistant Warden of Programs Jim Henson,
Barack Obama,
blood in his urine,
chronic disuria,
civil rights lawsuit,
Civil Rights Movement,
constitutionally mandated health care,
created hostile environments,
cruel and unusual punishment,
Director of Prisons Howard Skolnik,
Dr. Bannister,
Ely State Prison,
enlarged prostate,
gang materials,
High Desert State Prison,
Howard Zinn,
Magistrate Judge McQuaid,
Marritte Funches,
MRSA,
NDOC,
Nevada Board of Prison Commissioners,
Nevada Department of Corrections,
Nevada State Prison,
Northern Nevada Correctional Center,
Office of the Inspector General,
pain medication,
Patrick Cavanaugh,
potential kidney failure,
psychotropic Elavil,
R. Egberto,
religious rights,
retaliation and abuse,
severe kidney pain,
snitching,
Spina Equinus,
staff misconduct,
Stewart Conservatory,
supermax prison,
the flesh eating disease,
unnecessary litigation,
Warden Dwight Neven,
Warden E.K. McDaniel,
Warden Greg Smith,
withdrawal of visitation privileges,
withholding prescribed medication
The April 14 hearing before the Nevada Prison Board was the most explosive meeting that I have ever been to. The atmosphere was electric!
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Abu-Ghraib,
accredited,
American Correctional Association,
American Correctional Association Accreditation,
Assemblyman Segerblom,
Deputy Secretary of State for Southern Nevada Robert E. Walsh,
Director Jackie Crawford,
Dr. Stuart Grassian,
drug treatment and education,
E.K. McDaniel,
Ely State Prison,
Governor's Committee on Corrections,
health inspections,
Marritte Funches,
Mercedes Maharis,
National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC) Accreditation,
Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC),
Nevada Department of Corrections Director Howard Skolnik,
Nevada Prison Board,
Peggy Mace Johnson,
perpetual lockdown status,
prison censorship,
prison industries and agriculture,
prisoner deaths,
prisoner lawsuits in federal courts,
prisoner warehousing,
Randall G. Shelden,
retaliation for political activism,
sadistic guards,
sexual assault,
Stanford Prison Experiment,
withholding food
Two decades after Bob Marley’s “Rebel Music,” in 2009 Oakland, artists like Bicasso are the musical spokespeople for criminalized Black neighborhoods that are literally at war with the police; must I remind you of the cases of Oscar Grant and Lovelle Mixon?
Tags:
Bicasso,
Bob Marley,
criminalized Black neighborhoods,
culture of violence,
DJ Fresh,
Legendary Music,
Lovelle Mixon,
Oakland Rebellions,
Oscar Grant,
parole,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
prison system,
racism and classism,
rebel music,
Rebel Musiq,
unemployment
Chauncey Bailey was probably the best known Black journalist in the Bay Area, yet his own Black newspaper is ignored by every agency investigating his murder. Justice for this Black journalist cannot be achieved by silencing Black journalism. By interviewing only the mainstream media, Democracy Now is implying that the Black press and the Black community have nothing significant to say about the murder of the Black editor of a Black newspaper.
Tags:
Amy Goodman,
Black journalism,
Black press,
Black public affairs show,
Chauncey Bailey,
Chauncey Bailey Project,
Chauncey Bailey's murder,
City Attorney John Russo,
Democracy Now,
former Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown,
Jerry Brown,
Judge Henry Ramsey Jr.,
KPFA,
Oakland Police Department,
Oakland Post,
Oakland Tribune,
Officer Bob Valladon,
OPD misconduct,
Paul Cobb,
Robert Rosenthal,
San Francisco Chronicle,
Your Black Muslim Bakery,
Yusuf Bey IV
English