Souls of Mischief has been one of the major architects of the Bay Area sound in rap music since the early ‘90s. “93 til Infinity” off of their debut album shot the group to meteoric success on the national radio charts and got them booked all over the world for concerts. Let’s hear what Tajai has to say about their newest release, “Montezuma’s Revenge,” and Hiero business in general.
Tags:
A-Plus,
Baby Jaymes,
backpack rap,
Beeda Weeda,
Casual,
Chris Marsol,
Clear Label Records,
D-Lo,
De La Soul,
Deep Rooted,
Del the Funky Homo Sapien,
DJ Fresh,
Domino,
East Oakland,
Famsyrk,
G-Wett,
Gravediggaz,
Handsome Boy Modeling School,
Hiero Imperium,
Hieroglyphics,
Hip Hop,
Ice Cube,
independent artists,
JC,
League510,
Minister of Information JR,
Opio,
Pep Love,
Phesto,
Prince Paul,
rap music,
rapping,
Shady Nate,
Sleepy D,
Souls of Mischief,
Stetsasonic,
Tajai,
“backpacker” hip hop
According to the Associated Press, for every dollar spent in the “aid” effort, 33 cents pay for the U.S. military force that has taken control of the country. In contrast, the U.S. government is spending only 9 cents of every dollar on food and another 9 cents to transport the food.
Immediately following the “earthquake” that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, I started seeing reports that the earthquake was not a random occurrence or happenstance. These were the same rumblings I heard following Hurricane Katrina. After the devastation of Katrina I started seeing reports about HAARP, High Frequency Active Auroral Research.
Tags:
Alaska,
anti-earthquake norms,
atomic bombs,
Bloomberg BusinessWeek,
classquake,
climatic manipulations,
Cold War,
copper,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA,
Department of Defense’s National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA),
depleted uranium,
Dr. Georges Michel,
Dr. Nick Begich,
earthquake weapons,
earth’s ionosphere,
eco-type of terrorism,
electromagnetic waves,
ethnic cleansing and genocide,
ethnically cleanse and depopulate the region,
Eurasian Minerals Inc.,
exercise simulating a humanitarian operation,
Gen. P.K. Keen,
Ginette and Daniel Mathurin,
gold,
Greater Antilles,
HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research),
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haiti has oil,
Haitian Lawyers' Leadership Network,
high frequency electromagnetic waves,
humanitarian aid,
Hurricane Katrina,
Jeane Manning,
Junious Ricardo Stanton,
Lavalas white book detailing Haiti’s resources,
Leuren Moret,
lightning and hurricane manipulation,
Marguerite Laurent,
Mary Ratcliff,
Michel Chossudovsky,
military occupation,
New World Order,
now under the acronym ARPA),
populist president nationalizing the oil and gas reserves,
Port au Prince,
Pravda,
President Hugo Chavez,
Press TV,
Prime Argus,
probe the earth for natural gas and oil,
Project Skyfire,
Project Stormfury,
Puerto Rico,
Russian Navy,
sacrificed for gold and oil,
silver,
smallpox laced blankets,
Spacecast 2020 master plan,
stealth weather warfare,
Stephen Pierce,
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI),
strategic reserves for the U.S.,
tectonic weapon,
Tusgekee syphilis experiment,
U.S. Air Force,
U.S. elites,
U.S. Embassy,
U.S. Geological Survey,
U.S. Navy,
U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen,
VoltaireNet,
warmongering military industrial complex,
ways to cause earthquakes,
weather control,
weather warfare,
white supremacy and superiority,
zinc
Haitians are helping Haitians. Young men have organized into teams to guard communities of homeless families. Women care for their own children as well as others now orphaned. Men and boys are scavenging useful items from the mounds of fallen buildings. Women are selling mangoes and nuts on the street. Teens are playing with babies.
Tags:
Bill Quigley,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
homeless families,
Islamic Relief,
Lavarice Gaudin,
Port au Prince,
scavenging,
sheet cities,
sheet shelters,
solidarity of the world,
St. Clare,
tap tap cabs,
What If? Foundation
Reports of violence in Haiti are largely disinformation. For centuries Haiti has been portrayed as a dangerous country filled with volatile and threatening people, unsafe for foreigners. This supposition, this fear and misunderstanding, has very deep implications for foreign aid and cross-cultural understanding.
Tags:
aid workers,
Amber Munger,
amputation,
Anderson Cooper,
armed security guards,
Ashley Dahlberg,
AVJ Asanble Vwazen Jakè (Jakè Neighborhood Association),
Barry Kramer,
Baudeler Magloire,
Caribbean Market,
Cat Laine,
Champs Mars,
community cyber cafes,
cross-cultural understanding,
Daniel Tillias,
Delmas 33,
distribute food and water,
Ellie Happel,
Erica Simon,
Erinol Frederick,
Eveline Augustin,
FEMA firefighters,
food distribution,
Francius Estimable Dauphin,
Fritz Pierre,
fundraising tour,
Guinette Apolon,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haitian community leaders,
Jean Ristil Jean Baptiste,
Jennifer Benordan,
Jessica Lozier,
Jimmy Felter,
Josapha Augustin,
Kevin Foos,
larger NGOs,
Lavarice Gaudin,
Leah Nevada Page,
Lisius Orel,
makeshift tents,
Marc Orel,
Matthew 25,
medical clinics,
Melinda Miles,
Moira Duvernay,
Nadine Mondestin,
Nica Lagredel,
Nick Preneta,
Nicolas Kristof of the New York Times,
no riots,
no violence,
Patrick and Vivian,
Paul Christian Namphy,
Paul Loulou Chery,
Paul Namphy,
Peter Haas,
poor majority,
Port au Prince,
Rea and Dodo Dol,
Roberto Francois,
Rosemond Jolissaint,
Rosie Joseph,
Sarah Brownell,
Sasha Kramer,
satellite phones,
security restrictions,
shattered houses,
Sister Mary,
solidarity,
Stanford University,
starving people,
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL),
U.N. and U.S. military escorts,
U.N. compound,
water trucks,
Wisnel Jolissaint
The Bay Area Black Builders and friends shut down a pre-bid conference for a library in the heart of Hunters Point. This action was designed to send the mayor of San Francisco a message: If Black people do not work in Hunters Point, no one works here.
Tags:
Bayview,
Bayview Library,
Black architects,
Black workers and Black contractors,
Charlie Walker,
Chinatown,
Civil Rights,
employment laws,
Fillmore,
Hunters Point,
Joseph Debro,
large white contractors,
minority employment,
Nedir Bey,
public works projects,
San Francisco,
San Francisco Human Rights Commission,
surety bond,
terror of unemployment,
unemployed veterans,
Visitacion Valley,
Willie Ratcliff
Pierre Labossierre, cofounder of the Haiti Action Committee, alerts us to oppose “relief” funds and protest U.S. military occupation that threaten Haitian independence and sovereignty and to demand the return of President Aristide and the inclusion of Lavalas in Haitian democracy. Following the interview, listen and watch audio and video files featuring Pierre, Cynthia McKinney, Kiilu Nyasha, Nia Imara, Minister of Information JR, Joy Moore and more – all calling on everyone to “stand in solidarity with Haiti.”
Tags:
7.0 earthquake,
ANSWER Coalition,
Aristide Foundation,
Block Report,
Block Report Radio show,
Carlito Rivera,
coup d’etat,
coup d’etat of Feb. 29 2004,
Cynthia McKinney,
democratic grassroots movement of Haiti,
destruction of agricultural economy,
destruction of our economy,
dictatorships,
Duvalier dictatorships,
earthquake in Haiti,
economic sabotage,
Fanmi Lavalas,
first Black republic in modern history,
former presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush,
free democratic elections,
Haiti Action Committee,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund,
Haiti relief work,
humanitarian relief,
Hurricane Amerikkka,
International Monetary Fund,
Jean Bertrand Aristide,
Joy Moore,
Kamau Amen-Ra,
Kiilu Nyasha,
KPFA’s Sunday Sedition,
liberation,
military occupation,
military response,
Minister of Information JR,
neo-liberal policies,
New Orleans’ Katrina,
Nia Imara,
Obama administration,
Pierre Labossiere,
Port au Prince,
President Aristide,
President Bill Clinton,
President George W. Bush,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
preventable deaths,
privatization,
privatization of government owned enterprises,
ransom,
Red Cross,
reparations to the former slave owners,
Robert Roth,
SF Bay View newspaper,
Siraj Fowler,
sovereignty,
stop impeding relief,
the Fugees,
U.S. military,
World Bank,
Wyclef Jean,
Yele Ayiti
In its comments on the Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Environmental Impact Report, POWER focused on the carcinogens and radiological contamination at the Shipyard; the dangers of liquefaction; climate change and sea level rise; transportation impacts from the proposed development; the connection of the development to the existing community; and the preservation of historic Ohlone sites.
Tags:
abatement procedures,
adjacent elementary schools,
Administrative Orders on Consent,
Alice Griffith public housing development,
American Indian Movement West,
asbestos,
Bayview Hunters Point,
beryllium,
Bret Harte Elementary School,
cancer clusters,
Candlestick Point,
Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II Development Plan Project Draft Environmental Impact Report,
carbon tetrachloride,
carcinogens,
chemicals and radioactive materials,
chlorinated pesticides,
chloroform,
chromium,
chromium VI,
climate change and sea level rise,
construction activities,
copper,
early transfer,
Early Transfer Cooperative Agreement,
ecological assessments,
environmental and human health exposures,
Environmental Impact Report,
environmental justice,
environmental racism,
environmental review process,
hazardous contaminants,
hazardous materials,
heavy metals,
heavy metals (arsenic,
heavy metals (chromium VI,
historic indigenous ceremonial and burial sites,
historic Ohlone sites,
human and ecological receptors,
Hunters Point Shipyard,
Hunters Point Shipyard (HPS),
hydrocarbons,
Indian People Organized for Change,
International Indian Treaty Council,
lack of enforcement,
lead,
Lennar’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR),
liquefaction,
Louisiana Environmental Action Network,
MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ grant recipient,
manganese,
Marylee Orr,
mechanism for immediate notification,
mercury,
mercury and nickel),
Muhammad University of Islam,
Muhammad University of Islam (MUI),
naphthalene,
nickel and zinc),
Ohlone nation,
Ohlone Profiles Project,
PCBs,
People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER),
pesticides,
petroleum hydrocarbons,
polluters,
polluting industries,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
protection of human health and the environment,
radiological cleanup activities,
radiological contamination,
radionuclides,
remedial activities,
San Francisco Board of Supervisors,
San Francisco Planning Department,
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency,
semi-volatile organic compounds,
site remediation,
Superfund site,
Technical Assistance Services for Communities (TASC),
tetrachloroethane and others),
toxic spills,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
U.S. Navy,
United Native Americans,
volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds,
volatile organic compounds (VOC: benzene,
Wilma Subra Ph.D.
Major League Baseball in alliance with Rawlings Sporting Goods moved their baseball factories to Costa Rica in the late 1980s, throwing thousands of Haitian women out of work. Its million dollar donation to Haiti earthquake relief should be measured against its long, exploitative relationship with the devastated nation and it should make a much more significant donation to help rebuild the nation from which it made so much money.
Tags:
baseball factories,
baseball factory worker Overly Monge,
Brad Pitt,
Derek Jeter,
exploitative relationship,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haitian woman,
Haitian workers,
Haiti’s $1.30 a day minimum wage,
Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier,
Jean Damu,
Lance Armstrong,
Major League Baseball,
Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig,
Miami News reporter Bill Brubaker,
MLB exemption from federal anti-trust legislation,
New York Yankees,
Port au Prince,
Rawlings Sporting Goods,
Sandra Bullock,
Theory of Surplus Value
Public housing and Section 8 tenants appeared at the Jan. 19 Berkeley City Council meeting to protest and speak out against alleged illegal activities of the Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) and its policies to privatize and sell their 75 public housing units to an unnamed nonprofit housing developer.
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affordable housing,
affordable housing strategies,
Berkeley City Council,
Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA),
BHA Chairperson Carole Norris,
BHA Director Tia Ingram,
CalWORKs,
Councilman Kriss Worthington,
Councilman Max Anderson,
displacement,
General Assistance,
habitability issues,
homelessness,
housing assistance program,
ICF Consultants,
Intercity Services,
intimidation,
Keith Carlisle,
lack of repairs,
Lynda Carson,
minimum income requirements,
mismanagement,
National Health Care for the Homeless Council,
nonprofit housing developer,
Penelope McKinney,
public housing,
recall the board,
Rose Flippin,
Section 8,
severely handicapped,
Social Security,
SSI,
subsidized housing projects,
Tequoia Nickson,
Zsanna Secreas
111 Jones Street Apartments
111 Jones St. Apts. is opening the waiting list for 1-Bedroom Affordable Tax Credit units.
111 Jones Street Apts. will be distributing applications February 22nd to February 26th Mon – Fri 8:30am – 5:30pm @ 111 Jones Street.
Call 415-474-2680 for more information. The current rent is $999 per month
Mercy Services Corporation – [...]
There was an emergency service system established in Haiti under the government of President Aristide. We had trained people, trained volunteers everywhere in Haiti. There were buildings with materials and goods stocked there, so in case of an emergency, people would have the means to survive.
Tags:
7.0 magnitude earthquake,
agricultural production,
Alfa Resto literacy program,
Black Dot Café,
cheaper wages,
clinics,
CNN,
collective bargaining,
Congresswoman Barbara Lee,
Democracy Now,
economic boycott of resources,
economic sabotage,
emergency,
empowerment by the people,
four major hurricanes,
Gerard Latortue,
government structure,
Haiti Action Committee,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haiti Relief Benefit,
Haiti's bicentennial,
Haiti’s sovereignty,
helicopters,
higher wages and better living conditions,
hospitals,
increasing the minimum wage,
infrastructure of Haiti,
infrastructure of the country,
Kamau Amen-Ra,
kidnapping of democratically elected President Aristide,
lack of infrastructure,
Lavalas Party,
living conditions,
low wages,
means to survive,
media-medical team to Haiti,
medical school,
Minister of Information JR,
Napoleon Bonaparte,
natural disasters,
Pierre Labossiere,
Port au Prince,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
provide services for the people,
racist view of Haiti,
Saint Dominque (Haiti),
schools,
Supervisor Keith Carson,
sustenance for the survivors,
United Nations occupation,
Walter Riley,
world’s first Black republic,
“Investing in humans”
Venezuela was the first country to send aid after the disaster struck on Jan. 12, with an advance team of doctors, search and rescue experts as well as food, water, medical supplies and rescue equipment arriving in Port-au-Prince on the morning of Jan. 13. The Venezuelan government is doing everything in its power to provide as much help as possible while at the same time respecting the independence and sovereignty of Haiti.
Tags:
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our Americas (ALBA),
Daniel Ortega,
doctors,
Doctors Without Borders,
Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández,
electrical generators,
food,
Francoise Saulnier,
French Secretary of State for Cooperation Alain Joyandet,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
heavy equipment,
independence and sovereignty of Haiti,
Kiraz Janicke,
medical aid,
medical supplies,
military logistics,
occupying Haiti,
rescue equipment,
San Agustín cable car system,
search and rescue experts,
U.S. military,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro,
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,
Venezuelanalysis.com,
water,
water purification systems
On Aug. 20, 2008, Nadra Foster was beaten mercilessly by Berkeley police inside of “progressive” radio station KPFA after being accused of trespassing at the station where she had volunteered for over 10 years. Pack the courtroom for her trial on Friday, Feb. 5, 9 a.m., 7th & Washington, 4th floor, Dept. 111, Oakland.
Tags:
battery on an officer,
Berkeley police,
credibility in the media,
fundraising,
government act of terrorism,
home of free speech radio”,
listenership,
Minister of Information JR,
Nadra Foster,
paralyzed hand,
progressive media makers,
resisting arrest,
volunteer support,
vote of no confidence,
“progressive” radio station KPFA in Berkeley
1) Lennar paid federal lobbyists $240,000 to win them a $320 million cash bailout characterized as a retroactive tax refund. 2) In the accounting for its fourth quarter report, announced on Jan. 7, 2010, Lennar used $284.9 million of the $320 million to offset its quarter losses. 3) Lennar then reported the remaining $35.6 million as profit, earned income. 4) Taxpayers, yet again, footed the bill.
Tags:
AIG,
Ann Garrison,
bioremediation,
create green jobs,
credit default swaps,
derivatives,
earned income profit,
Eric Rosenbaum,
extend unemployment benefits,
federal bailout for big industrial homebuilder-lenders,
foreclosure and distressed real estate,
forest restoration,
Gretchen Morgenson,
higher education,
Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009,
Lennar Corp.,
lobbyists,
mortgage-backed securities,
New York Times,
predatory lending and foreclosure,
private prison realty,
public transportation,
real estate investment trusts,
recession,
retroactive tax refund,
San Francisco Board of Supervisors,
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom,
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency,
Sigmund Freud,
solar installation,
tax credit,
tax refund,
Too Big to Not Build tax bailout plan,
trickledown economics,
Worker,
“jobless recovery”
Dr. Evan Lyon of Partners in Health stated, “There’s also no violence. There is no insecurity.” He said the security concerns are being overstated due to “misinformation and rumors … and racism.” In a week since the earthquake, the U.S. had airlifted only 70,000 bottles of water for 3 million people in need.
Tags:
aid delivery,
airdropped aid,
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR),
Dan Beeton,
dialysis machines,
Doctors Without Borders,
Dr. Evan Lyon,
drugs,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Jacmel,
Konbit pou Ayiti,
Lt. Gen. P.K. Keen,
Melinda Miles,
military deployment,
Partners in Health,
Port au Prince,
surgical supplies,
U.S. is blocking aid
On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal and granted the Philadelphia DA’s petition for a writ of certiorari. We are now at the highest level of Code Red in the case of Mumia Abu Jamal. The people must come to this tireless souljah’s defense.
Tags:
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals,
abolish the death penalty,
Academics for Mumia,
Block Report,
civil rights investigation,
death penalty,
district attorney,
factually innocent,
first Black DA in Philadelphia,
Francisco Torres,
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition of New York City,
International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu,
Journalists for Mumia,
Mills case concerning jury instructions,
Minister of Information JR,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
Oscar Grant,
Pam Africa,
petitions,
President Obama,
Robert Bryan,
San Francisco 8,
Seth Williams,
Shaka Sankofa,
Skip Gates,
Spisak case,
Supreme Court,
Tookie Williams,
Troy Davis,
U.S. attorney general,
White House,
“Free Mumia” movement
“From the very beginning, U.S. assistance to Haiti has looked to me more like an invasion than a humanitarian relief operation,” says McKinney. The SF Bay View, Block Report Radio, POCC and Haiti Action Committee are preparing to send a media-medical team to Haiti to serve the people most in need. Come to the fundraiser Sunday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m., at the Black Dot Café, 1195 Pine St. in West Oakland. Bring medical supplies. Spread the word!
Tags:
Alexandre Dumas son of a Haitian slave,
Black liberation,
Blackwater in New Orleans,
Cynthia McKinney,
Dr. Georges Michel,
Dr. Ginette and Daniel Mathurin,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
Dunn Plantation at Fort Liberte in Haiti,
Ezili Dantò,
fifth largest embassy in the world,
food and shelter,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network (HLLN),
Haitians liberate Latin Americans from Spain,
Haiti’s deep water ports,
Haiti’s oil resources,
humanitarian relief,
Hurricane Katrina,
internment for Haitian nationals,
invasion,
Marguerite Laurent,
Marine Expeditionary Force,
military assessment team,
Napoleon’s France,
oil in Haiti,
Operation Lantern Spike,
Pat Robertson,
political and economic self-determination,
Port au Prince,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
President Obama,
prolonged U.S. military presence in Haiti,
reconnaissance drones,
Secretary of State Colin Powell,
Simon Bolivar,
Temporary Protected Status (TPS),
thousands of Marines and U.S. soldiers,
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson IV,
United Nations troops,
Victor Hugo
Under the system of lifelong forced servitude, Black people could be tortured to death at a moment’s notice with impunity. White oppressors could sense that at some point the coin will flip. This mirrors today, where police continue to kill Black people with impunity.
Tags:
Alice Walker,
Black Jamaican English,
Black male characters,
British English,
British slave owner,
chattel slavery,
cultural genocide,
despotism,
enforcers for the overseer,
house servants,
Irish overseer,
Jamaica,
lifelong forced servitude,
Marlon James,
menial beasts,
Mildred Taylor,
mulatto,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
police kill Black people with impunity,
rebellious acts,
rebellious enslaved women house servants,
Sade,
slave plantation,
slave rebellion,
Toni Morrison,
tortured to death,
white oppressors,
“Avatar”,
“Let the Circle Be Unbroken”,
“master’s” family,
“Precious”,
“Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry”,
“Soldier of Love”,
“The Book of Night Women”,
“The Princess and the Frog”
Many young males in Black and Brown neighborhoods all across the country feed their families with the proceeds made from illegal growing and distribution. What will it mean if more marijuana users buy their “weed” from clubs instead of the streets?
Tags:
Black and Brown neighborhoods,
buying weed from dispensaries,
cannabis,
decrimininalize,
illegal growing and distribution,
illegal market,
legalize,
medical marijuana,
Minister of Information JR,
Obama administration,
Prop. 215,
weed
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