Rhodessa, dressed in an orange prison jumper from South Africa (orange the universal prison attire, like a brand), appears with a whip. All the sensations: cold, hard, eerie darkness, unfamiliar sounds, smells, give the audience plenty to contemplate, especially those in the first two rows where the whip spinning in Rhodessa’s hand over our heads, which she then flicks, we feel, too close to our faces as its breeze and the sting of its impact hits the ground again too close for comfort. But this theme – the Black holocaust – is it supposed to be an idea that brings ease?
Tags:
African American Center for Art and Culture,
Black Codes,
Buriel Clay Theatre,
Cecil Brown,
Cultural Odyssey,
enslaved woman,
Fillmore,
head constraint,
Idris Ackamoor,
Jim Crow America,
Joanna Haigood,
Pam Peniston,
Rhodessa Jones,
San Francisco Arts Festival,
Sargent Johnson Gallery,
Stephanie Johnson,
Wanda Sabir,
Zaccho Dance Company
On a recent visit we learned that Cuba has been raising its fruits and vegetables organically for more than 15 years, using worm and vegetable compost and integrated and natural pest management to raise crops for its people. In the process they have decentralized agricultural production, tripled farmers’ average income, built stronger communities and shown the way to living well after the end of cheap oil.
Tags:
agronomist,
autoconsumo,
backyard gardeners,
Catherine Murphy,
coffee,
community power,
consultorio,
crop rotations,
Cuban Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG),
decentralized agricultural production,
Detroit financier,
domestic animals,
Finlay Institute,
Food First,
food ration,
Fortune magazine,
Havana,
Havana’s backyard gardeners,
integrated and natural pest management,
land grab,
Magaly Vines Diaz,
malnutrition,
manual labor,
medicinal herbs,
Mickey Ellinger,
nickel,
Odalys Bello Barrera,
organic agriculture,
organic methods,
organoponico,
pesticide- and fertilizer-heavy monoculture,
raising fruits and vegetables organically,
recycled materials,
relatively infertile tropical soil,
Roberto Perez Sanchez,
Scott Braley,
small gardens,
sorghum,
Soviet Union,
state farms,
sugar,
tobacco,
trade agreements,
trade embargo,
U.S. Social Forum in Detroit,
urban farmers,
urban garden,
worm and vegetable compost,
worm castings,
worm compost,
worm culture,
“Special Period”
As reported in previous issues of the Bay View, the Bay View, its readers, the community and those of us behind enemy lines had been working with attorney Anthony D. Prince to develop a litigation strategy that would address the state’s suppression of legitimate historical and cultural expressions by relegating those expressions and beliefs to the realms of gang activity.
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In the depths of a near-Depression, the Vermont Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly for health and safety over jobs and tax revenue when it chose not to renew Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant’s operating license when it expires in 2012.
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ABC News,
Amherst College,
Arnie Gunderson,
Beyond Nuclear,
Bob Nichols,
Cathy Garger,
Conservation Law Foundation,
Entergy,
loan guarantees,
Mount Holyoke College,
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS),
nuclear reactors designed to leak,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
President Obama,
radioactive reactor coolant,
radioactive tritium,
State Attorney General William Sorrell,
tritium,
Vermont Public Interest Research Group,
Vermont Senate,
Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
No notice has been paid to the root causes of violence in the Black community. On CBS5, I suggested unemployment in the Black community is directly related to Black people being locked out of the public works construction and that white people might be in danger working in a Black community without a diversified crew.
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Bay Area Black Builders,
bio-chemical engineer,
Black man working,
Black unemployment,
City/Lennar Draft Environmental Impact Report,
construction lockout,
economic opportunity,
EPA,
Fillmore,
general engineering contractor,
government cheese,
Hayes Valley,
Hunters Point,
Hunters Point Shipyard,
Joseph Debro,
Kabuki,
Lennar,
National Association of Minority Contractors,
non-diverse work crews,
police occupying force,
poor Black population,
public works construction lockout,
San Francisco Examiner,
San Francisco police,
Section 8 housing,
Third Street rail,
unlock the doors to economic opportunity,
Vis Valley,
Visitacion Valley Community Development Corp.,
Western Addition,
white ex-cops,
white ex-cops working for Lennar,
white workers
“Downtown Port au Prince, Haiti, looks like it was hit with an atomic bomb. People live in makeshift tents and damaged cave-like buildings. It was cold blooded to see how they are being done by the international community. Nobody cares whether they live or die,” writes JR. He is looking for venues for Haiti report-backs. Call him right away if you can help: (510) 689-7964.
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dead bodies,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
international community,
Jim Crow mission,
makeshift tents,
Minister of Information JR,
National Days of Prayer,
Palace,
Port au Prince,
Rea Dol,
shanty-town,
SOPUDEP
The People’s National Party of Belize organized a Kayak for Haiti Kayakathon to raise funds for the victims of the quake. Despite the inclement weather, Kayak for Haiti was a success because the target was met and surpassed. The total amount raised was $1,404. The money will go to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.
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environmental justice,
George and Candy Gonzalez,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund,
human rights,
Jean Bertrand Aristide,
Kayak for Haiti Kayakathon,
Lavalas Party,
People’s National Party (PNP),
Playa Blanca Guatemala,
Punta Gorda Belize,
San Ignacio,
Sarstoon River,
TIDE Tours,
Wil Maheia
Who IS Angela Davis? Don’t miss Angela Carroll’s new film, “Angela Y. Davis: Radical Pedagogy,” screening Wednesday, March 10, 1-3 p.m. in the Richard Oakes Room, Cesar Chavez Student Union, SF State University, and 6-7 p.m. and 7-8 p.m., at the Jazz Heritage Center, 1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco; Friday, March 12, 8-9 p.m. and 9-10 p.m., also at the Jazz Heritage Center; and Thursday, April 1, 6:30 p.m., at Barrios Unidos, 1817 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz.
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393Films Director Adimu Madyun,
academic and activist work,
academics,
Angela Carroll,
Angela Y. Davis,
Angela Y. Davis: Radical Pedagogy,
Black Panther Party,
blues and jazz singers of the 1920s,
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism,
capitalism,
class and racial divides,
claymation,
Communist Party,
Eric Stanley,
Field Marshal George Jackson,
Grassroots organizers,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund,
hip hop artists,
historians,
interactive animation-installations,
Jan Svankmajer,
Jonathan Jackson,
massacre at the Marin County Courthouse,
MerKaBaFilms,
Minister of Information JR,
Operation Small Axe,
oppressive systems,
PIC (Prison Industrial Complex),
prison labor,
Professor Angela Davis,
radical politics,
rappers,
Romeare Bearden,
Ruchell Cinque Magee,
scholars,
Siraj Fowler,
slavery,
Soledad Brothers Defense Committee,
students,
women’s studies
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors proposes to cut General Assistance (GA) beginning April 1, 2010, to only three months of every year to thousands of unemployed workers living in poverty. Pack the press conference, rally and meeting of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to protest these cuts on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m., 1221 Oak St., Oakland.
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Alameda County Board of Supervisors,
Alameda County Social Services Agency,
crime,
Criminal of Poverty: Growing Up Homeless in America,
East Bay Community Law Center,
General Assistance (GA),
homelessness,
housing instability,
hunger,
Lisa Gray-Garcia,
Luan Huynh,
Medi-Cal,
POOR Magazine,
POOR Magazine/POOR News Network,
recession,
Steve Ricardo,
three-month time limit,
unemployment
Today at the Alameda County Courthouse, made famous by the “Free Huey!” rallies held on the steps by the Black Panther Party, all charges were dismissed against POCC Minister of Information JR Valrey! Join POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and Pam and Ramona Africa for a Power to the People Victory Celebration tonight, Monday, Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m., Black Dot Cafe, 1195 Pine St., West Oakland – YOU are invited!
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BART board,
Black community,
Black Dot Café,
Black Panther Party,
Block Report Radio,
El Hajj Malik el Shabazz,
Free Huey!,
freedom fighter,
Fruitvale BART platform,
Haiti and Latin America,
killer cop Johannes Mehserle,
KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio,
legal defense fund,
Malcolm X,
Marlon Monroe,
Mary Ratcliff,
National Lawyers Guild legal observers,
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums,
Oakland PD,
Oakland Police Department,
Operation Small Axe,
Oscar Grant,
Pam Africa of the Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal,
POCC Minister of Information JR Valrey,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee Fred Hampton Jr.,
punk rock artist Holly Works,
Ramona Africa of the MOVE organization
If Rwanda’s three viable opposition parties are allowed to register and participate in free and fair elections, they have a good chance, in coalition, of defeating Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) Party. Those three parties condemned the Feb. 19 deadly grenade attacks in Kigali, calling them “an attempt to instill fear in the population” prior to Rwanda’s August presidential election.
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1994 Rwanda Genocide,
Africa and the World,
American and European Greens Federations,
Amnesty International,
Ann Garrison,
autocratic rule,
BBC,
Bernard Ntaganda,
British Prime Minster Gordon Brown,
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
Commonwealth Heads of Government,
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Group,
crimes against humanity,
David Barouski,
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Derek Ingram,
disputed history of the 1994 genocide,
Double Genocide Theory,
Frank Habineza,
genocide,
Genocide denial,
genocide ideology,
George Bush,
Global Citizenship Award,
Global Greens,
Green Parties worldwide,
grenade attacks,
human rights violations,
Human Rights Watch,
Hutu,
Hutu ethnic group,
interahamwe,
International Medal of P.E.A.C.E.,
Keith Harmon Snow,
Kenyan judge and legal scholar Yash Pai Ghai,
Kigali,
Kigali’s Gasabo District,
Le Parti Social Imberakuri,
Pastor Rick Warren,
Permanent Consultative Council of Opposition Parties in Rwanda,
political repression,
President Bill Clinton,
President Paul Kagame,
pretrial detention,
Rwanda,
Rwanda Chamber of Deputies,
Rwanda New Times,
Rwanda News Agency,
Rwandan government,
Rwandan Minister of Internal Security Sheikh Mussa Fazil Harerimana,
Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) Party,
Rwanda’s August presidential election,
Saddleback Church,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
Senegalese Green Party President Papa Meissa Dieng,
terrorism,
The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda,
Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
Tutsi,
U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy and Labor,
United Democratic Forces – Inkingi,
University of Michigan Professor Allan Stam,
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza,
war crimes
These short but moving statements of solidarity with the family of Oscar Grant come from parents whose children were also murdered by police. Let’s spread the word to every mayor, city council and police department in the country that the days when police could murder young Black men – or anyone – with impunity are over!
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"I am Oscar Grant",
Allene Person,
BART Officer Tony Pirone,
BART police officer Johannes Mehserle,
Black media,
Juanita Young,
Kathie Cheng,
Los Angeles media,
Malcolm Ferguson,
Nicholas Heyward Jr.,
Nicholas Heyward Sr.,
Oscar Grant,
Oscar Grant's family,
Timur Person
Black History Month Special: “Big Man,” a founder of the Black Panther Party and the first editor of the Black Panther newspaper, reviews an excellent new book telling the story of the shootout in September 1970 between the Panthers and the New Orleans PD in the Desire public housing development through the words of the people who lived it.
Tags:
Black Panther Party,
community-based programs,
Curtis Austin,
defending their communities,
Desire public housing development,
Free Breakfast Programs,
inhumane conditions,
injustice,
Kurt Peters,
Louisiana,
New Orleans,
oral history,
Orissa Arend,
police abuse and repression,
political education classes,
poor medical care,
poverty,
racism,
Terry Strauss,
University of Arkansas Press,
“Panther on the Prowl”,
“Showdown in Desire”,
“Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party”,
“Visions and Voices”
I think it is going to get worse for us in the camps. We need tents and food. We need water and school and jobs. We need help to find a place to stay. The rain is coming soon. Water is going to come and our babies will lose their lives.
Tags:
Bill Quigley,
Cite Soleil,
Delmas,
Garry Philippe,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
homeless camps,
Hotel Montana,
Jean Dora,
Nadege Dora,
plastic tent,
Port au Prince,
pregnant woman,
Red Cross tent,
St. Pierre’s church in Petionville,
United Nations,
Village Solidarity,
Vladimir Laguerre,
“spontaneous settlements”
Taking a first step toward “creating an economy of inclusion,” Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has unveiled his administration’s long anticipated Economic Opportunity Strategic Plan. By July 2011, the mayor said, he would like to see 25 percent of the city’s spending on contracts going to disadvantaged businesses, including 14 percent for African-Americans.
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Black newspapers,
Carl Singley,
city’s participation goals,
Deputy Commerce Director Kevin Dow,
disabled-owned businesses,
disadvantaged business participation in city contracts,
Economic Opportunity Strategic Plan,
economy of inclusion,
Eric Mayes,
jobs in neighborhoods,
Mayor Michael Nutter,
minority participation,
minority-owned businesses,
National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA),
Office of Economic Opportunity,
Patricia Coulter,
Pennsylvania Convention Center,
Philadelphia Tribune,
unemployment,
Urban League of Philadelphia,
women-owned businesses
Pack the courtroom Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m., in Dept. 22, 850 Bryant St., San Francisco, to support the only remaining SF 8 defendant, Francisco Torres, who will be in the courtroom! Dismiss Cisco’s case, a 36-year-old case based on torture!
Tags:
1971 homicide,
9/11,
Black Panther Party,
California Attorney General Edmund “Jerry” Brown,
Francisco Torres,
Harold Taylor,
Henry Jones,
Herman Bell,
Jalil Muntaquim,
John Bowman,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
plea bargain,
Ray Boudreaux,
Richard O’Neal,
San Francisco 8,
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office,
San Francisco’s Public Defenders Office
The U.S. Justice Dept. refuses to charge the NYPD officers who murdered Sean Bell on his wedding day in 2006. We can’t let this happen again; it’s ON US to get Oscar Grant’s killer cops convicted of murder! Minister of Information JR is hosting two events on two days, tonight in West Oakland and tomorrow in Los Angeles.
Tags:
Attorney General Eric Holder,
Boyce Watkins,
Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson,
criminal justice system,
Dedon Kamathi,
insufficient evidence,
Jack Bryson,
Kaos Network,
Keisha Brunston,
Michael Oliver,
Minister Keith Muhammad,
Minister of Information JR,
Movement for Justice for Oscar Grant,
Nicole Paultre-Bell,
NYPD officers,
Oscar Grant,
Oscar Grant’s killer cops,
POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
police intimidation,
President Barack Obama,
Rev. Al Sharpton,
Sean Bell,
Sean Bell’s killer cops,
Thandisizwe Chimurenga,
violation of Black civil rights,
William Bell
Friday, Feb. 12, one month after the earthquake, the first day of Jounen jèn, the days of mourning and remembrance, and we walked through the twisted iron and dusty shards of glass of the shattered National Cathedral. It was as though the world had ended.
Tags:
Champ de Mars,
compassion,
day of mourning,
Days of Remembrance,
Dignity,
ecologist,
Father Gerard Jean-Juste,
Father Gerry,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
human rights advocate,
Jounen jèn,
Matthew 25,
National Cathedral,
Port au Prince,
respect,
Sasha Kramer,
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)
An old school relentless plantation-style colonialism governs the country currently through mostly white non-governmental organizations just as well as through armies like those of the U.S. and U.N. that control the flow of resources. – MULTIMEDIA BONUS: Listen to Davey D’s interview with Minister of Information JR immediately after his return from Haiti.
Tags:
Amy Winehouse,
Bill Withers,
Canada,
class,
constant hunger,
Fergie,
France,
Green Day,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haitian medics,
Italy,
Lady Gaga,
loyal house slaves,
M1,
Minister of Information JR,
missionary house,
Mos Def,
Nina Simone,
Nirvana,
occupying armies,
plantation mentality,
plantation-style colonialism,
Port au Prince,
race,
racism,
rap music,
rebellious field slaves,
the Isley Brothers,
translators,
Tupac,
U.S.,
Umi,
United Nations
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