Althea, I see and visualize you walking around heaven with Harriett, Martin, Malcolm, John Brown, Nat, George, Clara, Billie etc. You fed the hungry – mentally, spiritually and physically – and clothed the needy. You gave the blood of your intellect for the liberation and spiritual salvation of all the oppressed and exploited people, the masses.
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Althea Francois,
Angola State Prison,
Black Panther Party,
Bobby Seale’s mayoral campaign,
Critical Resistance South,
Gentilly neighborhood,
human dignity,
It’s About Time,
Liberation School,
Louisiana Black Panther,
Marion Brown,
Matthew 25:35,
Nassor Faruq Hassan (Ronald Ailsworth),
National Coalition to Free the Angola 3,
New Orleans,
New Orleans police,
Office of the Police Monitor,
Olga Francois,
Piety Street office,
political education class,
political prisoners,
prison abolitionist,
Prison Activist Resource Center,
prison industrial complex,
Robert King,
Safe Streets / Strong Communities,
Sickle Cell Research Center,
solitary confinement,
spiritual liberation,
Todd Taylor,
West Oakland Center
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.
Tags:
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
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!
Tags:
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
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.
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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”
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!
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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
Lynne Stewart is one of the last of a dying breed of political lawyers who represent victims of government tyranny as her quest in life. Now she is one of America’s newest political prisoners. She represented people like Larry Davis and members of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, among other high profile cases.
Tags:
Bill Kunstler,
Black Liberation Army,
Black Panther Party,
Black rights,
blind Muslim sheik,
civil rights struggle,
community control,
economic political prisoners,
equal rights for Black people,
Harlem,
human rights struggle,
inner cities,
Larry Davis,
Lynne Stewart,
Minister of Information JR,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
Ohio 7,
political lawyer,
public works,
quality education,
Richard Williams,
skin privilege,
Weather Underground,
World Trade Center
They smiled and they grinned with the deeds they had done. / They chanted, “Chairman is dead,” while they splashed through his blood. / The media made up lies; the States Attorney told tales. / Before I was born, I was cellies with my Mama in a jail cell. – POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.
The Black Panther Party educated people, fed children, provided health care and resisted armed police aggression and other forms of government sanctioned aggression. Two of the martyrs of this movement were Chairman Fred Hampton and Defense Captain Mark Clark of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, who were both assassinated by the government on Dec. 4, 1969.
Tags:
Akua Njeri,
Black Panther Party,
Cha Cha Jimenez of the Young Lords organization,
Chairman Fred Hampton,
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
Chairman Mao,
Deborah Johnson,
December 12th Movement,
December 4th Committee,
Defense Captain Mark Clark,
freedom fighters,
Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party,
International Revolutionary Day,
Malcolm X,
Marcus Garvey,
massacre on Monroe,
Minister Huey P. Newton,
Minister of Information JR,
MOVE organization,
New Orleans Coordinator Chui,
Oscar Grant,
Pam and Ramona Africa,
POCC Minister of Defense Aaron Patterson,
police terrorism,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee (POCC),
Rainbow Coalition,
revolutionaries,
revolutionary organization,
the Last Poets,
“the hawk”
December 4th, International Revolutionary Day, was a historic day, not just because it was the 40th commemoration of the assassination of Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton and Defense Captain Mark Clark of the Black Panther Party, but because of the way the people responded to remember these freedom fighters after such time.
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2337 Chairman Fred Hampton Way,
assassination,
Black Panther Party,
Cha Cha Jimenez,
Chicago POCC’s Kazi,
December 4th Committee’s Akua Njeri,
Defense Captain Mark Clark,
Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton,
freedom fighters,
International Revolutionary Day,
Kathleen Cleaver,
Minister of Information JR,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
Ramona and Pam Africa,
Ray Baker,
the Last Poets,
Young Lords
KPFA has been actively trying to restrain Flashpoints’ success for years now, but most of all during Rijio’s tenure as general manager. We take on the stories that make the establishment nervous, whether it’s police beatings and injustice inside the station – Nadra Foster – or outside the station. We report from the ground, whether it’s from Haiti or the West Bank or at the frontlines of the Native American struggle. Our Palestine coverage in particular has garnered intense scrutiny, to use a euphemism, from the pro-Zionist crowd.
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Anita Johnson,
Black Panther Party,
Black public affairs show,
Block Report,
Bobby Seale,
Davey D’s Street Knowledge Radio show on KMEL,
Dev Ross,
Dj Mike Biggz,
Eric Klein,
Flashpoints,
Frank Sterling,
Full Circle,
Hard Knock Radio,
Huey P. Newton,
KPFA,
KPFA News Department,
KPFA Program Council,
Lemlem Rijio,
Lois Withers,
Minister of Information JR,
Nadra Foster,
Nora Barrows-Friedman,
Pacifica,
Palestine coverage,
radio training program,
Sasha Lilley,
Unpaid Staff Organization,
Youth Radio,
“progressive radio”
The Bay Area is rallying around Minister of Information JR, facing three years in prison for covering the Oakland Rebellion that demanded justice for Oscar Grant and for his courageous coverage of police terrorism known throughout the country. Influential organizations are calling an 8 a.m. rally on Monday, Dec. 7, then to pack Courtroom 11, 1225 Fallon St., Oakland, the courthouse made famous by the many rallies the Black Panther Party held there.
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393 Films,
Alameda County Courthouse,
Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle,
Black Panther Party,
Block Report Radio,
criminalization,
Critical Resistance,
Holly Works,
Johannes Mehserle,
Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal,
Lovelle Mixon,
Manuel La Fontaine,
militarized and racist police forces,
Minister of Information JR,
Oakland police,
Oakland Rebellions,
Oscar Grant,
Plan for a Safer Oakland,
POCC Minister of Information JR Valrey,
police terrorism,
police violence,
“Operation Small Axe”
On Dec. 4, 1969, 40 years ago, Chicago police led by Cook County prosecutor Edward Hanrahan as part of an FBI Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) operation stormed into Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton’s apartment at 4:30 a.m. Commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton and Defense Captain Mark Clark on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in Chicago, San Francisco or your city.
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'All power to the people!',
40th anniversary of Chairman Fred Hampton’s assassination,
Black Panther newspaper,
Black Panther Party,
Bob Avakian,
Bunchy Carter,
Cook County prosecutor Edward Hanrahan,
Deborah Johnson (aka Akua Njeri),
Dec. 4 1969,
Defense Captain Mark Clark,
FBI Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO),
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover,
Fred Hampton,
free clinics,
George Jackson,
Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton,
Jeffrey Haas,
John Huggins,
Lawrence Hill Books,
Malcolm X,
Mao Tsetung,
Mike Royko,
Panthers “the greatest threat to the internal security of the country”,
people’s tours,
revolutionaries,
street gangs,
‘I am ... a revolutionary!’
The Fox News cable channel crew has discovered a new all-purpose Black boogey-man to rile latent racial animosity in America: Mumia Abu-Jamal, the internationally acclaimed death row journalist. Abu-Jamal is now a regular reference in the weapons of mass deception arsenal employed by Fox and its friends to demonize their enemies de jour.
Tags:
1968 Kerner Commission Report on race relations in America,
Amnesty International,
Amnesty International’s Death Penalty Abolition Campaign,
Angela Davis,
Attorney General Eric Holder,
Autonomous Unions of Haiti,
Berlin Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal,
Black August,
Black Panther Party,
Charles Rangel,
civil rights investigation,
Cliff Kincaid,
Cornel West,
Cynthia McKinney,
David Horowitz,
death penalty,
death row journalist,
Dr. Suzanne Ross,
El-Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan,
Fignolé Saint-Cyr,
FOX News,
Fraternal Order of Police,
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition,
Glen Beck,
Gov. Tom Ridge,
Hilary Shelton,
International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu,
Joseph “Jazz” Hayden,
Judge Albert Sabo,
Judge Sabo,
Julian Bond,
Kiilu Nyasha,
Laura Moye,
Linn Washington Jr,
Marvin “Doc” Cheatham Sr.,
Minister of Information,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
NAACP,
Noam Chomsky,
Officer Daniel Faulkner,
Pam Africa,
Panama Alba,
political prisoners,
Rev. Jeremiah Wright,
Robert Chobert,
Ruby Dee,
Sen. Ted Stevens,
Tariq Ali,
The Final Call,
Thomas Ruffin,
“fry the nigger”,
“Green Jobs Czar” Van Jones
Prisoners of Conscience Committee Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. will be hitting Northern Cali Nov. 7-13 to talk about the 40th anniversary of the assassination of his father, Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and Defense Captain Mark Clark. Come out to support Chairman Fred, Block Report Radio and the SF Bay View!
Tags:
"You Can Kill a Revolutionary But You Can't Kill the Revolution" tour,
393 Films,
assassination of Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton of the Illinois Black Panther Party,
Barrios Unidos,
Black Dot Café,
Black New World,
Black Panther Party,
Block Report Radio,
Boots from the Street Sweepers Social Club and the rap group the Coup,
Brown Berets,
Defense Captain Mark Clark,
Elbert "Big Man" Howard,
Hip Hop journalist Davey D,
Lovelle Mixon,
Minister of Culture Emory Douglas,
NAACP,
Oscar Grant,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
POOR Magazine,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
Queen Nandi from Poor News Network
Paul Robeson was an extraordinary and versatile individual, world famous during his lifetime, who has been deliberately erased from the dominant myth of U.S. history for speaking the truth about conditions both domestic and abroad – his opposition to racism, fascism and colonialism and his support for civil and human rights, democracy, national liberation, socialism and the day-to-day resistance of working people of all lands to oppression, knowing that his fame would allow these messages to be more widely heard.
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Africa and the World,
Albania,
America,
anti-Communists,
Black liberation movements,
Black man,
Black manhood,
Black Panther Party,
Candy Gonzalez,
China,
CIA,
CIA-developed drug,
civil,
colonialism,
Columbia Law School,
Cuba,
democracy,
enslaved,
Eslanda Cardozo Goode,
fascism,
FBI,
Frederick Douglass,
freed,
Freedom,
George,
Harriet Tubman,
Henry Lloyd Garrison,
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC),
human rights,
John Brown,
John Henrik Clarke,
Jomo Kenyatta,
Korea,
Kwame Nkrumah,
Lincoln University,
lynching,
Malcolm X,
Martin Luther King,
national liberation,
New Jersey,
newly enslaved,
niggers,
Paul Robeson,
Pennsylvania,
People’s Republic of China,
Plessey v. Ferguson,
Princeton,
principled African-American unity,
racism,
racist society,
radical Black churches,
Radio & Audio,
Renaissance man,
resistance,
Russian director Sergei Eisenstein,
Rutgers University,
screen,
segregated theatres,
slave,
socialism,
Sojourner Truth,
Spain,
stage,
the American Crusade to End Lynching,
the civil rights movement,
the Haitian Revolution,
the Russian Constitution,
the Soviet Union,
the Spanish Civil War,
the Supreme Court,
the United Nations,
the United States,
theatre,
U.S. history,
Viet-Nam,
Wales,
white America,
William Drew Robeson,
William Patterson,
working people,
World War II,
“The Proud Valley”,
“We Charge Genocide”
As the G20 gathers again, they assemble amidst the wreckage of their own creation. Representatives of 20 of the alleged developed economies, they are instead representatives of casino capitalism, the use, misuse and grand-theft of public wealth to fund the bonuses of financial pirates which have looted the treasury of billions.
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Black Panther Party,
casino capitalism,
consumer based economy,
Foreclosures,
free labor,
Goldman Sachs,
lost 401ks,
lost benefits,
lost jobs,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
President Nicolas Sarkozy,
stimulus packages,
tax havens,
the G20,
Wall Street,
“Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A.”
We are not surprised that Malik Rahim is being hailed as one of the heroes of Hurricane Katrina. In 1997, Malik rediscovered information on our case and made it his mission to bring attention to the plight that Albert, King, myself and so many other Louisiana prisoners have endured in being unfairly convicted and sentenced. The Angola 3 went from obscurity to international recognition thanks to Malik’s efforts.
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Albert Woodfox,
Angola 3,
Black Panther Party,
CCR (“Closed Cell Restricted”),
Common Ground Collective,
Common Ground Relief,
Emmett Till,
Herman Wallace,
Hurricane Katrina,
life sentence,
life-without-parole sentences,
Loubertha Johnson,
Malik Rahim,
prison industrial complex,
Robert King,
slave syndicate
Black August begins with a campaign for the acquittal of Francisco Torres, the only member of the San Francisco 8 still charged. Go to www.freethesf8.org for messages to phone or fax to Attorney General Jerry Brown, urging him to drop the charges. Cisco’s hearing is Aug. 10 if the charges aren’t dropped.
Tags:
AfroSolo Arts Festival,
AfroSolo Theatre Company,
Alice Walker,
Alicia Jrapko,
Angola 3,
Antonio Guerrero,
Attorney General Jerry Brown,
Banyamulenge Tutsi,
Bernard C. Parks,
Best of the Bay 2009,
Black August,
Black August Organizing Committee,
Black Panther Party,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Brian Freeman,
Brother Hodari,
Brother Rafiki,
Cal Tjader,
Chai Vasarhelyi,
Chairman Fred Hampton,
Chip Fitzgerald,
COINTELPRO,
Congo,
Cuban 5,
Dale Wasserman,
Deborah Johnson,
Desley Brooks,
Destiny Muhammad,
E. Lynn Harris,
Eric Reed Trio,
Ernestine Anderson,
Francisco Torres,
Frank Jackson,
Frankye Kelly,
Frederick Douglass,
Gayle McLaughlin,
George and Jonathan Jackson,
George Jackson,
Gerald Wright,
Great Flood of New Orleans,
Gregory Isaacs with Native Elements,
Hansford Prince,
Honorable Elijah Muhammad,
Hurricane Katrina,
James Baldwin,
James McClain,
Janine Africa,
Jewelle Gomez,
Judith Offer,
Kai Hazelwood,
Karla Brundage,
Kelda Muzik aka “Diva”,
Ken Kesey,
Khatari Gaulden,
Kheven LaGrone,
Kiilu Nyasha,
Lance McGee,
Lauren Whitehead,
Leela James and Bilal,
Les McCann,
Loretta Devine,
Malcolm X,
Malonga Casquelord Center for the Arts,
Marcus Garvey,
Mark Clark,
Martin King,
Melvin Atkins,
Michael Jackson,
Michael Torres,
Milt Jackson,
Morrie Turner,
Nicolas Bearde,
Oliver Chin,
President Obama,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
Rahim Sabir,
Raja Rahim,
Ramona Africa,
Ramsey Lewis,
Rev. Liza Rankow,
Robert King,
San Francisco 8,
Sean Davis,
Sekouba Bambino Diabate,
Shaka At-Thinnin,
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi,
Susi Damilano,
Ted Pontiflet,
Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor,
Tia Boyd,
Timothy James,
Tracey Chapman,
W. Kamau Bell,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda’s Picks Radio,
William Kunstler,
Williams Christmas,
www.sfbg.com/bobparty,
Yancie Taylor,
Youssou N’Dour
“George Jackson was my hero. He set a standard for prisoners, political prisoners, for people. He showed the love, the strength, the revolutionary fervor that’s characteristic of any soldier for the people. He inspired prisoners, whom I later encountered, to put his ideas into practice. And so his spirit became a living thing.” – from the eulogy by Huey P. Newton, former Minister of Defense, Black Panther Party, at the Revolutionary Memorial Service for George Jackson, 1971
Tags:
August,
Black Liberation Movement,
Black Panther Party,
Bobby Hutton,
California,
Dr. Huey P. Newton,
FBI,
Field Marshal George,
former Minister of Defense,
George and Jonathan Jackson,
James McClain,
John Brown,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
Nat Turner,
New Jersey,
Newark,
Ph.D.,
Robert Lawrence,
San Quentin Prison,
Steve Bartholomew,
Sylvester Bel,
Sylvester Bell,
the LAPD,
the Philadelphia-based naturalist MOVE Organization,
the Revolutionary Memorial Service for George Jackson,
Tommy Lewis,
William Christmas,
www.blockreportradio.com,
www.citylights.com,
www.prisonradio.org,
“Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A.”
What was amazing about the hearing Monday was the prosecution’s admission that it didn’t have enough evidence to convict these men. As attorney Daro Inouye said of Jalil Muntaqim, who pled no contest to the prosecution’s charge of conspiracy, his client picked up a loaded grenade to save his brothers, his friends, his fellow defendants, and he didn’t plead guilty. That language did not pass his lips.
Tags:
Albert Nuh Washington,
Angela Davis,
Annette Gordon-Reed,
asha bandele,
Black August,
Black Liberation Army,
Black liberation movements,
Black Nationalism,
Black Panther Party,
Black slave revolts,
Booker T. Washington,
Capoiera N’Gola,
Charles Bourdon,
Chinua Achebe,
coercion,
COINTELPRO,
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights,
Congressman Conyers,
Congressman John Conyers,
Cristina Peri Rossi,
Curtis Austin,
Daro Inouye,
Dhameerah Ahmed,
Diana Block,
Douglas Blackmon,
Elaine Brown,
Eldridge Cleaver,
Emory Douglas,
FBI agents,
Francisco Torres,
Frederick Douglass,
freedom fighters,
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle,
Freedom School,
George Jackson,
George N. Katsiaficas,
Grand Jury Resisters,
Haiti Action Committee,
Harold L. Bingham,
Harold Taylor,
Henry (Hank) Jones,
Herman Bell,
Homeland Security,
Jalil Muntaqim,
Jalil Muntaqim (Anthony Bottom),
James Baldwin,
Jericho Amnesty Movement,
John Bowman,
John Edgar Wideman,
Judge Philip J. Moscone,
Kathleen Cleaver,
Ken Saro-Wiwa,
Kevin Cooper,
Kiilu Nyasha,
Kokovulu Lumakanda,
liberation movement,
Malcolm X,
Mama Ayanna Mashama,
Marcus Garvey,
Marilyn Buck,
Mestre Temba Mashama,
Minister of Culture Emory Douglas,
Nadra Foster,
Nation of Islam,
Nellie Wong,
New Orleans police,
Pierre Labossiere,
plea bargain,
police torture,
President Obama,
progressive organizers,
Ray Boudreaux,
revolutionaries,
Richard Brown,
Richard O’Neal,
Richard Wright,
Robert King,
Ruben Scott,
San Francisco policemen,
San Quentin’s death row,
Scott Braley,
Senate Church Committee,
slave narratives,
Soffiyah Elijah,
state sponsored terrorism,
state terrorism,
terrorists,
Terry Collins,
threats,
torture tactics,
USA Patriot Act,
Vukani Mawethu Choir,
Walter Turner,
Wole Soyinka,
Zora Neale Hurston
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