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Sick & Tired of Being Sick & Tired: “Die-Vestment” in Black Baltimore
“I think I have some sense of what neighborhoods in Baltimore are like and what they need.”-M.J. “Jay” Brodie, President, Baltimore Development Corporation “I think I have some sense of what neighborhoods in Baltimore are like and what they need.” That was, in part, M.J. Brodie’s response to my critique of his agency’s impact...
Palestinian Freedom Riders To Ride Settler Buses to Jerusalem: Baltimore Plans Solidarity Action
FROM: Baltimore Solidarity with Palestine Facebook Event Page: On November 15, 2011, young Palestinian activists are planning a bold new assertion of their human rights in the face of Israeli state-instituted segregation, and they are reaching out to American allies for support, especially in cities like Baltimore which know segregation and anti-segregation activism. On...
Another Baltimore Development Corporation is Possible
MEETING TONIGHT ON THE STEPS OF THE BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’S OFFICE AT 5:00PM (EST) LOCATED: 36 S Charles St # 1600 Baltimore, MD 21201-3015 To brush up on what the Baltimore Development Corporation is and explore it’s role in Baltimore click here to read: “The Baltimore Development Corporation: A Case Study of Economic Development...
Preparing To Break Up With My Bank On November 5. How’s This: “It’s not me, Wells Fargo – it’s you!”
I was already a bit on the fence about my primary bank which was Wachovia. Though I had been with the bank for some years, I began to give Wachovia the side eye when I learned about 8 years ago that it had history wrapped up in the enslavement and sale of my Ancestors....
You Can Do Something To Help Maryland’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner Today: FREE MARSHALL “EDDIE” CONWAY!
Mr. Marshall “Eddie” Conway is a true servant of his community. Imprisoned for more than four decades for the crime of murdering a Baltimore City Police Officer – a crime for which he maintains his innocence – Mr. Conway has not allowed the prison cell to suppress his spirit and will to organize his...
Jim Wallis: It’s Finally Over – and it was Wrong
Jim Wallis writes a thought-provoking article about the “end” of the Iraq War entitled, It’s Finally Over – and it was Wrong.” It made me think about the first time I was arrested for direct action and civil disobedience in protest of the military invasion and occupation of Iraq four years ago. The action...
Kathleen Cleaver in Baltimore for “Cointelpro 101″ Event: Morgan State, November 2, 2011 6PM
The first time I met Kathleen Cleaver was a November 2007 Black Panther Rank & File Symposium that the Maryland Institute College of Art put on. As my blog article from that day reveals; I was touched by the continuing flame of Cleaver’s passion for the same issues she put her body on the...
Day of Protest in Baltimore: March Against Youth Jail & #OccupyBaltimore Set To Begin Today
If all goes as planned. Today – October, 4, 2011 – will be a day that is remembered and perhaps even recorded in the “People’s History of Baltimore City.” For the past couple of years a committed group of activists have been challenging Maryland state plans to build a multi-million dollar youth jail in...
The Murder of Troy Davis Sends A Spark for Social Justice to the Souls of College Students
Five days after the murder of Troy Davis I am admittedly still reeling and healing from this latest barrage of barbaric brutality on Black people from the United States “Justice” System. “Troy Davis” is the latest chapter of terrorism in the collective memory of American Africans. If theories on genetic memory are right and...
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