I’d like to publicly express my prayers and condolences to Mr. Marshall “Eddie” Conway and family in light of the passing of his mother. Mr. Conway is Maryland’s longest serving political prisoner incarcerated 40 years ago while serving in Baltimore’s Black Panther Party. Activists and concerned citizens from Baltimore have been contacting the appropriate...
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Tags: baltimore, Black Panther Party, Marshall Eddie Conway, Maryland, Political Prisoner
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What if a military force came to your neighborhood built walls all around your block and refused to allow you to go and come as you please. How would you feel about that? What if they decided to attack your walled-in neighborhood from the sky and sent troops in to kill people too. How...
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Tags: Erez Crossing, Flotilla, Gaza Strip, Israel, Palestine
Posted in Barack Obama, Freedom!, International Focus, Islam, Israel, My Story, Palestine, Police, Politicians, Politics, civil rights | 2 Comments »
Today was an extremely full day that started bright and early at 8AM. Well, for me the day started at 5:00AM. After going to bed at about 11PM the night before, I found myself lying in bed staring at the ceiling at 5. I tried to force myself back to sleep, but I couldn’t...
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Tags: Apartheid Wall, East Jerusalem, Israeli, Israelis Against Home Demolitions, Jeff Halper, Jerusalem, Middle East, Palestinian
Posted in Christian, Culture, Faith &/or Religion, Faith and war, Freedom!, International Focus, Islam, Israel, My Story, Palestine, Police, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Social Justice, civil rights | No Comments »
I wasn’t in my door 1 hour before gunshots rang out in my neighborhood. Fresh back in town from a short family vacation to celebrate my milestone birthday, I was hoping to ease back into city life. At least looking forward to a lazy, uneventful Saturday afternoon/evening before the bells of Sunday morning started...
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Tags: baltimore, Coldspring, Govans, guns, Northern District Police Station, shooting, Winston Govans Community Association, York Road Alternatives for Youth, York Road Partnership
Posted in Beloved Community, Black Women, Clergy, Culture, Faith &/or Religion, Faith and war, My Story, Police, Politics, Religion, State of Black America, activist, baltimore, civil rights | 9 Comments »
By now many of you have heard about this Christian Militia out of Michigan that allegedly was planning to incite a violent attack on police officers – hoping to spark a larger militaristic confrontation. These types of stories pop up from time to time so while I’m dismayed by it, I’m not necessarily shocked...
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Tags: Biblical Interpretation, Christian, Hutaree Militia, Jesus Christ, Michigan, Militia, Murder, Sojourners, Torture
Posted in African American Christian, Christian, Clergy, Culture, Faith &/or Religion, Faith and war, Free Your Mind, International Focus, Islam, Israel, Palestine, Police, Politics, Religion, Social Justice | 4 Comments »
EVEN IF YOU IN A BENZ YOU STILL A NIGGA IN A COUPE So goes the line in one of Kanye West’s first smash hits entitled, “All Falls Down.” The prophetic phrase strikes the core of the frustrating racialized experience of Africans and other so-called “minorities” in America. The bottom line for many of...
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On March 6, 2009, the United Workers put the three worst employers on notice for violating the economic human rights of Harbor workers, but were blocked from delivering notices to the Baltimore Inner Harbor businesses. Workers held a press conference across from the Inner Harbor and planned to deliver “notices” to the three employers....
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In a city that seems all too eager to embrace simplistic explanations of crime and violence with the “good” people and “bad” people properly assigned, City Paper has joined almost every other major publication/news broadcast in Baltimore in featuring the tragic story of Zach Sowers. A young husband who was robbed and beaten into...
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Posted in Culture, Maryland, Media Analysis, Police, Politicians, Social Justice, State of Black America, White folks, activist, baltimore, baltimore politics, black baltimore | 2 Comments »
On this day in 1969, the headquarters of the Chicago Black Panther Party was targeted in a pre-dawn raid by the Chicago Police Department in partnership with J. Edgar Hoover’s Federal Bureau of Investigation. The “law” enforcement officers emptied their guns on every brown body in the building and when the smoke cleared they...
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Posted in Africans in America, Black Nationalists, Free Your Mind, Freedom!, Pan-Afrikan, Police, Politicians, Social Justice, State of Black America, activist, africa, civil rights, cointelpro | 4 Comments »
Hat Tip: Associated Press The death of a 19-year-old found slumped in his cell a day after he was jailed on charges of running over and killing a police officer has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Monday. The Maryland Medical Examiner ruled Monday that Ronnie White’s death in Prince George’s County Correctional Center...
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