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Poem by Marvin X: I Am Nelson Mandela
I am Nelson MandelaI was jailed a thousand yearsfor thinking a thought called freedoma thousand years of jail did not taint me one bitmy will is solidconfinement is heavenI listen to the starsthey...
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Sun Ra on America
"America, the Devil don't even want you--you not even suitable for hell!"--Sun Ra, Master Teacher of the Black Arts Movement
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Black Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X Now Available for Bookings for Black...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X Now Available for Bookings for Black History Month, 2014Marvin X, the Symphony ConductorMarvin, you have so much energy and so many things going on at once....
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Black Left Unity on Ancestor Madiba--Nelson Mandela
Dec 6 at 12:37 PM http://blackleftunity.blogspot.com/2013/12/mandela-presente.htmlSisters & Brothers,We have to relentlessly combat the political neutering of Ancestor Madiba- Nelson Mandela -by...
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In Loving Memory of Revolutionary Rod Bush
In Loving MemoryRoderick Douglas BushNovember 12, 1945 – December 5, 2013Our dear loved one (partner, father, grandfather, favorite son-in-law,friend, comrade, professor, teacher, mentor) Roderick...
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Marvin X: Diary of a Mental Health Street Worker
But if Hegel was correct in his notion that the oppressor cannot free the slave, that the slave must force the oppressor’s hand, then it is Type II White Supremacy Addiction which if not more...
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RCP on the Death of Nelson Mandela
South Africa is one of the world's most unequal societies. Over half the population of South Africa lives in extreme poverty. The only source of water for 1.4 million children is dirty, disease-ridden...
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Navigating the perilous mental landscape
Navigating the perilous Mental LandscapeLike the earthquake in Japan, man too is in mental motion, a mind quake of the most devastating degree that is rocking his mental equilibrium to the core!We must...
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The Black Arts Movement Conference, University of California, Merced, Feb...
Special invited guests include Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Ishmael Reed, Askia Toure, John Bracey, James Smethurst, Mike Sell, Juan Felipe Herrera, Genny Lim, Jerry Varnado, Terry Collins, James...
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Parable of a happy dope fiend
Parable of a Happy Dope FiendIn memory of RickRick was a happy dope fiend. He loved shooting dope in the Tenderloin of San Francisco, though he used to shoot dope in the Fillmore, but that was in...
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Marvin X Offers A Healing Peek into His Psyche
Marvin X Offers A Healing Peek Into His PsycheReview of In the Crazy House Called AmericaBy Junious Ricardo Stanton Rarely is a brother secure and honest enough with himself to reveal his...
View ArticleA Marvin X poem for Blue in Green by. Miles Davis
When we see grandchildrencalling us grandfather so sweetlyfull of innocence puritytheir wisdom is most surprisingit confounds usthis world they knowwe know notwe stare in wondertheir pronouncements...
View ArticleMarvin X poem for Miles Davis - Nature boy
My favorite songa wisdom poemthe greatest thingyou will ever learnto lovebe loved in returnsearch the world for truththe simple lesson returns to mindafter all the money women sex dopewhere was love in...
View ArticleA Marvin X poem for Miles Davis in Montreal - Time After Time
And time is all we havetogethera moment or twodo not waste timeyou will look back to wonderwhat happened to timewho ate timesome big ugly monsterillusions filling the night airsomething we missed in...
View ArticleMarvin X poem for Hamza el Din - Ud
I have gone beyond memoryto walk home againfree of fearin my villagethere is no fear of lions hereonly the village firethe ritual dance into the early dawnI whirl and whirl into my worldbeyond all the...
View ArticleMarvin X poem for My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
Dear JohnSt. John of the Negro Crucifixion John of the resurrection John of the ascensionDear JohnThank you for salvation musicresurrection musichealing our wretched soulsyou saved uswe were almost...
View ArticleMarvin X poem for John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Pt. 1 Acknowledgement
A love supreme a love supreme a love supremeLove is always forever allnothing else exists loveno matter all freedom is lovelet the people dance to lovelive and die for lovea love supremea love...
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