I Shot the Sheriff: Marvin X with San Francisco's Sheriff Ross Mirkiarimi
At the Fillmore Jazz Festival, San Francisco's controversial Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, stopped by Academy of da Corner and was given a copy of Marvin's pamphlet The Mythology of Pussy and Dick. We...
View ArticleWe are Oscar Grant: Film Fruitvale Station opens at Grandlake Theatre, Oakland
BAY Grand Lake Theater - Oakland LA ArcLight - Hollywood Landmark - West Los Angeles
View ArticlePianist Alfie Pollitt and his band perform at benefit for the John Coltrane...
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View ArticleChina Opens News Bureau in Africa
Beijing – A Chinese official meets African journalists. China presence in the continent is growing.China has not only out contracted America for Africa's natural resources, but has established a corps...
View ArticlePoem by Sam Hamod: For Our Children
The Obamas in Africa at the Door of No ReturnFor Our Childrenwhy is it easierto spill the bloodof a Pakistani or Wazirstani child,without tears, but withpride, whileshedding tears, words of sorrow and...
View ArticleDanny Glover Reads Frederick Douglass: The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro
The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negroby Frederick DouglassA speech given at Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a...
View ArticleJames Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass 4th of July Speech
On July 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass had this to say:"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and...
View ArticleDeclare Your Independence from America Now, Today and Forever--Dalani Aamon,...
Declare Your Black IndependenceBy Dalani Aamon I am here in America because at least one of my ancestors survived one of the most barbaric captures and inhumane boat rides ever imaginable. That...
View ArticleThe Black Activist: Journal of the Black Left Unity Network
Today we are proud to announce the launch of a new journal to carry forward the Radical Black tradition of struggle into the 21st century.THE BLACK ACTIVIST: Journal of the Black Left Unity Network...
View ArticleOh, Misri, Out of Egypt shall come great things!
Today we witnessed another level in the people's revolution. Yet the future is uncertain, but it is clear the Egyptian people appear to reject Islamic religiosity in favor of a more secular state....
View ArticleEgypt and the American Revolution
On the 3rd of July, 2013, as we see the masses of Egypt celebrating in Tahrir Square, surely we must ask ourselves why we are not engaged in a similar real time drama for our own freedom, justice and...
View ArticleFrom the Marvin X Archives: Revolution from Egypt to the Americas
Pharoah Mubarak Falls,All Power to the PeopleLong Live the Pan African Revolution!Al Humdulilah!!!!!!!Revolutionfrom Egypt to the AmericasMarvin XParable of the Parrotfor Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and the Pan...
View ArticleZimmerman Innocent; America Guilty and the sentence is death!
A black man has no rights which a white man is bound to respect, said Chief Justice Taney in that infamous 1857 Supreme Court decision. And so it is in 2013. Surely Black America could get the drift of...
View ArticleYour Presence is a Crime against the state--every glance of the eye is a threat
"Your very presence is a crime against the state, every glance of the eye is a threat."--Richard Wright, Native SonNovelist Richard Wright wrote those words for the defense attorney in the trial of the...
View ArticleGeneralismo Marcus
Generalismo Marcusled us on many battlesthrough the agesthe African campaignmuch destructionfamine droughtfights for the thronewhen kings and queens departedwe followed the starsOgotomeli told us...
View ArticleMarvin X Speaks on Harambee Radio, Friday, 10PM
Marvin X interviewed at the Black Power Babies, Philly, March, 2013www.harambeeradio.com click on "Listen Live"or dial 1-805-309-0111840360#Listeners can now tune in without being online. Dalani
View ArticleS.O.S.--Calling All Black People
S.O.S.--Calling All Black PeopleA Black Arts Movement ReaderA major anthology of readings from the Black Arts Movementedited by John H. Bracey Jr., Sonia Sanchez, and James...
View ArticleWe are all Trayvon--The Whole Damn System is Guilty!
"Americans are afraid there will be riots, like there were after the King verdict in 1992. But we should not fear riots. We should fear a society that puts people on trial the day they are born,"...
View ArticleBlack Star Film Festival presents: Hip Hop: The New World Order by Muhammida...
August 3, 20134:30pm ESTDrexel UniversityPhiladelphiaOriginally shot over 10 years ago, and considered the first film to document hip hop globally, the project has mushroomed into a rare archive and...
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