Archiv vom Januar 2014

[col. writ. 1\10\14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
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The name, Amiri Baraka, has been known to me since my teens, when I was a member of the Black Panther Party.
 His name was often linked with that of Dr. Maulana Karenga (credited with founding Kwanzaa) of the LA based US Organization, which began as competition with the LA Black Panthers for influence in Black LA, and devolved […]

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[col. writ. 1/19/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal

His name is on millions of lips, in dozens of countries.
His image, youthful, strong and handsome, radiates from thousands of walls, in Black communities across the country – and beyond.
 His voice, confident, learned, softly couched in the accents and rhythms of the South, and is instantly recognized, as among the finest orators of the 20th century.
I write, of course, […]

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[col. writ. 1/17/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 When an American President announces a speech on his intelligence agencies, eyes and ears tune in.
That’s especially since the (Edward) Snowden revelations, of NSA (National Security Agency) dishes receiving billions – billions! – of bits of information from Americans, foreigners – everybody.
 But that President, smart, smooth as Chinese silk, handsome, took the mike to try to calm the storm, […]

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