Archiv vom August 2014

[col. writ. 8/19/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 As the days and nights of angry resistance rage on in Ferguson, Missouri, the corporate media embarks on its newest campaign: the proposed banning of “outside agitators”.
It is ironic in the extreme to hear black reporters and black cops – and, indeed, black activists – launch verbal attacks against “outside agitators”, when, were it not for such protestors during […]

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The scenes of the last few days in the town of Ferguson, Missouri, have pulled the covers off of how Blacks and cops interact in modern-day America.
In words and deeds, it reveals a state of war, with both sides riddled with bone-chilling fear.
For fear is ever-present in any war, no matter who is better armed.
Fear is also irrational, and so strong that it powers […]

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(col. writ. 8/17/14) © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 For over a week, the media and millions of viewers and readers have been focused on the ever-changing events of Ferguson, Missouri, where a local teenager, Michael Brown, was shot to death by a white cop.
What has been consistent, and un-changing, has been the level of outrage among Black Ferguson residents; men and women who have resisted every […]

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