September 2011
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“[Being mandated to speak English] contributes to the trivialization of anything...”
– Wangari Maathai, Unbowed. (via withendlesslove)
An incredible environmental justice, womanist, African spirit.
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currently in la paz, bolivia and about to go to the march against the building of the highway through the selva (and the homes of many people, history, culture) aka the construction of a highway to benefit big multi-national business and the murdering of people in their homes for profit. today there is a national strike in bolivia. amazing energy!
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“The American philosopher Lewis Gordon, in an essay on affirmative action:
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– Source via AIAC (via fyeahafrica)
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Watchdahlias-y-rosas:
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sharvondaphotog:
Kai’s “controversial” poem. This topic I can definitely relate to as someone who was told in high school that I “act white” because I got straight A’s, and in college, “I thought you were stupid until you spoke” because I’m black. (Had to...
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Psychoservative: The Chilean Student Movement... →
fukuyamaonshrooms:
Perhaps the greatest challenge for the radical left today is to articulate a politics that decisively breaks with the disastrous experiences of many 20th century socialisms. This is a difficult task that requires self-reflection, active questioning, and openness to new expressions of struggle by…
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““This is a sad, grim day in Georgia. It was so encouraging that over one million...”
– U.S. Representative John Lewis, on the Georgia parole board’s decision to deny Troy Davis clemency. (via clownetowne)
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“We gotta make a change…
It’s time for us as a people to start...”
– Tupac- Changes
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California to Release Thousands of Female...
Prison officials in California are preparing to release thousands of female inmates who have children to finish their sentences from home. The state faces a court-imposed order to make room in its overcrowded prison system. The release would apply to mothers convicted of nonviolent, non-sexual crimes with two or less years left on their sentence. Officials say the decision would apply to more than...
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Oliver Mtukudzi
becrew:
Tsimba Itsoka (There is no footprint without the foot)
- Shona proverb quoted by Oliver Mtukudzi’s
Be Fearless and step out.
blog hightlighting some of the many fabulous... →
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A Database of Names to Trace [En]Slave[d... →
Scholars at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond have set out to leaf through eight million documents dating back to the 17th century, seeking the names of slaves. The preliminary results, listing about 1,400 enslaved people and 180 owners, will start appearing on Wednesday in a database posted at vahistorical.org.
*interesting that they do occasionally use “enslaved”- i will...
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Denouncing the Capital "i"
toohunnit:
living in this capitalistic society we often get caught up in the phrases ” I gotta do me”, ” I’m headed to the top” or even “I’m Grown”. thats why in english the i is captilized, but the “We” is never. i’d be nothing without us (We). So from this day forward We are denouncing the capital i and replacing it with a Capital We.- Sanyika Shakur
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“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used...”
– Arundhati Roy (via ofbecoming)
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WatchArundhati Roy: Come September.
Thinking, on this day of September 11th, of the world as one world. History, present and future all linked and in conversation with each other. A global perspective challenging the white supremacist patriarchy of u.s.a imperialism and creating spaces and language with which we, the oppressed people’s of the world, can in honesty join together and SPEAK TRUTH...
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It All Seemed So Plausible: On Anniversaries. →
None of us need anniversaries to remind us of what we cannot forget. So it’s no more than co-incidence that I happen to be here, on American soil, in September - this month of dreadful anniversaries. Uppermost on everybody’s mind of course, particularly here in America, is the horror of…
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“The B.L.A. has undertaken armed struggle as a means by which the social...”
– Message to the Black Movement: A Political Statement From the Black Underground by the BLA
I am reading this as part of a directed study I am doing on armed resistance. And this stood out because this is the BLA’s reasoning and justification for armed struggle, not as a tactic of struggle, but as a...
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The Black Panther Party Ten Point Program (1960's) →
buf-fa-lo:
The Ten Point Program was as follows:
WE WANT FREEDOM. WE WANT POWER TO DETERMINE THE DESTINY OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES. We believe that Black and oppressed people will not be free until we are able to determine our destinies in our own communities ourselves, by fully…
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Bolivia bans cars for 'Day of the Pedestrian'
Cars and buses were taken off the streets of Bolivia as the country held its first “National Day of the Pedestrian”.
All motorised vehicles, including public transport, were banned in cities across the country on Sunday.
Bolivia’s government says it wants to raise awareness about the environment.
It comes at a time when President Evo Morales’ government is facing...
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color·blinding: NEWSFLASH: Non-whites can be... →
sapphrikah:
ethiopienne:
colorblinding:
There is an extremely dangerous trend on Tumblr, especially amongst some race bloggers, to constantly vilify white as the basis of all things evil, bad, ignorant, uneducated, wrong, unsympathetic, etc. etc. etc. I’ve seen everything from posts by race bloggers who state that they cannot understand why a white person would ever reblog something...
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Calling on All Silent Minorities
HEY C’MON COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE WE NEED TO HAVE THIS MEETING AT THIS TREE AIN’ EVEN BEEN PLANTED YET
by June Jordan
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10 Books About Prison That Will Make You Rethink... →
nuestrahermana:
via: nadia-love:
“We take for granted that more than 2 million US citizens are incarcerated. These books suggest it’s time to rethink the whole operation.”
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