RUSSELL “MAROON” SHOATZ (1943-2021) SPEAKS: “THE BLACK LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN PHILADELPHIA”—A 2006 Q+A INTERVIEW WITH COMRADE SOBUKWE AND MARCUS SCHELL (BOOK EXCERPT)

(It was announced today that Russell “Maroon” Shoatz has joined The Realm of the Ancestors. This Q+A interview was conducted in 2006 by Comrade Sobukwe and Marcus Schell, both supporters of the Russell “Maroon” Shoatz Defense Committee. Marcus Schell is the son of the late Reggie Schell, a founding member of Philadelphia’s Black Panther Party….

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A Note from Black Germany: Buying Power and Black Capitalism Are Myths There Too

From the original (published in German): Concepts such as black owned business or black purchasing power create connections between personal consumption decisions and the empowerment of a socially oppressed group. But does it work? Collage: Kerstin Davies At the latest with the last wave of attention for Black Lives Matter and a briefly increased awareness of the racism…

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Debunking an illusion inhibiting the Black Struggle: A review of Jared Ball’s new book

Originally published by Nino Brown as part of the Liberation School of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Introduction In the wake of the most recent rebellions against racism and police terror, there were widespread calls to “support Black businesses.” These calls were another reiteration of what Jared Ball demystifies in his latest book: The Myth…

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DHORUBA BIN-WAHAD’S LETTER TO A BLACK POLITICAL PRISONER IN THE USA

Pic courtesy of Gay City News Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, a former member of the Black Panther Party, and Black Liberation Army, penned this letter to his late comrade Abdul Majid, who died in 2017 while in prison. This letter although written over 8 years ago, vividly illustrates the political and social forces still at work in…

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“BLM” Means Black Liberation Movement Not Black Lives Matter w Dhoruba bin-Wahad

Former political prisoner, member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army Dhoruba bin-Wahad was back with us to discuss his latest essay “A History Through the Life of Dhoruba Bin-Wahad” which is meant in part to redirect focus from a hashtag to a movement. We talked also about COINTELPRO, policing, electoral politics, Angela Davis, Black…

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On Ending the Police Occupation and Terrorism Against Black People

A statement by Community Movement Builders The recent murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd Jr., David McAtee, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, Breonna Taylor, Priscilla Slater, Sean Monterrosa, and others are the most recent proof that the police (both state-employed officers and white terrorists who deputize themselves to “police” Black people) and the criminal justice system…

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