Newark’s Black-Powered Engineer: Kenneth Gibson (1932-2019)
By Todd Steven Burroughs NEWARK SYMPHONY HALL was, at best, half full Thursday night for the funeral of Kenneth Gibson, whose full surname will always be Newark’s first African-American mayor and the first Black mayor of a major northeastern city. It was packed for Amiri Baraka, but that was five years ago. Cinco years is…
Read moreSupport Grassroots Initiatives In Puerto Rico!
The following statement/call from Iris Morales was republished with permission Dear Friends, I recently returned from Puerto Rico and write to echo the urgency expressed by others. The situation is dire. The conditions are raw. Hurricanes Irma and Maria have laid bare the result of centuries of colonial control, austerity, and exploitation. …
Read moreThe Puerto Rican Colony, Oscar Lopez Rivera and the Politics of Parades
Iris Morales, attorney, activist, educator, filmmaker and author recently of Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords 1969 – 1976 joined us once again to discuss Puerto Rican colonization, the freedom of Oscar Lopez Rivera and the politics of the Puerto Rican Day Parade. See our previous interview with Iris Morales here!
Read moreLas Mujeres Rebeldes – The Rebel Women with Iris Morales
Filmmaker, activist and author Iris Morales joined us for a discussion of her new book, Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords 1969 – 1976, and many related issues from women in political struggle, feminism, Puerto Rican liberation, socialism, internationalism, race and colonialism and so much more.
Read morePuerto Rico's Debt Is Not Financial, It's Colonial: The Political Imprisonment of Oscar Lopez Rivera
Vicente “Panama” Alba joined us from Puerto Rico to discuss the political imprisonment and repression of Puerto Rican Nationalists and specifically Oscar Lopez Rivera.
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