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…

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Support 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.  …

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Las 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.

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