On Ending the Police Occupation and Terrorism Against Black People
OUR DEMANDS A People-Powered Solution Community Movement Builders agree with the people’s demand not only to de-fund and eventually abolish the police force, but also call [...]
What Jay Z’s Meltdown Shows Us About Capitalism
A few weeks ago, Jay Z got it in his head that ‘capitalist’ was just a ‘new slur they invented to keep the black man down’ or whatever. Why would he think this? As [...]
GBI and Biden’s FBI Terrorizes Non-Violent Defend Atlanta Forest Movement to Crush Dissent for Unpopular “Cop City” Plan
In a dramatic escalation of the war on non-violent environmental defenders and racial justice advocates, the GBI, in coordination with DeKalb County Police, Atlanta Police, [...]
Beauty Standards, Pop culture, and Self- Acceptance
Laurel A. Berryman As I wake up and turn to grab my phone to engage in my daily “doom scroll”, I come across an Instagram Reel that grabs my attention. In the reel, D.C [...]
In a White man’s prisons: Walter Rodney, decolonization, and abolition
Walter Rodney was keen to the plight of Black people all across the world, both on the continent of Africa and throughout every inch of our diaspora. Whether in the streets [...]
The Combahee River Collective Statement as a Reflection of Black Feminism(s)
The Combahee River Collective was a group of Black feminists who met and organized in Boston, Massachusetts from 1974 to 1980. Throughout their six years of meetings, the [...]
Diaspora Wars in the Black Community: A Catalyst for Division
“The only difference is a boat stop.”, something that is said to remind us of the differences within the African diaspora, but there are other ways in which we are [...]
Black Mandate
Since the arrival of Black people in this country, there has been an agenda and a mandate to repress Black voices. The American government works tirelessly to stop Black [...]
AN OPEN LETTER RE: ATLANTA DSA FROM DARC’S FOUNDERS
This is an open letter to Atlanta DSA, and more specifically, Kelsea, Shafeka, Nora and all other members of the Steering Committee and former DARC leadership who have [...]
How Shaving My Head Redefined My Beauty
As a child, the hair on my head refused to grow. All I craved for was the ability to trade in tight and frilly silk headbands, used by my mom to help others clearly define me [...]
Can Black Nationalism Be Revolutionary?
The idea of nationalism has been used in history as both a destructive force and a liberatory one. Some think of nationalism, and they think of a xenophobic, bigoted [...]
Bill Cosby’s conviction has been overturned. Has anything fundamentally changed?
To be clear, Bill Cosby is an ADMITTED serial rapist. Recent events do not change that fact, for better or for worse. Read about the technicalities of the judgement here. [...]
Black and Brown Consent
Consent in Afro-Caribbean Spaces and Beyond Imagining Culturally Competent Consent It’s summer in the city, everyone’s wearing less and going out more, and event flyers [...]
They Institutions Vs. Ours
In one of their tracks, titled They Schools, M-1 and Stic Man, a.k.a the rap duo, Dead Prez, rapped about the horrors of the U.S. school system. In this song, Stic Man [...]
“A Case for Gatekeeping Black Music”
I studied classical music for a few years in college.To no one’s surprise this included a very rigorous and a very white curriculum. While it was standard for all [...]
January 6th
On June 1st, 2020, in the wake of the country’s outrage about the murder of Breonna Taylor, Ahmed Arbery, and George Floyd, I was arrested during at a Black Lives Matter [...]
Lesser-known Black women communists you must learn about (part one)
For as long as white society has oppressed Black people, Black women have led struggles for the liberation of Black people throughout the diaspora. Black women have and [...]
University Endowments and Abolition Feminist Movements:
A Call for Extending U.S. Based Endowments to Community Knowledge Production Sites As we all conjure up futures beyond our current climate crisis and public health emergency, [...]
African-American Holidays: Traditions of Self-Determination
Every year we hear the same arguments made about why African-Americans should not celebrate American holidays. From an African-centered perspective, American holidays are [...]
Kennesaw State is protecting a racist murderer cop. Kennesaw State is protecting a racist murderer cop. Kennesaw State is protecti…
RIP Rayshard Brooks [...]
Atlanta is Cap
Atlanta, the home of trap music, Fortune 500 companies, wealthy Black socialites, and entrepreneurs. The city has been termed the “Black Mecca” and the [...]
#ENDSARS pt. 1
Miliaku writes about the #Endsars protest and it's historical context. [...]
From Atlanta To Memphis We Demand Justice – Stop Cop City
The Atlanta Police Chief, Mayor Dickens, Governor Kemp, and others in positions of power have tried todemonize the Stop Cop City/Defend the Forest movement any way they can; [...]