A black man stands in a crowd and begins to feel wings bursting through his back. Piercing and painful, but they cannot retract. The crowd of black folks pushes and pulls. They ebb and flow with elation and anger. These wings require space and have a mind of their own. The man feels strengthened enough… Continue reading Blackness Spreading Out : Our Wings
The past year and a half of an ongoing global viral pandemic, and continued uprisings in response to state-sanctioned violence against Black people, has produced serious ongoing discussions about care and the labor of care. In unprecedented times of isolation, we found ourselves thinking deeply about our care networks and how to sustain or expand… Continue reading The Death Within Strong Black Women Narratives/Towards A New Politics of Care
Today I went to a rallyFor a young black man murdered In his own home. I also attendedSome small group meetings For tenants to get outOf apartments that have been decaying around them. In our own homes We are aggressors Or we are invisible It is our fault If we react Violently. I watched his… Continue reading Purposeful Histrionics
In our writing and agitational propaganda on the Black liberation struggle in the ameriKKKan empire, Black revolutionary nationalists and communists often refer to a certain ‘New Afrika’ or refer to ourselves as ‘New Afrikan.’ As a Black nationalist and communist here in Georgia struggling for the liberation of our people, I am no exception to… Continue reading On the Term ‘New Afrikan’
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