Grassroots Thinking

Here Is What President Obama Should Say Directly to the Black Community In His Farewell Address

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

(Originally published January 7, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) President Barack Obama is scheduled to give a farewell address to the American people on January 10 from his [...]

Conservatives’ Outcry Against Torture Incident Is Blatant Attempt to Push Narrative That Actually Endangers Black Bodies

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

(Originally published January 6, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) A young Black woman in Chicago participated in and streamed an unquestionably horrible and ugly attack on [...]

NAACP Brings a Knife to a Gunfight: Sit-In Protest In Jeff Sessions’ Office Illustrates Glaring Need for New Tactics

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

(Originally published January 5, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) The NAACP staged a sit-in Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the Mobile, Alabama, office of Jeff Sessions, Attorney General [...]

OUR RESISTANCE PLEDGE

December 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Let January 20, 2017 be a day of resistance and the start of us being #Ungovernable. “Make yourself unavailable for servitude”- Toni Cade Bambara We pledge to create a [...]

ASSATA SHAKUR, EXCLUDING THE NIGHTMARE AFTER THE DREAM:

November 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad is an American writer and activist, who is a former prisoner, Black Panther Party leader, and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army. Dhoruba, [...]

WHEN WE ALL WORK, WE ALL MOVE: MAKING BLACK LIBERATION REAL

October 24, 2016 // 1 Comment

Rapheal Randall delivered this speech on October 23, 2016 at the “Black Liberation Strategies Then & Now” panel hosted in Philadelphia, PA by Catalyst Project, the [...]

Final Presidential Debate Accentuates Candidates’ Divide on Abortion Rights

October 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

The candidates take neoliberal positions on most issues, but their positions on Roe v. Wade show what’s at stake for women’s rights, says attorney Kamau Franklin. [...]

As President Obama Prepares to Leave the White House, is His Legacy an Allegiance to White Supremacy

August 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Kamau Franklin, Lawyer, Journalist, Community Organizer, was a guest on “Time for an Awakening” radio program. Mr. Franklin will discussed his article in the [...]

When I see them I see us: Policing in a community under occupation, how we resist across movements and promote alternatives

July 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Click here to watch video Kamau Franklin moderated a panel discussion featuring three leading activists on the topic of police and military occupation in the United [...]

An Ode to Obama and the Lie of Equal Grievance

July 22, 2016 // 1 Comment

Here is a man of great intelligence and wit. A man with a beautiful smile and an equally intelligent and beautiful wife with two lovely children. He is studied with great [...]

LIBERATORY EDUCATION: CULTIVATING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Power vs. Equality: Malcolm X Sought Not to Change America But to Change Black People

Can a Radical Black Mayor Make a Revolution?

Racial Politics in the US: Activist Kamau Franklin on Why Black America Favors the Establishment

Could This Be the Beginning of the End of the American Project?

Grassroots Thinking

Messages from Kamau to the Movement

Here Is What President Obama Should Say Directly to the Black Community In His Farewell Address

Conservatives’ Outcry Against Torture Incident Is Blatant Attempt to Push Narrative That Actually Endangers Black Bodies

NAACP Brings a Knife to a Gunfight: Sit-In Protest In Jeff Sessions’ Office Illustrates Glaring Need for New Tactics

OUR RESISTANCE PLEDGE

ASSATA SHAKUR, EXCLUDING THE NIGHTMARE AFTER THE DREAM:

WHEN WE ALL WORK, WE ALL MOVE: MAKING BLACK LIBERATION REAL

Final Presidential Debate Accentuates Candidates’ Divide on Abortion Rights

As President Obama Prepares to Leave the White House, is His Legacy an Allegiance to White Supremacy

When I see them I see us: Policing in a community under occupation, how we resist across movements and promote alternatives

An Ode to Obama and the Lie of Equal Grievance