Grassroots Thinking

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 [...]

COMMUNITY CONTROL: REVITALIZATION & REUSE OF HUMAN POTENTIAL THROUGH SCHOOLS

April 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

This talk was given by Rapheal Randall as part of the “Justice + Space II” conference’s “Revitalization / Reuse” panel, held at the University of Pennsylvania on [...]

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

Was Dr. King’s Radical Legacy Replaced with a Sanitized Version for the Sake of White Comfort?