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By Daniel Falcone Criticism of black Americans and their voting rights and preferences from the GOP right-wing is undoubtedly dangerous and illiberal. In this interview [...]
NAACP Brings a Knife to a Gunfight: Sit-In Protest In Jeff Sessions’ Office Illustrates Glaring Need for New Tactics
(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 [...]
Can Sanders Win Over South Carolina’s Black Working Class Vote?
Attorney Kamau Franklin says Bernie Sanders needs to make greater strides to get his message out to Black Voters in the south in order to have a shot at the Democratic [...]
Creating Black Community Sustainability
Support Our Campaign Creating Black community sustainability (collective economic power) is something that most organizers know is needed and claim to want, but few [...]
TeleSur – The Empire Files – Debate the Democratic Debate
On Oct. 13, Abby Martin hosted a live analysis of the Democratic Party debate. She was joined by Kamau K. Franklin, attorney and activist; politician Jill P. Carter, who [...]
How to Put Together a Community Cop-watch Program
After again seeing the importance of video evidence in the recent police killing of Walter Scott I was reminded that close to 18 years ago I participated in developing a [...]
IN LOVE WITH THE IDEA OF DIRTY VISIONS
Great new essay by guest writer Rapheal Randall on inspiration, change, music and the movement. “I can tell they’re looking at us…” December 15, 2014. I’m [...]
“It Was Electrifying”: Organizers Reflect on the March 23, 1995 CUNY Protest 20 Years Later
Great article by Suzy Subways on the 25,000 strong CUNY (City University of New York) protest in 1995 that went from the CUNY Coalition to the forming of SLAM! (Student [...]
Malcolm X, Self-Determination and the People’s Movement- Kamau Franklin on Reality Asserts Itself (parts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Kamau Franklin says that after growing up in the projects of Brooklyn, reading the autobiography of Malcolm X changed his life – [...]
From Brooklyn to Palestine: A thank you note to Palestinian and Middle Eastern sisters who re-educated me on my world view
Thank you Mondoweiss for giving me an opportunity to write this and say thank you to a few people. Please read below or click here to read at Mondoweiss – Palestine [...]