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

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

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 [...]

Can Sanders Win Over South Carolina’s Black Working Class Vote?

February 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

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

January 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

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

October 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

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

April 23, 2015 // 3 Comments

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

April 13, 2015 // 1 Comment

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

March 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

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)

March 5, 2015 // 1 Comment

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

February 27, 2015 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

Can Black Nationalism Be Revolutionary?

If Atlanta Can’t Solve KKK Linked Atlanta Child Murders, Why Do They Need A New “Cop City”?

On the Significance of the Black Belt in the Black Liberation Struggle

Blackness Spreading Out : Our Wings

The Death Within Strong Black Women Narratives/Towards A New Politics of Care

Grassroots Thinking

Messages from Community Movement Builders to the movement