[Caribbean Congress of Labour]
“The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) extends its solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters fighting for Justice and fighting against racism in the United States of America (USA). We also extend our solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.”
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Malcolm X
WHAT WOULD MALCOLM X SAY IF HE WERE HERE TODAY?
[Black Star Editorial\Malcolm X]
Malcolm X: “When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom…A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire . . . or preserve his freedom.”
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SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS MUST USE SUNDAY’S DEBATE TO EXPOSE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HYPOCRISY
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
The attacks on Sanders represent Wall Street and America’s wealthy elites’ response to Sanders’ message. They like wealth inequality and will do everything to preserve it.
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AMERICAN POLICING AND STATE SANCTIONED MURDERS OF BLACK LEADERS
[Book Excerpt #9\”The Roots of Racism in American Policing”]
The murder of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark on December 9, 1969, in Chicago, is an example of outright blatant political police murder.
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KWAME TURE’S 1966 “BLACK POWER” SPEECH: “WE HAVE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT”
[Black History\Kwame Ture\Stokely Carmichael]
Ture: “It’s time black people got together. We have to say things nobody else in this country is willing to say and find the strength internally and from each other to say the things that need to be said…We have to set the record straight.”
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ROBERT HAYDEN’S POEM “EL-HAJJ MALIK SHABAZZ” PAYING HOMAGE TO MALCOLM X
[Black History Month\Robert Hayden\Honoring Malcolm X]
“Allah pledged to wrest him from the hellward-thrusting hand of Calvin’s Christ-to free him and his kind from Yakub’s white-faced treachery…He rose renewed renamed, became much more than there was time for him to be.”
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ETHERIDGE KNIGHT’S POEM “IT WAS A FUNKY DEAL” HONORING MALCOLM X
[Black History Month\Etheridge Knight\Honoring Malcolm X]
Etheridge Knight: “In the beginning was the word, And in the end the deed. Judas did it to Jesus For the same Herd. Same reason. You made them mad, Malcolm.”
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