July 2011
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Always Reading Never Planking....
Whatchall know about the History of Funk by Ricky Vincent?
ADP Mix: They Can't Shoot Us All →
Here’s some beats to hopefully get u thru the day…enjoy
1) Ice Cube Cops Aint Shit explicit
2) Tone Loc - Us
3) Junior Reed-One Blood-UK
4) The Game - One Blood (Clean)
5) Buju Banton-Vigilante-Cross hairs rmx-instrumental
6) Buju Banton-Vigilante-Cross hairs rmx
7) Buju Banton-Vigilante-Cross hairs rmx
8) Sister nancy-bambam-instruementel-
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Can We Trust the SFPD on the Shooting of Kenneth... →
Here’s a few stories and updates on the recent tragic shooting of 19 year old Kenneth Harding this past Saturday in the SF Bayview district… First we have our Hard Knock Radio coverage where we spoke to several witnesses to the shooting along with community activists. Folks we talk to in the Bayview vehemently refute the accounts given by the police who claim Harding shot at them. Witnesses we...
Beats Rhymes Life: Vibing w/ Michael Rapaport →
Michael Rapaport along with Davey D, Tajai & A-Plus of Souls Of Mischief, at SF’s weekly event P.S.T w/ Fran Boogie & Dj Sake One as they celebrate the release of the highly anticipated A Tribe Called Quest documentary, Beats Rhymes & Life.
Pelican Bay Update: Facing Mounting Pressure... →
With the Pelican Bay prison hunger strike entering its third week, mediators reported Thursday that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has responded to pressure from strikers and outside supporters, beginning initial negotiations with strike leaders in the prison’s Security Housing Unit, along with an outside mediation team.
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Hunger Strike Rally at CDCR Headquarters Today In...
Hunger Strike Rally at CDCR Headquarters
With Strike in Third Week, CDCR Continues to Reject Prisoner Demands
What: Rally in Support of Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers
Where: CDCR Headquarters, 1515 S St, Sacramento
When: Monday July 18th, 2011, 1pm
Oakland – Prisoners’ families and community members will gather at 1pm today outside the California Department of Corrections and...
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Pelican Bay Prison Strike Spreads to 11 prisons
http://www.ellabakercenter.org/blog/2011/07/pelican-bay-hunger-strike-continues/
by Meredith Fenton on Jul 5, 2011
This is a call for all prisoners […] as well as the free oppressed and non-oppressed people to support the indefinite July 1st 2011 peaceful Hunger Strike in protest of the violation of our civil/human rights, here at Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit.”...
So lemme get this straight.. Al Quaeda suddenly decided they’re gonna surgically plant bombs into people & as a result we’re suddenly gonna have to now ‘profile’ folks? Here’s a recent news story outlining the details.. HERE
Excuse me if I seem a bit skeptical, but one would’ve thought Al Queda would’ve been doing this.. I’m old enough to...
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High School Student Facing 8 yrs for Sex Toy Prank
I know many of us joked and made snarky comments when the ‘Not Guilty’ verdict came down for Anthony Casey. We talked about how the system is broken, but I’m not sure many of us fully comprehend what that means… Below is a story that happens all too often that should make us all sit up and wanna do something … An 18 year old high school student put a sex toy in the...
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Obama's Original Sin & Why It May Dearly Cost Him
What haunts the Obama administration is what still haunts the country: the stunning lack of accountability for the greed and misdeeds that brought America to its gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression. There has been no legal, moral, or financial reckoning for the most powerful wrongdoers. Nor have there been meaningful reforms that might prevent a repeat catastrophe. Time may heal...
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We Remember Bloody Thursday-The Labor Movement
Today on KPFA’s Morning Mix show, I’ll be sitting down w/ long time Bay Area labor leader and activist Clarence Thomas to talk about the history of Bloody Thursday and why its important people of color know about the history and present day activities of the labor movement.
Its a shame that in 2011 we have so many folks who are quick to talk bad about unions while enjoying benefits...
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Press Conference Today for Pete Pock/Police...
The press conference will take place Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at noon at City Hall (located at City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street). The Monumental 5 are Louis Pena, Gabriel Diaz, Cynthia Rosa, James W. Ayala, and Jade Everett. Confirmed participants for Tuesday’s press conference include: Pete Rock; General Steele; Shara McHayle (one of the victims...
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Producers of the Wire call out Eric Holder-Say End...
Listen to the BAR commentary HERE
Attorney General Eric Holder will tell you he has a lot of power. But will he use any of that power to stop or even slow down the futile and corrupt War on Drugs, the 40th anniversary of which falls this month? David Simon, producer of the HBO TV series “The Wire,” makes the attorney general an offer he should not refuse, but probably will…
“The...
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Prisoners at Pelican Bay are Doing a Hunger Strike
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
Vowing to die, if necessary, inmates at the dreaded “SHU” section of California’s Pelican Bay prison begin a hunger strike on July 1. “Like the strike by inmates in Georgia’s prison system late last year, the Pelican Bay protest cuts across racial lines.” The core issue: a brutal, soul-killing policy of solitary confinement and other deprivations...
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Chemical in Plastic Robbing Men of Sex Appeal? →
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(COLUMBIA, Mo.) — A chemical found in common plastics may undermine a man’s masculinity and his ability to attract a female, or at least that’s what a new study on mice may suggest.
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June 2011
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Woman Gang-Raped by 7 Halliburton Employees... →
adeyami:
You gotta love capitalism
Ya gotta luv America.. They wanna hold hearings on Muslims while ignoring Haliburtton terrorist
Is BET the New KKK?...Here's My take on Dr Boyce's...
Just read this article by Dr Boyce called ‘BET Has Officially Become the New and Improved KKK’..The title is no doubt provacative and so when I peeped it, I just new he was gonna go in BET executives and raise the level of conversation.
I gotta say I was disappointed.. The article focused on Lil Wayne and his lyrics and how he had gotten the most BET Award nominations of any artist....
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Rents are about to jump bigtime in NYC & we have...
Watching how rents are about to go up big time in New York, some as much as $300 a month.. But don’t worry voting or not voting in the last mayoral election (22%) played no role in this..Bloomberg got elected to a 3rd term and then appointed folks to the Rent Guidelines Board who then in turn hiked rents..
Say what you will, this was a tactical assault on an already stressed...
Wisconsin Supreme Ct judges beef-Gets...
It’ll be interesting to see how this gets covered or not covered in comparison to similar incidents involving athletes, rappers and folks from around the way.. First if David Prosser choked out a woman as claimed, this is major and his punishment should be swift and hard hitting… If both were at fault what sort of rebuking will they recieve. People have been seriously punished for...
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Why are Russell Simmons Rush Cards Under...
Not sure what to say about the Rush Card because I never had one, but the reviews I’ve gotten have been mixed at best. The main complaints have been hidden fees as noted in the article.. At the same time, one needs to be aware that many of the so called regular cards also have their shady practices.. They range from suddenly moving due dates wit the hopes that you will not notice. Afterwards...
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Walmart vs Women-Will U Shop There?
Thanks to Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Ct recent 5-4 ruling, Walmart has successfully defeated a class action lawsuit brought on by 1.5 Million women employees who claim the company routinely discriminates against them..U can peep the story here
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/22/walmart-supreme-court-decision-shows-cluelessness-on-gender-bias.html
Will you still shop there or...
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Remember Black Wall St is not just a record label...
Abt 90 years ago in 1921, 3000 African Americans were killed in Tulsa, Oklahoma by an angry white mob jealous at their financial success.The place where these riots took place was known as Black Wall Street.. Sadly more people know Black Wall Street as a record label owned by Game who frequently finds himself at odds with other Black men vs a epic center for financial success that found itself at...
Christian Right and Extreme violence
Sarah Posner is here at #NN11 breaking down the ways right wing evangelical churches are used to legitimize extremism.. Talking about the drama experienced by former Florida Congressman Alan Grayson
Extreme Right wing journalism
Speaker Adele Stan is talking about how right wing extremism is legitimized.. She’s reminding us about the Wall Street Journal and it being owned by Rupert Murdoch.. It’s the paper of record and routinely has features from the Koch Brothers who work closely w/ Murdoch.. She running down all the crack pot economic theories they have in editorial pages
Speaker is also talking about...
Terrorism directed at progressives/ left wing
Looking at map showing dozens of attacks launched by right wing extremism.. Speaker David Newart gave an incredible breakdown on the history of Alex Jones (Obama Deception) who comes out of John Birch society .. It’s shameful so many including some prominent Black folks have aligned themselves w/ this guy after learning abt his racist past…
Watching Donna Edward and Jared Polis here at #NN11 also Keith Ellison is in the building
Congratulation to James Rucker & Color of Change.. They’re 800k strong and making a difference on a number of fronts.. James is stepping down as ED and making way for Rashad Robinson..
