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Sadly, ceasefire might become just another slogan uttered by politicians to demobilize critique and resistance. James Baldwin said we “have to have the [guts] to protest the slogan, no matter how noble it may sound. It always hides something else…try to expose what it hides.”

Folks invest so much into that world sporting event to satisfy their nationalist urges while the overall super-expensive spectacle occurs amidst multiple world catastrophes, just so they can play in our faces on a global scale with racism, transphobia, xenophobia, and the like.

‘Combating racism in employment requires leaders and managers to demonstrate a commitment to defending workers’ rights, not thrashing them, especially when you’re the TUC’. #AskProfGusJohn Pages 1-4 #ReadingCircle #Ongoing_CaseStudy Complete Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1EyW10i…

‘Combating racism in employment requires leaders and managers to demonstrate a commitment to defending workers’ rights, not thrashing them, especially when you’re the TUC’. #AskProfGusJohn Pages 5-7 #ReadingCircle #Ongoing_CaseStudy Complete Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1EyW10i…

I tweet this annually: Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor, and if one is a member of a captive population, economically speaking, one's feet have simply been placed on the treadmill forever... ― James Baldwin

Yes, I knew that Keith Haring used body paint on the force that is Grace Jones, but only today did I learn that he painted Bill T. Jones as well...

As Toni Cade Bambara said, “Cultural work ain’t all arts and leisure.” “And the challenge that the cultural worker faces, myself for example, as a writer and as a media activist, is that the tools of my trade are colonized. The creative imagination has been colonized.”

"Documents also note that the New York market sometimes received shipments of African children under the age of 13. Until the Civil War, the city's economy, with investments in commodities like sugar, cotton & tobacco was heavily dependent upon slavery" nps.gov/afbg/learn/his…

On American amnesia... democracynow.org/2024/8/19/arab…

Dr. Barabra Ransby said, "Representation ain't enough" democracynow.org/2024/8/23/kama…

It's crazy how Fannie Lou Hamer was denied credentials to the DNC in 1964, like how Palestinian 'American' delegates were denied a voice on the stage...confusing times.

Things are happening so fast that I forgot we recently lost Angela Bofil. Here she is performing my favorite song of hers, "I Try," live on the Johnny Carson show no less...youtube.com/watch?v=yijjUp…

Remembering the great Alice Coltrane who was born on this day in 1937. An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, Coltrane was also one of the foremost exponents of spiritual jazz. Her eclectic music proved widely influential both within and

I just now remembered that Three 6 Mafia sampled the theme song "Young and the Restless" for "Tear da club up." And I'm not mad. youtube.com/watch?v=s0G9jP…

Just in case anybody wants to see Millie Jackson perform a live version of Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover" in 1986. youtube.com/watch?v=VL-6b5…

A lot of people in the US don’t seem to know what Israel did to Palestinians before Oct 7. Here is a quick rundown.🧵

How is it not a central talking point during this campaign?

Thank you artforum Blacktronika™️ Waajeed 🙏🏽 UMA DJ Scholarship (A Framework) artforum.com/columns/teachi…

Are you fucking serious? And folk talking about joy? I can't.