Weep, O my black beloved brother deep buried in eternal, bestial night. O you, whose dust simooms and hurricanes have scattered all over the vast earth, You, by whose hands the pyramids were reared In memory of royal murderers, You, rounded up in raids; you, countless times defeated In all the battles ever won by…
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American Indian Movement Official Statements on the War on Libya
War in Libya AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT GRAND GOVERNING COUNCIL MINISTRY FOR INFORMATION P.O. Box 13521 Minneapolis MN 55414 612/ 721-3914 . fax 612/ 721-7826 Email: aimggc@worldnet.att.net Web Address: http://www.aimovement.org War in Libya March 30, 2011 The American Indian Movement supports the statement A-APRP Statement from the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (GC) in regard to…
Why We Must Resist Imperialism
On March 26, 2011, the Black is Back Conference for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations held a conference on the Other Wars, dealing with U.S. imperialism’s wars on Haiti, Congo, Libya, Colombia, Africans in the U.S. and elsewhere — wars that are historically ignored by the white left. The following presentation was made by Glen…
Franz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask
Black Skin White Mask I subjected myself to an objective examination, I discovered my blackness, my ethnic characteristics; and I was battered down by tom-toms, cannibalism, intellectual deficiency, fetishism, racial defects, slave-ships, and above all else, above all: “Sho’ good eatin’.”…But I did not want this revision, this thematization. All I wanted was to be…
Muammar Gaddafi, The Consumate Revolutionary
Man of faith and tradition, Muammar Al Qadhafi cannot be classified according to the criteria commonly admitted. If you search for him on the right you will find him on the left, since he preaches in many ways a renovation with the air of revolution. But if you look for him on the left you…
All Power To The People: A History Of Race And Injustice In America
All Power to the People! examines problems of race, poverty, dissent, and the universal conflict of the “haves versus the have nots”. U.S. government documents, rare news clips, and interviews with both ex-activists and former FBI/CIA officers, provide deep insight into the bloody conflict between political dissent and governmental authority in the U.S. of the…
Complete Transcript of the Memphis Trial on the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Complete Transcript of the Memphis Trial on the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would…
Martin Luther King Jr: Lincoln Memorial Address
Washington, D.C. 28 August 1963 One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later,…
Martin Luther King Jr: Loving Your Enemies
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church Montgomery, Alabama 17 November 1957 I am forced to preach under something of a handicap this morning. In fact, I had the doctor before coming to church. And he said that it would be best for me to stay in the bed this morning. And I insisted that I would have…
Martin Luther King Jr.: Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
Martin Luther King Oslo, Norway December 10, 1964 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I accept…
Martin Luther King Jr: The Birth of a New Nation
The Birth of a New Nation by Martin Luther King, Jr. Montgomery, Alabama April 7, 1957 I want to preach this morning from the subject, “The Birth of a New Nation.” And I would like to use as a basis for our thinking together a story that has long since been stenciled on the mental…
