Malcolm X

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KARMIC INSURGENCY

whose streets—our streets so said the cops while suppressing speech black lives on trial—neo-nazis on the rise such a toxic miasma of moribund white pride a US base on holy land—a criminal alliance suppressing palestinian dreams—a magnet for arab defiance our world grows smaller—and increasingly imperiled climate change is threatening—our […]

MEMORIA: a tribute to Brother Manning Marable

stop to pray stop and stare pain can teach or destroy night and day love and rage rule the streets fill a void six feet deep a body laid grief runs wild children play set love free this sacred day make a choice to change your ways friendship bleeds love […]

A Short History of Racism

Dehumanizing African lives Rationalizing genocide Embodied in-law-enshrined in rites Consuming a nation riddled in lies It lives in every cop car Writhes on every cell block Seeps through Obama’s door Decimates Iraqi lives Animates the tea party Brain-dead proto-fascists Armed with three bad ideas But too shameless not to talk […]