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Bay Area Class Struggle History: Panthers at Peralta Colleges
The roots of the Black Panther Party (BPP) lie within student struggle for fully-funded public education reflecting Black history, culture, and struggle. The founders of the party, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, met at Merritt College in Oakland and began … Continue reading
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A New Generation Engages with Angela Davis
This is a review of Angela Davis’ Autobiography, written by a friend of AS who does not consider herself a communist or a revolutionary but is learning about both as she organizes against budget cuts at a Bay Area community … Continue reading
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Fred Hampton: Marxist or Nationalist?
Big L Writes: How can racial oppression and white supremacy be defeated? Is it through a nationalist struggle against a colonial enemy? Are these paradigms of struggle accurate and strategic enough in 2009? As far back as 1969 Fred Hampton saw the … Continue reading
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San Francisco 8
At first glance, the SF8 are just another case of police abuse and the corrupt criminal (in)justice system. Our sympathies are with them, as they are with Mumia and Leonard Peltier and hundreds of other political prisoners, but no lasting … Continue reading
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