Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
First Single from the upcoming Pan African Album by Mzee & Rafiki Timhamba (Ancestral Rituals) Enjoy

Originally posted on APNS Public Radyo:
Summary:  TheAngryindian speaks with US Psychotherapist and Prisoner Rights Advocate George C. Mallinckrodt, (georgemallinckrodt.com / Twitter – @GeoMallinckrodt) author of ‘Getting Away With Murder: A True Story‘ (2014) based on the tragic and violent death of Darren Rainey, a mentally-challenged state of Florida prison inmate who was literally ‘cooked to death’ while in…

Originally posted on Eléctrica in the Desert:
Xiuhtezcatl is mobilizing youth in 25 countries to demand greener policies from our world’s leaders. Xiuhtezcatl Martinez’s father raised him in the Aztec tradition. From an early age he learned that throwing a water bottle in a river will impact your community, those downstream and eventually have…

Originally posted on Speaking With A True Heart:
left side photo 2013; right side photo 2015 On April 24, 1994 the parents of Wesley Cook aka Mumia Abu-Jamal were Blessed with his Birth. Life leads each of us in many directions and very sadly Mumia has been wrongfully enslaved by the State of Pennsylvania since…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
Available to stream on vimeo until Thursday, April 2nd The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980’s; in part using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially contributed to the ‘crack cocaine epidemic’ in urban America. The subsequent effect was that…

Originally posted on Anti Social Media:
The LAPD: Not Your Model Police Department – But Definitely Theirs (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)   Los Angeles has long served as a proving ground where the counterinsurgency tactics later adopted by police throughout the United States were first domestically deployed. Ever since the nation’s very first no-knock…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
? (Phantina Sholi) By Alex Shams ? BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Nearly 100 students at Birzeit University in the central West Bank on Wednesday took part in a solidarity event with the African-American community in the United States in the wake of spiraling rates of deadly police violence there. Entitled,…

Originally posted on WiPoKuLi:
  I bow my head in respect for Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela! He has contributed thousand times more to the struggle for freedom, justice and equality in the world than many others. I express my deep condolence to the people of South Africa, which means to those, who were (and are) in…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
? by BAR executive editor Glen Ford ? “For Cuba, service to oppressed and exploited peoples is a revolutionary act of the highest moral caliber.” Revolutionary Cuba has always been a miracle and gift to all humankind. This week, the nations of the world – with two savage exceptions…

Originally posted on Prisoner Activist:
Elizabeth Gudrais provides a good description of the dysfunctional state of US prisons in the following article, which was published in Harvard Magazine. In it, she points out the alarming rates of incarceration (2.2 million) and recidivism (half of offenders return to prison). Gudrais also discusses the connection between incarceration and…

Originally posted on discordion {Artist Ian Pritchard}:
Gotta LOVE Ai Weiwei! He’s filled Alcatraz prison with a giant rainbow dragon and Lego models of 175 prisoners of conscience, from Nelson Mandela to Edward Snowden. fricking awesome! ? http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/24/ai-weiwei-alcatraz-lego-extraordinary Jason Farago, theguardian.com, ? @ Large, Ai Weiwei  ? Chinese artist Ai Weiwei talks about his newest exhibition at…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
? Opinion Racist legacy of the American government persists Photo by Tom Chang May 15, 2013 at 9:04 PM | Indigo Trigg-Hauger If we needed any reminder of how racism and shameful legacies shape policy in the United States, the recent addition of former Black Panther Party and Black…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
Gronda Morin November 17, 2013 Review Of “Stand Your Ground” Law In Florida And Tea Party Connection Stand Your Ground Law/ Trayvon martin Case THE “STAND YOUR GROUND” LAW…….began as a law in 2005 in the State of Florida. It was sitting in the works as a policy to be enacted…

Maggie — Greetings my friends relatives and supporters:   I would like at this time say a few words of Thank You and appreciation for the recent donations that many of you have made for my legal fees.   I know with todays economy it isn’t always easy to find the extra funds to send. …

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
? ? ? Dozens of boys played during the spring and summer of 1955 in Charleston, South Carolina, in the first black Little League in the state of South Carolina. When the season ended, the coaches selected the best players for an all-star team and registered the team for…

Originally posted on Marxist Marginalia:
I apologize for the rather meager fare which has been on offer here of late. A post is coming soon, I promise, on Richard Wright, communism, and the blues. Until then, here’s a passage from James Baldwin’s last novel, Just Above My Head (1978), in which he addresses the subject…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
Controlling Guns, Controlling People A new history shows how gun control goes hand in hand with fear of black people—and The People. Thaddeus Russell from the January 2012 issue Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America, by Adam Winkler, W.W. Norton, 361 pages, $27.95 I…

Originally posted on Prison Books Collective:
By Victoria Law Both incarcerated women and the U.S. Department of Justice agree: The Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Ala., is a hellish place. In a 36-page letter that the DOJ issued to the Alabama State Governor Robert Brentley in January, the agency declared, “The State of…

Originally posted on NYC Anarchist Black Cross:
We’ve finished the latest version of the NYC ABC “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for viewing (and download) by clicking on the tab at the top of this page. This update includes revised mini-bios for several prisoners and address changes for…

Originally posted on Eléctrica in the Desert:
      Reblogged from Deconstructing Myths That’s how it goes Posted on October 30, 2013 by Jeff Nguyen (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “Everybody knows that the boat is leaking  Everybody knows that the captain lied  Everybody got this broken feeling  Like their father or their dog just died.” -Leonard Cohen…

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
This video from the USA is called CIA Lied About Torture To Justify Using It (Senate Report). From weekly The Observer in Britain: Emails shed new light on UK link to CIA ‘torture flights’ Police given crucial logs about Diego Garcia‘s role in rendition programme when it was…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
? ? ? Born in 1943 in Baton Rouge, La., Al-Amin attended Southern University from 1960-1964. His experiences growing up in segregated Louisiana served to fuel his passion to fight injustice and in 1965, he became an organizer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee in Alabama. He later became…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
?   Photo: April Saul, Philadelphia Inquirer Inmate AM-8335, Prison Radio’s most prolific reporter, has been known by many names.  The name his mom gave him, “Wesley Cook.” Then he became known as the “Voice of the Voiceless” by thousands who have heard his truth telling journalism, and now…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
? by Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson Mumia Abu-Jamal Essay’z “David Vs. Goliath” Mumia Abu-Jamal (2:00) Listen   “Beatings” (2:05)  Mumia Abu-Jamal Listen   “Hobby Lobby: Son of Citizen United” (2:02) Mumia Abu-Jamal Listen    “Lessons Unlearned: From History” (2:06) Mumia Abu-Jamal Listen  “Imam Jamil Ailing” (2:54)  Mumia Abu-Jamal Listen  …

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
This video from South Africa is called Nelson Mandela‘s Life Story. From daily The Guardian in Britain: FBI monitored Nelson Mandela in 1990s over perceived communist threat Previously classified documents show federal agents continued to monitor Mandela and ANC even after his release from prison Ed Pilkington in…

Originally posted on Moorbey'z Blog:
? After 40 years incarcerated in Alabama state prisons, Sekou Kambui, civil rights activist in the 1960s, and Black Panther, was released from prison on June 30, 2014. He is currently living in a halfway house in Alabama. While Sekou is extremely happy to be free and out of…