Saladin Muhammad, Black Workers for Justice Founder and Leader Joins the Ancestors – Black Workers for Justice

It is with great sadness and profound loss that we announce the passing of our exemplary revolutionary warrior and leader, Comrade Brother Saladin Muhammad. Saladin passed this morning after a long battle with illness. His wife, Naeema and son Muhammad were with him as he transitioned. He fought until the end. They described
— Read on blackworkersforjustice.com/saladin-muhammad-black-workers-for-justice-founder-and-leader-joins-the-ancestors/

Ferguson Activist Darren Seals Was Surveilled by FBI, File Shows | St. Louis Metro News | St. Louis | St. Louis Riverfront Times

The 900 page, mostly redacted file says that police pulled Seals over at the request of FBI
— Read on www.riverfronttimes.com/news/ferguson-activist-darren-seals-was-watched-by-the-fbi-file-shows-38501846

escape route

this q-tip in my ear 
how did it get here
some corp called
unilever? how
did we get here?
i was pickin
cotton now it’s
in my ear
the plunder of
a continent
for soaps and
cheap inputs
and MARKETS
how? how
did we get here?
on park avenue
the loot piled up
quite nicely
tailored
as africans
we labored
for that park
avenue view
history
it makes me dizzy
with loss and things
set before i
showed up -
how did we
get here??
i need a
drink
a shrink
a backup
plan and
escape route
even tho
this beast will
follow you across
the globe and
every pocket

later?

the anger yes
we want it
yes we need it
no answer no
and what-and
what, snow
never hold 
your hand best
believe best
believe no
i don't no
i don't you
know you won't
ba ba ba ya 
all the gals so
ok? ooooooooook
yeeeooww-i
can't keep beat
no more can't
speak it this
country-fried 
country 
being served hell 
inna handbasket
in a hurry to 
destroy the 
human in us
quickly sooner
as opposed 
to later?