this language did not come from nowhere

this knowledge 
did not come from nowhere 
it did not fall out the sky
the legends are legendary 

for a reason, this language 
did not come from nowhere 
since it was won on the streets 
of jackson of kingston of
accra port-au-prince 

by manhattan queens
philly tijuana juarez queens
bronx & brooklyn queens 
queens queens 
& yeah staten

jersey and yeah
san francisco 
in santiago 
in oakland 

it was won in shawls
and bricks throwing 
bricks by brick 
throwing down 

it was won by throwing 
down with the pigs
down with the pigs 
down with the pigs

Fundraiser for Dhoruba Bin-Wahad by Agyei Tyehimba : Support Dhoruba Bin Wahad!

Dhoruba is a legendary Black Panther Party leader, former political prisoner for nineteen years, and Co-Founder of the Black Liberation Army. At 79 years of age, facing debilitating and potentially fatal medical challenges, Dhoruba continues to write, speak, and organize, promoting Pan-Africanism, an uncompromising critique of imperialism and capitalism, and freedom for all political prisoners.
— Read on www.gofundme.com/f/support-dhoruba-bin-wahad

War on Gaza: Unrwa staff ‘harassed and obstructed’ by Israel in West Bank | Middle East Eye

Internal document reveals Israeli forces beat agency’s employees and used its facilities during military raids on refugee camps since 7 October
— Read on www.middleeasteye.net/news/unrwa-staff-harassed-obstructed-israel-west-bank

The New York War Crimes | “All the Consent That’s Fit to Manufacture”

In this excerpt from her book Return, the writer and physician Ghada Karmi describes visiting her childhood home in Jerusalem, which was confiscated by the Zionist state in the 1948 Nakba. The house is now “owned” by The New York Times as a residence for its Jerusalem bureau chief after it was acquired by Thomas Friedman in the early 1980s.
— Read on newyorkwarcrimes.com/why-does-the-times-own-a-stolen-house

Pro-Palestine Activists Block NY Times Delivery Trucks: ‘We’re Trying to Take the Times Out of Circulation for a Day’ – Hell Gate

The action, organized by the group Writers Against the War on Gaza, represents an escalation of tactics by the paper’s critics.
— Read on hellgatenyc.com/pro-palestine-activists-block-ny-times-delivery-trucks