The historic Friendship Park at the border of Southern California and Mexico is facing permanent closure as a result of upcoming border wall construction. This plan, approved by President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas,… — Read on m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/6/2108816/-Biden-administration-to-finish-Trump-border-wall-closing-Friendship-Park
Category Archives: Newsletter and Updates
Quote of the Week – July 6
“The bourgeois idealists realize that the larger becomes the section of exploited people who take part in active political struggles, the more acute will these struggles become; and all the more reason will there be for misgivings about the fate of capitalism.” – Claudia Jones
[TONIGHT] Catch Me, DJ Radia, On KISL 88.7 FM in Avalon From 7-9 PM
I will be playing a variety of music this evening. Stream online here: https://kislavalon.com/listen-live/
Looking for Solace: Queerness in Ghana – The Republic
In Ghana, as in the rest of West Africa, queer people are subject to considerable repression, which may assume social and legal dimensions. — Read on republic.com.ng/october-november-2019/looking-for-solace/
Vacation
On vacation. Please hold.
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: “I Felt Like We Had Been Bamboozled In That Integrationist Moment” – Mary Helen Washington on Gwendolyn Brooks and The Other Blacklist
In this conversation we specifically focus on the work of Gwendolyn Brooks prior to her joining the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960’s, within the Black cultural and literary left that Washington analyzes in The Other Blacklist. — Read on millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/i-felt-like-we-had-been-bamboozled-in-that-integrationist-moment-mary-helen-washington-on-gwendolyn-brooks-and-the-other-blacklist
Reflections on Kwame Ture – Hood Communist
Kwame Ture was a Pan-Africanist, socialist, and a member of SNCC, the AAPRP, and served as an honorary minister of the Black Panther Party. — Read on hoodcommunist.org/2022/06/30/reflections-on-kwame-ture/
A global just transition | New Internationalist
How can we phase out fossil fuels in a way that works for people everywhere? The historic Cochabamba People’s Agreement offers a way forward, argues Max Ajl. — Read on newint.org/features/2022/04/04/global-just-transition
Happy Birthday Kwame Ture
Happy birthday to the revolutionary ancestor Kwame Ture. From the Civil Rights movement, to the Black Power movement, to building international Pan-Africanism, Ture was present. He exemplifies the revolutionary’s deep love for people, for history, for attempting the seemingly impossible and persistence in the face of great repression. We must follow his example even asContinue reading “Happy Birthday Kwame Ture”
U.S. Court of Appeals Denies Apache Claim to Oak Flat, Approves Copper Mine in Arizona | Environment
On Friday, June 24, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a copper mine in Arizona can proceed with operations while a lawsuit filed by Apache Stronghold is pending. Resolution Copper, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP—both min… — Read on nativenewsonline.net/environment/u-s-court-of-appeals-denies-apache-claim-to-oak-flat-approves-copper-mine-in-arizona
