Food Program

Our Food Program provides nutritious meals to individuals and families in need. We provide essential support to individuals facing food insecurity, ensuring that no one goes hungry in our community.

On Wednesday, our People's Free Food Program distributes food at John F. Kennedy School for Autism, 311 South 10th Street, Newark, NJ (Parking Lot), between 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm (EST).

Shelter Program

We are developing a Shelter Program to provide temporary housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. We want to offer a safe and supportive environment for those in need.

Clothing Program

Our Clothing Program provides free clothing to those struggling to afford basic necessities. We accept donations to ensure everyone has access to clothing.

Hasan Shakur School of Revolutionary Intercommunalism (Political Education Class)

Every Sunday afternoon from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST), our Hasan Shakur School of Revolutionary Intercommunalism hosts a Political Education Class open to the community via Zoom.

To register, send an email to pantherlove2025@gmail.com that indicates you would like to register for our Political Education Class.

National News

The National Target Boycott Is Still On And Poppin

By Arinze Ture

Atlanta, Georgia

On January 24, 2025, Target announced a rollback of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. As a result, Nekima Levy Armstrong, a primary organizer of the National Target Boycott, planned to take a stand against Target. Armstrong, a lawyer and longtime community organizer based in Minneapolis, where Target is headquartered, utilized her Instagram and Facebook accounts the next day, on January 25th, "to issue a collective call for feedback — a tactic she says was intentional and reflects the culture of collaborative organizing that defines her city. Because [Target] had such a powerful reputation as embracing diversity, the fact that they capitulated to Donald Trump so quickly within a week of him taking office meant that if we let them off the hook in our community, then every company in America was going to see that as a green light to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion.” (1,1)

On her Instagram account, Armstrong wrote, “I know that a number of you are upset or at least bothered by Target’s decision to roll back progress. But the question is, what should we do about it? Please respond with any personal action you plan to take and thoughts on what we should do collectively to challenge/address this slap in the face.” On January 30th, she connected with two other local organizers, Monique Cullars Doty and Jaylani Hussein, to publicly announce a plan of action: Target would be boycotted beginning on February 1, 2025. On her social media platforms, Armstrong wrote, “We will not spend a dime at Target, unless and until they reverse course on their recent decision to rollback diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.”

The reactions of the protesters who joined the boycott outside Target headquarters were fervent, as they tore up their Target red cards and urged others to shop elsewhere until the company reversed the rollback of its DEI initiatives.

Target had a complex history with the Black community even before the DEI rollback. While they contributed to a number of Black organizations, Armstrong indicates that during the protests related to the George Floyd murder, "some Target locations would not allow protesters who had been teargassed to come inside to buy milk to soothe their eyes — a detail that deepened local distrust of the brand and added weight to the eventual call to boycott." (1,2)

Since the inauguration of the Pedophile president in January 2025, the letters 'DEI' have been turned into a four-letter word. As a result, Armstrong discerned that money talks and bullshit walks when it comes to Target suffering blowback for its decisions. This meant calling for an indefinite National Target Boycott.

It’s for this reason that more than a year later, when Armstrong witnessed Rev. Jamal Bryant, pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, call for an end to his extended Target “fast” during a press conference with fellow organizers in Washington, D.C., that she was both shocked and chagrinned. As a result, Armstrong slammed Bryant for prematurely calling off the action, labeling him a "clout-chaser" and "fake pastor" who tried to co-opt the movement.

In that press conference heard across the country, Bryant announced the end of a 400-plus day-long Target “fast,” saying that three of the four demands laid out by the organizers of the National Boycott had been met. These demands involved Target 1) following through on a $2 billion pledge to invest in Black-owned businesses, 2) creating a talent pipeline from HBCUs to train corporate leaders, 3) restoring their DEI programs, and 4) making a $250 million investment in Black banks. However, in actuality, only two of the demands had been met. "Target confirmed that despite a painful $12 billion profit loss and the stepping down of their CEO, they had not reversed their anti-DEI stance. The repackaging of their “Belonging” program still carried no explicit commitment to DEI or Black communities, and their former CEO, Brian Cornell, was merely replaced by their COO and moved into an executive board role." (1,3)

Target had felt the economic screw as store traffic dropped — "but right as the Black community had crossed the historic milestone of lasting the length of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, that collective power seemed to have the wind knocked out of it with Bryant’s premature announcement. Pastor Bryant immediately felt intense heat for calling off what he says was a separate Target “fast” meant to engage Black faith communities — one that originally started as only a 40-day plan of action and stood independent of a national Target boycott organized by his co-leaders, former state senator Nina Turner and activist Tamika Mallory, or anything organized by Levy Armstrong. But the damage was done." (1,4)

In a lengthy 20-minute YouTube apology, Bryant pleaded his case, asserting that he was willing to back the Sisters who started the National Target Boycott.

Armstrong points out that she articulated the warning sign early on, indicating that Bryant’s steps toward organizing his own "fast" would create public confusion. She went on to question, “Why would he launch a fast when there’s already a nationwide boycott underway? And the boycott is indefinite. What is the difference between a fast and a boycott? It mattered who started it when people tried to end it — who didn’t start it — to disrupt the success of the boycott as it was going on. None of this would have happened if they hadn’t gone to Washington, D.C. and did what they did.” (1,5)

Despite the unnecessary distractions, Armstrong is moving forward with the National Target Boycott and has received renewed pledges from shoppers to continue boycotting. She says, “I’m very proud of the Black community, of Black America for sticking together and pushing back against what happened and saying, ‘We are never returning to Target or we’re expecting Target to restore DEI.' That is exactly what we were hoping that our community would do and not just acquiesce. Our bigger picture goal is success of the boycott and showing the power of our dollars and also the power of bringing allies to the table, which is what we also did in Minnesota. The white women here — they’re like, ‘we ain’t never going back to Target.’ Because we were inclusive from the beginning. The Black community isn’t alone in this. We have white allies here and around the nation who are also boycotting Target.” (1,6)

Nekima Levy Armstrong is asking the public to sign the letter on her Facebook page, which is addressed to Target’s CEO. In addition, she says there will be various actions throughout the summer of 2026.

There is a Black misleadership class in amerikkka that sells out The People at every turn. The Black misleadership class participates in the process of delivering The People's resources to the ruling elite. The Black misleadership class co-opts the leadership of grassroots movements that authentically represent the will of The People by hijacking these movements and diluting the militancy thereof. That’s why you don’t follow opportunistic fake azz leaders. The National Target Boycott was started long before Jamal Bryant joined it and pretended to be its leader. And it will continue until The People say it’s over. I guess he got bored since Target was taking too long to capitulate to The People's demands, or they bought him off with a Bentley. In either case, Jamal Bryant revealed himself as a sellout and a member of the Black misleadership class. Now he can go back to enjoying the view of his wife stripping from the pulpit. Jamal Bryant is nothing but a Fake-Azz, Pork Chop Preacher who does nothing for The People but enrich himself on the backs of The People!

The Power has always been in the hands of The People and not some Bishop Bling-Bling!

All Power To The People!!!

1. "For Nekima Levy Armstrong, the Target boycott never ended" by Natasha S. Alford, Yahoo News, March 25, 2026 - https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nekima-levy-armstrong-target-boycott-052028522.html

They Got Money For Wars But Can't Feed The Poor

By Arinze Ture

Washington, D.C.

As a result of Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” that was passed by the Republicans in the legislative branch of the U.S. government (Congress) in 2025, the federal government is slashing funding to everything that benefits the proletariat (working) class in amerikkka, but has cut the taxes of the bourgeois (capitalist) class in amerikkka. This “Big Ugly Bill” legislation includes deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is estimated to be approximately $186 billion to $187 billion over 10 years (through 2034). This means fewer benefits, stricter eligibility, and less emergency allotment support. This legislation will drastically affect the number of poor children receiving free breakfast and lunch at public schools across the country. Because Trump has nothing but racist, incompetent, capitalistic PIGS around him, they thought these cuts to SNAP would primarily hurt Black and other oppressed communities of color who live in urban communities. Instead, these cuts to SNAP will hurt more white people who live in rural communities. Ironically, it is the white people in rural communities who voted overwhelmingly to put Trump into the Whacked (white) House for a second term.

On average, in fiscal year 2024, about 41.7 million people participated in SNAP per month. That represents about 12.3% of the U.S. population. SNAP is the largest federal nutrition assistance program, accounting for about 70% of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) nutrition-assistance spending. Among SNAP participants, 42% are adults aged 18-59, 39% are children under age 18, and 19% are adults aged 60 or older. Thus, the SNAP program serves a mix of working-age adults, children, and older adults. According to the USDA, the racial demographics of those receiving SNAP benefits are as follows: 35.3% are White, 26% are Black, 15.1% are Hispanic, 3.7% are Asian, 1.4% are Native-American, and 17% are “race unknown”. Even though non-White groups are overrepresented relative to their share of the U.S. population in many cases as a result of white supremacy and capitalism, White recipients remain the largest single racial group who are participants in SNAP.

In addition to the $20 - $25 billion already spent, Trump wants $200 billion more to finance the Iran War. Riddle me this! If we didn’t have the $186 billion to $187 billion to feed the poor, how in the hell do we have $225 billion to fight a war? The math ain’t mathing. Make it make sense! And let's address the elephant in the room. This war against Iran is not being fought because Iran was an imminent threat to amerikkka, but because president Pedophile hopes that his war crimes will distract us from his sex crimes and that we will forget about the Epstein files.

This is why a brilliant, Black, and bold poet by the name of Tupac Shakur sagaciously suggested of the Disunited States of amerikkka, “They got money for wars but can’t feed the poor.”

A top US Army commander, Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton publicly lambasted Donald Trump for starting a “blatantly unconstitutional” war with Iran and tore president Pedophile a new one for violating the Constitution in a statement in which he declared, "Men who know more about war than Donald Trump ever will warned him repeatedly about the risks to American lives by starting a war with Iran. Indeed, Trump himself predicted casualties in his speech to America. The Constitution could not be more clear. When launching wars of choice, especially with American lives in the balance, the president goes to Congress and Congress authorizes it. That did not happen, and these operations are blatantly unconstitutional. More to the point, these operations seem to have no focus. Trump says they’re to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but just last year he said we ‘obliterated’ that program. It seems to be targeting missile sites, but Trump says it is to stoke regime change. A war without focus is a war with no tangible goals. And a war with no goals ends up a Forever War."

Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton knows a thing or two about fighting poorly conceived wars in the Middle East, having commanded US troops during the Iraq War. He’s one of the most qualified people to comment on Trump’s reckless and illegal attacks on Iran.

Trump said these kinds of Forever Wars would never happen under his presidency. He lied. Just as he said he’d lower prices and bring back jobs, he lied.

"A high-ranking diplomatic source has confirmed that Iran received a 15-point plan from the United States aimed at ending the US-Israeli war on the country. But the source told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that Tehran described the US proposal as 'extremely maximalist and unreasonable. It is not beautiful, even on paper,' the source added, calling the plan deceptive and misleading in its presentation." (1,1)

The aforementioned comments were delivered as president Pedophile has asserted – in spite of Iranian denials – that negotiations are underway between Washington and Tehran to reach an agreement to end the nearly one-month conflict.

"The source explained that Iran has a clear understanding of what conditions it requires for a ceasefire and what it will reject. The source also stated there have been no direct Iran-US talks since the war began, but messages have been exchanged through a number of mediators. The response came hours after sources confirmed to Al Jazeera that Pakistan had shared US ceasefire demands with Iran, which has been under US-Israeli attack since February 28." (1,2)

Later on Wednesday (March 25, 2026), Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made it crystal clear that no negotiations are taking place between Tehran and Washington. However, he acknowledged that the US is sending messages through various intermediaries, which does not mean negotiations are taking place.

In comments shared by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, Araghchi stressed that "Tehran is not seeking war and wants a permanent end to the conflict." (1,3) In addition, he stressed that Iran is demanding redress for the devastation caused by weeks of US-Israeli attacks against Iran.

The Iranian English-language broadcaster Press TV quoted an anonymous official as saying that Iran had rejected the US ceasefire proposal.

“Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met,” Press TV quoted the official as saying.

"The official offered Iran’s own five-point plan, which consisted of a halt to killings of its officials, the means to ensure no other war is waged against it, reparations for the war, the end of hostilities and Iran’s exercise of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz”. (1,4)

Tehran is extremely doubtful of any communications from Washington, which has twice attacked it during high-level diplomatic talks, including the February 28 strikes that started the current war. "Iran’s rejection of the US proposal came as Israel launched air attacks on Tehran and Washington deployed paratroopers and more Marines to the region. Iran, meanwhile, launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a large fire at Kuwait International Airport." (1,5)

Dr. Huey P. Newton audaciously asserted, "It is our belief that the Black people in America are the only people who can free the world, loosen the yoke of colonialism, and destroy the war machine. Black people who are within the machine can cause it to malfunction. They can, because of their intimacy with the mechanism, destroy the engine that is enslaving the world. America will not be able to fight every Black country in the world and fight a civil war at the same time. It is militarily impossible to do both of these things at once..."

The New Afrikan Black Panther Party vehemently opposes the war in Iran. Its top U.S. counterterrorism official, Joe Kent, advised president Pedophile that Iran does not pose an imminent threat to the U.S. It is our belief that the war is an imperialist, racist, and capitalist endeavor that targets people of color, that will disproportionately send African (Black) Americans to fight for a democracy they are denied at home. We view the Iranian struggle as parallel to our own fight against white supremacy and oppression in the United States. The U.S. police occupy Black neighborhoods just as the military is being sent to occupy Iran. The U.S. government is an international law-breaking aggressor. We encourage Black G.I.'s to oppose the war. We believe that the resources spent on the war should have been used to improve the lives of Black people and other people of color in amerikkka. We view the conflict in Iran as a diversion from the struggle for liberation at home.

One of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, "We want an immediate end to all wars of aggression!" (2,1)

• Sources

1. "Iran calls US proposal to end war 'maximalist, unreasonable'" by Al Jazeera Staff, Reuters and The Associated Press, aljazeera.com, March 25, 2026 - https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/3/25/iran-calls-us-proposal-to-end-war-maximalist-unreasonable
2. New Afrikan Black Panther Party https://www.wecumedia.com/post/new-afrikan-black-panther-party

South Los Angeles Favorite Son Practices Medicine To Heal His Community

By Kwame Maduka

Los Angeles, California

"As the nation pauses to honor the healers who safeguard our well‑being on National Doctors Day this Monday, March 30, one physician’s journey rises above the rest—an inspiring testament to resilience, purpose and the power of representation in the Black community." (1,1)

Dr. Branden Turner grew up in South Los Angeles; molded by its problems, empowered by its toughness, and determined to effectuate its future. He practices Family and Sports Medicine and is the Physician In Charge at Kaiser Permanente Sports Medicine Center at Intuit Dome.

Dr. Turner grew up in the hood with all of its external and internal contradictions. However, he was raised by a loving, strong mother who had a greater influence on him than the streets. Turner's mother was a committed teacher who infused his days with scholastic activities, sports, and development programs, leaving virtually no time for ill pursuits and instilling a sense of discipline and aspiration.

While growing up, Dr. Turner recalled, “While attending middle and high school, I remember being approached by people trying to bring wrong influences on me. I would run home to escape gangs, shootings and violence. But I kept my focus on school, and after graduating from high school, I attended the University of California, Berkeley.” (1,2)

After completing his undergraduate studies, Turner taught algebra in Oakland before coming back home to work on his medical degree at USC’s School of Medicine. He later completed his residency in Family and Sports Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

"Today, Dr. Turner practices sports medicine and his presence at the Kaiser Permanente Sports Medicine Center at Intuit Dome is more than symbolic—it’s a full‑circle moment. He is not only a skilled and compassionate physician; he is a visible reminder to young people in South L.A. that excellence can come from their streets too." (1,3)

As a result of upbringing by his mother and grandmother, Dr. Turner co‑founded TRAP Medicine in 2017, a nonprofit that brings reliable medical education straight to the Black community through social media, barbershops, churches, and other culturally relevant spaces. His mission is straightforward: make health information easy to find, understandable, and useful.

For Dr. Turner, medicine is a vocation. He asserts, “Being a doctor is a blessing to me. It gives me the means to help my community in a positive way. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I want to serve as a role model to young Black men and women, with the message that the sky is the limit.” (1,4)

He regularly offers his medical services for free at health fairs, participates in community cleanups, and helps feed the homeless. Dr. Turner's commitment to holistically serving humanity is intertwined in all aspects of his life.

• Sources

1. "South L.A. Son Honors His Roots by Healing the Community that Raised Him" by Los Angeles Sentinel Staff Writers, Los Angeles Sentinel, March 26, 2026 - https://lasentinel.net/south-l-a-son-honors-his-roots-by-healing-the-community-that-raised-him.html

Equity Alliance of Michigan Honors Black Women Leaders in Detroit

By Kofi Bankole

Detroit, Michigan

"More than 100 people gathered in Detroit on Saturday for a Women’s History Month brunch that centered a message Black women in this city have long understood: leadership means service, and service means showing up with purpose for your community, your family, and your future at the ballot box." (1,1)

Equity Alliance of Michigan hosted its “Real Leaders Serve” Women’s Brunch on March 28, bringing together Black women leaders from across precincts to discuss community empowerment and the role Sisters will play in influencing policy and public life ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

This extravaganza was planned to honor women of impact while prompting attendees to contemplate seriously about political consciousness, leadership, and the responsibilities that come with both.

Executive Director Dr. Deanna L. Stewart, who facilitated this event, stated, “Let your voice be heard at the ballot. Voting remains one of the most powerful tools we have to share – it influences policies and ensures our needs and priorities are represented.” (1,2) This set the tone for an afternoon grounded in dialogue, lived-out personal experiences, and undeviating reminders that community empowerment does not evolve around the election cycle but exists in boardrooms, city meetings, neighborhoods, homes, and in the daily decisions that communities make about who represents them and who is held accountable.

The panel included Wayne County Commission Chair Alisha Bell, longtime Detroit political activist Kim Trent, and Leslie Andrews, vice president of strategic initiatives and advancement at the National Urban League. Together, these women spoke openly about leadership, participation, and the work women often do within their families and communities to promote political education and collective action.

Leslie Andrews stated, “I am the political think-tank of my family. If you are the political think-tank of your family, get on their nerves – pick them up to vote, plan something after – but make sure everyone participates.” (1,3)

Community empowerment often unfolds in quiet ways before it ever reaches a polling place. It unfolds in the reminder phone call, the ride to the polling place, the discussion at the kitchen table, the requirement that younger family members know what is politically up for grabs, and the need to ensure that older relatives are not left out of the process.

Alisha Bell compelled the audience to think local, making it crystal clear that genuine power is often closest to home. She asserted that, “All politics are local. Start by knowing who your elected officials are. Attend council and commission meetings. Understand what they’re doing and hold us accountable.” (1,4)

Bell's message resonated in a city like Detroit, where local decisions determine everything from investment in neighborhoods to public transportation, housing, economic opportunity, and quality of life. Knowing who holds office and how those officials govern is what turns community empowerment from a cliche into real action.

Kim Trent broadened the conversation, connecting leadership and organizing to the psychological and community-based foundation that women build for one another. She indicated that “Every single organization needs a social-passion element. Sisterhood and community are essential, not just for progress, but for our mental health.” (1,5)

Equity Alliance of Michigan grounded the event in its three core pillars: Entrepreneurship, Empowerment, and Employment Mobility. Rather than promote candidates or parties, the brunch aimed to foster connections among women leaders, honor their impact, and inspire thoughtful community involvement. Key takeaways emphasized the importance of daily engagement, political awareness, and mutual support among Black women as foundational to ongoing empowerment and lasting change, especially with the 2026 midterms ahead.

• Sources

1. "Equity Alliance of Michigan Hosts Women’s History Month Brunch Honoring Women Leaders in Detroit" by Contributing Writer, Michigan Chronicle, March 30, 2026 - https://michiganchronicle.com/equity-alliance-of-michigan-hosts-womens-history-month-brunch-honoring-women-leaders-in-detroit/

International News

What's Going On In Haiti

"Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti over a 10-month period have killed nearly 1,250 people, including 17 children, with no clear links to criminal groups. Carried out between March 2025 and January 2026 by Haitian security forces and private contractors from Erik Prince’s Vectus Global, the attacks with bomb-carrying drones over densely populated areas may represent extrajudicial killings, the organization reported."

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What's Going On In amerikkka

By Arinze Ture

In this article, what I am going to present is the amerikkka that America Doesn’t Want The World To Know. Many white people in America believe that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. However, many African (Black) people in amerikkka believe that amerikkka is the land of white supremacy and the home of the Ku Klux Klan (kkk). In addition, many Black people in amerikkka acquiesce to the assertion of Malcom X who articulated, "I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don't see any American dream. I see an American nightmare."

amerikkka is a country whose founding and evolution were predicated on Theft and the art of being Trifling. What do you mean when you say that, Brother Arinze? I’m glad you asked.

The white European colonizers stole this land from the highly civilized Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs, who had populated North America since humankind’s earliest times. The indigenous people of North America were the victims of large-scale extermination by the white European colonizers, and their land was stolen from them. After the white European colonizers stole this land from the Native Americans, they turned around and stole our African ancestors from Africa.

Not only was the founding of amerikkka predicated on Theft, so was its cultural, scientific, economic, and political evolution.

It was the African (Black) people in amerikkka who created the various genres of music there, including Blues, Spirituals, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues (R&B), Soul, Rock & Roll, Hip Hop, House Music, and Rap, among others. However, for many of the earlier years in the United Snakes of amerikkka, after these genres of music had been created, the pictures of Black artists could not even appear on their own album covers because record companies feared this would offend potential white customers and hinder the sale of their music.

Black artists had the publishing rights of their music and the ownership of their music stolen from them by white record companies and crooked white agents/managers. In addition, their music was culturally misappropriated by white artists who stole the credit, publishing rights of their music, and ownership of their music. This was accomplished by white versions of the Black artists’ music being re-recorded by white artists and: 1) played on white radio stations that would not play the music of Black artists; 2) marketed to white audiences. In many instances, these white artists got rich off the backs of Black artists. Check out the following example. While Elvis Presley himself rarely wrote songs, there’s a long history of Black songwriters and performers whose work shaped his music, sometimes without fair credit or compensation. A few key examples are:

Otis Blackwell – A hugely important Black songwriter. He wrote classics like “Don’t Be Cruel,” “All Shook Up,” and “Return to Sender.” Elvis recorded them, but Blackwell’s role was often downplayed. In some cases, Elvis was given partial credit even though Blackwell wrote the song, which boosted Elvis’s royalties.

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, whose 1946 blues song “That’s All Right” became Elvis’s first big hit in 1954. Crudup never saw fair royalties from it. He famously said he’d only get paid “if I lived to be 200 years old.”

Not only did this Theft occur in music, but also in science and in every other area of human endeavor that advanced human progress in amerikkka.

In the area of science, Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the light bulb. However, his original light bulb was neither functional nor practical for everyday use in the home because it burned out in minutes. In addition, Thomas Edison did not actually ‘invent’ the light bulb from scratch — several inventors had already created electric lamps before him.

Lewis Latimer was a Black inventor, draftsman, and patent expert whose work was crucial during the development of electric lighting and the telephone. Latimer improved Thomas Edison’s light bulb by inventing a method for producing carbon filaments, making light bulbs more durable and affordable, and helping make electric light practical for everyday use. Lewis Latimer did receive formal credit because his method for making longer-lasting carbon filaments was patented in 1881 (U.S. Patent No. 247,097). His name is on the patent, so legally he was recognized as the inventor of that improvement. But in terms of public recognition and historical memory, Latimer did not receive the same level of credit as Thomas Edison. Why? Because Edison was white, had the money, laboratories, and publicity machine to brand himself as the inventor of the light bulb, even though it was Latimer’s improvement that made the light bulb practical for daily use. As a Black inventor in the late 19th century, Latimer faced systemic racism. Even though his patents were legitimate, he was often excluded from the fame, fortune, and celebration that white inventors received.

white people in amerikkka have perpetually stolen the ideas, creations, and products developed by Black people, placed their names on them, taken credit for them, and reaped the financial benefits from them because Black people had no rights that white people in amerikkka had to respect, according to the Dred Scott U.S. Supreme Court Decision.

Also, I stated at the beginning of this article that the founding of amerikkka was predicated on the art of being Trifling. Let me explain why. The reason why the white colonizers stole our African ancestors from Africa was that they were too Trifling to do the hard work of nation-building themselves. So they enslaved our African ancestors to do it for them.

Enslaved African (Black) people built major parts of amerikkka’s infrastructure, economy, and even iconic buildings including the white House and the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Enslaved Black people cleared vast amounts of land across the South and built the homes, barns, and outbuildings of plantations. Enslaved Black people grew and harvested cash crops like tobacco, rice, sugar, and especially cotton, which became the economic engine of the U.S. in the 19th century.

In northern and southern cities, enslaved Black people worked as carpenters, blacksmiths, brickmakers, and masons, helping build homes, businesses, and churches. Notably, enslaved Black people contributed to the construction of universities such as Georgetown University, the University of Virginia, and many others.

In short, enslaved Black labor built not just farms and fields, but also the political, economic, and physical foundations of amerikkka.

After slavery was eradicated from the land, these same white European colonizers had the unmitigated gall to call African (Black) people “lazy”. They did this only because they were mad that we stopped working for them for free; Wicked Hypocrites!

The only reason amerikkka was propelled into being one of the richest nations in the world was because of the vast riches it gained from the Theft of land from the Native Americans and the Theft of free labor rendered by enslaved Africans. U.S. capitalism was born on the slave plantation in the antebellum South. In fact, the "seed money" or initial capital for capitalism in the United Snakes of amerikkka came from slavery. This fact, demonstrably demonstrated by historian Eric Williams in his momentous and monumental book entitled “Capitalism and Slavery”, sagaciously suggests that the enormous profits brought about by the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the forced labor of enslaved Africans on plantations provided significant capital accumulation that fueled the development of modern capitalism, particularly in Europe and amerikkka.

The wealth of amerikkka certainly was not earned by any hard work done by the white European colonizers, although they have promoted the lie of “American Exceptionalism”. The white Europeans in amerikkka are truly the ones who are lazy. And they are some Trifling Mother Fuckers!

To further illustrate this irrefutable idea, Donald Trump exemplifies the dominant traits (Thieving and Trifling) of the white majority in amerikkka who re-elected him to a second term as President. Due to the incompetence, corruption, xenophobia, homophobia, misogyny, racism, and fiscal policies that only served the interests of the bourgeois in Donald Trump’s first term in office, they knew exactly who he was. And they still elected him to a second term.

That is why I stated that amerikkka is a country whose founding and evolution was predicated on Theft and the art of being Trifling.

This is the amerikkka that America Doesn’t Want The World To Know.

Marinate on That!
Ready For Revolution
All Power To The People!!!

Interview with Assata Shakur, Black Panther Party & Black Liberation Army

The Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party

1. We want the freedom and power to determine the destiny of our Black and oppressed communities!
2. We want full employment for our people!
3. We want an end to the robbery by the capitalists of our Black and oppressed communities!
4. We want decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings!
5. We want decent education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society: an education that teaches us our true history and our role in present day society!
6. We want completely free healthcare for all Black and oppressed people!
7. We want an immediate end to police brutality & murder of Black people, other people of color, and all oppressed people inside the United States!
8. We want an immediate end to all wars of aggression!
9. We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!
10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace, & people's community control of modern technology!

Lifting Up the Life and Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson

By Arinze Ture

Chicago, Illinois

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Civil Rights giant, two-time presidential candidate, and Founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at the age of 84. He died peacefully at his Chicago home, surrounded by family, following a long struggle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).

A disciple of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson was an iconic figure in American history, leading movements for civil rights, voting rights, and economic justice for more than six decades.

He ran groundbreaking presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988, founded Operation PUSH (now Rainbow PUSH Coalition), and served as a global diplomat.

Following his death, leaders worldwide, including former President Barack Obama, paid tribute to his contributions to humanity.

Jackson’s work was always predicated on the poignant belief that everybody deserves dignity and opportunity. Throughout his lifetime, he reminded us that we are somebody and to always keep hope alive.

Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was born on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina. He rose to acclaim during the Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., differentiating himself as a commanding speaker and prolific organizer.

"'Keep a slice of the bread in your community.' That powerful slogan became the rallying cry of Operation Breadbasket, the groundbreaking economic initiative launched in Chicago by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference." (1,1) The term 'bread' refers to money, which represents a measure of economic self-determination that provides the sustenance of life.

"Dr. King called Operation Breadbasket the most successful part of his Northern Campaign. A young seminary student named Jesse Jackson was chosen to lead its daily work. This role helped start his lifelong career in economic empowerment and civil rights." (1,2)

After the assassination of Dr. King, Jackson founded Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) in 1971, which labored for economic empowerment and social justice. The group worked on an agenda to foster corporate accountability, voter registration, equitable education, and international human rights.

Jackson's presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988 were not merely focused on winning the Democratic nomination. They sought to broaden the national political dialogue.

In 1988, Jackson’s campaign formed the 'Rainbow Coalition', which brought together Black, Latino, progressive White, farmers, labor unions, and women. He did not win the nomination, but he changed national politics by showing that a Black candidate could run a vigorous national campaign and influence political parties' platforms in the United States.

Jackson also served as a global diplomat, facilitating the liberation of hostages abroad and speaking out for human rights worldwide. His impact extended beyond the United States, making him a global leader.

Rev. Jesse Jackson was firmly rooted in his Christian faith and family. He has often stated that his faith guided his activism.

Jesse Jackson and Jacqueline Jackson had been married since 1962. They raised five children: Santita Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr., Jonathan Jackson, Jacqueline Lavinia Jackson, and Yusef DuBois Jackson. In addition, Jackson had a child with Karin Stanford, a former staffer for his Rainbow PUSH Coalition, named Ashley Jackson.

Rev. Jesse Jackson's work demonstrated his courage, faith, and the living out of his faith via his indefatigable campaign for justice.

• Sources

1. "Honoring the Life and Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr." by Marshelle Sanders, Chicago Defender, February 17, 2026 - https://chicagodefender.com/honoring-the-life-and-legacy-of-rev-jesse-jackson-sr/

Harlem, A Black Metropolis

By Kwame Maduka

New York, New York

Originally, Harlem was, for the most part, a white neighborhood. Harlem became the world’s leading Black metropolis when landlords like Philip Payton Jr. and his Afro-American Realty Company purchased buildings in the area and began renting them to Black residents. By the 1920s, Harlem materialized as the largest Black urban community in the world, with many Black-owned businesses, churches, and social institutions.

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• Sources

1. "Who made Harlem a Black metropolis?" by Karen Juanita Carrillo, New York Amsterdam News, February 26, 2026 - https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/02/26/who-made-harlem-a-black-metropolis/

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn Honors A Freedom Rider and The First Black Mayor of Lakewood

By Arinze Ture

Los Angeles, California

"In celebration of Black History Month, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn honored two local Black civic leaders on Feb. 24, Robert C. Farrell, a former member of the Los Angeles City Council and San Pedro resident who was a Freedom Rider during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, and Cassandra Chase who made history in 2025 when she became the first Black mayor of the City of Lakewood." (1,1)

Robert Farrell served on the Los Angeles City Council for the 8th District from 1974 to 1991. He is a graduate of UCLA. In an article he wrote in 2015, Farrell stated, "Racial segregation on trains or in bus stations is unthinkable today. But I remember the days when it was the law or custom in many places, especially in the South. I was raised in New Orleans, and learned early from family what segregated life was like as a Negro and would probably be like for the rest of my life. I also remember the Freedom Rides. In August 1961, I was one of a group of 11 men and women who boarded a train from Los Angeles to Mississippi." (2,1)

While representing the Council’s 8th District, Farrell fought for economic development and affordable housing in underserved neighborhoods. In addition, he championed expanding public transportation access.

Janice Hahn asserted that “Bob Farrell is living proof that progress is never accidental, it is built on courage, conviction, and collaboration. His words still resonate today: ‘Justice is not a destination—it’s a journey we must walk together, every day.’ We owe Bob a debt of gratitude for taking the risks that many people were too afraid to take.” (1,2)

When speaking of his time as a participant in the Freedom Rider Movement, Farrell said, “Standing aside was not an option. Courage didn’t come from fearlessness; it came from conviction.” He further stated, “To be honored today is humbling. It reminds me that those moments, those choices, became part of a larger story. Not my story alone, but our shared history. Thank you for remembering, Supervisor Hahn, and thank you for continuing the work.”

In her presentation honoring the mayor, Hahn said, "Mayor Chase is a Lakewood native and a graduate of UC Irvine. She was elected to the Lakewood City Council in 2022 before making history in 2025 as Lakewood’s first-ever Black mayor. In addition, she is active in the Lakewood Jaycees and Soroptimist International of Lakewood / Long Beach uplifting women, families and the broader community, and co-created “Lakewood Lemonade Day,” a citywide youth entrepreneurship program that teaches young people how to start, market, and operate their own small business, helping them build confidence, financial literacy, and leadership skills." (1,3) In regard to this distinguished mayor, Janice Hahn further stated, “I am honored to call Mayor Chase my partner in serving Lakewood. Her story is not simply about a title; it’s about legacy, service, and the power of possibility. The people of Lakewood have put their trust in her because they see what I see: a leader committed to building a community where families feel supported, young people feel empowered, and everyone has a sense of belonging.”

During the presentation made to her, Mayor Chase said, “I’m grateful to the many men and women who ensure that Lakewood continues to be a wonderful community to live and belong. I’m grateful to be honored, and I will continue to do the work. Thank you all so much.” (1,4)

• Sources

1. "Hahn Honors Freedom Rider and First Black Mayor of Lakewood" by Editors of Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Sentinel, February 25, 2026 - https://lasentinel.net/hahn-honors-freedom-rider-and-first-black-mayor-of-lakewood.html
2. "From the Freedom Rides to the L.A. City Council" by Robert Farrell, UCLA Newsroom, March 13, 2015 - https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/from-the-freedom-rides-to-the-l-a-city-council

Booker T. Washington Senior High School Students Celebrate Black History Through Art

By Kofi Bankole

Miami, Florida

Nearly a century after its founding, Booker T. Washington Senior High School is marking Black History Month through the work of its students — canvases layered with gold, clay shaped by hand, portraits drawn from memory and migration.

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• Sources

1. "As Booker T. Washington nears 100 years, students celebrate Black History through art" by Ivette Franco, Miami Times Contributor, Miami Times, February 24, 2026 - https://www.miamitimesonline.com/lifestyles/as-booker-t-washington-nears-100-years-students-celebrate-black-history-through-art/article_39ca115b-eb0d-4634-a5a6-b1df1c0902e4.html

International News

What's Going On In Brazil

The prosecutor in the case of Agostina Páez, a 29-year-old Argentine lawyer arrested in Brazil in mid-January and accused of racist conduct, has requested she be sent to prison to await trial.

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What's Going On In Ghana

One message stood out, one particular briefing gave clarity and hope for better days ahead. Africa, will be heard; willingly or unwillingly and the resolution thereof, will no longer be a hope for years to come, but a reality to actualise. At a press conference during the 39th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama urged African leaders to adopt a common continental strategy on the legacy of slavery and racialised chattel enslavement, which he described as “the gravest crime against humanity.”

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What's Going On In amerikkka

By Arinze Ture

I received some distressing news recently from a friend who is a Black Revolutionary and who works as a professional in white corporate amerikkka. For my revolutionary comrades, that’s a contradiction for your azz; a Black Revolutionary working in white corporate amerikkka! However, this brother has been successful in his profession for over 20 years and has mentored other younger brothers & sisters through the years.

With great risk to his career and personal economic well-being, this brother has organized ethnic minorities to petition management for more equitable opportunities and for more of them to be promoted to management levels in white corporate amerikkka.

This brother has done community organizing to feed the hungry, clothe those in need of clothing, mentor young people, and elevate the consciousness of our Black brothers/sisters. This brother has a reputation for being a Field Negro and a troublemaker.

Three years ago, the most recent company where this brother is employed brought in an average white college kid whom he helped train while he was a student intern. This white dude graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree. My friend holds not only a Bachelor’s Degree but also a Master’s Degree. After working for the company for 3 years, this white dude with 3 years of work experience is now on the same pay level as my friend, who is a 20+ year Black professional in the same field and on the same team.

By the way, my friend has never received a promotion while working for this racist azz company for over 5 years. In fact, he’s the only person of color on his team. And although he was promised leadership assignments that could potentially lead to promotion, they were never provided by his cracker Karen manager. In other words, he was held back because he’s Black.

This brother shows up to work every day. He’s productive with a good attitude. He gets along with his coworkers. He gets bonuses every year for his productivity. However, this brother doesn’t kiss white ass; doesn’t scratch where he doesn’t itch; and doesn’t laugh when he’s not tickled. He’s not the typical bootlicking, buffoonish, bourgeois House Negro that you find far too often in white corporate amerikkka. This brother, my friend, is a Black Revolutionary.

When the brother discovered the aforementioned racism waged against him via the exploitation of his labor, he was pissed and considered several options: Option 1) plugging the racist Karen manager who fucked him over with his Glock 9 and detonating the corporate headquarters where he worked; Option 2) filing an EEOC complaint during this anti-DEI, White Supremacist Trump era; Option 3) resigning and dipping to greener pastures; or 4) letting it ride and doing nothing.

Since president Pedophile took office in January 2025 for his second term in the White House, there has been a clear anti-Black policy focus pushed by the Trump administration. Trump and members of his cracker-filled, corrupt cabinet have constantly castigated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

The choice not to invite the Tangerine Tyrant to the NAACP National Convention in 2025 represented the first time that America’s oldest civil rights organization has refused to ask a sitting president to its convention. In a statement on the evening of June 16, 2025, the reasons were made clear. “Donald Trump is attacking our democracy and our civil rights,” the statement from the NAACP read in part. “He believes more in the fascist playbook than in the U.S. Constitution. This playbook is radical and un-American. The president has signed unconstitutional executive orders to oppress voters and undo federal civil rights protections; he has illegally turned the military on our communities, and he continually undermines every pillar of our democracy to make himself more powerful and to benefit from the U.S. government personally.”

Since the Old Orange Bastard took office, the Cracker (White) House has initiated a coherent anti-Black strategy focused on the social-political-economic destruction of African (Black) people. In addition, the tyrannical Trump administration has fired without cause several Black officials in top roles such as General CQ Brown, who was chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General (IG) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Alvin Brown, Vice Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Rebecca Slaughter, Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Carla Hayden, who served as the Librarian of Congress, and Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Books on racism, civil rights, and the African-American experience have been removed from the library at the U.S. Military Academy in Annapolis as well as from public libraries across the country. This Wicked Cesspool of an Administration under the direction of a Malevolent Motherfucker has made a deliberate attempt to erase all Black History from books, museums, and from being taught by educators all across this country.

Trump’s mass federal job cuts have disproportionately impacted Black women. Over 300,000 Black people exited the labor force in about 3 months, far exceeding job losses among other demographics. In addition, president Pedophile had the unmitigated gall to post a video that depicted former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. The New Afrikan Black Panther Party condemns Donald Trump’s offensive and openly racist behavior.

Regardless of how you may feel about Obama’s politics when he was in office, this depiction represents the Obese Orange Oppressor’s hateful attitude toward all Black People as a whole and feeds hateful stereotypes to his racist base.

Therefore, I say, Fuck you, Donald Trump. Fuck your racist, Klan-supporting daddy for busting the nut that produced you. Fuck your mama for giving birth to you and not aborting your malignant narcissistic azz. And fuck your children who are cursed by the Trump name.

Under president Pedophile’s Administration, segregated facilities, which were dictated by Jim Crow laws in the South from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century but eradicated as a result of the indefatigable struggle of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960’s, are no longer banned in federal government contracts.

Trump proposes a merit-based system in racist white amerikkka. In other words, Trump and his white supremacist supporters want to take this country back to an amerikkka that existed before the Civil Rights Legislation that was passed in the 1960’s. What this means is that employers, banks, educational institutions, etc… can discriminate against you if you are Black by not hiring you for a job, by denying you a loan to start up a business, and by refusing to admit you into their schools NOT because you are less qualified than your white competition BUT BECAUSE of the COLOR of YOUR SKIN.

The yardstick of the merit system that Trump wants to impose on this country is based SOLELY on and nothing but WHITENESS.

In summary, I hope that I have successfully made the case that Donald Trump, (president Pedophile, Old Orange Bastard, Tangerine Tyrant, Obese Orange Oppressor, Malevolent Motherfucker, etc…) is a racist, misogynist, homophobic, xenophobic, capitalist, fascist PIG who not only hates African (Black) people, especially Black Women, but has gone out of his way to hurt Black people “by any means necessary”.

Now I know that some of you are asking, “What happened to your friend, the Black Revolutionary, who works as a professional in white corporate amerikkka? You mentioned that he discovered the aforementioned racism waged against him via the exploitation of his labor and that he was pissed and considered several options: Option 1) plugging the racist Karen manager who fucked him over with his Glock 9 and detonating the corporate headquarters where he worked; Option 2) filing an EEOC complaint during this anti-DEI, White Supremacist Trump era; Option 3) resigning and dipping to greener pastures; or 4) letting it ride and doing nothing. Which option did he choose?”

I’m glad you asked.

My friend’s story is still ongoing, and he hasn’t chosen the option he'll take yet.

Like my friend, our story, as a people, is still ongoing, and we have options too. Therefore, I encourage you to choose to take a multi-tiered approach to solving our problems. As the Strong, Brilliant, and Resilient African (Black) people that we are, we must choose to continue to boycott white institutions that have eliminated their DEI programs. We must choose to Buy Black and support our own Black Businesses. We must choose to unite and continue building our own social-economic-educational-political institutions so that we can operate independently of the white supremacist-controlled systems of amerikkka. We must choose to support the unification and total liberation of the African continent under scientific socialism. And we must choose to organize ourselves within amerikkka in the fight for our liberation and “declare our right on this earth… to be a people, to be human beings, to be respected as human beings, to be given the rights of human beings in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.”

Marinate on That!
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All Power To The People!!!

Interview with Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party, Chairman and Co-Founder

1. We want the freedom and power to determine the destiny of our Black and oppressed communities!
2. We want full employment for our people!
3. We want an end to the robbery by the capitalists of our Black and oppressed communities!
4. We want decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings!
5. We want decent education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society: an education that teaches us our true history and our role in present day society!
6. We want completely free healthcare for all Black and oppressed people!
7. We want an immediate end to police brutality & murder of Black people, other people of color, and all oppressed people inside the United States!
8. We want an immediate end to all wars of aggression!
9. We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!
10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace, & people's community control of modern technology!

National News

The Execution Of Keith Porter By An Off-Duty ICE PIG

By Arinze Ture

Los Angeles, California

On December 31, 2025 (New Year’s Eve), a Black brother named Keith Porter Jr. stepped outside his apartment in the Village Pointe Apartments complex and fired his rifle into the air to celebrate the arrival of 2026. This is a tradition that many gun owners around the country follow during the ushering in of a new year.

What was different about this New Year's Eve was that a white, off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) PIG named Brian Palacios, who lived in the same apartment complex, focused on Keith as the object of his target practice. Upon hearing the shots fired in the air by Keith, this ICE PIG put on his tactical gear, seized his ICE-issued gun, went outside, and executed this Black man in front of his apartment. This PIG claimed that Porter pointed/fired the rifle at him. However, witnesses dispute this "active shooter" narrative enumerated by Palacios, stating Porter was only firing celebratory shots into the air and was not a threat to anyone. Neighbors reported they did not hear the agent identify himself before opening fire. The family's attorney states there is no evidence Porter posed a threat or fired at the agent. It should be noted that ICE is not a police force engaged in general law enforcement. It is an immigration agency. In addition, an ICE PIG can only draw their gun if there is an immediate threat of serious harm.

Keith Porter Jr., 43, was a loving family man and Franceola Armstrong’s only son. He had two daughters, aged 10 and 20, and was known as a devoted "girl dad." His coworkers at Home Depot cherished his infectious humor, and although deeply loved in Compton, he moved to Northridge to be closer to his uncles and to pursue his love of fishing.

Keith's executioner, Brian Palacios, faced troubling allegations in an unrelated custody dispute: a court filing accused him of whipping his sons with a belt, making homophobic and racist remarks about Black and Latino people, and bringing a gun to a youth sports game. Palacios's lawyer denies these claims. According to Omar Escorcia, his girlfriend's ex-husband, Palacios regularly disparaged Latinos, referring to them with slurs. At a 2025 court hearing, Escorcia's attorney, Michelle Diaz, asked, "What law enforcement officer who is mindful of gun safety, shows up to a children’s sporting event with a gun that is not holstered, but stuck in their waistband, and they’re holding a toddler?" (1,1) Diaz further stated, "There are all kinds of red flags here." (1,2)

Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles held a vigil in Northridge two days after Keith Porter's execution. Although it rained on the day, around 100 people came out to support his family.

In the following days, Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles held a meeting with DA Hochman to demand that he file charges against the ICE PIG, "offered guidance to the family, made public statements, coordinated with Councilwoman Eunessis Hernandez to open a City Council meeting in Keith’s honor, had Keith’s family on their KBLA radio program, and held their monthly organizing meeting as a strategy session." (2,1)

The LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division is investigating, with potential "review by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office." (3,1) The family is seeking accountability and truth regarding the circumstances of the shooting of Keith Porter.

One of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, "We want an immediate end to police brutality & murder of Black people, other people of color, and all oppressed people inside the United States!" (4,1)

• Sources

1. "ICE agent who killed L.A. man accused of child abuse, racism in court filings" by James Queally, Libor Jany and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2026 - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-16/ice-agent-los-angeles-shooting-court-records
2. "#BeGood…Demand Justice in the Name of #KeithPorter" by Dr. Melina Abdullah, Columnist, Los Angeles Sentinel, January 14, 2026 - https://lasentinel.net/begooddemand-justice-in-the-name-of-keithporter.html
3. Nick Carter, ABC7 San Francisco https://abc7news.com/tag/nick-carter/
4. New Afrikan Black Panther Party https://www.wecumedia.com/post/new-afrikan-black-panther-party

Overtown Provides Affordable Housing To Residents

By Kwame Maduka

Miami, Florida

In 2018, the historic 1950s property at 1560 N.W. 1 Court in Miami was slated for demolition. However, a public-private partnership deflected that direction. "The Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), The Vagabond Group, Mt. Zion Community Development Corporation (CDC), the City of Miami, and Miami-Dade County Housing and Community Development collaborated to save the structures." (1,1)

Following this collaboration, work on the project began in early 2019, with a phased approach designed to ensure residents could remain housed throughout construction. Completing the first building within months allowed residents to return as early as May 2019. The refurbished complex provided a range of units, from studios to three-bedroom apartments.

The 16 Corner project was not all aplomb. Behind the new paint and contemporary finishes lies a difficult, often thwarting development process. Avra Jain, Founder of The Vagabond Group, indicated that preserving affordable housing in declining buildings requires serious sacrifice. "She waived her developer fee and personally financed portions of construction to keep the project moving despite post-pandemic economic volatility." (1,2)

The finished restoration represents a milestone in affordable housing, protected by a 30-year restrictive covenant. Units remain rent-stabilized for families earning 30%–90% of Area Median Income (AMI), with some rents as low as $537 per month, well under the area median of $2,400.

"Residents, elected officials, and community leaders gathered on Jan. 14 in Historic Overtown to celebrate the grand opening of 16 Corner, a multi-family affordable housing development project that restored five aging buildings into 44 modern apartments without displacing a single resident." (1,3)

Commissioner Damian Pardo emphasized the project's success, detailing the $3.8 million investment by the Omni CRA and the $1.2 million from Miami-Dade County.

Speaking on behalf of Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morales placed 16 Corner within the county’s expansive housing endeavors, mentioning that Miami-Dade helped convey more than 3,400 new housing units in 2025. Since 2020, he said, the county has built more than 9,000 units, with another 12,000 currently in the pipeline.

An essential partner in the project was the Mt. Zion Community Development Corporation (CDC), affiliated with the historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Rev. Walter Peterson, Vice-Chair of the Mt. Zion CDC, purported 16 Corner as both a spiritual and feasible investment. He asserted, “The book tells us that without a vision, the people perish. For people, this is a start—an opportunity toward homeownership, toward working from home, toward stability.” (1,4) The Chair of the Mt. Zion CDC, Larry Capp, said 16 Corner is only the starting point. He reported preparations for a forthcoming affordable housing development, Graham Ross Tower, named after the church’s two longest-serving ministers.

One of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, "We want decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings!" (2,1)

• Sources

1. "Overtown affordable housing project opens 44 renovated apartments without displacement" by Amelia Orjuela Da Silva, Miami Times Staff Writer, The Miami Times, January 20, 2026 - https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/overtown-affordable-housing-project-opens-44-renovated-apartments-without-displacement/article_551ae513-06f4-4678-ace8-6764ff60311c.html
2. New Afrikan Black Panther Party https://www.wecumedia.com/post/new-afrikan-black-panther-party

The Big Apple Protests The Thuggery of ICE PIGS

By Kofi Bankole

New York, New York

"Increasingly frequent and even deadly U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and 'kidnappings' during immigration hearings are causing growing weariness among New Yorkers." (1,1)

On January 12, 2026, Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, a Venezuelan City Council staff member, was detained by ICE PIGS in Bethpage, Nassau County, at a regular immigration appointment. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed in a released statement that Bohorquez was granted entry to the U.S on a tourist visa in 2017 and does not have work authorization. DHS further asserted that Bohorquez has a criminal history, including an arrest for assault in New York.

In a statement, City Council Speaker Julie Menin stated, “He had legal authorization to remain in the country until October of this year. We are doing everything we can to secure his immediate release, and we demand swift and transparent action by the federal government on this apparent overreach. Across the nation, we have seen aggressive escalations by ICE that raise serious concerns on the use of excessive force and a lack of accountability. As New Yorkers, we will stand up for the rights and dignity of every neighbor.” Likewise, in a social media post, Mayor Zohran Mamdani commented, “I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a routine immigration appointment. This is an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values. I am calling for his immediate release and will continue to monitor the situation.”

In a citywide poll conducted by the Honan Strategy Group, before the execution of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE PIGS on January 7, 2026, around 67% of the citizens of New York disagreed with ICE raids being overseen in the city, juxtaposed to 32% who still agreed with them. When probed more directly, around 58% of those polled indicated that the New York Police Department (NYPD) should not work with ICE to protect NYC’s sanctuary laws. Around 66% believe that raids create alarm and imperil immigrant New Yorkers.

As a result of the heightened sense of anxiety, thousands of demonstrators took to the city’s streets to demonstrate their support for Minneapolis, MN, and to protest against ICE PIGS and their federal government-sanctioned fascism. Mayor Mamdani boldly asserted that the shooting of Renee Good was "murder". In addition, Mamdani highlighted the dearth of training that ICE PIGS receive in a recent CNN interview. He further stated, “It is a glimpse into what has been a year full of cruelty, and I think what many New Yorkers woke up feeling today is a heightened sense of anxiety and fear as to whether they were safe in leaving their homes. That’s especially true for immigrant New Yorkers.” (1,2)

One of the protests began with a rally at Manhattan’s Grand Army Plaza, where Councilmember Alexa Avilés, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, and former Comptroller Brad Lander joined protesters. The protesters marched down Fifth Avenue carrying huge heads modeled after high-profile New York officials, including U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

In a statement, Avilés stated, “We need ICE off our streets. They are a danger to every resident of our city. While our tax dollars are being funneled into violent kidnappings, working-class people everywhere are suffering without access to healthcare and affordable housing. Donald Trump has made it clear he does not value working-class lives in the U.S. or in any other country.” (1,3)

Keith Porter Jr., a Black 43-year-old U.S citizen and father of two, was executed by an off-duty ICE PIG in Northridge, California, on New Year’s Eve. Renee Good, a white 37-year-old U.S citizen, was murdered on January 7. Porter and Good are two of the 35 people who have died in ICE PIG custody or during enforcement operations since the Trump administration began its crackdown on immigrants, following the commencement of his second term in office.

"As of Tuesday, Jan. 13, Menin and Congressmember Dan Goldman have been coordinating with advocates at the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) and lawyers at the New York Legal Assistance Group. They filed an emergency habeas petition on January 14 and have confirmed that the staffer is still being held in ICE custody in New York State." (1,4)

One of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, "We want an immediate end to police brutality & murder of Black people, other people of color, and all oppressed people inside the United States!" (2,1)

• Sources

1. "NYC protests increasingly dangerous ICE encounters and deportation tactics" by Ariama C. Long, New York Amsterdam News, January 15, 2026 - https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/01/15/nyce-protest-ice-encounters-and-deportation-tactics/
2. New Afrikan Black Panther Party https://www.wecumedia.com/post/new-afrikan-black-panther-party

After The First Year of Trump's Second Term, Black People Find Themselves F*cked With No Vaseline

By Arinze Ture

Washington, D.C.

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, the comprehensive unemployment rate of Black people has reached recession levels. The unemployment rate of Black youth is more than three times the national average. A disproportionate number of Black workers in federal jobs were let go, and a Washington think tank reports that the president’s policies have pushed the Black community into an economic downturn. The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report, “State of the Dream 2026: From Regression to Signs of a Black Recession," enumerates that Trump's policies are unleashing economic devastation on Black workers and positioning Black households farther behind than they already were. Dedrick Assante-Muhammad, president of the aforementioned think tank, said he was shocked that the one-year anniversary of the Trump administration would have such a substantial impact on Black America in so short a time.

Assante-Muhammad further stated, "'the radical policy shifts' the president enacted during his second term — including the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, an Elon Musk-run scheme that took a chainsaw to the federal workforce — resulted in Black individuals and households falling further behind their white peers. During the first year of Trump’s first term, Black unemployment declined by almost a percentage point. In the first year of Trump’s second term, Black unemployment increased over a percentage point to 7.5%.” (1,1)

Prepared jointly with several nonprofit organizations, the “State of the Dream 2026: From Regression to Signs of a Black Recession" report focuses on the relationship between Trump’s domestic policy agenda and the economic struggles of Black America.

When Trump took office a year ago, "the Black unemployment rate was around 6%, according to the report, compared to the overall U.S. unemployment rate of 4%. By December 2025, the report states, the unemployment rate for Black workers had jumped by nearly a full percentage point to 7.5%. The unemployment data for Black youths was even more disturbing: by the end of last year, it had soared to around 18% — more than triple the national average." (1,2) Not including Black youths, if Black people had the same employment rate in 2025 as in 2024, there would have been about 260,000 more Black adults working. Of this number, about 200,000 were Black women.

DOGE played an important role in the rise in unemployment. As a result of this effort, 271,000 federal jobs were eliminated, which had a severe impact on Black workers, who are disproportionately represented in the federal workforce. This was a contributing factor to the acute rise in Black unemployment in 2025. Also, the report discovered that the tax policies in Trump’s so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will further cut an already fragile social safety net by reducing federal revenue and transferring wealth upward from the proletariat (working class) to the nation’s bourgeoisie (capitalist class). In addition, the report discloses that Trump's: 1) regulatory policies have left Black communities more unprotected from predatory lending, 2) fiscal policies will worsen racial inequality in the workplace, and 3) housing policies do nothing to shrink the homeownership gap between Black and white households.

According to the report, "While the news is grim, '[r]egression is not destiny'. But neither is progress automatic, and the path forward requires more than optimism. Overcoming the setbacks will require the organized power, evidence-based strategy, and moral clarity that have driven every successful movement for racial justice in American history. The dream Dr. King articulated remains both measurable and achievable. Whether we reach it depends on the choices we make in response to what this report reveals.” (1,3)

Two of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party are as follows, '1. We want full employment for our people!' and '2. We want an end to the robbery by the capitalists of our Black and oppressed communities!'" (2,1)

• Sources

1. "A Year in, Trump’s Agenda Has Deepened Black Economic Pain" by Joseph Williams, Word In Black: 'Black America's Digital Daily', January 21, 2026 - https://wordinblack.com/2026/01/trumps-agenda-deepened-black-economic-pain/?utm_source=rss.app&utm_medium=rss-widget&utm_content=rss-widget
2. New Afrikan Black Panther Party https://www.wecumedia.com/post/new-afrikan-black-panther-party

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What's Going On In amerikkka

By Arinze Ture

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, the bold, brilliant, and Black author, cogently and correctly communicates that “white supremacists love what America used to be, even though America used to be--and still is--teeming with millions of struggling White people. White supremacists blame non-White people for the struggles of White people when any objective analysis of their plight primarily implicates the rich White Trumps they support.” (1,1)

Many of the racist crackers in amerikkka and the House Negroes who Malcom X so eloquently evoked back in the 1960’s belong to the Cracker Party (GOP). And Donald Trump is the Head Cracker In Charge (HCIC) of the Cracker Party. However, Trump is no more a President than Mickey Mouse is a duck. Trump is nothing but a Pimp. The Republicans in the U.S. Congress and those working in his administration are nothing but Trump’s Prostitutes. Why? Because anytime you put Price over Principle, that makes you a Prostitute. Trump is running amerikkka like a Pimp runs his whorehouse. He pimps out his Prostitutes (i.e., the GOP in the U.S. Congress & those working in his administration), and they make their Pimp happy by doing their Pimp’s bidding. Trump says, “Jump”. And his Prostitutes say, “How high”? Trump says, “Open your legs”. And his Prostitutes say, “How wide”? The GOP-controlled U.S. Congress no longer exercises oversight on the Executive branch. Instead, the Republicans in the U.S. Congress are nothing but two-dollar ($2) hoes.

Trump is utilizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) PIGS, employed by the federal government, as his personal “Slave Patrols” to illegally harass, terrorize, and deport immigrants in this country without due process. Some of you may be asking the question, “Why are you using the term 'Slave Patrols’”?

Let me give you a history lesson. With the adoption of the 13th Amendment that legally ended slavery in amerikkka, Southern crackers feared payback from newly freed Black people, which led them to create evil machinations to control their freedom. Therefore, immediately after the Civil War, Black Codes were enacted by these racist crackers, which were laws that restricted Black people's movement, labor, and rights. This required a group of white men to enforce these laws, known informally as “Slave Patrols”. Groups like the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) acted as informal “Slave Patrols”. They used violence, intimidation, and terror to suppress Black rights and enforce white supremacy. Other vigilante groups, often called "night riders," also acted as informal “Slave Patrols” who terrorized Black communities at night and ensured compliance with the status quo embodied in Jim Crow laws. Sounds similar to what’s going on in the immigrant community!

The ICE PIGS are employing violence, intimidation, and terror to repress the Brown community today, but they are also wreaking havoc on the entire citizenry of amerikkka living in Democratic-led (Blue) cities. Like the KKK and the “night riders”, these cowardly ICE PIGS wear masks and operate with impunity as they brutalize/execute law-abiding Americans.

These “Slave Patrols” evolved into the current policing system in amerikkka today, which utilizes the modern policing methods of surveillance, curfew enforcement, and the maintenance of racial control.

Under the Trump administration, which significantly cut their hours of training, the ICE PIGS currently receive 47 days of training before they are given badges, guns, and authorized to terrorize the Blue cities in these Divided States of amerikkka. Before the cuts to their training, ICE PIGS received about 20 weeks of training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). As can be seen, these ICE PIGS, who are wreaking havoc in Blue communities across amerikkka today, are poorly trained, ignorant thugs who have absolutely no business being in law enforcement; just like the KKK and “night riders” had no business being in law enforcement.

The KKK and “night riders” of yesterday were homegrown domestic terrorists organized as “Slave Patrols” and charged with the responsibility of terrorizing newly emancipated Black people. The ICE agents of today are Trump’s homegrown domestic terrorists, organized as “Slave Patrols,” who are charged with the duty of terrorizing the citizenry of amerikkka who live in Blue cities.

On January 7, 2026, Trump’s “Slave Patrols” executed an innocent U.S. citizen, who happened to be a woman, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Another way to view Renee Good’s execution is via the lens through which Malcolm X perceived the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Malcom asserted that it was a case of the “Chickens coming home to roost”. Now, some of you will say that Malcom said this close to 60 years ago. You will also ask, “What does that have to do with the murder of an innocent white woman today”? I’m glad you asked. What we are seeing in real time is that the terrorism that has been executed against the Black community since the beginning of our sojourn in this wicked country is now being executed against everybody else, white women included.

Fascist ICE PIG executions in the streets of amerikkka didn’t begin in Minneapolis, MN with a white woman.

Since the start of Donald Trump’s second term and the launch of his mass deportation program in January 2025, 35 people have died in ICE PIG custody or during enforcement operations.

The following are six individuals whose deaths are representative of the other deaths that have been linked explicitly to ICE PIG enforcement and detention during this period:

1. Genry Donaldo Ruiz-Guillen (January 23, 2025): A 29-year-old citizen of Honduras who died at a hospital in Hialeah, Florida, while in ICE PIG custody. He was being held at the Krome Service Processing Center.
2. Ismael Ayala-Uribe (September 22, 2025): A 39-year-old former DACA recipient who died at a hospital after falling ill at the Adelanto detention center in California. His family alleged medical neglect, stating he was given only Tylenol as his condition worsened before his death.
3. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez (September 2025): A Mexican man who was fatally shot by an ICE PIG in Chicago during an altercation shortly after he had dropped his children off at school.
4. Keith Porter (December 31, 2025): A 43-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE PIG in Northridge, Los Angeles. DHS alleged the agent fired after Porter aimed a firearm at him, though Porter's family has challenged this account.
5. Renée Nicole Good (January 7, 2026): A 37-year-old White U.S. citizen and mother was shot and killed by an ICE PIG in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The shooting occurred as she was driving her SUV through an ICE operation scene. While federal officials claim the officer acted in self-defense, witness videos have prompted intense public scrutiny and protests.
6. Alex Jeffrey Pretti (January 24, 2026): A 37-year-old White U.S. citizen and intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot and killed by ICE PIGS in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This occurred amid widespread protests against a federal immigration crackdown and followed the January 7 fatal shooting of Renée Good, also by ICE PIGS.

It is crystal clear that the executive branch of the federal government is corrupt and fascist to its core because of the aforementioned reasons and because it moves closer each day towards uprooting democracy and replacing it with unadulterated authoritarianism. It is crystal clear that we must organize ourselves to combat white supremacy, capitalism, and an out-of-control fascist amerikkkan government.

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect of the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government.

A malignant narcissist is an extreme personality type combining Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) with severe antisocial traits, including sadism, paranoia, aggression, and a profound lack of empathy, leading them to cruelly manipulate, exploit, and harm others for personal gain or pleasure, delighting in others' suffering, and often disregarding morality and laws. While not an official DSM diagnosis, it's a concept describing individuals who are not just self-centered but actively malicious, exhibiting a destructive blend of grandiosity and cruelty, often bordering on psychopathy. Donald Trump is a malignant narcissist. Trumpism is a cancer that has metastasized throughout the amerikkkan body politic.

To prevent this cancer from spreading further and killing democracy, we must destroy it by voting against it in massive record-breaking numbers during the Midterm Elections of 2026 or by any means necessary. In addition, I urge all Americans, predominantly Black and other oppressed communities of color, to arm themselves for self-defense against a federal government that has become destructive regarding our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

• Sources

1. "How To Be An Anti-Racist", by Ibrahim X. Kendi, Random House Children's Books, August 15, 2019 - https://highlights.sawyerh.com/highlights/NeVo1qtOeVAp6sVZU3AN

Interview with Dr. Huey P. Newton, Co-Founder of The Black Panther Party

The Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party

1. We want the freedom and power to determine the destiny of our Black and oppressed communities!
2. We want full employment for our people!
3. We want an end to the robbery by the capitalists of our Black and oppressed communities!
4. We want decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings!
5. We want decent education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society: an education that teaches us our true history and our role in present day society!
6. We want completely free healthcare for all Black and oppressed people!
7. We want an immediate end to police brutality & murder of Black people, other people of color, and all oppressed people inside the United States!
8. We want an immediate end to all wars of aggression!
9. We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!
10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace, & people's community control of modern technology!

Fifty-Sixth Anniversary Of The Assassination Of Fred Hampton

By Arinze Ture

Chicago, Illinois

In commemorating the assassination of Comrade Fred Hampton, who was the Chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, I would like us not to focus on the dreadful details of his murder by the Chicago PIGS, the FBI, and Edward V. Hanrahan (Cook County State’s Attorney) but instead on the life lessons that Chairman Fred taught us in a speech that he delivered during the last year of his life.

On the one hand, Dr. Huey P. Newton was a brilliant intellectual, strategist, visionary, and revolutionary par excellence. The Minister of Defense could cogently communicate the complex philosophical concepts of Marxism-Leninism, revolutionary nationalism, and other irrefutable ideas to the Intelligentsia, but not so much so when it came to breaking down these concepts and conveying them to the average Brother and Sister in the hood, according to Assata Shakur, Bobby Seale, and others in the Black Panther Party (BPP) at the time.

On the other hand, Chairman Bobby Seale, Honorary Prime Minister Kwame Ture, and Fred Hampton could conclusively convey the complicated theoretical conceptualizations of Marxism-Leninism, revolutionary nationalism, and other cognitive concepts to Academia and also to the average Brother and Sister in the hood. In fact, Chairman Bobby Seale instructed others in the Party that if anything ever happened to him while he was the Chairman, he wanted the Party to make Fred Hampton the next Chairman of the National BPP. That’s how on-point Comrade Fred Hampton was.

In his speech entitled “Power Anywhere Where There’s People,” which was delivered at the Olivet Church in 1969, the oratorical genius of Chairman Fred was demonstrably demonstrated as he made five majestic moves in the chess game of revolutionary communication before crushing this speech with a checkmate.

In the first majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred schooled the audience in regard to Pedagogy via the concepts of Observation and Participation. He said, “Let me give you an example of teaching people. Basically, the way they learn is observation and participation. You know a lot of us go around and joke ourselves and believe that the masses have PhD’s, but that’s not true. And even if they did, it wouldn’t make any difference. Because with some things, you have to learn by seeing it or either participating in it. Because you can have as many degrees as a thermometer. If you don’t have any practice, then you can’t walk across the street and chew gum at the same time.”

I agree with Chairman Fred. And let me state emphatically that holding a degree or holding multiple degrees alone does not make one an effective leader or teacher. In fact, there have been and currently still are many people who hold no academic degrees who can intellectually run circles around people who hold PhDs. Malcom X, Marcus Garvey, Fred Hampton, and James Baldwin were Brothers like that. They held no earned academic degrees. However, what they lacked in academic credentials, they more than made up for by voraciously reading every book they could get their hands on to advance their knowledge so they could push the struggle forever forward. And their contributions to the global struggle for Black liberation, as leaders and teachers, outweighed those of many people who held academic degrees.

Chairman Fred said, “Let me tell you how Huey P. Newton, the leader, the organizer, the founder, the main man of the Black Panther Party, went about it. The community had a problem out there in California. There was an intersection, a four-way intersection; a lot of people were getting killed—cars running over them, and so the people went down and redressed their grievances to the government. Huey Newton went and got Bobby Seale, the chairman of the Black Panther Party, on a national level. Bobby Seale got his 9mm—that’s a pistol. Huey P. Newton got his shotgun, got some stop signs, and got a hammer. Went down to the intersection, gave his shotgun to Bobby, and Bobby had his 9mm. He said, “You hold this shotgun; anybody messes with us, blow their brains out.” He put those stop signs up. There were no more accidents, no more problems. Next time, there was a similar situation, another four-way corner. Huey went and got Bobby, went and got his 9mm, got his shotgun, got his hammer, and got more stop signs. Placed those stop signs up, gave the shotgun to Bobby, told Bobby, “If anybody messes with us while we’re putting these stop signs up, protect the people and blow their brains out.” What did the people do? They observed it again. They participated in it. Next time, they had another four-way intersection. Problems there; they had accidents and deaths. This time, the people in the community went and got their shotguns, got their hammers, got their stop signs….”

In the second majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred taught the audience concerning the Politics of Revolution. He said, “A lot of people get the word 'revolution' mixed up, and they think revolution’s a bad word. Revolution is nothing but like having a sore on your body, and then you put something on that sore to cure that infection. And I’m telling you that we’re living in an infectious society right now. I’m telling you that we’re living in a sick society. We’re involved in a society that produces criminals, thieves, robbers, and rapers. Whenever you are in a society like that, that is a sick society. And anybody who endorses integrating into this sick society before it’s cleaned up is a man who’s committing a crime against the people. Political power does not flow from the sleeve of a dashiki; political power flows from the barrel of a gun—it flows from the barrel of a gun! Politics is war without bloodshed, and war is politics with bloodshed. If you don’t understand that, you can be a Democrat, Republican, you can be Independent, you can be anything you want to, you ain’t nothing. We ain’t gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we’re gonna organize and dedicate ourselves to revolutionary political power and teach ourselves the specific needs of resisting the power structure, arm ourselves, and we’re gonna fight reactionary pigs with INTERNATIONAL PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION. That’s what it has to be. The people have to have the power—it belongs to the people.”

In the third majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred enlightened the audience regarding Economic Systems by differentiating them through the lens of their personal experience. He said, “The pigs would come up to women in the community and say, 'You scared of communism?” And the Sisters would say, “No—scared of it, I ain’t never heard of it.” The pigs would say, “You like socialism?” The Sisters responded, “No, I ain’t never heard of it.” The pigs they be crackin’ up, because they enjoyed seeing these people frightened of these words. Then, the pigs would ask, “You like capitalism?” The Sisters responded, “Yeah, well, that’s what I live with—I like it.” Then, the pigs asked, “You like the Breakfast For Children program?” The Sisters said, “Yeah, I like it.” And the pigs would say, “Oh-oh.” The pigs would say, “Well, the Breakfast For Children program is a socialistic program. It's a communistic program.” And the women said, “Well, I tell you what, boy. I’ve been knowing you since you were knee-high to a grasshopper. And I don’t know if I like communism, and I don’t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast For Children program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast For Children program, I’m gonna come off this can, and I’m gonna beat your ass.”

In the fourth majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred illuminated the audience as to the concepts of Theory and Practice. He said, “A car came in making a whole lot of funny noise. This Brother who knows Theory goes to get his book. He’s on page one, he ain’t got to page 200. I’m sitting here listening to the car. He says, “What do you think it is?” Another Brother who knows Practice says, “I think it's the carburetor.” The Brother who knows Theory says, “No, I don’t see anywhere in here where it says a carburetor makes no noise like that.” And he says, “How do you know it's the carburetor?” The Brother who knows Practice said, “Well, with all those degrees—as many as a thermometer—around 20 years ago, 19 to be exact, I was listening to the same kind of noise. And what I did was I took apart the voltage regulator, and it wasn’t that. Then I took apart the alternator, and it wasn’t that. I took apart the generator brushes, and it wasn’t that. I took apart the generator, and it wasn’t that. After I took apart all that, I finally got to the carburetor, and when I got to the carburetor, I found that that’s what it was. And I told myself that—fool, next time you hear this sound, you'd better take apart the carburetor first.”How did he learn? He learned through Practice. Chairman Fred stated, “I don’t care how much theory you have, if it doesn’t have any practice applied to it, then that theory happens to be irrelevant. Right? Any theory you get, practice it. And when you practice it, you make some mistakes. When you make a mistake, you correct that theory, and then it will be corrected theory that will be able to be applied and used in any situation. That’s what we’ve got to be able to do.” The old folks in the Black community used to put it this way, “Experience is the best teacher.”

In the fifth majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred took the audience to church while in the church by giving them Hope. He said, “We in the Black Panther Party, because of our dedication and understanding, went into the valley knowing that the people are in the valley, knowing that our plight is the same plight as the people in the valley, knowing that our enemies are on the mountain top—our friends are in the valley, and even though it’s nice to be on the mountain top, we’re going back to the valley. Because we understand that there’s work to be done in the valley, and when we get through with this work in the valley, then we've got to go to the mountain top. We’re not going to the mountaintop because there’s capitalism on the mountain top. We’re going to the mountain top because there’s a motherfucker on the mountain top that’s playing King, and he’s been bullshitting us. And we’ve got to go up on the mountain top, not for the purpose of living his lifestyle and living as he lives. We’ve got to go up on the mountain top to make this motherfucker understand, goddamnit, that we are coming from the valley!”

In commemorating the assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton, let us focus on these life lessons that Chairman Fred taught us.

All Power To The People!!!

• Sources

1. "Power Anywhere Where There’s People” by Fred Hampton, Speech delivered at Olivet Church / Pamphlet printed by the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, 1969 - https://www.marxists.org/archive/hampton/1969/misc/power-anywhere-where-theres-people.htm

Wakiesha’s Law Passed In California

By Kwame Maduka

Los Angeles, California

Wakiesha Wilson, a 36-year-old Black woman, died in an LAPD jail cell in Los Angeles on March 27, 2016. The LAPD and District Attorney ruled her death a suicide by hanging. However, this finding was disputed by her family who cited inconsistencies, lack of transparency, and the fact that they were not notified for days of the death of Wakiesha by the LAPD or any of the other municipal entities who had knowledge of Wakiesha's death. Wilson’s death sparked protests in the streets of Los Angeles, the termination of an LAPD detention officer for failing to monitor Wilson and provide medical aid. In addition, Wakiesha’s death led to the passing of Wakiesha’s Law.

Lisa Hines, the mother of Wakiesha, stated that the agony of looking for her daughter represented the most difficult days of her life. Wakiesha’s aunt, Sheila Hines, echoed that feeling as she reminisced about the havoc and chaos her family endured while searching for her niece. She indicated that they traveled from hospital to hospital and to multiple jails without receiving any answers as to the well-being of Wakiesha.

Los Angeles Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D–Los Angeles) stated, "No one called her family. No one from the city, the county, the coroner, or the courts. They showed up to court expecting to see their loved one, only to learn she had died days earlier. That is trauma no family should ever endure.” (1,1)

Nine years after Wakiesha died, while in police custody, a law named after her (Wakiesha’s Law / AB 1269) was passed in California that provides families protection and repose that was not afforded to her family. The legislation was written by Assemblymember Bryan, passed by the California State Assembly, and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 13, 2025. The law requires city, county, and municipal jails to advise families within 24 hours if an incarcerated family member is hospitalized or dies while in custody.

On December 11, 2025, Wakiesha Wilson’s family, community leaders, and elected officials assembled for a press conference outside the LAPD Metro Detention Center, which was the site of Wilson’s 2016 death. The press conference was hosted by Black Lives Matter–Los Angeles (BLMLA) to recognize the passage of Wakiesha’s Law. Dr. Melina Abdullah, who serves as lead organizer of BLMLA, emphasized that “Wakiesha’s Law is the first law in the state of California named in honor of a Black woman, and that while Assemblymember Bryan carried it across the finish line, it was conceived through the relentless organizing and love of this family.” (1,2) L.A. Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado (CD 14) asserted that the legislation had significance for downtown Los Angeles and the at-risk populations she represents. Jurado stated, “For too long, families have been left not knowing where their loved ones are, whether they’re safe, or even if they’re alive. Wakiesha’s Law is a step toward transparency and accountability—values that have too often been ignored in public safety.” (1,3) Representing the family, Lisa Hines expressed her appreciation to Assemblymember Bryan, the BLMLA organizers, and the community members who supported her family throughout the political hurdles leading up to the passing of the legislation.

The press conference was hosted by Dominique DiPrima of KBLA, with additional remarks and support from clergy and community leaders, including Pastor Cue of Church Without Walls / Clergy 4 Black Lives. As part of the program, the family was formally presented with the official bill language, cementing Wakiesha Wilson’s legacy in California law.

The message that resounded from the press conference was unequivocally clear: Wakiesha Wilson's family’s pain has been metamorphosed into policy that will prevent other families from enduring the agony they suffered.

The lack of monitoring, the absence of medical aid provided to her, the dearth of transparency and accountability in the Wakiesha Wilson case was reprehensible. However, this case represents the lived experience of many incarcerated Black prisoners across amerikkka. This was certainly the case with Imam Jamil Al-Amin (aka H. Rap Brown) who recently died in federal prison. It was certainly the case with Mutulu Shakur who served 37 years in prison, who was denied access to adequate medical care while in prison, and who died about eight months after being released from prison. It is certainly the case with Mumia Abu-Jamal and countless other political prisoners.

This is why one of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, “We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!”

• Sources

1. “Wakiesha’s Law Brings Long-Denied Transparency to Families of Incarcerated Loved Ones” by Lila Brown, Los Angeles Sentinel, December 17, 2025 - https://lasentinel.net/wakieshas-law-brings-long-denied-transparency-to-families-of-incarcerated-loved-ones.html

A Black Man Is The Fourteenth Person To Die While In Custody At Rikers Island Jail Complex

By Kofi Bankole

New York, New York

"Aramis Furse has become the 14th person to die in or immediately after NYC Department of Corrections (DOC) custody after he was found “unwell” in his Rikers Island cell. The 32-year-old Black man died on December 7, 2025 shortly after paramedics transported him to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital." (1,1)

In an interview with PIX11 News in New York, William Furse said his son, Aramis Furse "had been on Rikers for the last 10 months." (2,1) In addition, the father of the deceased told PIX11 News "that there were no known health issues or conditions Aramis had in the past. 'None whatsoever,'” (2,2)

In a statement, the public defense organizations, which represented Furse, the Legal Aid Society, and Brooklyn Defender Services, vociferously advocated for the NYC DOC to consider alternative options to locking people up in New York’s main jails, which are in decline.

“Furse’s family, loved ones, and counsel deserve immediate access to all information surrounding his death,” the public defenders wrote. “Full transparency and accountability are essential, particularly given DOC’s repeated failure to keep families and attorneys informed or provide the answers they urgently need.”

The two organizations (i.e., the Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services) also punctuated the recent suggestions made last month by the Board of Corrections (BOC), the independent watchdog overseeing city jails that come from a report scrutinizing five of the previous deaths this year and found instances entailing unsecured cell doors, discoveries of drug paraphernalia, and staff failing to notify medical staff after observing the person in custody “unwell” before their death.

The BOC suggests that the DOC “distribute memoranda and conduct updated trainings on providing prompt medical aid to an individual who is sick, impaired, unconscious, or injured”, with a focal point on obtaining medical assistance. Other suggestions include assigning more staff to the video monitoring unit and preventing cell window obstructions, which often imply that something is wrong.

As the year comes to an end, New York draws closer to a federally appointed receivership over the jail system and the legal deadline to close Rikers Island by 2027. Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams became the frequent fall guy for the current crisis resulting from his pro-law enforcement approach and budget cuts to reentry programming, which drew criticism, in addition to existing issues with COVID-19-related delays and reforms mandated by a settlement over detainee conditions.

"His successor, Zohran Mamdani, will face his first deadline immediately when he assumes office in January — the local Renewable Rikers law mandates that the mayor transfer dormant facilities on Rikers Island from the DOC to the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) every half-year, ensuring the building’s decommission and repurposing the land for environmental causes." (1,2)

The Anna M. Kross Center, once the city’s largest jail, was shut down back in 2023 but remains under DOC charge. The city also closed the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. However, the Adams administration refused to turn the jail over to DCAS via Renewable Rikers in 2022. The facility later reopened, and was where Furse and Edwin Ramos — who died last month just hours before release — were held on Rikers Island.

“The Department is mourning the tragic death of an individual in our custody,” said DOC Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie in a statement. “We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family. The safety of everyone in our care is always our foremost concern, and we will fully investigate this tragedy.”

Although the cause of death of 32 year old Aramis Furse has not been provided yet by the city Medical Examiner, it is suspicious that when William Furse went to Mount Sinai Hospital in Queens to view his son’s body, they would only allow him to view the head of the body; not the rest of his son’s body.

This is why one of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, “We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!”

• Sources

1. "Black man becomes 14th person to die in custody at Rikers Island as facility remains under scrutiny" by Tandy Lau, New York Amsterdam News, December 18, 2025 - https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/12/18/black-man-becomes-14-person-to-die-in-custody-at-rikers/
2. "Family of man who died on Rikers Island demands answers" by Jay Dow, PIX11.com, December 7, 2025 - https://pix11.com/news/local-news/family-of-man-who-died-on-rikers-island-demands-answers/amp/

Racism Revealed In Charlotte's (Mecklenburg County) Homeless Population

By Arinze Ture

Charlotte, North Carolina

"Racial disparities remain a reality in the county’s unhoused community. According to the Crisis Assistance Ministry, 73% of Charlotte’s homeless population is Black, 3% lower than in 2022, when county data counted more than 2,800 homeless people." (1,1) It should be pointed out that not all of Charlotte is in Mecklenburg County. However, the vast majority of Charlotte is in Mecklenburg County.

Karen Pellitier, the Division Director of Community Support Services, stated that the most current data reveals that the number of homeless people in the county is estimated to be around 2,000.

Although the county invests in street outreach programs, convincing the homeless to connect with resources that can help them progress to stable housing is a prime focus.

Jessica Lefkowitz, Executive Director of Hearts for the Invisible Charlotte Coalition, asserts that “our agency’s primary focus is homelessness street outreach. Our staff goes into the community and works with people and families that sleep in places not meant for human habitation. That could mean an abandoned building or under bridges or encampments, even benches downtown. We try to begin formulating that engagement process and get people comfortable with us.” (1,2)

The Hearts for the Invisible Charlotte Coalition attempts to help clients who struggle with substance abuse by linking them with the proper health care to get them back on their feet and off the streets.

In response to the high percentage of Blacks that comprise the homeless rate in Charlotte, Lefkowitz states that “when the school systems fail, when the criminal justice system fails, mental health systems, all the systems fail, the result is homelessness. And so, when we know that people of color are already disproportionately represented in other systems that have failed, this is what happens. We know that we need to be responsive to that, and we know that we need to make sure that particularly people of color are gaining access to our homeless system, that they’re gaining access to the resources that are needed to help them resolve their homelessness.” (1,3)

Another underlying root cause for homelessness is the cost of housing that has risen at a level that exceeds the increase in average salaries in Charlotte. According to statistics from the North Carolina General Assembly, the median cost of a single-family home in 2000 was just over $110,000, and the average salary was around $35,000. In 2025, the average home price is approximately $320,000, while the average annual salary is just under $53,000. The average cost of a single-family home has nearly tripled, while the average salary has not doubled in the last 25 years. In addition, the rise in the price of rental real estate properties in the area has increased at a rate higher than that of average salaries. This has affected people who may either be on a fixed income or not making a livable wage.

Pellitier believes “we need our General Assembly, and we need our federal government to also support policies to help people earn a living wage,” she said, “because people want to work and are working. It is also very expensive to live. This is beyond Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s control in a lot of ways.” (1,4)

According to Charlotte's statistics, 73% of its homeless population are Black people. In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported a record high of 771,480 people experiencing homelessness on a single night, which represented an 18% increase from the previous year. They state that rising housing costs and inflation contributed to the surge. According to 2024 data, Black people make up a disproportionately large percentage of the U.S. homeless population, accounting for around 30% - 32% of all people experiencing homelessness, despite comprising only about 13% of the general population. This significant over representation, highlights deep-seated disparities rooted in systemic racism. Brothers and Sisters, what we can glean from this existential reality is that the system isn't broken, it's just not built for us. It's working exactly as it was designed. It just wasn't designed for people like us. For there to even be homeless people in the wealthiest nation in the free world is a national disgrace and an indictment against capitalism. This is why the capitalist system must be overthrown and replaced with a socialist system. This is why one of our demands in the New Afrikan Black Panther Party's Ten-Point Program is "We want decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings!"

• Sources

1. “Color of Mecklenburg County’s unhoused community” by Cameron Williams, The Charlotte Post, December 17, 2025 - https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2025/12/17/local-state/color-of-mecklenburg-county-s-unhoused-community/

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By Arinze Ture

In 1946, Martin Niemoller, a prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany during the 1920’s and early 1930’s, articulated the analytical assessment of his historical context this way, “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”

A short time later, in 1958, an esteemed African pastor, living in amerikkka, the Right Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. published his book entitled “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”. In it, Dr. King sagaciously stated, “the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”

Black and other oppressed communities of color in amerikkka are living through a precarious and perilous time because of white supremacy, capitalism, and a fascist amerikkkan government that is out of control.

Two out of the three coequal branches of the federal government are failing us, and the third one is standing on shaky ground. The executive and the legislative branches, which are controlled by the Republican Party, are each failing to perform their respective duties under the U.S. Constitution.

The executive branch of the U.S. government is led by a convicted criminal named Donald Trump, who abides in lawlessness and who has an affinity for lawbreakers. Among his closest friends are convicted pedophiles, rapists, thieves, sex traffickers, and hoes. In spite of running on the campaign promise that if elected, he would clean up the swamp of corruption in Washington politics and release the Epstein files, the Trump administration has instead become the swamp of corruption in Washington politics. Trump has utilized his Attorney General Bleach Blonde Barbie Bondi to keep the Epstein files from ever being seen in the light of day by the American public. And the Republican Party has the unmitigated gall to refer to itself as the party of law and order. What they actually are is the party of scoundrels and scumbags who are full of shit. Via racist gerrymandering in the Red (Republican) states, Trump is orchestrating the dilution of the voting rights of Black and other oppressed communities of color in order to maintain Republican control of the legislative branch of the federal government after the midterm elections in 2026. Trump is raising tariffs on nations around the world, which are friends and foes, which will cause U.S. taxpayers to pay more in the form of taxes on parts/products imported from other countries which will further increase the rate of inflation and harm the U.S. economy. Trump is utilizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, employed by the federal government, as his personal “Gestapo force” to illegally harass, terrorize, and deport immigrants in this country without due process.

Trump has bullied media organizations into firing news commentators and late-night TV show hosts whose criticism of Trump and his fascist administration hurt his fragile feelings. The Trump administration has gone to great lengths to repress the First Amendment rights of the citizenry of the United States who dare to speak out against him and his administration’s wicked, authoritarian policies.

The executive branch of the federal government is failing us because of the aforementioned reasons above and because it inches closer each day towards eradicating democracy and inaugurating authoritarianism.

As a result of Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” that was passed by the Republicans in the legislative branch of the U.S. government (Congress), the federal government is slashing the funding to everything that benefits the proletariat (working) class in amerikkka, but has cut the taxes of the bourgeois (capitalist) class in amerikkka. This “Big Ugly Bill” legislation includes deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This means fewer benefits, stricter eligibility, and less emergency allotment support. This legislation will drastically impact the number of poor children getting free breakfast and lunch at public schools across this country. Because Trump has nothing but racist, incompetent, capitalistic PIGS around him, they thought these cuts to SNAP would primarily hurt Black and other oppressed communities of color who live in urban communities. Instead, these cuts to SNAP will hurt more White people who live in rural communities. Ironically, it is the White people in rural communities who voted overwhelmingly to put Trump into the Whacked (white) House for a second term.

On average in fiscal year 2024, about 41.7 million people participated in SNAP per month. That represents about 12.3% of the U.S. population. SNAP is the largest federal nutrition assistance program, accounting for about 70% of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) nutrition-assistance spending. Among the participants in SNAP, 42% are adults aged 18-59, 39% are children under age 18, and 19% are adults aged 60 or older. Thus the SNAP program serves a mix of working-age adults, children, and older adults. According to the USDA, the racial demographics of those receiving SNAP benefits are as follows: 35.3% are White, 26% are Black, 15.1% are Hispanic, 3.7% are Asian, 1.4% are Native-American, and 17% are “race unknown”. Even though non-White groups are overrepresented relative to their share of the U.S. population in many cases as a result of white supremacy and capitalism, White recipients remain the largest single racial group who are participants in SNAP.

The legislative branch of the federal government (Congress) is failing us because it has deferred its responsibilities to the executive branch of the federal government and serves as a rubber stamp to the narcissistic retributive impulses of the Obese Orange Oppressor (Trump).

After the governors of various states in the Disunited States of amerikkka stood up to Trump, as a result of the catastrophic impact to their respective citizens, for the purpose of filling in the gap for the SNAP benefit payments that had been halted by the federal government, the Tangerine Tyrant (Trump) requested that the U. S. Supreme Court stop the governors from aiding the citizens in their states who are about to go hungry because they have no food. Who does that but a Devil from the pit of hell who hates humanity? Punk Ass Bitch!

The phrase "silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon" was coined by Janelle Monáe as a rallying cry against injustice, particularly police brutality. This rallying cry is apropos to Black and other oppressed communities of color in amerikkka during this precarious and perilous time because white supremacy, capitalism, and an out-of-control fascist amerikkkan government is brutally unjust to US.

The question to US is, “What are we going to do about it?” When confronted by precarious and perilous times, intelligent people should always analyze history to discern what similarly situated people in the past did when they were confronted by similarly situated circumstances that mirror the current circumstances of today. And wise people should ask themselves sagacious questions about the experiences of people in the past and the decisions they made when they confronted situations similar to what we are confronting currently. They should ask themselves questions like: What did people in the past do to ameliorate their conditions? How did taking this course of action in the past work out for them? As a result of the outcome produced in the past by them taking this course of action that they took, could they have made a better choice that would have possibly produced a better outcome? In light of the lessons gleaned from this history, intelligent people should finally ask themselves what should we do today?

The history lesson that Martin Niemoller, Dr. King, and Janelle Monáe would have us learn today is that "silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon”. When we see injustice perpetrated against ourselves and others, we have a moral responsibility to call it out and confront it.

Martin Niemoller would remind us that when we see the oppressor come for someone who doesn’t: look like us; worship like us; share the same gender as us; love like us; share the same economic class as us; or identify as we do, and we don’t say anything about it or confront the oppressor about it today, we are behaving cowardly and foolishly because that same oppressor, if not neutralized, will come for us tomorrow.

Dr. King would remind us that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it“.

In her song “Hell You Talmbout”, Janelle Monáe reminds us that we have an obligation to challenge the status quo by giving a voice to the victims of brutality and injustice or we are complicit ourselves.

My beloved Comrades, Brothers, and Sisters, we must organize ourselves to combat white supremacy, capitalism, and an out of control fascist amerikkkan government. Organization decides everything and disorganization decides nothing but guarantees the perpetuation of the status quo. It is the masses that make history not individuals. Therefore, if you’re not in an organization that is fighting for justice, I encourage you to join one. If there are no existing organizations that are in alignment with your values, I encourage you to create a new organization that is aligned with your values and that will be fighting for justice.

Organize, Organize, Organize!

Marinate on that!
Ready For Revolution
All Power To The People!!!

Interview with Kwame Ture

The Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party  

1. We want the freedom and power to determine the destiny of our Black and oppressed communities!
2. We want full employment for our people!
3. We want an end to the robbery by the capitalists of our Black and oppressed communities!
4. We want decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings!
5. We want decent education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society: an education that teaches us our true history and our role in present day society!
6. We want completely free healthcare for all Black and oppressed people!
7. We want an immediate end to police brutality & murder of Black people, other people of color, and all oppressed people inside the United States!
8. We want an immediate end to all wars of aggression!
9. We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!
10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace, & people's community control of modern technology!