Assata Shakur

rights era. Much like the long hot summer of 1967, in some media outlets these riots have been depicted in a way that shows protesters as criminals, looters and “thugs”. Similar terms were once used to describe Civil Rights activists Rosa Parks, Assata Shakur, Angela Davis, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther…

Standing for the national anthem is merely an obligation for some while others symbolize and associate it with the sacrifices of the lives lost men and women in service, have put in creating the country we live in. As for Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback of the 49ers, standing for the national anthem represents the idea that the individual takes pride in their country. And, so, Kaepernick chose to “take a stand by kneeling” (Witts) to express his beliefs, create awareness, and protest (Fig. 1)…

The Politics of Black Feminist Thought For this week, we read Combahee River Collective, “A Black Feminist Statement,” “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color,” by Kimberle Crenshaw and the book Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics by Joy James. Our discussion focuses on feminist thought and intersectionality. The Combahee River Collective’s aim was to combat the oppressions experienced by all women of color and to…

voice for indigenous Guatemalans against the awful corporations that invaded her land. Also I learned about American History between 1960s-1970s and learned about the struggle of black Americans here in the states through one of my favorite books “Assata Shakur". All of these authors were introduces to me by my teachers during junior year in High school.…

Introduction “Selma,” I think while meaning well, is another piece of counter revolutionary, ruling class propaganda. It is like a “how not to manual” in how not to make revolution, then and now. I was an activist in the days in question in this movie and all the thousands of revolutionary voices that were raised, back in the day, are more thoroughly crushed in this film than all the might of U.S. imperialist military, police, intelligence and public opinion creating machines…