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What we need is our 40 acres and a mule!
by Brent Walker with Max Cadji Brent Walker, 31, who grew up on his grandmother’s farm, is asking everyone in the East Bay with large back yards or vacant lots to let Black urban farmers grow produce...
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Mounting opposition confronts San Mateo’s anti-local hiring assemblyman
Jerry Hill proposes to limit the ability of cities to use local hire programs to help unemployed construction union members find work on public projects Mayor Ed Lee speaks with Aboriginal Blackmen...
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Rev. Pinkney is coming to town with ‘Lessons from the Battle of Benton Harbor’
Meet Rev. Edward and Dorothy Pinkney on Friday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., at ArtInternationale, 963 Pacific Ave. between Powell and Mason, San Francisco – Other stops on the Pinkneys’ Justice Tour are Tuesday,...
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Protesting police murder of Alan Blueford and war on Afrikans
by Malaika Kambon “Oro en paz, fierro en guerra” (“Gold in peace, iron in war”) – Motto of the San Francisco Police Department Alan Blueford’s family testified passionately at the May 15 Oakland City...
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Remembering Kenneth Harding: No stop ‘n Frisco!
Shut down Muni Monday, July 16, beginning at 6 a.m., 14th and Market, San Francisco by Willie Ratcliff Desperate cries rising from a crowd of hundreds pierced the peaceful sunny summer Saturday...
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Knock ‘em out the box: an interview wit’ trainer Ben Bautista of SFC Boxing Club
by Minister of Information JR Ben Batista in the ring The boxing world has its eye on Northern Cali, because the area is producing champions in every division, right and left. Later on, I will talk to...
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Call and response: Supporter responds to Corcoran SHU hunger strikers’ plight...
From a letter by Zaharibu Michael Dorrough to a friend (response follows) July 14, 2013, Corcoran State Prison Security Housing Unit – Forgive me for not being able to write sooner. It has been very,...
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Formerly Incarcerated People’s Policy Academy launches in Los Angeles
by Dorsey E. Nunn “Who do you love and who would you fight for?” I asked that question early on at our first Formerly Incarcerated People’s Policy Academy, held in Los Angeles last month. I wanted to...
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All eyes on San Francisco Dec. 15: Tell Supervisors to vote for NO NEW JAIL
Update: Communities claim victory against new SF jail after two year fight San Francisco, Dec. 15, 2015 – In a powerful public presence, community members and activists opposed to imprisonment...
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Homelessness is a real crisis in Oakland, Part I
Lorene Briley, 45, stands outside her RV at the site of a new pilot RV Safe Parking program at 771 71st Ave. in Oakland on June 21, the day after moving there with her 18-year-old son. “I do feel...
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