An Open letter to Barack Obama

An Open letter to Barack Obama from Rebel Diaz

Manning Marable an Interview

I came across quite a few mp3 files featuring Prof. Maning Marable and found them all very

informative and interesting.  One that I found to be very good listening was -

WBAI senior producer Dred-Scott Keyes, interviews Dr. Manning Marable of Columbia University's Institute of Black Studies. 

In the interview  Dr. Marable discusses his book 

"The Great Wells of Democracy"

In the interview he covers diverse topics ie.

• The nature of modern racism
• The affect of Globalization on Black Nationalism
• The Prison Industrial Complex
  
• Disefranchisment as a result of imprisonment
• The econonic consequences of mass incarceration

Click to listen to Part 1.

Click to listen to Part 2.

DaveyD Positive Hip Hop and Soul music.

DaveyD has posted some great examples of positive Hip Hop on

Breakdown FM-23 Joints to Get U Through The Day #1

Breakdown FM can be downloaded as a podcast via iTunes 

if you are interested in what's the mindset of the active hip hop

culture then this program is a good place to check it out.

There are lots of interviews and reports on up to date topics

and personalities concerning the Black community.

Walter Turner of Africa Today Hosts Black Historian Runoko Rashidi

  Walter Turner of "Africa Today", a program about current events and prominent Africans from throughout  the continent and the diaspora,  features Dr. Runoko Rashidi an African American scholar, explorer, historian, lecturer, author, tour guide and more who has informed and inspired many of us to examen Africa's contribution to the world much more closely. The interview is well worth the time it takes to listen because you will discover many new avenues toward your knowledge about things African.

 "Africa Today" airs on KPFA Pacifica each Monday and is available for download as a podcast via iTunes or via KPFA.

Cynthia McKinney Not In the News!!!

  One of the most outspoken political voices in America, Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney appears to be absent from the media radar. What is going on? She must really be hitting the nail on the head to be so thoroughly left out of the public view.  Ms McKinney's absence from the airwaves is too blatant to be an oversight.  I have to ask again WHY? Why is the media so shy about reporting  on her campaign? I have seen many instances of her activity on the internet.

Click here for examples that someone has presented  of her activities. IMO She is working tirelessly to fullfill her responsibilty as the Green Party presidential candidate, yet the media behaves as if she's not there at all. This to me is one of those things that makes you go hmmm.

 Is it possible that Cynthia is so close to the truth that she is being blacked out in order to prevent her from planting that seed in all of our minds? Is it that there is a fear that she as a true agent for change is going to attract a larger following than they'd like? A third party could really cause a shakeup in the way things are being run.

 Whatever it is we'd better get to the bottom of it because media is due foa a major overhaul very soon.