Noose Found at Racist UCSD where White Frats had Comptom Cookout

Noose found at Geisel Library, message to Guardian says more are coming http://forwarducsd.org/?p=187 There is much to be said about the last week at UCSD, but for right now it is imperative to know what exactly is going on.  A noose has been found hanging off of a light at Geisel Library. This is connected [...]

No Sellout-The Secret Malcolm X Tape w/ The FBI

Bay Area journalist Adisa Banjoko aka The Bishop who heads up the Hip Hop Chess Federation came to our SF State class yesterday and laced our students up with the important role Islam has played in Hip Hop culture.  One of the main topics he touched upon was the strong presence of Malcolm X and what he [...]

Questlove of the Roots Speaks on the Importance of Fela Kuti

?uestlove from The Roots, now an associate producer on the hit musical Fela! on Broadway, talks about when he first discovered Fela Kuti’s music, and walks us through Fela’s influence in yesterday and today’s hip-hop — including works by Mos Def, Macy Gray, D’Angelo, X-Clan, and Leader of the New School. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ccoFct508 Return to Davey [...]

OPINION: Ron Paul Is A White Supremacist

OPINION: Ron Paul Is A White Supremacist By Casey Gane-McCalla http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/opinion-ron-paul-is-a-white-supremacist/ Originally, when I began reporting on the Neo-Nazis and conspiracy theory driven right wing extremists and their associations with Ron Paul, I assumed they were a fringe group who jumped on to the Ron Paul bandwagon. Then after doing extensive research, I realized that [...]

Alternet: We’re in a Recession & President Obama is Putting More Money Into Prisons

// The Last Thing We Need is More Money for Prisons, But That Is What Obama Wants  By Liliana Segura    At the same time the Obama administration is talking about a dramatic “spending freeze” on any and all projects unrelated to war-making, this is exactly what’s in store, it is quietly increasing the federal [...]

Paul Scott: What’s in a Name?:The Various Shades of Terrorism

// What’s in a Name? : The Various Shades of Terrorism by Truth Minista Paul Scott What’s in a name? I have heard Joseph Stack, the guy in Austin Texas who slammed his plane into the IRS building, called many things today; angry, suicidal, PO’d. Funny, the term “terrorist” has not been used too much, [...]

Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty In Hurricane Katrina Killing-Massacre on Danziger Bridge

In 2007 there was a International Tribunal that was held in New Orleans  that looked into all the allegations about negligence, vigilantism and police brutality that took place in the aftermath of the levees being broken.. The most riveting testimonies came around the areas of police brutality and killings.. The massacre on the Danzinger Bridge was [...]

25 Joints to Get U Thru Black History Month

// We gotten a number of request to do something for Black History month… hence we flipped our All day Play Radio show and dropped some nice gems for Black History month. Below are some classics that often skip us…along with some new joints like Stay Black and Die featuring M1 of dead prez and [...]

Al Sharpton vs Tavis Smiley over Barack Obama and a Black Agenda

Civil rights leader Al Sharpton got into a spirited back and forth with TV talk show host Tavis Smiley on his radio show on Monday Feb 23 2010.. The dispute was over President Obama and whether or not he was going to have a Black Agenda. Tavis felt Sharpton and Charles Olgetree who was also [...]

This is how Beyonce Should’ve done the song Single Ladies..

I love the way these young girls from HOPE school in Milawaukee took Beyonce‘s popular song ‘Single Ladies‘ and flipped it in abig way.. Its good to see young kids using their imagination.. I wish Beyonce would do a song like this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGFqSji420

Black History: Remembering W.E.B. Du Bois

//  William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar. He became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963 at the age of 95.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp5SaVUuS9s    The late Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee drop lots of [...]

Pittsburgh Hip Hop Awards roll with the punches

Pittsburgh Hip Hop Awards roll with the punches Monday, February 22, 2010 By Deborah Todd, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  In a year when the forces of nature, lengthy delays and a stage-clearing brawl threatened to bring the fourth Annual Pittsburgh Hip Hop Awards to an abrupt end, the fact that the show went on at all could [...]