On this day in 1963, Malcolm X gave a speech entitled "Message to the Grassroots" to the Northern Negro Grass Roots Leadership Conference in Detroit, Michigan. In this historic speech, Malcolm X contrasted the difference between a "Black Revolution" and a "Negro Revolution". He contrasted the "House Negro" and the "Field Negro" during slavery and during his generation.
He also criticized the 1963 March on Washington which was taken over from Grass Roots organizers and given to civil rights leaders whom the Kennedy administration and white liberals deemed safe and non-controversial to the liberal whites. Tonight as we review "Message to the Grassroots" and update you on political prisoner related issues on Political Prisoner Radio.
Move 9 Mondays continues. The fight is not over yet call the Parole Board this Monday 11/11/13 at (717) 772-4343 and demand The Release Of The Move 9. Quick note Monday the parole board office will be closed but we can still call and leave our messages on the voicemail so let's flood their message board on Monday.
TELL CDCR THAT THE PRACTICE OF ISSUING 115 WRITE-UPS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE HUNGER STRIKE IS OUTRAGEOUS!
Please contact M. D. Stainer, Director of the Division of Adult Institutions at CDCR. Your voice needs to be heard by the people making decisions! Tell him to end this policy of punishing people for refusing their meals in nonviolent protest, and to reverse the 115s that were given out. Let him know that you are distressed to hear that about his policy of issuing 115 write-ups, further oppressing the peaceful hunger strikers.
M.D. Stainer, Director
Division of Adult Institutions
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
P. O. Box 942883
Sacramento CA. 94283
(916) 445-7688
Michael.Stainer@cdcr.ca.gov
Political Prisoner Radio educates the public about the cases and stories of U.S. held political prisoners and those living in political exile.
The National Lawyers Guild International recently held its convention in Puerto Rico and held a workshop titled Puerto Rican, Cuban Palestinian, and Black Liberation Political Prisoners workshop. Videos of the workshop can be found on their website.
Call to action on behalf the MOVE 9 issued by Ramona Africa.
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Political Prisoner Radio educates the public about the cases and stories of U.S. held political prisoners and those living in political exile.
Tonight we will be joined by Abduljabbar Caliph of the Maryland chapter of The Jericho Movement to discuss an upcoming national event on November 2, 2013 to educate the public on political prisoner in exile Assata Shakur and other political prisoners and prisoners of war being held by the US Govt.
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a black revolutionary social political organization which was active maninly in the United States from 1966 until 1982. It also included international chapters. It was founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale on October 15, 1966 and the organization initially set forth a doctrine calling primarily for the protection of black neighborhoods from police brutality.
Tonight I am joined by one of its former members Ras Munyiga Nosakhere who began selling newspapers for the party he was just ten years old. Ras Munyiga Nosakhere is now active with the Black Autonomy Federation. Many former panthers are still being held as political prisoners by the United States government and some are more known than others but all deserve our attention and advocacy.
Sharing some of the latest updates on Political Prisoner cases and related news.
Jasmine Heiss, Campaigner, Individuals and Communities at Risk Program (IC@R) for Amnesty International, USA joins the program to discuss the case of Albert Woodfox.
