Archiv vom 17. Juni 2012

[col. Writ. 6/17/12] © ’12 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 
Mention the name, Rodney King, and people react.
They might react in different ways, but they react. For almost no one is neutral.  His name is evocative because it ties you to one of the biggest urban rebellions in America.
The 1992 Los Angeles riots after the acquittal of a phalanx of cops who beat King brutally –in video-tape!
When a predominantly white […]

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[col. Writ. 6/17/12] © ’12 Mumia Abu-Jamal

For a brief moment in time, the name and fate of Trayvon Martin broke through the daily media fog, and touched the lives of tens of thousands of people, motivating them, mobilizing them and moving them to take direct action against the gross inaction of the State.
Youth across Florida walked out of high schools, and took to the streets. […]

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