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WEEK 2 OF FUND DRIVE! HAKI R. MADHUBUTI EXCERPTS!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download We encourage everyone to donate this week to make our fund drive a success.  This week we feature excerpts from an interview our editor Ernesto did with Haki R. Madhubuti, founder of Third World Press, at The Left Forum.  His interview is very inspiring and highlights the importance [...]

FUND DRIVE LAUNCH TODAY! FREE EXCERPTS FROM PERKS!

2012 Fund Drive launch! On the first episode of the 2012 Fund Drive podcast, we feature excerpts from Bertha Lewis and Reverend Edward Pinkney

People of Color Organize Fund Drive starts September 10th, 2012!

People of Color Organize is launching a Fund Drive on Indiegogo in September to expand our site!  We are expanding to provide more benefits to you, the readers, listeners, and viewers of our site.  We have some great Perks lined up and some surprises for everyone during the drive.  Be on the lookout for more [...]

Who Will Revere US? (Black LGTBQ People, Straight Women, and Girls) – Part 3 [#Feminist Friday]

This article was first published in “The Feminist Wire” online on April 25th, 2012 by Aishah Shahidah Simmons. This is Part 3 of a four part article. The introduction to the series was originally published May 18th, 2012, on People of Color Organize! site for your convenience. Chrishaun ‘CeCe’ McDonald Chrishaun ‘CeCe’ McDonald, a 23-year [...]

Ruling That CIAs Waterboarding Records Are Exempt From FOIA Is Upheld

Records concerning waterboarding and a photograph of Abu Zubaydah during his interrogation in CIA custody are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled yesterday. In the latest development in the long-running fight over classified materials documenting the use of enhanced interrogation techniques by [...]

Exhibit highlights plight of Puerto Rican political prisoner

¡Libertad Para Oscar López Rivera! Free Oscar López Rivera! CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) – Free Oscar López Rivera! That is the cry from supporters of the longest imprisoned freedom fighter for Puerto Rican independence. To make their point, friends and family of Mr. López Rivera along with community activists have sentenced themselves to “jail.” In a show [...]

Angola 3: Time for Justice is Now! Upcoming Court Date for Albert Woodfox

International Coalition to Free the Angola 3 Albert Woodfox Upcoming Court Date for Albert Woodfox On Tuesday, May 29th, Albert Woodfox will begin a 3 day hearing that may result in his conviction being overturned for a third time. Proceedings will begin at 9am in Courtroom 1 at the US District Court in Baton Rouge [...]

Message from Robert Seth Hayes – Political Prisoner

Revolutionary greetings, dear comrades, friends and supporters. This is Robert Seth Hayes, a former member of the Black Panther Party and a Black Liberation Army combatant. Still incarcerated, yet still progressing, I am determined to have closure to an era of Civil Rights struggles. To those of you who have been partners in solidarity, I [...]

About Robert Seth Hayes, Herman Bell, and David Gilbert

Robert Seth Hayes was arrested in 1973, after police opened fire on his apartment while he was home with his wife and children. This occurred as a result of the U.S. government’s illegal Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO), in a climate dominated by portrayals of black militants as murderers and cop-killers. Seth, a former member of the [...]

Watershed: Interview with Cynthia McKinney

On this episode of Watershed, Zari and the Ikonoklast interview former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.

VIDEO Series (Final Part) Gloria Ford

Final segment featuring the Ford family calling for justice. Please continue to dialogue and send emails of information and support directly to Ken Ford and his family at kford1091@gmail.com.  Or feel free to email me, Zari, at zarisundiata@peopleofcolororganize.com and I will pass your message, information or support. [youtube LV2R2JOVKZU]

VIDEO Series (Part 3) Gloria Ford

Mrs. Gloria Ford’s story and call for justice continues…. [youtube 7MW_QuPQmVo]

VIDEO Series (Part 2) Gloria Ford: Ken Ford’s mother calls for justice

Mrs. Gloria Ford Demands U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder undo the FBI’s Cointelpro Frame-Up of her son Kenneth Ford, Jr. Starting in 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice began an inquisition of Ken who was an NSA rising star who had rebuked the existence of WMDs in Iraq in 2003 in a report that reached [...]

VIDEO Series (Part 1) Ken Ford: Convicted of Espionage Act of 1917

Brother Ken Ford was convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917 based on false government charges that he was attempting to sell classified information regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to a foreign diplomat.  The US government used lies, black women, and all the power of the state to convict this brother and throw [...]

AFRO-VENEZUELA FILM PROJECT UPDATE!

The fund drive for the Afro-Venezuelan documentary film project is still on!  There are only 4 months left and we urgently need your support to make this project happen.  With over 1 million visitors and regulars to POCO, we know that making this movie with the peoples’ funds is possible. The film will feature the [...]

Support POCO’s Afro-Venezuelan Film Project!

People of Color Organize! will begin production on a film highlighting the history of Africans in Venezuela.

Editor: 2011 Most Memorable

Further reflections on the most memorable posts of 2011

“Occupy the Hood”

I think we can stand one more article speaking for the Black, Red, Brown, and Yellow…. I’m sure I can’t take credit for the “occupy the hood” idea, however, I immediately saw inherent contradictions and problems with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. I am encouraged and excited to see so many young people take part in [...]

Africa Open for Plunder Now that Libya Has Fallen

Tired of hearing and reading about these liberal white folk talking about the “BIG” issues, like their white privilege, with the OWS “movement”…..so am I…..let’s get to some real news…. On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. In the [...]

Harriet Tubman Literary Circle

The Harriet Tubman Literary Circle is a vast resource for writers, students, researchers, etc.  Joy James, the curator, and the many student contributors have pulled together documents from political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal to the original FBI documents on Malcolm X (which are interesting to say the least….).  With Ms. James’s consent, POCO is posting [...]