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Black contractors: ‘We want to put our community to work’
by Nube Brown and Mary Ratcliff “I’m a contractor, I want to be a contractor. I do an excellent job. In spite of the fact that I’m small, I’m growing every day. But everything is a fight, and it shouldn’t have to be.” LaSonia Mansfield of Mansfield Construction Clean-up Co. is a brave woman – brave enough to own her own business in an industry that’s nearly all owned and controlled by white men, the old boys’ club, and brave enough to turn out at 7:00 a.m. on a cold Dec.
Can’t stop, Won’t stop
Love for the people endures by Nube Brown, Prisoner Human Rights editor We’re highlighting a scant few of the years and years of work from our New Afrikan organizers, activists and principal thinkers inside of California’s modern-day slave plantations committed to asserting their humanity and showing their love for the people.
Honoring and highlighting our unsung Black hires
by Nube Brown, Prisoner Human Rights editor It is my pleasure to make some necessary corrections and highlight our people being put to work – years ago somebody had our back! Last month, in my story “Stop locking us out! Hire Black developers!” I made some non–factual claims in frustration, but also with passion, for wanting to uplift Black talent and expertise.
Stop locking us out! Hire Black developers!
by Nube Brown Last month the SF Bay View reported cold, brown water at the Fillmore’s Plaza East housing due to a disingenuous last ditch attempt by the billion-dollar slumlord developer, McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS), to show they are addressing long overdue violations and much needed repairs. The slumlord gets an F for effort – and still City Hall allows them a pass. We continue with Dennis Williams, owner of DC Williams Developers, community organizer and founder of #No Racism, No Hate.
Cold, brown water at Fillmore’s Plaza East!
by Nube Brown, Editor On my way to the offices of the San Francisco Bay View National Black newspaper, Thursday, Sept. 29, I received a text from Dennis Williams of No Racism No Hate saying: “Half of Plaza East on Larch Way in the Fillmore is without hot water. Water is coming out cold and brown. Water heater is being replaced, but workers just said they installed a boiler but think a homeless person broke it already.
T.H.U.G L.I.F.E: From gangster to growth
by Nube Brown Haters say, “Do the crime, do the time.” Young, New Afrikan Revolutionary Nationalist Kwame Shakur turns that on its head and into the heart of humanity as he reaches out with revolutionary love to unify, educate and transform the world around him.
The Board of Parole denied Reginald Samuels his freedom for sharing the SF Bay View
I gasped when I first laid eyes on this piece of art – and I was only seeing it online! I have nothing more to say, so I’ll leave it to Wesley and Reginald’s sisters: “Frustration. Hope. Beauty. Pain. Constant trauma with few periods of respite … How do Black Americans find their equilibrium in a country that refuses to reconcile with past and present traditions of violence against their skin; assaults against their character; and who has socialized racism?” – Wesley Clark.
Liberate the Caged Voices: Amerikkka Inc. guilty of genocide!
In an April 2012 story headlined “Prisoners in solitary confinement petition United Nations,” the Bay View reported: “Comparing their conditions to a ‘living coffin,’ 400 California prisoners held in long-term or indefinite solitary confinement petitioned the United Nations … on behalf of all of the more than 4,000 prisoners similarly situated. ‘California holds more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other state in the United States or any other nation on earth.
Sunrise Ceremony on Alcatraz Oct. 11, 2021
Alcatraz – Editor Nube Brown attended the Oct. 11 Sunrise Ceremony to honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day and the 1969-71 occupation of the island by our native brothers and sisters as a stand against the violent, settler colonial state’s brutal occupation of Ohlone land. From the International Indian Treaty Council: “The Native American occupation of this site began on Nov. 20, 1969.
Pierre LaBossier speaks at solidarity against Haitian deportations protest
San Francisco – Pierre LaBossier, founder of Haiti Action Committee, speaks at a protest against brutal deportations of Haitians in downtown San Francisco Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. – Photo: Leon Kunstenaar, Pro Bono Photo
Dee, co-owner of Hey Neighbor Cafe
Portola, San Francisco – Nube Brown interviews Dee, co-owner of Hey Neighbor Cafe in SF’s Portola neighborhood. Delicious coffee and an unbeatable toast collaboration with Azikiwee Anderson’s local Rize Up Bakery. Check out our friends here: https://heyneighborcafe.com/.
Liberate the Caged Voices: The rose began to grow from concrete
Minister King X, rooted in Artivism, takes a strong stand in promoting peace and unity amongst all cultures – but not without laying down a dope beat to draw in the youth. Watch “New Afrikan Scene 1” here or online, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjclP1z7vn8. by Nube Brown This is Part 2 of the conversation I had with Minister King X, Artivist, of K.A.G.E. Universal and California Prison Focus.
Liberate the Caged Voices
Minister King X stands firm, literally and figuratively, in his mission to free the elders, the political prisoners and organizers of the historic California Hunger Strikes. With his signature banner, he continues to make the call to follow the Prisoner Human Rights Movement Blueprint, come together and “settle your quarrels” and support the Agreement to End Hostilities, and ask: What does freedom mean to you?
Bare Bones Incident Report: Brian Holliday, David Wade Correctional Facility
We receive hundreds of letters a month, from all over the country – many detailing devastating human and civil rights abuses. We don’t have the capacity to organize campaigns or phone zaps for most of the prisoners exposing these conditions. They often don’t ask for anything other than hearing them out or somehow letting the public know. Here, I ask you to write Brian Holliday and tell him you care and hope he’s okay.
Joyce Gordon and her gallery
Downtown Oakland, Calif. – Managing Editor Nube Brown speaks with renowned gallerist and arts and community advocate Joyce Gordon on growing up in Berkeley, how she got Joyce Gordon Gallery started, the importance of the youth and the future of her art space.
Shape-shifting the narrative: Louis Hutchinson aka Wally
“Once I was able to get to know me, love me, I began to see the light overpower the dark that held me captive so long. Once I began to see my path clearly, I started to build myself mentally and spiritually, as well as physically. I began to educate myself with real history – Black History. From there I saw that I was lost all those years fighting the white man’s war; being pulled by the strings of a white man’s puppet.
Liberate the Caged Voices
“We’re Still Here” – Art: Michael D. Russell, C-90473, HDSP C2-122, P.O. Box 3030, Susanville CA 96127 by Nube Brown As COVID-19 once again rages throughout our prisons and continues to uncover the system failures across all sectors of human life, the call to release imprisoned people most vulnerable to the virus reveals the ongoing human rights crisis taking place within our prisons – and the need to abolish them.
‘The Streets are not Your Friend’
by Terrance Blackwell Managing Editor Nube Brown reads the poem ‘I Like Jazz’ by imprisoned artist Terrance Blackwell. Send our brother some love and light: Terrance Blackwell, #02255393 Wynne Unit 810 FM 2821, Huntsville TX 7734.
Mother Brown’s serves up respect on the day of gratitude
Jameel Patterson of the New Community Leadership Foundation greets Dr. Willie Ratcliff on Thanksgiving Day at Mother Brown’s, where Jameel is a peer advisor. – Photo: Nube Brown by Nube Brown I had the pleasure and honor of driving Dr. Willie Ratcliff, longtime publisher of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper, to Mother Brown’s, two pillars in the community, to participate in the Thanksgiving food offering by the unsung-by-the-mainstream-media heroes to residents of the Bayview.
Black Votes Matter!
The interlocking fingers of Nube and Malik represent the unity and solidarity needed amongst the entire Black community during this voting cycle. Malik is fond of saying, “A finger that stands alone is easy to break but a fist is hard to crush!” ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE. – Photo: John Corcoran by Nube Brown and Malik Washington Disenfranchisement, voter suppression and white supremacy are issues I became intimately familiar with during my 13 years in prison.
Bomani Shakur’s life matters
Bomani Shakur at home. Let’s not only campaign to keep him alive but also to send him home, to his real home. by Comrade Malik and Nube Brown, Liberate the Caged Voices “Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others. The true leader is of a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficent purpose.
Liberate the Caged Voices: Free Sitawa!
This photo was taken of Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa during a visit with him by his sister Marie Levin and Nube Brown. Thankfully, their visit, which included extensive planning for the Free Sitawa! Campaign, occurred shortly before Sitawa’s recent stroke.
Emergency! Comrade Malik calls for our help: ‘Don’t allow the feds to assassinate me!’
Testament to the influence of Comrade Malik, one of the most reknowned imprisoned artists in the country, Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, created this poster in 2016. – Art: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, 264847, Pendleton Correctional Facility, G-20-2C, 4490 W. Reformatory Road, Pendleton, IN 46064 by Comrade Malik, aka Keith Washington Revolutionary greetings, comrades! There is no such thing as coincidence when you are an outspoken servant of the people. Everything happens for a reason.
In San Jose, the National Prison Strike is going down!
This prisoner-led strike is not only about their list of 10 demands; it’s a clear call for their human rights! This is no small feat – and it’s dangerous! These men and women are putting their lives on the line – for themselves and for us. The retaliation began weeks before the strike even began. Don’t think for one moment this isn’t also about us here on the outside. Most of us are complicit in the horrors that have taken place in our nation’s prisons.
New Abolitionist Movement on the march
Aug. 19 at 11:00 a.m., courageous and loving folks in San Jose, Calif., joined with sister marches and rallies throughout the country in support of prisoners’ human rights and amending the 13th. Their courage is found in the rejection of an institution so prevalent and insidious that any criticism can bring a mountain of ridicule and judgment.
If DC is too far, join the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March in San Jose
On Aug. 19, you can be part of the New Abolitionist Movement even if you can’t travel to Washington, D.C., for the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March. We’re organizing a sister march right here in the Bay, in San Jose. Be with us as we gather at 11 a.m. in Raymond Bernal Jr. Memorial Park, Seventh and Mission, then march at 12:30 p.m. to James P. McEntee Plaza at 70 West Hedding for our rally. We guarantee you’ll be inspired and meet new friends and allies.
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