New Afrikan Freedom Fighter: Special Bulletin 1983
1983 bulletin of the National Committee to Defend New Afrikan Freedom Fighters. Includes opening statement by Sekou Odinga and introduction on the RICO trial by the Committee. download
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Kuwasi Balagoon
“Brink’s Trial Closing Statement” by Kuwasi Balagoon (September 13, 1983)
For the record, i’ll say right now, that this place is an armed camp. It has the trappings and props of a court. A state-issued clone in a black robe, an ambitious state-issued clone of the state table, a fenced off area, and a section for spectators with a …
“Remember the Fallen” by Judy Clark
Judy Clark was a comrade of Kuwasi Balagoon’s, arrested for participating in the same Brink’s holdup of 1981. This text was first published in the radical feminist newspaper Bottomfish Blues in 1987. Kuwasi. Now he’s gone. And its like his last loving joke on me, his last gentle bursting of …
In Memory of Kuwasi Balagoon by Marilyn Buck (December 13, 1986)
Dear brother you spoke so plain children listened to your song of freedom played in games, stories and life brother you danced so lightly you whistled as you soared over prison walls and tombs dear brother your spirit sings songs of freedom wrenched from slaver’s cruelty you leave us your …
Kuwasi at 60 By Kazembe Balagun December 24, 2006
On December 16, 2006 over 75 people gathered at LAVA in West Philadelphia. The crowd was a mix of Black liberation movement veterans (young and old), anarchist punks and white queer activists from ACT UP. They came together to pay homage to the late Kuwasi Balagoon, who would have turned …
“Your Honor” by Kuwasi Balagoon
your honor since i’ve been convicted of murder and have taken time to digest just what that means after noting what it means to my family and how it affects people who read the newspapers and all i see now that i’ve made a terrible mistake! and didn’t approach this …
THERE ARE CATS, AND THERE ARE CATS… THERE IS KUWASI BALAGOON by Ashanti Omowali
In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful… Kuwasi Balagoon is dead. “Surely we are Allah’ and to Him we surely return.” The Quran tells us each soul shall have a taste of death and all too often we make the mistake of seeing death as a process outside …
“Anarchy Can’t Fight Alone” by Kuwasi Balagoon
Of all ideologies, anarchy is the one that addresses liberty and equalitarian relations in a realistic and ultimate fashion. It is consistent with each individual having an opportunity to live a complete and total 1ife, With anarchy, the society as a whole not only maintains itself at an equal expense …
“The Continuing Appeal of Anti-Imperialism” by Kuwasi Balagoon
Great works measure up, inspire higher standards of intellectual and moral honesty, and, when appreciated for what they are, serve as a guide for those among us who intend a transformation of reality. “Settlers, the Mythology of the White Proletariat”, caused quite a stir in the anti-imperialist white left and …