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Liberty Bell or Ding-a-ling

Amiri Baraka NEWARK, N J. — For Board of Education President Charles Bell to criticize Executive Superintendent Eugene Campbell for the unsatisfactory state of the Newark school system, when Bell has been on the Board for over 15 years while... Read More »

The People Smash Gibson in Newark

Amiri Baraka Editor’s note: On May 13, Newark City Councilman Sharpe James scored a major victory over 16-year incumbent Mayor Kenneth Gibson. James won the mayoral contest with 31,000 votes to Gibson’s 22,000 votes. James won in all five of... Read More »

Irvington Killer Cops Invade Newark

Racist cop Paterno kills Black youth Amiri Baraka Newark, n.j. — The illegal racist-inspired invasion of Newark streets by Irvington killer cops which ended in the murder of 17-year-old Michael Harris of Newark must be forcefully opposed and the killer ... Read More »

Remove Gibson from Newark Board of Education

Save The Children! COMMENTARY Amiri Baraka and Arthur Henson Contributing editor and Regional correspondent NEWARK — UNITY demands that Daniel Gibson be removed from the Newark Board of Education because of his involvement in the conflict of interest business deals... Read More »

The Need for a Rainbow Agenda

Force the Democrats to negotiate Amiri Baraka Contributing editor The real test of the Jackson campaign must be in its practical use to Black people and the whole multinational working class. That use is not just feel-goodism and cheerleading consciousness... Read More »

International Book Fair of Black & Radical & Third World Books

Amiri Baraka Contributing editor The Third International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books held April 1-8 in London, England, was a very important event in terms of the continuing attempt to build an international activist consciousness around... Read More »

Chicanos and Jackson— building unity

Bill Gallegos, Contributing editor The 1980’s is termed the Decade of the Hispanic. In the 1984 elections Chicano and Latino voters, dramatically increased by the largest voter registration drive ever launched, are expected to play pivotal roles. As such, Chicanos... Read More »

Nationalism, Socialism, and Self-Determination

April 20,1984 – UNITY Commentary – A MARXIST-LENINIST VIEW Excerpts from Nationalism, Self-determination and Socialist Revolution The question of Self-Determination is a question of * the extension of all around democracy to all nations; it is not Marxists winking at... Read More »

Lanie Poo: Remember Kimako Baraka

UNITY CULTURE SECTION – APRIL 20, 1984 LANIE POO HER LIFE HER DEATH OUR WORLD!!! “Remember Kimako let me tell you about my gentle quiet sister, the dancer, the actress, the black woman, her name was Kimako, something blessed and... Read More »

100 years later: Black voting rights still denied in the South

Sarah Carter, Regional correspondent ATLANTA — Throughout the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign, one theme resounds with great urgency — voting rights. “I am not just fighting for voter registration,” says Jackson, “but for enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.... Read More »

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Liberty Bell or Ding-a-ling

The People Smash Gibson in Newark

Irvington Killer Cops Invade Newark

Remove Gibson from Newark Board of Education

The Need for a Rainbow Agenda

International Book Fair of Black & Radical & Third World Books

Chicanos and Jackson— building unity

Nationalism, Socialism, and Self-Determination

Lanie Poo: Remember Kimako Baraka

100 years later: Black voting rights still denied in the South

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CHANCE OF A LIFETIME Oral History Project

GETTING TOGETHER PUBLICATIONS

AMIRI BARAKA

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
Oral History Project