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2nd monthly Bay View hits the streets Friday
For weeks I've been meaning every day to send out an alert to tell you about the great stories you're missing if you're not checking San Francisco Bay View Home (http://www.sfbayview.com) often. And now I don't have time to list them all because we're on deadline for the second monthly print edition of the Bay View newspaper, set to hit the streets this Friday, Nov. 28 – your December paper.
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You know that the printed paper is the only way that many of our most important readers – those without internet access and those denied it behind enemy lines – can read the Bay View. Your donation to the Prisoners' Subscription Fund will send the Bay View to more prisoners, who will later say, as so many have said already, "The Bay View keeps me alive!"
Here's a tiny taste of the latest stories posted to San Francisco Bay View Home (http://www.sfbayview.com:)
I don't know this America ... but I'm most happy to meet it
I grew up with the picture on the left. That's the America that lynched Black soldiers in their uniforms after World War II. It's the America I was taught. It's the America unfortunately I've lived through. It's the America that killed the Dreamer. But on Nov. 4, 2008, I was most happy to actually meet theAmerica that chose to make the picture on the right its new dawn. I don't know this America. I didn't think it was possible.
Nevada is killing prison organizers with the 'kindness' of medical abuse and neglect
"I am writing to tell you that my daughter's father, who is on the tier with Marritte, says that Marritte is in a lot of pain from probable kidney failure and all they are giving him for pain is aspirin!" This chilling message came by email from an activist in Nevada.
Polluter pays!
Lennar's LEN stocks had sunk to $3.60 per share by mid-November despite restructuring and partnership with the financial firm CB Richard Ellis, headed by Richard Blum, a UC regent and husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a principle sponsor of the Lennar-funded Proposition G.
Cynthia McKinney stopped from leaving U.S. to speak in Syria
Today I was slated to speak in Damascus, Syria, at a conference to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 60th year that the Palestinian people have been denied their Right of Return enshrined in that declaration. But I w
The Black/Kmtyw community and the death penalty
"Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. In Virginia, before the end of slavery, there was only one crime for which a white person could be executed. But there were 66 crimes for which a slave could be executed." – Sis. Angela Davis, 2003
From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King
Robert King takes us on a lyrical journey "From the Bottom of the Heap" to the depths of a darkness so dense flashlights can't pierce the intangible conscience or sensibility of a nation or a people who would subject another citizen to what King describes in his autobiography as a normal state of affairs for Black men.
Malik Rahim for Congress Dec. 6!
Malik Rahim has spoken out with courage, asked the difficult questions and built viable community alternatives. He is a strong organizer who acted while the politicians waited. Now he wants to take his courage to Congress.
All Power to the People!
The SF Bay View has served as a vehicle that forces from various walks of life have utilized to provide information about their respective politics, campaigns, events etc. In particular, the POCC's One Prisoner One Contact Campaign shall definitely be affected: a campaign that assesses and stresses the importance of maintaining communication and contact with those who are held captive behind enemy lines with those who are in the outside communities.
Nadra Foster and the resignation of KPFA Business Manager Lois Withers
On Nov. 10, KPFA General Manager Lemlem Rijio announced through email that Lois Withers, KPFA's business manager, was resigning. Lois is the white woman who called the police on Black programmer Nadra Foster, falsely accusing her of being banned, on Aug. 20.
Pimping Blackness in the fight against Prop 8
After Proposition 8 passed, Black gay men holding "No on Proposition 8″ signs were verbally assaulted by white gay anti-Prop 8 protesters. They were called "niggers," and "their people" were blamed for its passage.
What the world owes Congo
Following "Break the Silence" Congo Week, Kambale Munited snakesvuli urges the global community, and Kmtyw-Americans in particular, to revitalize international attention on the Congo as a means of shedding light on the ongoing conflict and harnessing the potential for strong advocacy relationships.
Confirmations of the conscious: Lynne Johnson and Palo Alto's war against Black folk
With the landslide victory of Barack Obama, there are segments of our society who feel racism is a thing of the past. Thankfully, we have tyrants in positions of power like Palo Alto Police Chief Lynne Johnson to keep everything in proper perspective.
And many, many, many more. Don't just read the stories; read the comments, too – wow, check the ones under the Prop 8 story! – and leave a comment of your own. It's easy!
Plus, keep in mind that stories aren't the only reason to visit San Francisco Bay View Home (http://www.sfbayview.com). There are all sorts of exciting videos, pen pals waiting for your letter, an easy-to-read calendar of events with the ones that are immediately upcoming automatically listed on the home page, classified ads of all kinds, information on advertising and donating and lots of links to other websites we know you'll like.
One more important announcement: Kiilu Nyasha – revolutionary journalist, Black Panther veteran and Bay View columnist – was amazed to discover that the interview she and Tureeda Mikel recorded a while back is featured on the home page of I've Known Rivers: The MoAD Diaspora Stories Project with a pretty picture of Kiilu and Tureeda. Listen in!
Mary Ratcliff, editor@sfbayview.com (mailto:editor@sfbayview.com), (415) 671-0789
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