Rage Against the Narrative: How to Understand Psychic Violence and Murder, Lisa Brock (Pt I of III)

Rage Against the Narrative: How to Understand Psychic Violence and Murder

Part I: “The Whole Damn System”
Posted on January 5, 2015

And including video of James Baldwin that should still/chill your mind and soul:

2014 Person of the Year: Ferguson protesters - St. Louis American: Editorials

2014 Person of the Year: Ferguson protesters - St. Louis American: Editorials

Photo by Lawrence Bryant / St. Louis American

Belatedly starting #Ferguson Revelations series.... here's 2015.1

#Ferguson Revelations 2015.1: disrespect/disregard for constituents by MO legs from all sides. Thank @OBS_STL et al. for political magic.

— SLSProject (@slsproject) January 9, 2015

Interview with Thomas Piketty: Piketty Responds to Criticisms from the Left

On the foundations of inequality, which lie at the heart of many social movements, and on the limitations of neoclassical economics (individual interest, etc.) to explain these:



Interview with Thomas Piketty: Piketty Responds to Criticisms from the Left

On #hashtag activism: Interview with Deray McKesson in the Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/not-just-hashtag-activism-why-social-media-matters-to-protestors/384215/#disqus_thread

Response of Missouri House Speaker to Ferguson:

Speaking w/ reporters, @johndiehljr says, "there will be no #Ferguson agenda." Says law enforcement shouldn't be "scapegoats" for protesters

— Eli Yokley (@eyokley) January 7, 2015

How liberal talk about "diversity" and "inclusion" can be used to maintain white supremacy and racism

Excellent piece.  From Model, View, Culture

How to Uphold White Supremacy by Focusing on Diversity and Inclusion

Liberalism’s inherent racism.

by Kẏra on December 10th, 2014
"Since the civil rights movement, white people have exploited every opportunity to conceal their colonialist legacy and longstanding (ab)use of white supremacist power. They’ve proven time and again that they have no interest in rectifying that history, only in dealing with the fact that they could no longer deny the reality of those injustices. One effective tactic has been to separate white supremacy and colonialism from the way racism is understood and taught through schools, history textbooks, news media, and through any white-controlled institutions. "
Read the entire essay at: https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/how-to-uphold-white-supremacy-by-focusing-on-diversity-and-inclusion

Democratic control of public education in St Louis - an ongoing struggle

There is a long history of political authorities working to dismantle democracy, public education, and progressive inter-racial political mobilization that led to this - little academic improvement with state takeover, but new political arrangements (including charter schools, etc.).  So does this mean now that 'democracy' will be restored?  Or does the state want to stave off a disenfranchisement lawsuit? What is going on?

Post-Dispatch seems to suggest that very little is happening --
Meeting offers little to signal shift in St. Louis schools governance : News

But then STL Public Radio posted this, which strikes a different tone:
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-schools-appointed-and-elected-board-start-working-together-toward-transferring

More background:  http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/elected-st-louis-school-board-remains-in-limbo/article_73c0b521-3a15-5441-882e-a582cc691703.html

The True Cost of Teach For America's Impact on Urban Schools

The True Cost of Teach For America's Impact on Urban Schools

7 Big Public Education Stories of 2014 | Alternet

7 Big Public Education Stories of 2014 | Alternet

Movements past and present: lessons from Selma (the movie vs. real life)

http://www.teachingforchange.org/selma-bottom-up-history

Untangling racially segregated (and charged) regional political systems: Charlie Dooley tells his side of the story on STL Public Radio

http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/dooley-speaks-out-corruption-allegations-ferguson-time-office

SLPS: Homeless students in St Louis on the rise

http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/homeless-students-missouri-rise-some-clique-vacant-buildings

Bob McCulloch: Interview on KTRS December 19, 2014

 See also NYT story on this, confirming that Witness 40 was not at the scene, yet was still brought before the Grand Jury.

ACLU Sues Ferguson-Florissant School District, claims electoral system undermines African-American vote - St. Louis American: Local News

ACLU Sues Ferguson-Florissant School District, claims electoral system undermines African-American vote - St. Louis American: Local News

More on the lawsuit here: http://www.aclu-mo.org/legal-docket/missouri-naacp-v-ferguson-florissant-school-district/

Tef Poe: How to Spot Violent Agitators at a Peaceful Protest

"Look for the people who are holding the weapons."

RFT: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmusic/2014/12/tef_poe_protest_violence.php

In the Struggle Against Police Violence, the Youth Shall Lead | The Nation

In the Struggle Against Police Violence, the Youth Shall Lead | The Nation

MUSIC & MUSICIANS OF #Ferguson

Music and Musicians of #Ferguson... compiling

Lauryn Hill, Black Rage (with commentary by Daniel Jose Camacho, Curator Magazine)

Black Rage is founded on two-thirds a personRapings and beatings and suffering that worsensBlack human packages tied up in stringsBlack Rage can come from all these kinds of things…

Tef Poe  (War Cry, "...racism is a conduit to white power...this ain't yo daddy's civil rights movement")  

Tef Poe’s RFT Blog: “Hip-Hop is Failing Us” and “The Mike Brown Rebellion Has Begun”

Shaun King’s DailyKos History of Police Brutality Music List 

Lil’ Boosie, Fuck the Police:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nof5tK6Mtqw

J Cole, Be Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl4gG5MorBg

J Cole on his visit to Ferguson (August 2014).

Kendrick Lamar...Untitled, "...tell them we don't die, we multiply..."

1966: Ferguson - Past is Prologue - on the killings of two teens by STL Police, 1966 by Philip Johnson / @stlfilmmaker

Reading Assata Shakur's autobiography, then comes Obama's Cuba thaw, and of course, this: struggle over her freedom

Notes on Assata Shakur, inspiration for many Ferguson activists, in exile in Cuba, NJ Feds want her back now that relations with Cuba may thaw...

Now, the #HandsOffAssata Campaign: http://www.assatashakur.com/. With background and info on FBI COINTELPRO history.

Assata's words, recited by activists after #Ferguson & #BlackLivesMatters actions:

It is our duty to fight for our freedom.It is our duty to win.We must love each other and support each other.We have nothing to lose but our chains.

2014128: Stephen Crockett, The Root NJ Authorities want Assata Shakur Back from Cuba to Finish Life Sentence

20141219 Shaun King, Daily Kos  If Assata is a terrotist, then Timothy Loehman, Daniel Pantaleo, and Sean Williams are terrorists.