When Being a Single Mother and an Organizer Comes Under Attack

26 Jul '18

When Being a Single Mother and an Organizer Comes Under Attack

July 26, 2018

Originally published in the November 2014 Harriet’s Daughter’s column of the Burning Spear Newspaper “The revolution starts at home”, as stated by my mother when she learned of my intentions to organize with the Uhuru Movement. Essentially her thoughts were that I should not be out organizing in the streets. […]

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6 Mar '17

20-year-old black woman runs for St. Petersburg, Florida City Council on platform of reparations and black community control of the police

March 6, 2017

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power

On Monday, March 6, 2017, 20-year-old Eritha “Akilé” Cainion threw her hat into the race to become the next councilperson for District 6 in St. Petersburg. She made the announcement while standing in front of the recently shutdown St. Petersburg, Florida Walmart with her proud parents and a group of […]

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26 Jan '17

Nasty Women, Pink Pussy and Support for Imperialism

January 26, 2017

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power

As many know, white women got together and decided to hold a national women’s march to show the unity of all women. However, from the onset, it was understood that this march was indeed going to be a march to address the fears of white women. Even though the march […]

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16 Sep '16

ANWO Sweden busts up Feminist Who Targeted the African Community

September 16, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power

Special Note: Throughout this post we will use African/Muslim interchangeably, not to hold Islam up as special or protected, but to help the reader understand the basis for why attacks were launched against the African community. While Islam is the religion of many groups in Sweden; when violence is involved, […]

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9 Sep '16

Brent Council Buckles Under International Pressure

September 9, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Birth and Reproductive Justice, Black Power

Up until August 2016, Kushinda Olanrewaju, Vice President of the African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) had been under serious attack by the state in London’s borough of Brent. We aren’t talking about the type of attacks, that make national headlines or draw international outrage, but the types of attacks that […]

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28 Aug '16

#BlackGirlsWrapWednesday

August 28, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power, Colonialism

The #BlackGirlsWrapWednesday is a movement started by the African National Women’s Organization when our young organizers at Gibbs High School were told that they could not wear their African headwraps to school. A 17-year-old student was told that her headwrap was a violation of school dress code and was forced […]

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