BAM Book Fair at Laney College, Sat., February 7

There will be a book fair at Laney College as part of the Black Arts Movement's 50th Anniversary, We are especially interested in authors with writings that express Black consciousness or radical themes such as the liberation of North American Africans from the addiction to white supremacy mythology. If you are an author interested in participating, let me hear from you at the earliest. The vendor fee is $50.00 for self published authors and a donation of five copies for give-away to the needy, including the incarcerated behind walls and those mentally incarcerated out here in the big yard. Institutional publishers fee $200.00 and donation of fifty books for the poor.  Contact Marvin X at jmarvinx@yahoo.com. Call 510-200-4164. Our last book fair was the San Francisco Tenderloin Black Radical Book Fair, 2004.

 

 

Black Bird Press News & Review: INDIEGOGO CROWD FUNDING UPDATE ON BAM 27 CITY TOUR

Black Bird Press News & Review: INDIEGOGO CROWD FUNDING UPDATE ON BAM 27 CITY TOUR

Cuban 5 free

THE CUBAN FIVE ARE FREE!!!

This morning, breaking news on all news agencies says that our three brothers, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, and Antonio Guerrero are free!!! According to the news, Alan Gross is flying back to the United States now, and President Obama will be speaking at about noon today, Eastern time, to announce that and further developments. INCREDIBLE NEWS! This is a very short notice, just to let everyone know of this GREAT GREAT VICTORY!  Stay tuned for more details!  This victory is possible because of the years of struggle of the strength and determination of our brothers Gerardo, Antonio, Ramon, Fernando and Rene, and all the Cuban people, the struggle of people in the United States and around the world, of all the efforts to demand justice and freedom for the Cuban FIVE! The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five congratulates our brothers and the Cuban people in their victory! 16 Years of imprisonment could not break their spirit!

Laney College President Elnora Tena Webb, Ph.D., in partnership with Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary

 Laney College President Dr. Elnora T. Webb and BAM producer Marvin X

Marvin X secured a partnership agreement with  President Elnora T. Webb, Ph.D., of Oakland's Laney College to produce the opening leg of the 27 City Tour of the Black Arts Movement's 50th Anniversary. The gala opening will be Saturday, February 7, 2015, featuring an exhibit of art by San Quentin Prison inmates, in partnership with BAM and the Post News Group's Isaiah 61 Project. The Laney College event will include a performance by the BAM Poet's Choir and Arkestra, with special guests from the Black Arts Movement. There will also be a book fair with local authors associated with the Black Arts Movement. The  event will include a panel discussion with BAM babies and parents. For more information, please call  Marvin X 510-200-4164, jmarvinx@yahoo.com.

Oakland Protests, led by Blacks, supported by Asians and Whites, close down Pig Headquarters

Protesters chain themselves to Oakland police HQ; 25 arrested

Oakland police arrested at least 13 demonstrators protesting killings by police in New York and Missouri, after they chained themselves to police headquarters.

By Veronica Rocha 

Protesters arrested after chaining themselves to police headquarters

Protesters block Oakland police headquarters

Twenty-five protesters were arrested Monday after they chained themselves to doors and a flagpole at the Oakland Police Department headquarters.
The demonstrators were protesting killings by police in New York and Missouri, including the slayings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

Protesters chained together block the intersection of Broadway and 7th Street in front of the Oakland Police Department on Monday.

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Ben Margot / Associated Press

A protester hangs a banner atop the flagpole of the Oakland Police Department on Monday.

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Protesters assemble in front of the Oakland Police Department headquarters during a demonstration over recent grand jury decisions in police-involved deaths.

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Ben Margot / Associated Press

Protesters huddle under umbrellas and use a banner for rain shelter outside Oakland Police Department headquarters.

Protesters block an entrance to the Oakland Police Department headquarters during a demonstration Monday.

A live-stream video via Blackout Collective shows demonstrators blocking a doorway outside the headquarters and singing, “Calling out the violence of the racist police” as they were taken into custody by officers.
Oakland police said Monday afternoon that 25 people had been arrested on suspicion of obstructing and blocking a public safety building and delaying a police officer.
One protester climbed a flagpole and raised a banner, which protesters said commemorated men and women killed by police. Protesters chained shut four of the building's entrances and then chained themselves to the doors.

"Three of these doors are our main ingress and egress for the public and Oakland Police Department personnel," police said in a statement. "As a result, the public could not access important police services, such as reporting crimes, obtaining public records, accessing necessary paperwork for vehicle impound releases and property releases."

Using a pair of cutters, officers cut chains from the protesters and removed them from the front doors of the police headquarters, which had been sealed shut.

A woman filming the demonstrations said on live video that 100 protesters had been marching through the rain-soaked streets of Oakland since 7:30 a.m. She tweeted, "I repeat OPD is shut down!!!"

Elsewhere, Oakland police said a dozen protesters were chained to one another and were blocking the intersection of Broadway and 7th Street. Protesters also were chained together on the northbound Interstate 880 at Broadway, closing access to the freeway ramp.
The Oakland police's hostage negotiating team was on hand to deal with  protesters.