Meet El-Farouk Khaki, a gay Muslim who saw a need in his community and so he co-founded a growing mosque that welcomes people of all sexual orientations.By Amanda D. Quraishi
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An introduction to the Southeast Organizing Drive 2011
This summer members of SONG (VA, AL, GA) participated in a 10 week-long summer organizing drive led by Project South (Atlanta). Project South is a 23 year old, grassroots organization based in the US South working to create movement spaces for social, economic and racial justice.
For ten weeks, Project South, SONG and 6 other Southern, movement organizations came together to form an alliance in order to build collective power across the region. During the ten weeks, these 8 organizations came together to share skills, knowledge and strategies in order to further the cause for social justice, build our bases, and develop ourselves as leaders organizing in the the south. This is a 10 minute long video that briefly captures the experience and all of the organizations involved.
We would like to send our love and HUGE thanks to Project South and all of the other orgs/people we got to meet. The experience was truly life-changing and the relationships that were made are truly revolutionary. .
I have many hats.
Erving Goffman said that the way we facet our sense of Self is through gauging social expectation of our own social roles. As a result, Goffman’s theory would suggest that our sense of Self is always changing depending on who is around us - who is giving…
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering off-duty policeman Mark MacPhail in parking lot in Savannah, Georgia, and sentenced to die.
As no physical evidence connected Davis to the crime, and a murder weapon was never found, the conviction was entirely based on the testimony of nine witnesses, seven of whom have since recanted all or part of sworn statements.
Several of the witnesses said they were pressured by police officers to place the blame on Davis, while ten new witnesses have since come forward to say Sylvester “Redd” Coles — the man who reported Davis to the cops — was the real murderer.
Despite a slew of doubts concerning his guilty, Davis is on course to be executed Wednesday night at 7 PM by lethal injection. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles today denied his request for clemency, even after hearing from a from a juror in Davis’s trial who said the verdict could no longer be trusted.
A last-ditch effort to prevent Davis — who has had three previous stays of executions — from being put to death is underway, but many fear Davis’s legal avenues have unjustly reached a dead end.
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering off-duty policeman Mark MacPhail in parking lot in Savannah, Georgia, and sentenced to die.
As no physical evidence connected Davis to the crime, and a murder weapon was never found, the conviction was entirely based on the testimony of nine witnesses, seven of whom have since recanted all or part of sworn statements.
Several of the witnesses said they were pressured by police officers to place the blame on Davis, while ten new witnesses have since come forward to say Sylvester “Redd” Coles — the man who reported Davis to the cops — was the real murderer.
Despite a slew of doubts concerning his guilty, Davis is on course to be executed Wednesday night at 7 PM by lethal injection. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles today denied his request for clemency, even after hearing from a from a juror in Davis’s trial who said the verdict could no longer be trusted.
A last-ditch effort to prevent Davis — who has had three previous stays of executions — from being put to death is underway, but many fear Davis’s legal avenues have unjustly reached a dead end.
I am honored and pleased to announce the first public arts action for my troupe BODY ECOLOGY!!!!!! Spread far and wide and if you are in NYC please please please come on out!!
RING-SHOUT! FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public Arts…
7 of 9 Witnesses say my Brother is Innocent. Stop Troy Davis’ Execution on September 21st.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
My brother, Troy Davis, has been on Georgia’s death row for 20 years despite strong evidence of his innocence. His execution date is now scheduled for Wed, Sept 21. He has a hearing in front of the GA Board of Pardons & Parole two days beforehand.We need to tell the Board strongly and clearly: There’s too much doubt to execute Troy Davis!
The case against my brother Troy consisted entirely of witness testimony which contained inconsistencies even at the time of the trial. Since then, seven out of nine witnesses from the trial have recanted or contradicted their testimony.
Many of these witnesses have stated in sworn affidavits that they were pressured or coerced by police into testifying or signing statements against Troy Davis. Here is what one had to say:
“I got tired of them harassing me, and they made it clear that the only way they would leave me alone is if I told them what they wanted to hear. I told them that Troy told me he did it, but it wasn’t true.”
We need to tell the Board strongly and clearly: There’s too much doubt to execute Troy Davis!
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http://www.change.org/petitions/7-of-9-witnesses-say-my-brother-is-innocent-stop-troy-davis-execution-on-sep-21
just to reiterate
Seven out of nine witnesses from the trial have recanted or contradicted their testimony. (though according to the gif it’s 6 out of 8)
Many of these witnesses have stated in sworn affidavits that they were pressured or coerced by police into testifying or signing statements against Troy Davis.
also they never found a murder weapon, DNA or fingerprints linking him to the crime and THEY LET THE GODDAMN ALTERNATE SUSPECT TESTIFY AGAINST HIM.
Tupac speaking at 1992 Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) event in Atlanta
Tupac speaking on the necessity of centering motherhood in revolutionary struggle, the limits of bourgeois aspiration in the face of structural oppression, sexism in black communities, class warfare in black communities, and just being fucking black and brilliant.
