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Ajamu Nangwaya
Caribbean Reparations Movement Must Put Capitalism on Trial
19 Apr 2017
by Ajamu Nangwaya The English-speaking Caribbean is seeking reparations for slavery from the colonial powers. But why stop there? “If we are going to throw the book at capitalism for chattel slavery…
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Can the Black Panthers Offer Jamaicans Lessons on Checking Police Violence?
14 Dec 2016
by Ajamu Nangwaya The Caribbean is the source of many voices of liberation -- Franz Fanon, Walter Rodney, Kwame Toure, Bob Marley -- but Jamaica, in particular, might do well to study the experience…
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The Fall of a Right-Wing Black Canadian Politician
24 Jun 2015
by Ajamu Nangwaya The unraveling of Sen. Don Meredith’s political career has nothing to do with Black “progress” in Canada. As a loyal member of the Conservative Party, Meredith supports mining…
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Why are Y’all So Excited Over Mayor Tory’s Call for an "End" to Carding by the Cops?
17 Jun 2015
by Ajamu Nangwaya In response to widespread public protest, the mayor of Toronto’s largest city announced a reversal of his support for “carding,” Canada’s version stop-and-frisk. But Mayor John Tory…
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“Am I free to go?”: The Refuseniks’ Campaign to Resist Police Street Harassment
10 Jun 2015
by Ajamu Nangwaya “Carding,” Toronto’s version of stop-and-frisk, is opposed by a huge and growing proportion of the city’s population, as well as influential actors among the corporate elite. Yet,…
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Dump “Carding” into the Cesspool of History by Refusing to Talk to the Cops
20 May 2015
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Toronto’s 1992 Yonge Street Uprising: Afrikan Resistance to State/Police Violence
06 May 2015
by Ajamu Nangwaya The Yonge Street rebellion was very much in the mold of Black America’s urban uprisings, sparked by police abuse. The disturbances led to a spate of reforms, some of which were…
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Exuberant Irrationality Driving Afrikan-Canadians’ Support for Deputy Police Chiefs
19 Mar 2015
by Ajamu Nangwaya The late Maya Angelou supported Clarence Thomas for U.S. Supreme Court Justice, because he’s Black. Afro-Canadians are making the same mistake in endorsing two Black cops for police…
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Malcolm X’s Internationalism and the Struggle for Liberation in Haiti Today
04 Mar 2015
by Ajamu Nangwaya Malcolm X sought international unity among the non-white world based on the “common experience of colonialism and white supremacy.” If he were alive today, Malcolm “would encourage…
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Police Violence in Black Toronto: Cops Act Like “Military Police in Occupied Territories”
26 Nov 2014
/*-->*/ by Ajamu Nangwaya The Jane and Finch community is the epicenter of Black Toronto and, not coincidentally, the most intensive arena of police abuse. In Canada, “carding” is the equivalent of…