Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg 28 minutes ************************* Obama and African American Liberation with Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka, legendary African American poet, playwright and activist spoke recently at an African American History month celebration sponsored by Local 371, DC 37, AFSCME. He started his talk with one name repeated several times Obama, Obama, Obama. He then proceeded to analyze the need for a new representative body to unify African American people in America, but warns against some black leadership who serve the interests of the ruling class. Always a revolutionary, Baraka emphasized the need for an examination of the class nature of black oppression while outlining an agenda for democratizing this country which builds on the energy which the Obama campaign is generating. ******************************************** for more information contact Ken Nash - knash@igc.org
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