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Z*ONISM VS. JUDAISM: KWAME TURE'S MASTERCLASS
It is not uncommon for our audience to wonder why African Stream has advocated for Palestinians. As we honour the life of our great Pan-African ancestor, Kwame Ture, who was born on this day, 29 June 1941, we share this powerful 1995 clip where he speaks about how the Zionist ideology uses religion to further its imperial aims.
Ture (1941-98), relayed that atheist Europeans conceived of the imperialist ideology of Z*onism. The last 20 months of Israel's onslaught on Palestinians have shown the world how violent Israel’s founding ideology is.
Just like Ture predicted in this clip, the world, particularly people in the US, are understanding that the their government has been supporting and funding a colonial project with their tax dollars for over seven decades.
It is not uncommon for our audience to wonder why African Stream has advocated for Palestinians. As we honour the life of our great Pan-African ancestor, Kwame Ture, who was born on this day, 29 June 1941, we share this powerful 1995 clip where he speaks about how the Zionist ideology uses religion to further its imperial aims.
Ture (1941-98), relayed that atheist Europeans conceived of the imperialist ideology of Z*onism. The last 20 months of Israel's onslaught on Palestinians have shown the world how violent Israel’s founding ideology is.
Just like Ture predicted in this clip, the world, particularly people in the US, are understanding that the their government has been supporting and funding a colonial project with their tax dollars for over seven decades.
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To him, any African who aided and abetted Zionism worked against the interests of Africa. Our forefathers understood that the oppression of all peoples across the world is interconnected and ultimately rooted in the same capitalist expansion.
During Ture's time as the Honorary Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party, the FBI secretly identified him as the man who would succeed Malcolm X (1925-65) and began a targeted counter-intelligence campaign. Ture moved to Africa, where he lived in Ghana and then Guinea between 1968 and 1969. It was there that he changed his name from Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael to Kwame Ture in honour of Ghana’s first leader, Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72), and Guinea’s first president, Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-84). He later founded the US chapter of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party.
Happy birthday to one of the most influential figures of the 20th century!
Sources
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https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Kwame-Ture-The-U-S-civil-rights-activist-who-changed-his-name-to-honor-Kwame-Nkrumah-and-Sekou-Toure-1742279
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https://www.biography.com/activists/stokely-carmichael
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stokely-Carmichael
To him, any African who aided and abetted Zionism worked against the interests of Africa. Our forefathers understood that the oppression of all peoples across the world is interconnected and ultimately rooted in the same capitalist expansion.
During Ture's time as the Honorary Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party, the FBI secretly identified him as the man who would succeed Malcolm X (1925-65) and began a targeted counter-intelligence campaign. Ture moved to Africa, where he lived in Ghana and then Guinea between 1968 and 1969. It was there that he changed his name from Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael to Kwame Ture in honour of Ghana’s first leader, Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72), and Guinea’s first president, Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-84). He later founded the US chapter of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party.
Happy birthday to one of the most influential figures of the 20th century!
Sources
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/carmichael-stokely-kwame-ture-1941-1998/
https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Kwame-Ture-The-U-S-civil-rights-activist-who-changed-his-name-to-honor-Kwame-Nkrumah-and-Sekou-Toure-1742279
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https://www.biography.com/activists/stokely-carmichael
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stokely-Carmichael
Blackpast
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (1941-1998)
A civil rights leader, antiwar activist, and Pan-African revolutionary, Stokely Carmichael is best known for popularizing the slogan “Black Power,” which in the mid-1960s galvanized a movement toward more militant and separatist assertions of black identity…
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AFRICA NEEDS OWNERSHIP OF ITS ECONOMY
Zimbabwe-born public speaker Joshua Maponga explains where true power lies: The economy. Without control of it, it would be misguided to claim sovereignty. An apt example of this would be South Africa, which, despite formally declaring independence in 1994 from white-minority rule, its economy is still in the hands of a small white elite.
He also poses the question of what happens the day after a revolution in the face of increasing African awareness of the global systems of subjugation. That requires a plan, organisation, and ideological clarity, not just running on vibes. Building a state, after all, is a monumental task.
Do you agree with him? Let us know in the comments.
Video Credit: Wake Up Blaq (YouTube) @wakeupblaq_ on TikTok
Sources
https://theconversation.com/white-people-in-south-africa-still-hold-the-lions-share-of-all-forms-of-capital-75510
Zimbabwe-born public speaker Joshua Maponga explains where true power lies: The economy. Without control of it, it would be misguided to claim sovereignty. An apt example of this would be South Africa, which, despite formally declaring independence in 1994 from white-minority rule, its economy is still in the hands of a small white elite.
He also poses the question of what happens the day after a revolution in the face of increasing African awareness of the global systems of subjugation. That requires a plan, organisation, and ideological clarity, not just running on vibes. Building a state, after all, is a monumental task.
Do you agree with him? Let us know in the comments.
Video Credit: Wake Up Blaq (YouTube) @wakeupblaq_ on TikTok
Sources
https://theconversation.com/white-people-in-south-africa-still-hold-the-lions-share-of-all-forms-of-capital-75510
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The Jamaican Maroons not only escaped slavery but also humiliated the British empire while at it. These warriors built sovereign towns, waged guerrilla war from the mountains and forced Britain to sign a treaty recognising Black autonomy in the early 1700s. They governed themselves, preserved African traditions and became a living blueprint for freedom. Our Facts of the Week break down why their legacy still threatens imperial narratives today.
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Continued……Sources
https://www.snljamaicantours.com/tours/accompong-january-6
https://jis.gov.jm/information/get-the-facts/the-maroons-and-the-abeng/
https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/guerilla-warfare-in-eighteenth-century-jamaica/
https://discover.vacaymenow.com/listing/accompong-maroon-festival/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Maroon_War?
Who were the Maroons? https://discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/against-slavery/black-resistance-against-slavery/the-maroons-of-jamaica/
Fought against slavery https://discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/against-slavery/black-resistance-against-slavery/the-maroons-of-jamaica/
First Maroon war https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-the-maroons-from-africa-battled-the-british-in-jamaica-and-won-in-the-1700s
https://discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/against-slavery/black-resistance-against-slavery/the-maroons-of-jamaica/
Second Maroon war https://jamaicatimeline.com/history/maroon-2ndwar.html
Deportation to Canada
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240731/what-happened-trelawny-town-maroons
British breaking the agreement
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240731/what-happened-trelawny-town-maroons
Petition to go to Sierra Leone
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240731/what-happened-trelawny-town-maroons
Legacy today.
Accompong https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/legendary-community-that-fought-for-its-freedom-in-jamaica
Moore Town https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3xW808tdJE
https://schoolhistory.co.uk/early-modern/second-maroon-war
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2018/04/07/what-triggered-the-second-maroon-war-in-1795
Captain Cudjoe
https://nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/The%20Maroons%20edited%20final.htm
Maroon Festival
https://maroonfestja.com/about-us
https://www.snljamaicantours.com/tours/accompong-january-6
https://jis.gov.jm/information/get-the-facts/the-maroons-and-the-abeng/
https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/guerilla-warfare-in-eighteenth-century-jamaica/
https://discover.vacaymenow.com/listing/accompong-maroon-festival/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Maroon_War?
Who were the Maroons? https://discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/against-slavery/black-resistance-against-slavery/the-maroons-of-jamaica/
Fought against slavery https://discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/against-slavery/black-resistance-against-slavery/the-maroons-of-jamaica/
First Maroon war https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-the-maroons-from-africa-battled-the-british-in-jamaica-and-won-in-the-1700s
https://discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/against-slavery/black-resistance-against-slavery/the-maroons-of-jamaica/
Second Maroon war https://jamaicatimeline.com/history/maroon-2ndwar.html
Deportation to Canada
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240731/what-happened-trelawny-town-maroons
British breaking the agreement
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240731/what-happened-trelawny-town-maroons
Petition to go to Sierra Leone
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240731/what-happened-trelawny-town-maroons
Legacy today.
Accompong https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/legendary-community-that-fought-for-its-freedom-in-jamaica
Moore Town https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3xW808tdJE
https://schoolhistory.co.uk/early-modern/second-maroon-war
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2018/04/07/what-triggered-the-second-maroon-war-in-1795
Captain Cudjoe
https://nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/The%20Maroons%20edited%20final.htm
Maroon Festival
https://maroonfestja.com/about-us
Expedition Magazine
Expedition Magazine | Guerilla Warfare in Eighteenth Century Jamaica
<p>There is a story that when Christopher Columbus, after his second voyage to the New World in 1494, was asked […]</p>
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BLACK TOWN EATONVILLE WINS AGAINST DEVELOPER
Freed enslaved Africans established the town of Eatonville on 15 August 1887. The Florida municipality is one of the earliest self-governing Black towns in the United States. It embodies the spirit of Black resilience and freedom, having emerged from the shadows of slavery to foster a vibrant community of landowners, educators, and leaders.
However, in 2023, Eatonville residents waged a struggle to prevent land appropriated for educational purposes from being sold to a private developer.
What came of their struggle? Watch and find out.
Freed enslaved Africans established the town of Eatonville on 15 August 1887. The Florida municipality is one of the earliest self-governing Black towns in the United States. It embodies the spirit of Black resilience and freedom, having emerged from the shadows of slavery to foster a vibrant community of landowners, educators, and leaders.
However, in 2023, Eatonville residents waged a struggle to prevent land appropriated for educational purposes from being sold to a private developer.
What came of their struggle? Watch and find out.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eatonville-florida-residents-fight-over-land
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eatonville-florida-residents-fight-over-land
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eatonville-florida-residents-fight-over-land
https://capitalbnews.org/historic-black-towns-survival
Zinn Education Project
Aug. 15, 1887: All-Black Town of Eatonville Incorporated
Eatonville, Florida is the oldest Black-incorporated municipality in the United States, incorporated toward the end of the Reconstruction era.
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