2013 BPP Commemorative Calendars now available

Historical photos and historical facts fill each page

$15 each, 5 for $60, 10 for $100, + $2 per calendar for mailing

Send check or money order to It’s About Time: Black Panther Legacy and Alumni

PO BOX 221100, Sacramento, CA  95822

Black Like Mao: Red China and Black Revolution is an excellent study and read about social justice movements posted at The Kasama Project.

From The Kasama Project:

“How black radicals came to see China as a beacon of Third World revolution and Mao Zedong thought as a guidepost is a complicated and fascinating story involving literally dozens of organizations and covering much of the world — from the ghettos of North America to the African countryside….It is our contention that China offered black radicals a ‘colored’ or Third World Marxist model that enabled them to challenge a white and Western vision of class struggle — a model that they shaped and reshaped to suit their own cultural and political realities.”

We are posting the piece, Black Like Mao: Red China and Black Revolution by Robin D.G. Kelley and Betsy Esch, in four parts. This piece was first published in Souls, Vol. 1, No. 4, and was re-published in the book Afro Asia: Revolutionary Political and Cultural Connections between African Americans and Asian Americans. A printable PDF is available.

Due to its length, we are presenting this as four separate posts.

Go here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.

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“We Called Ourselves the Children of Malcolm”
–An interview with Billy X Jennings of It’s About Time BPP

by Angola 3 News

This year marks the 45th year since the Black Panther Party was co-founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland. It’s About Time BPP is organizing events in the SF Bay Area throughout the month, with the biggest events Oct. 21-23. Read the full schedule at It’s About Time BPP.

Featured above is a new video-interview with Billy X Jennings by Angola 3 News, entitled “We Called Ourselves the Children of Malcolm,” featuring archival photos and more graphics, including the photo exhibit “Women of the Black Panther Party and Beyond.”