Japanese American human rights activist and a longtime Oakland resident Yuri Kochiyama passed away yesterday June 1st, 2014 at the age of 93. [NPR] [Democracy Now] Yuri Kochiyama was known for her activism since the 1960’s, her comradeship with Malcolm X (she’s the mysterious Asian lady holding Malcolm’s head when he was assassinated on February 21, 1965 at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, pictured in Time magazine), her later activist work with the Puerto Rican independence movement, reparations for Japanese interment camp survivors, political …
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Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012) is a documentary on educator, writer, revolutionary, and activist Dr. Angela Davis. The documentary focuses on her activism in the 60’s and 70’s, during the Black Power Movement. It explores her involvement with the Black Panther Party, being fired from UCLA for her ties with Communists Party USA, accusations of her involvement in a Marin county court house shoot out (Jonathan Jackson attempt to free the Soledad Brothers), and her subsequent arrest. Free Angela delves into trials and …
Last Saturday April 12, 2014 in Brooklyn NYC, Fred Ho, Saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright, writer, matriarchalist, ecosocialist, revolutionary, and activist passed away from his fight with cancer. A pioneer in Asian American Jazz and Avant Garde Jazz, Fred Ho was known for his Afro Asian aesthetics, a fusion of Asian and African American cultural aesthetics (Fred Ho was against the use of the word “Jazz” which he saw as a demeaning term used by dominant white culture to denigrate African American music). Some examples of Fred Ho’s …
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