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Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor @priscillagrim.bsky.social · 22d

Honored to join the convo on *No Cop City, No Cop World* at this year’s #brooklynbookfestival w/ @kamaufranklin.bsky.social, Mariah Parker, @micahh.bsky.social & @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social

Brooklyn Law School - TOMORROW 6:00 pm

#brooklynbookfestival

RSVP HERE: www.brooklaw.edu/news-and-eve...

Alt text: "Event flyer for 'No Cop City, No Cop World' book talk on September 17, 6-7:30 PM at Subotnick Center. Co-editors and contributors discuss environmental justice and police abolition. Hosted by Brooklyn Law School Professor Jocelyn Simonson. Reception to follow. Part of Brooklyn Book Festival 2025."

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@[email protected] @charleshb.bsky.social · 15d

The RemiX Morning Show "FREE SPEECH? Tuesday September 23, 2025" Renee( @rjohnston815.bsky.social )Johnston, Kim( @burnitdownkimbrown.bsky.social )Brown, Kamau( @kamaufranklin.bsky.social )Franklin, Evan, The Ear Dr. #BlackLiberationMedia www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0nG...

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The Political Work and Passing of Assata Shakur - Block Report Radio

Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · 7d

The Political Work and Passing of Assata Shakur
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On September 25, '25 Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur took her last breath, in Cuba, while having been in political exile for 41 years, with a $2 million Obama-issued bount...

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fireantmovement.bsky.social @fireantmovement.bsky.social · 29d

BLOCK PARTY TOMORROW

Judge Farmer is planning to dismiss count 1 and 3 of the RICO. THIS IS HUGE! Come out and party tomorrow at 10:30 am, 136 Pryor St.

😋 Food
🔊 Music
🇮🇹 Italian Ice
🤟 Vibes
😪 Pictures of incompetent prosecutor John Fowler crying (and maybe a real life sighting)

See 🫵YOU🫵 There

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@[email protected] @charleshb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Signified B Sides w/ F.D Signifier "The Problem with Killer Mike" #CommunityMovementBuilders #CMB www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuau...

The Problem with Killer Mike

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The Problem with Killer Mike

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@[email protected] @charleshb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Mission accepted and completed @kamaufranklin.bsky.social

@[email protected] @charleshb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Signified B Sides w/ F.D Signifier "The Problem with Killer Mike" #CommunityMovementBuilders #CMB www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuau...

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 1, 2025: $1Billion in Taxpayer Funds for an NFL Stadium?… While Cutting Public Services, DC Set to Give Billionaire NFL Owner 22 Acres for $1 Rent… Plus Headlines On Fr...

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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Aug 12

The capitalist class at work

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · Aug 4

Listen to our last On the Ground show, half an hour devoted to testimony on the $1billion stadium bill that passed & the many objections actual residents & organizers had. And next week hopefully I can share my interview with @kamaufranklin.bsky.social on the crucial new NO COP CITY, NO COP WORLD.

The DC Council is set to vote on a controversial plan to spend one billion dollars in taxpayer funding toward a new NFL stadium for the Washington Commanders. In this debate, both sides do want to …

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@[email protected] @charleshb.bsky.social · Aug 7

The RemiX Morning Show "Thursday August 7, 2025" The Ear Dr., Jacquie( @luqmannation.bsky.social )Luqman, Kim( @burnitdownkimbrown.bsky.social )Brown, Kamau( @kamaufranklin.bsky.social )K. Franklin #BlackLiberationMedia
#BAP #CMB www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0sr...

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 8, 2025: Voting Rights in Crisis…Pro-Palestine Encampment Protests Outside Corporate Media DC Offices… Plus Headlines

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · Aug 8

Check out our show On the Ground that aired this morning. I caught up with @kamaufranklin.bsky.social who edited NO COP CITY, NO COP world with @micahh.bsky.social when he came to town & you can listen to him. Scholar Gerald Horne speaks on current events, & there's more!
@prisonculture.bsky.social

To thwart a redistricting scheme that will disenfranchise Black and Latinx voters in Texas, state Democratic lawmakers have fled the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass the legislat…

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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Aug 9

This is the eleventh anniversary of Mike Brown's murder. Still for his family and our community, no justice has been had.

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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Jul 29

Charis welcomes anthology editors Kamau Franklin, Micah Herskind, & Mariah Parker in celebration of No Cop City, No Cop World, a collection of essays from the Stop Cop City movement on the fight for police abolition.
www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/no-cop...

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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Let's talk. Let's plan. Let's continue to organize.

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@[email protected] @charleshb.bsky.social · Jul 22

The RemiX Morning Show "Tuesday July 22, 2025" The Ear Dr., Erica Caines, Kim( @burnitdownkimbrown.bsky.social )Brown, Kamau K.( @kamaufranklin.bsky.social )Franklin, Max Ajl #BlackLiberationMedia www.youtube.com/watch?v=utWV...

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HKR-07-18-25 Kamau Franklin Speaks on the No Cop City Movement

Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Jul 20

Edget Betru from Community Movement Builders and Saki Hall from Cooperation Jackson in Athens Greece at the anti-racist festival right before speaking about co-ops, Black liberation, and the fight against facism.

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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Jul 20

Kamau Franklin on Cop City, Black Misleadership, and the Fight for Real Power. On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with Kamau Franklin
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(HKR-07-17-25) Kamau Franklin on Cop City, Black Misleadership, and the Fight for Real Power On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with Kamau Franklin—organizer, lawyer, and co-

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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Jun 24

PLEASE SPREAD!!! CMB has purchased 14 acres of farm land 20 minutes outside of Atlanta as a space for food production, movement retreat meeting, and training space. We are specifically raising money to support the building of our retreat space on the land! fundrazr.com/LoveLandLibe...

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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Jul 17

Assata Speaks

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Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin.bsky.social · Jul 15

Racism Gets Its Power from Capitalism

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@[email protected] @charleshb.bsky.social · Jun 26

Missed tagging @kamaufranklin.bsky.social

@[email protected] @charleshb.bsky.social · Jun 26

The RemiX Morning Show "Thursday 06/26/2025" Jacquie( @luqmannation.bsky.social )Luqman, Kim( @burnitdownkimbrown.bsky.social )Brown, The Ear Dr. #BlackAllianceForPeace #BlackLiberationMedia #BAP www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-F...

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