Kamau Franklin

@kamaufranklin.bsky.social

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Organizer, Writer, Lawyer

Community Movement Builders https://communitymovementbuilders.org/

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It was 10 years ago today that the NYP murdered Eric Garner as he cried out "I Can't Breathe" and nothing has changed.

Political Violence is as American as apple pie

I thought genocide was political violence. There seems to be plenty of room for that

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Within an hour of the shooting huge right-wing accounts were calling the shooter Antifa. Right after that MAGA elected officials started blaming Joe Biden. The truth went out the window—the fascist movement just wants to use this to spark more violence. www.jphilll.com/p/trump-shoo...

Trump shooting sparks fascist blood-lustwww.jphilll.com The right wants to turn this moment into more violence

So now there are condemnations against violence, but you can murder thousands of Palestinians without a peep

Wanted to share one of my favorite pieces I wrote on organizing grassrootsthinking.com/2024/07/11/w...

What Does It Mean To Be A Radical (Black) Organizer Todaygrassrootsthinking.com Several weeks ago, I gave a talk on being an organizer, but not just any kind of organizer I wanted to define what the role is of a radical Black organizer in today’s world. Today when meanings and…

Check out my new piece w/ Atlanta student organizer Oren Panovka on the Rise and Fall of the Emory Student Encampment and how students connected the protest to stop the US-funded Gaza genocide to Cop City and Police Violence. www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024...

In Atlanta, Police Violence Ties Together Protests for Gaza, Stop Cop Citywww.yesmagazine.org Police intervention at the student encampment for Gaza at Atlanta’s Emory University was faster and more violent than most. Protestors expected and were prepared for it, thanks to the ongoing movement...

A movement grows inKenya grassrootsthinking.com/2024/07/07/g...

GenZ: These Demonstrations go Beyond the Finance Billgrassrootsthinking.com By Sungu Oyoo “Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfil it, or betray it.” – Frantz Fanon An anti-people 2024 Finance Act currently before the Kenyan Parli…

A war criminal is coming to DC to speak to a room full of war criminals. This is a time for the people to show up and show the strength of the resistance

The People Reject the Finance Bill: Young Kenya Rises in a Summer of Revolt

The People Reject the Finance Bill: Young Kenya Rises in a Summer of Revoltwp.me By Alieu Bah This essay is dedicated to the defiant memory of Rex Kanyike Masai, a martyr of our times. A historical moment has been unleashed on the streets and highways of Kenya. That nation with…

"Most societies in the West are not opposed to violence. The oppressor is only opposed to violence when the oppressed talks about using violence against the oppressor. Then the question of violence is raised as the incorrect means to attain one’s ends." Kwame Ture

"I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless robots who protect them and their property," Listen to Assata

Happy Juneteenth!

Read about how Jay Z don't care about Black kids. He cares about the money in his new scheme with Republicans

Roc Nation’s Lobbying Efforts Cast Suspicion on Jay Z’s Association with GOP’s Top Fundergrassrootsthinking.com Monday, members of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Pennsylvania chapter rallied in front of Pennsylvania’s State Capitol to oppose Senate Bill 757’s controversial school voucher program c…

Read Grassroots Thinking for Movement News grassrootsthinking.com/2024/06/12/a...

Atlanta: The Confederacy’s “Black Mecca” and Militarized Cop Citygrassrootsthinking.com When most people think of Atlanta, they conjure up images of Black excellence, Tyler Perry, the civil rights movements, hip hop, and numerous images of Black leadership. Atlanta has carefully const…

My piece in Yes magazine on criminalizing movements. Protest & Serve. "For the State, a 'criminal enterprise' was born when people poured into the streets demanding justice, abolition, defunding, and alternatives to police interactions with the public." www.yesmagazine.org/issue/access...

Protest and Servewww.yesmagazine.org Organizers working to end police violence refuse to be intimidated by growing efforts to criminalize free speech.

Spelman and Morehouse students, faculty and alumni continue to protest against the US sponsored genocide of Palestinians by Israel on the eve of the Morehouse administrations invite to give genocide Joe Biden an honorary degree.

The settler-colonialist knows they have to convince themselves & others it's their land with zionist and manifest destiny tales

Don't let those oppressing you, killing you, imprisoning you, set the terms for your resistance to their terror.

Say No to Genocide on Malcolm's birthday. Say No to Genocide at King's alma mater. Atlanta time to show we don't support Genocide anytime. #FreePalestine #StopCopCity Spread far and wide

All Out to City Hall on Monday, May 20th: From Gaza to Atlanta: The Road to Repression Runs Through Cop City.

Remembering Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran. An Indigenous queer and non-binary environmental organizer, born on this day. They would have been 28. Murdered by the police for being a forest defender in the Stop Cop City Movement. Salute!!!

Great to be on a panel with Steven Donziger discussing the theme of "Defending Rights Against Unjust Charges." Register to attend xrr.nyc/042724

If the ruling class of america loses the ability to scare and propagandize students into ideological conformity we have added a very important ingredient to a real resistance movement

From Black Atlanta with Love. Students & Alum of AUC are inviting us to join them for a vigil in affirmation of life. We will be gathering to grieve the senseless loss of life across the world that the US empire perpetuates in our names. Spread far and wide.

As James Baldwin said "Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."

This is just another reminder that the Atlanta Police Foundation is a front for capitalists' interests. #StopCopCity

Join the Black Women led rally this Friday at Atlanta City Hall to demand that the people must decide and to #StopCopCity

Stop the sale of stolen land! From Brooklyn to Palestine, colonialism is a crime! CUNY for Palestine joins the 50+ organizations including Community Movement Builders - NY, endorsing this protest! ALL OUT ON WEDNESDAY 3/13 AT 3PM IN FLATBUSH 2701 Avenue N | Brooklyn, NY

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ICYMI - Watch the Intercommunalism panel discussion featuring @kamaufranklin.bsky.social @kazzy.bsky.social, Ericka Huggins and James Tracy! youtu.be/fo8zQqlx5_Y?...