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Malik Rahim and Robert King came to WMPG's "Freedom through Expression" hosted by Hashim Allah.
These two men in to talk about the activism they each pursue, discussed are the Angola 3 ( Angola3.org of which Robert King is one of the three ) What Katrina told us about America's continuing racial inequities & struggles.
Here is a bit about each from a flyer for their recent presentation @ the Meg Perry Center
( peaceactionme.org/ )here in Portland, Maine;


"Malik Rahim was a co-founder of the Louisiana Black Panther Party. Today Malik continues struggling for social and ecological justice in his community. Just one week after Katrina, Malik co-founded Common Ground Relief
( CommonGroundRelief.org ) Over the last 2.5 years, Malik has worked endlessly to bring the story of Post Katrina New Orleans to the world. Come join us for a conversation about how the people of post-storm New Orleans have been fighting against racism, gentrification and ecological destruction in their Post-storm communities.

Robert King Wilkerson is a former member of the Black Panther Party. He spent 29 years in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State Prision aka Angola Prison for a crime that prison officials pinned on him in an effort to neutralize his effective organizing abilities. They planned to keep him in a 6x9 cell for the rest of his life, but he finally proved his innocence and was released in February of 2001. Since his release, King has worked to free two other former Black Panthers, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, who are still incarcerated at Angola/ They were also framed and even though extensive proof of their innocence has been established they remain in prison."

Links;
blackbirdcollective.blogspot.com
commongroundrelief.org
Angola3.org
kingsfreelines.org
peaceactionme.org/
WMPG.org

Let say for the community at large a very BIG thanks to Emily Posner for bringing Malik and Robert to Maine.

Forgive the editing error(s) near the front, levels are
the levels from sound board out.
noted Hashim was misspelled in video.
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  • CTD3 2 years ago
    I don't know about that, he certainly
    has a voice that reminded me of
    Barry White just a bit.
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  • Bill plus 2 years ago
    Fascinating stuff. Shame on the governments that stole these mens lives on trumped up charges. But it still goes on. The US has a terrible record on racist false imprisonments. Some democracy!
  • CTD3 2 years ago
    IS it just an American thing where prosecutors even in the face of DNA evidence fail to give the green light to innocent wrongly imprisoned men & women. This is where organizations like the innocence project is warranted. Imprison the wrong man & who really should be locked up?

    Of course we are talking about the "Dirty South" and justice has to be worked for harder in place like Louisiana. These men were fascinating to talk with.
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  • James Remar 10 months ago
    speak the truth. poetry in motion.
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