FREEDOM EDUCATION

CONTENTS OF BULLETIN UPDATE #31 (5/29/17) 
Basic documents to build the movement
Saladin Muhammad: Another Black working class revolutionary voice
The fight over public housing
The attack on public education
The strong songs of the Fruit of Labor
Black people dance as an affirmation of freedom


BASIC DOCUMENTS TO BUILD THE MOVEMENT 
ARCHIVE of the weekly Bulletins: http://alkalimat.org/fmb/
Draft Freedom Manifesto: http://www.alkalimat.org/fmb/manifesto.pdf or for cell phone: http://www.alkalimat.org/fmb/manif-phone.pdf
Petition and endorsement sheets: http://www.alkalimat.org/fmb/call.pdf
Online petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/join-the-call-for-holding-a-national-assembly-for-black-liberation
Black Left Unity Committee: http://www.blunblog.org/2016/11/black-liberation-unity-committee-call.html


SALADIN MUHAMMAD: ANOTHER BLACK WORKING CLASS REVOLUTIONARY VOICE 
Power point http://theblm.net/saladin/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Saladin-project-ppt.pptx
Autobiography http://theblm.net/saladin/autobiography/
Writings http://theblm.net/saladin/writings/
Videos http://theblm.net/saladin/video-interviews/
10 Key questions http://theblm.net/saladin/10-key-questions/
Organizations http://theblm.net/saladin/organizations/
Movement resources http://theblm.net/saladin/links/


THE FIGHT OVER PUBLIC HOUSING

Chicago https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150806/old-town/after-20-years-of-work-cabrini-green-documentary-ready-for-its-premiere
St Louis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKgZM8y3hso
New York http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/the-voices-of-public-housing-speak-out-665576515766
Mississippi http://www.mscenterforjustice.org/our-work/housing/public-housing
Cleveland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxnyzlLaiXw


THE ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION 
Trump budget https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trumps-first-full-education-budget-deep-cuts-to-public-school-programs-in-pursuit-of-school-choice/2017/05/17/2a25a2cc-3a41-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.62632aa11fcb
Devos speech https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/05/16/this-is-the-new-betsy-devos-speech-everyone-should-read/?utm_term=.8c69f14e18bc
Student loan crisis https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/04/21/devo-a21.html
School vouchers don't work http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-devos-vouchers-20170228-story.html


THE STRONG SONGS OF THE FRUIT OF LABOR

When the people sing they conjure up the spirit power needed for sustaining the resistance.

"The Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble, their songs and music was born out of the struggle of organizing African American workers in the “Black Belt” region of North Carolina and the South. More than twenty two workers, at various times, have participated in this dynamic cultural workers organization. Recruited from workplace and community struggles, they have captured in music oppressed peoples’ and the working class’ history of community and workplace struggles."

http://fruitoflabor.org/


BLACK PEOPLE DANCE AS AN AFFIRMATION OF FREEDOM 

Intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdMFRR5UZxI
"Steps of the Gods" 
(part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcN0G7xItwo
(part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7xjrIOXF4A
(part 3)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSi_AUX9Tr8
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE http://www.iabdassociation.org/

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