David Walker published An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in pamphlet form in 1829. It's one of the most important and influential abolitionist texts in U.S. history. Yet, very few people have actually read it and many people don't know who Walker was especially among young people.

Arrived in the mail today.

Ten years after the Standing Rock protests captured national attention, the tribe is still fighting the project.

“They want us to be afraid. They want us to censor ourselves before they even have a chance to do it. We will not do that. We will confidently put resistance politics out there into the world to go along with the movements of people who are actively trying to fight against these systems.”

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

Open up a new world. Let’s read together. New art by Margaret Vail Palmquist

Coming soon!

“They want us to be afraid. They want us to censor ourselves before they even have a chance to do it. We will not do that. We will confidently put resistance politics out there into the world to go along with the movements of people who are actively trying to fight against these systems.”

What are you reading this weekend?

Marwan Bishara's new book "Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East: Origins of a Genocide" highlights the crucial 12 days between Benjamin Netanyahu’s October 7 speech and Biden’s “rare” Oval Office speech on October 19.

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Join David's book group. They are always great from what I hear. Also read this book with others. It helps folks to understand a lot about Black socialist feminism.