#baltimoreuprising

[bbkittentoes]

For obvious reasons I’ve been thinking a lot about when I lived in Baltimore. I have a lot of feelings and not a lot of words. I’ll always be here to stand with you. BLM.

~photos from May 2015

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

The Baltimore Uprising: Four Years Later

A look at the Real News' coverage of the Baltimore Uprising—and how the city hasn’t changed since Freddie Gray’s death

“When everybody had their fists in the air and they pulled together, black, brown, white, no matter what your race, sex, creed or anything was, we all pulled together, one cause, one fight, they were so scared they didn’t know what to do,” Jones said. “They started making up lies and they targeted the youth. It wasn’t old folks, the youth got on the front line, the youth took on Baltimore City Police Department.”

This sentiment about the Baltimore Uprising—that it was a youth-led movement organized by those most vulnerable and most affected—even four years later, is still hard for people in power to grasp. Issues such as the city’s poverty, segregation, profoundly underfunded school system, inadequate public transportation (including the end of the Red Line, killed by Governor Larry Hogan), the lead paint crisis, and police corruption remain.

Long live the Baltimore uprising! Salute to the people of Baltimore, and to the Baltimore People's Power Assembly that helped to lead the protests. - redguard

[dakrolak]

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

‘Honor in the Ghetto’: Poetry by Lamont Lilly, part 2

sister amina

(inspired by Gordon Parks and “American Gothic”)

she was amazing stunning, actually. beautiful like the kind you don’t see very often.

even with that iron dish towel and heavy vacuum cleaner. even with that broom and dust pan in her left hand.

black. proud. working. serving. cleaning for ms. jane cuz she was too dang lazy.

but still she was amazing stunning, actually. beautiful like the kind you don’t see very often.

so beautiful even the dirt and ms. jane couldn’t hide her.

just visiting from north carolina

sirens screeching ghetto boys and policemen.

sex workers cold buildings and city toll.

city life sure gets old after a while.

heading back down to where things sound familiar.

the crickets. the klan. the south.

Baltimore resistance, 2015.

night of the uprising

(to: Baltimore, Penn and North)

there was free milk and bread for the homeless. free nap mats to replace their cardboard mattresses.

there was free fruit fish, beans and rice so the ghetto can eat good tonight. fine sofas and free love seats for the recently married. free shoes, free sweaters and free socks for all the poor kids on our block.

after all these years of being in need we didn’t mind bleeding for liberation. it was our duty. we didn’t mind at all.

sowing seeds

from the master’s huts slave quarters and humble slums grew strong men.

from the open fields war kitchens and vast auction blocks grew diamond rocks.

from their battered hopes and buried dreams grew wildflowers that refused to bow bend or be broken.

Copyright © 2017 by Lamont Lilly. All rights reserved.

Lamont Lilly was the 2016 Workers World Party U.S. vice presidential candidate. In 2015 he was an Indy Week “Citizen Award” winner for his activism and journalism. The selections presented are from his forthcoming book of poetry, Honor in the Ghetto.

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

New York City: Stop Black Genocide / Solidarity with Venezuela protest in Times Square, April 19, 2017.

On the 2nd anniversary of Freddie Gray’s murder by Baltimore, and the International Day of Solidarity with Bolivarian Venezuela, protesters held a united action in Times Square.

Photos by Erik McGregor

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

New York City: Resist Black Genocide - Justice for Freddie Gray! 

Wednesday, April 19 - 6:00 pm

Times Square, 43rd St. & 7th Ave., Manhattan

Hosted by NYC Shut It Down: The Grand Central Crew and Peoples Power Assemblies All night, all day Doing this for Freddie Gray Baltimore, We got your back! Two years ago on April 19th, 25-year old Baltimore man Freddie Gray was murdered by Baltimore Police after they brutally tackled him and threw him in the back of a police van for a “rough ride,” severing his spine. Freddie was unarmed and had committed no crime. Although hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Baltimore and around the world to demand justice, three officers involved were acquitted by a judge in non-jury trials which were under gag order, with no information being released to the public. The remaining six killer cops had their charges dropped. Police murders have continued to rise in 2017. Trump’s law and order regime, encouragement of white supremacist groups, and agenda for national Stop and Frisk are all clear indicators that the state will not do anything to stem the summary execution of black people in the street. Of the over 200 people of color the NYPD has killed in the last 15 years, only 2 officers were convicted a crime. None has served any jail time. The continuation of lynchings with the new ritual of hollow police trials is the most salient aspect of America’s genocide of black people. We do not forgive and we will not forget. We will resist! Rise up! Resist Black Genocide!

[robertncheek]

The start of everything... #BaltimoreUprising #freddiegray

[tt4l]

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