RSVP to the FBI, by Terry Bisson*
| RSVP to the FBI by Terry Bisson* Thank you for handing me this invitation to talk to you, But I am otherwise engaged. Thank you for offering me this opportunity to have a heart-to-heart with the murderers of Martin Luther King, and Fred Hampton, not to mention Crazy Horse Michael Stewart and Eleanor Bumpurs, and the nameless millions who do have and will have names But I am otherwise engaged. Thank you for inviting me to sit down with the brothers of the somocistas, (as you describe yourselves) their long knives eager for the blood of teachers, the blood of nuns, the blood of Sandino which is right now running bright like a river in the veins of young Nicaragua But l am otherwise engaged. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to spit on the graves of Sacco and Vanzetti, to dishonor the memory of the Rosenbergs, or of my ex-father-in-law who spent 10 years not being an actor rather than 10 minutes being a collaborator. But l am otherwise engaged. Thank you for inviting me to run with the hounds howling through the ruined cities trying to hunt down the FALN, the BLA the ten or the hundred most wanted most ready and willing and able to resist with arms and heart and ideology your world wide crimes But l am otherwise engaged. And seriously, thanks for giving me this chance to stand fast with the Puerto Ricans who have gone to jail silent since 1936 rather than drink from your bootprints · To stand fast with the New Afrikans who like Nat Turner “never said a mumbling word” To stand fast with the Palestinians steadfast in Israeli prisons the Irish deep and defiant in Long Kesh.t the Africans on Robben Island scorning your offers with songs To stand fast with the children of Lumumba and Che and Malcolm X not to mention my own children and your own as well Thank you for this chance to stand not with the defeated but the defiant who pick up the gun who pick up the pen who pick up the baby and the struggle Thank you for this chance to stand with humanity against you Don’t mind if I do. Terry Bisson April, 1985 *I was one of six members of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, three women and three men, subpoenaed to a federal grand jury investigating, not our work, but armed actions by comrades who were underground. Following the example of Puerto Rican Independentistas (and most Leftists historically) we refused to cooperate and were for some months political prisoners. Terry Bisson was many things: imaginative, southern born, grand jury resister, science fiction writer, member of John Brown Anti Klan Committee, proprietor of the New York City based Jacobin Books, anti-imperialist, erudite editor, short story writer, ghost writer, screen writer and beacon. I will never forget the image of Terry roaring up on his motorcycle, hanging back at the party, treating us to his droll and impish smile. I asked Terry for a favor once. I knew he had edited the impressive “Hauling Up the Morning” on Red Sea Press. It was 1994 and had to shop Mumia’s essays to a major publisher. Terry said “there is only one agent for this: Frances Goldin, let’s go see her”. Frances in her inimitable style, said ‘come to the Lower East side, my Apartment is 7F, I will listen’. When we had finished she said, “You have to put this all together go make the copies, I will do the cover letters… but don’t expect anything, it is Aug. they are all on holiday.” The next word we heard Mumia got a 30K advance and a hard cover contract with Addison Wesley for his first book “Live From Death Row”! Thank you Terry for writing, editing, connecting and imaging our future. Terry Bisson and his family asked that gifts made in his honor go to the Abolitionist Law Center for their work in defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Here is the link: Abolitionist Law Center   Noelle Hanrahan, Esq. P.I. Co-Director Prison Radio p.s. Thank you Terry for being a monthly donor to Prison Radio. Thank you to your family for deciding to keep that going. And finally, thank you Terry for your biography of Mumia: On a MOVE, and your brilliant and inspiring work that we will use to illuminate the path forward. Terry Bisson Website Grand Jury resistance John Brown Anti Klan Committee JBAKC  Noelle Hanrahan, Esq. P.I.Co-Director Prison Radio p.s. Thank you Terry for being a monthly donor to Prison Radio. Thank you to your family for deciding to keep that going. And finally, thank you Terry for your biography of Mumia: On a MOVE, and your brilliant and inspiring work that we will use to illuminate the path forward. Terry Bisson Website Grand Jury resistance John Brown Anti-Klan Committee JBAKC |
On Revolutionary Art – Revisited!
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Activist Randall Robinson Dies at 81 – journal-isms.com
Activist Randall Robinson Dies at 81 – journal-isms.com
— Read on www.journal-isms.com/2023/03/activist-randall-robinson-dies-at-81/amp/
Marcus Garvey’s place in Toronto’s history – Spacing Toronto
Marcus Garvey’s place in Toronto’s history – Spacing Toronto
— Read on spacing.ca/toronto/2018/08/17/marcus-garveys-place-in-torontos-history/
March 18th-Day of Solidarity with Haiti – Haiti Action Committee
March 18th-Day of Solidarity with Haiti – Haiti Action Committee
— Read on haitisolidarity.net/march-18th-day-of-solidarity-with-haiti/
Support #NewAfrikanNationsDay 56 ADM(After Death of Malcolm X) in the year known as 2021. – YouTube
#idontowntherightstothismusic #NewAfrikanNationsDay
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HaymarketBooks.org … Black Power AfterLives: The Enduring Significance of the Black Panther Party
Haymarket Books: books for changing the world.
— Read on www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1497-black-power-afterlives
Fannie Lou Hamer And Malcolm X Speak In Harlem, NY, 1964 (Video)
Fannie Lou Hamer And Malcolm X Speak In Harlem, NY, 1964 (Video)
— Read on www.harlemworldmagazine.com/fannie-lou-hamer-malcolm-x-speak-harlem-ny-1964-video/
Who Was Fannie Lou Hamer? | History | Smithsonian Magazine
The activist did not learn about her right to vote until she was 44, but once she did, she vigorously fought for black voting rights
— Read on www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fannie-lou-hamers-dauntless-fight-for-black-americans-right-vote-180975610/
Ilyasah Shabazz Talks About Malcolm X’s Legacy – Mosi-Blog
Ilyasah Shabazz Talks About Malcolm X’s Legacy – Mosi-Blog
— Read on moor713.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/ilyasah-shabazz-talks-about-malcolm-xs-legacy/amp/
Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh ¡presente! – Mosi-Blog
Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh ¡presente! – Mosi-Blog
— Read on moor713.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/malcolm-x-ho-chi-minh-presente/amp/
Yuri Kochiyama’s Bond With Malcolm X: Not Just A ‘Black Thing’ : Code Switch : NPR
Yuri Kochiyama and her family were rounded up by the American government and forced to live behind barbed wire during World War II. Her brief friendship with Malcolm X inspired her activism.
— Read on www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/19/209258986/the-japanese-american-internee-who-met-malcolm-x
Malcolm X Questioned by Berkeley Students. 1963 – YouTube
Malcolm X Questioned by Berkeley Students. 1963 – YouTube
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An Epic Poem 4 El Hajj Malik & Malcolm El Shabazz #MX50Forever
Of WD fard who was said to have brought knowledge of self & supposed supreme wisdom to the original man But were all very shocked at how much he had changed in 1958 he married a Muslim sister named…
— Read on ummahwide.com/an-epic-poem-4-el-hajj-malik-malcolm-el-shabazz-mx50forever-86ace0a79f80
An Open Letter to Netflix and the Producers and Directors of “Who Killed Malcolm X?” – AAIHS
An Open Letter to Netflix and the Producers and Directors of “Who Killed Malcolm X?” – AAIHS
— Read on www.aaihs.org/an-open-letter-to-netflix-and-the-producers-and-directors-of-who-killed-malcolm-x/
Malcolm X is still misunderstood – and misused
Malcolm X is still misunderstood – and misused
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/opinion/malcolm-misunderstood-misused-200221054407806.html
These Pictures Show The Impact Of The Black Panthers On America
These Pictures Show The Impact Of The Black Panthers On America
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