via:DemocracyNow
In Mississippi, the city of Jackson is grieving today following the
sudden death of Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, less than a year after he was
elected. He suffered from heart failure on Tuesday. A longtime black
nationalist organizer and attorney, Lumumba had been described as
"America’s most revolutionary mayor." Working with the Malcolm X
Grassroots Movement, Lumumba advocated for participatory democracy and
the creation of new worker-run cooperatives in Jackson. Over the past
four decades, Lumumba was deeply involved in numerous political and
legal campaigns. As an attorney, his clients have included former Black
Panther Assata Shakur and the late hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur. As a
political organizer, Lumumba served for years as vice president of the
Republic of New Afrika, an organization which advocated for "an
independent predominantly black government" in the southeastern United
States and reparations for slavery. He also helped found the National
Black Human Rights Coalition and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. We
air our June 2013 interview with the then-newly elected Jackson mayor
and speak to several of his close associates.
No comments :
Post a Comment