November 27, 2009

NJ's People's Organization for Progress says "Afghan War Must End!"

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UPDATED, Dec. 3— Thanks to FotM reader, "Nat" who alerts us that POP's Plainfield Branch also held a demonstration against exp...
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November 14, 2009

"Hollywood Mayor" Looks to Move Up — And Out of Newark

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Newark mayor Cory Booker couldn't wait a week. NJ Governor Jon Corzine was just voted out in an widely-reported odd-year race that was m...
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November 11, 2009

Visiting Harpers Ferry after 47 years…

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My friend Jon, who often provides the photos I employ to illustrate the Black NJ series of postings, wrote about his recent trip with his 8...
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October 29, 2009

Revolutionary Recipes: Mao's Red Braised Fatty Pork

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[This inaugurates a new FotM series highlighting recipes associated with various revolutionary figures. I’ve only got a couple lined up, s...
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October 23, 2009

Black New Jersey: The community fights "Hollywood" Booker over right to water… Newark Wins!

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Wednesday evening, October 21, hundreds of concerned citizens gathered to picket outside the Newark, NJ City Hall and moved the protest into...
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October 21, 2009

NJ's People's Organization for Progress Celebrates the 150 Anniversary of John Brown's Heroic Campaign at Harpers Ferry

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Dr. William W. Sales, Associated Professor at Seton Hall University, speaks at the October 15th POP meeting On Thursday, October 15, the day...
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October 14, 2009

From Kirke Mechem's Opera About John Brown

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More anent John Brown, as the 150th anniversary of the raid on Harpers Ferry is upon us. Last year, as part of a continuing focus on music i...