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DESCRIPTION:From the holds of the slave ships to the locked-down penitentiaries and 
 desperate street  corners of today, the bitter oppression of Black people 
 and the struggle against that oppression, has been central to the history  
 and current -day reality of this society. But now, some claim that this is 
 all a question of the distant past. Some go so far as to say that Barack 
 Obama's presidency signals the "transcendence of race" in America. Others 
 may acknowledge  the desperate straits of the majority of Black people,only 
 to then  blame the masses themselves for this situation. And meanwhile, the 
 grinding  and horrific oppression of Black people continues. To take but 
 one outrageous example, one in nine  young Black men are locked down in 
 prison-while crises like the  collapse of the housing market and the new 
 epidemic of homelessness hit hardest in minority communities.\nClyde will 
 speak about: The emancipation of humanity and the struggle for the 
 liberation of Black people.From slavery through the struggles of the 1960's 
 to the present-day reality of  Black people in America...system...and the 
 possibility ...of revolution.\nClyde Young,of the Revolutionary Communist 
 Party has spoken at college campuses,high schools,and community centers 
 around the country. As a young man, Clyde spent many years behind bars in 
 "correctional" institutions and became a revolutionary leader while in 
 prison-leading  prison rebellions and other political activity. He was 
 influenced by revolutionary leaders and movements of the 1960's,including 
 Malcolm X,George Jackson, the Black Panther Party, and especially,the 
 Maoist revolution in China. Upon his release from prison, Clyde met Bob 
 Avakian and recognized in him unique and special qualities as a leader and 
 also an enormous sense of humor.\nClyde's writings range from an essay on 
 Martin Luther King and the Vietnam War to recent commentary on Bush's 
 constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage entitled, "Biblical 
 Morality,Slavery and Other Horrors",to a major analysis of demographic 
 changes in the 1980's, "Since the '60's:Trends of 
 Impoverishment,Oppression, and Class Polarization in the Black Nation." In 
 2008, exerpts of an interview with Clyde entitled "Down for 
 Revolution",originally in the Revolutionary Worker, was published in the 
 anthology Bandana Republic by Soft Skull Press.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/06/18575412.php
SUMMARY:"The Oppression of Black People,the Crimes of this System & the Need for Revolution"
LOCATION:Laney College\n900 Fallon Street. Rm D200\nOakland,CA (take the BART to the 
 Lake Merritt Station\nFor more information, call (510)848-1196
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/06/18575412.php
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