Hip Hop Congress

Updates from Seattle-Featuring M1 and Onebelo

M1 will be presenting at Evergreen State College. The focus of the presentation will be the examination of the relationship between the
black revolutionaries that split from the civil rights movement in the early 1960’s, thus forming the group that would become the
Black Panthers, to international movements that evolved from these roots including Hip Hop. The discussion will explore the relationship
between organizations like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); the black leaders who were spied on, infiltrated,
and assassinated by the FBI under COINTELPRO; the Black Liberation Army
(the most underground aspect of the Black Panther movement) and its leaders in prison,
including Russell Maroon Shoatz – former Black Panther and BLA member; the current
transition of gangs and street organizations like the Bloods, Latin Kings, & Crips as they
evolve into viable political organizations; and the resurgence of interest in the Black Power
movement, abolition of the Prison Industrial complex and the death penalty, as well as campaigns
to free political prisoners in the US. The audience will also be introduced to the stories of BPP members from past and present
including Fred Hampton Jr., Deborah Johnson aka Akua Njeri (Fred Hampton Jr’s mother
and widow of Fred Hampton), Assata Shakur (now in political exile in Cuba), Willie Mukassa
Ricks who coined the term “Black Power”, Stokely Carmichael (aka Kwame Ture) and
Omali Yeshitela, founder of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement.
This is a powerful eye opening lecture that approaches its subject from a very sober viewpoint. However M-1 pulls
no punches when peeling off the layers. The history it reveals will set off warning signals when considered alongside
the current Bush administration’s disdain for human rights and democracy. M-1 and dead prez have been featured in The Source,
Vibe, XXL, Stress, Murder Dog, Blaze, The Village Voice and more for their music and work in the struggle.

M1 is Speaking on how system wants to disarm the masses.