Explosive! M1 in SF tonite: From Ghetto to Gaza – 5 more stops on the tour

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Legendary political rapper M1 of dead prez is one “intelligent brother,” in the words of Minister of Information JR. You’ve heard – and maybe seen – him perform; now’s your chance to meet him, to talk with him, to hear him tell the story behind the story.

We’re conducting an experiment – to see whether we can build an audience for a rapper to speak his heart and mind about what he saw and experienced in his recent world travels that only a world famous performer could have seen and experienced – and we need your help to make our experiment work.

You know that no other hip hop celebrity would have had the guts to break the siege of Gaza! Walk with M1 through the doors and talk with him to the people that are open only to someone of his stature. Come hear him and he’ll take you there.

M1 says just enough in “24 hours in Gaza, Parts I and II” (M1 of dead prez: 24 hours in Gaza | San Francisco Bay View and M1’s Ghetto to Gaza Tour is on! Read his ‘24 hours in Gaza, Part II’ | San Francisco Bay View) to whet your appetite. There are five more events on his “Ghetto to Gaza” tour (listed below), and you need to be there to hear the rest of the story, which we guarantee will shock and amaze you.

Here’s what rapper D Labrie of the Hip Hop Congress, who helped organize M1’s Sacramento event, texted to his Facebook friends from the event last night in East Oakland, beginning on his way there with: “Happy M1 is finna drop science in The DEEP EAST”

· Darcel Labrie RITE NOW WE IN EastOakland,M1 of deadprez Ghetto2GazaTour(8924 Holly/90th)fundraiser 4 BLOCK REPORT RADIO/S.F Bayview $5-WHERE YALL @ RT

· Darcel Labrie Jack Bryson jus gav update his son was there when Oscar Grant was shotA tryna get a change of venue on the case killa cops back on street

· Darcel Labrie Killa cops who shot oscar grant 4 of em bak on da street & they hav da tape of dem calln him NIGGA b4 punchin him & shootin him

· Darcel Labrie ...Yet the cops who shot Oscar Grant were not charged w a Hate Crime, Fred Hampton Jr just spoke ,now M1 speakin shit DEEP

· Darcel Labrie FredHamptonJr"Wen theres a crimescene wat is the 1st thing u ask,WHO BENEFITS?who benefits from da HOOD bein fuckd up,poverty,our ignorance?

Here’s the schedule for the rest of M1’s “Ghetto to Gaza” tour. I’ll be looking for you tonight in San Francisco!

· San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m., POOR Magazine, Redstone Building, 2940 16th St. at Mission, Second Floor Theater – Richard Brown of the San Francisco 8 will interview M1

· West Oakland, Saturday, Sept. 26, 6 p.m., Black Dot Cafe, 1195 Pine St. – Nadra Foster, the 12-year volunteer KPFA broadcaster who was beaten by police inside the station, will interview M1

· San Jose, Sunday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m., DeBug Magazine, 701 Lenzen Ave. – Bay View Arts Editor Wanda Sabir will interview M1

· Santa Cruz, Monday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m., Barrios Unidos, 1817 Soquel Ave.

· Sonoma, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room, Student Union Building, Sonoma State University

For more on Palestine, check out these stories we’ve just posted:

Ni'lin protesters tear down apartheid wall
More than 100 farmers, youth, internationals and Israeli peace activists marched against the Israeli separation wall Friday and, armed with car tires and a homemade ladder to climb the high wall, they managed to burn one section and pull down three others.

The war where I was killed and Gaza survived
Since Israeli missile savagery first hit Gaza, everything started to become blurry to me. My vision was totally unclear – all the horrible events went in slow motion as if I was watching a horror movie, but the most realistic one I’ve ever seen.

And to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the Hunters Point Uprising that shocked the world in 1966 when the mayor of “progressive” San Francisco brought in the National Guard with military tanks and SFPD sharpshooters lined up in firing squads shooting at kids to put it down, watch these videos:

1966 Hunters Point Uprising and other tales of 'San Francisco's Last Black Neighborhood'
Andante Higgins produced this documentary, “Bay View Hunter’s Point: San Francisco’s Last Black Neighborhood?” in 2004, featuring commentary by SF Bay View publisher Willie Ratcliff and other residents familiar to Bay View readers. Part 3 tells the story of the 1966 Hunters Point Uprising, the second major U.S. “riot” in the ’60s after Watts in Los Angeles.

Mary Ratcliff, editor