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Thandisizwe Chimurenga

@tchimurenga.bsky.social

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I’m a Writer. I Write. And I Speak.

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 7h

She’s currently based in San Francisco, but she’s talking about you L.A. #WindsorHills #BaldwinHills #ViewPark #LeimertPark #AngelesMesa #Ladera #Compton #Etc

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Bird was a Los Angeles treasure! “… a deeply respected father, community leader, mentor, historian, advocate and protector whose presence touched countless lives throughout Los Angeles.” gofund.me/3b0d01037

Donate to Justice for Bird After Tragic Loss, organized by D Batani-Khalfani

My name is D’Ixara Batani-Khalfani and I am the daughter of Akil Batani-Khalfa… D Batani-Khalfani needs your support for Justice for Bird After Tragic Loss

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

AFTER Black August Study & Struggle Book Club! Continuing The War Before by Safiya Bukhari Chapter 14 of Bukhari’s book is “CBS Tries the New York Three” Special Guest: Jalil Muntaqim www.youtube.com/live/phHDk9B...

“CBS vs the New York Three: Racist Lies on Primetime TV”

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wow. Such a good conversation today with Baba Ashanti Alston. Didja miss it? Here it go! www.youtube.com/live/M3LbO26...

Anarchist Panther: A Conversation with Ashanti Alston

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

* RESCHEDULED * MONDAY SEP 14 @ 5pm Pacific on Rootwork on Black Liberation Media Holla #bpp #bla #newafrikan #antiauthoritarian #anarchism

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

AFTER Black August Study & Struggle Book Club! Continuing to read Stand Up Struggle Forward by Sanyika Shakur & The War Before by Safiya Bukhari Until both are finished! Sundays @ 5 pm - 7:30 pm PST One hour per each book on Rootwork on Black Liberation Media www.youtube.com/live/9wZGiCi...

AFTER Black August Study & Struggle Book Club!

YouTube video by Rootwork w/ Thandisizwe Chimurenga

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Don't talk to cops. About anything. Ever." “Black parents, if you don't read a single line further, please speak these words to your children. Say them early, and repeat them often.” www.grassrootsthinking.com/an-appeal-to...

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An Appeal to Black Parents: When they come for your child

"Don't talk to cops. About anything. Ever." Black parents, if you don't read a single line further, please speak these words to your children. Say them early, and repeat them often. The police are an...

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Oh nooooo. We def disagree on this. Have a great evening/day!

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Had something on my mind, so I decided to broadcast it. Holla. #BlackCops #Pigs #ACAB #Traitors #CantTrussIt

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

EXACTLY. Unfortunate.

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

MONDAY @ 5pm Pacific on Rootwork on Black Liberation Media Holla. “Ashanti Omowali Alston is a writer, speaker, father, and activist originally from New Jersey. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.“ www.youtube.com/live/M3LbO26...

Anarchist Panther: A Conversation with Ashanti Alston

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I wish he knew that the mob AGAINST him was cowardly and wouldn’t stand a chance against the mob that was FOR him. I wish he had known that, and how to use spite defensively. To live your Black-AF-azz-life so that racists will choke on their hatred. I wish.

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I wish this Brutha had known how many people WOULD be outraged, hurt, standing in solidarity with him, over this. I wish he had known this before he (allegedly) took his own life. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Abusive Jason Arday posts 'published every 10 minutes on X after resignation'

EXCLUSIVE: An abusive post about Jason Arday was posted every 10 minutes on X in the five days after he resigned from Cambridge University, new research shows

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Black August” really doesn’t end in August. Not really. blackpressusa.com/black-august...

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Black August Was Never Meant to End in August

BLACKPRESSUSA—Black August was never intended as a celebration. It was created behind prison walls as a tool for survival, study, and resistance. Four decades later, organizers and formerly incarcerat...

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Safiya Bukhari made her transition on August 24, 2003. Last year I came across video of a gathering held in Los Angeles to honor her and the guest speaker was Yuri Kochiyama. Holla. youtube.com/live/MTjr40Dw2Sw?is=Ak767gtCjaYlZY9u

Yuri and Safiya

YouTube video by Rootwork w/ Thandisizwe Chimurenga

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Still #BlackAugust Still Studyin’ Still Strugglin’ www.youtube.com/live/QZyOukI...

Black August Study & Struggle Book Club

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I guess we just have to keep saying it: THE ONE WHO WANTS THINGS TO ESCALATE OR WHO OFFERS/BRINGS THE TOOLS TO ESCALATE IS THE AGENT. THE ONE WHO WANTS THINGS TO ESCALATE OR WHO OFFERS/BRINGS THE TOOLS TO ESCALATE IS THE AGENT. theintercept.com/2026/08/15/u...

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Secret ICE Agent Tried to “Entice” Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics

Documents from ICE’s investigation into the Sunrise Movement show an agent volunteered to build tools for “direct-action” protests.

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’m at this point in my development, my consciousness, whenever I hear Black folks say “we have to be twice as good.” Yes, I know why some of us say it. I understood it back in the day. No more.

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Running this back real quick: What We Stood For: The Story of a Revolutionary Black Woman youtube.com/shorts/1OTkZ...

What We Stood For: The Story of a Revolutionary Black Woman #BlackWomen #BlackPower #BlackLiberation

YouTube video by Rootwork w/ Thandisizwe Chimurenga

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Running this back real quick: Some of Us Are Brave youtube.com/shorts/M2iEJ...

Book Trailer for 2-Volume work “Some Of Us Are Brave” #BlackWomen #OurVoices #Documentation

YouTube video by Rootwork w/ Thandisizwe Chimurenga

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Running this back real quick: No Dount; The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant youtube.com/shorts/7pJzh...

Book Trailer for “No Doubt” #OscarGrant #FruitvaleStation #PoliceTerror

YouTube video by Rootwork w/ Thandisizwe Chimurenga

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sit back and letcha girl read to ya tomorrow, Sunday @ 5 pm Pacific. #BlackAugust2026 Fold ya clothes while ya listening. www.youtube.com/live/diqKGJv...

Black August Study & Struggle Book Club

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Black August Study & Struggle Book Club: Stand Up Struggle Forward & The War Before Sundays during Black August 5 pm - 7:30 pm PACIFIC (One hour per book) on Rootwork on Black Liberation Media #sanyikashakur #SafiyaBukhari #bpp #BLA #freetheland www.youtube.com/live/ZdL5kdt...

Black August Study and Struggle Book Club

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today I speak with Elder Walter Riley, whose decades of organizing experience spans mobilizations against Jim Crow to organizing against South Africa’s apartheid system. www.youtube.com/live/QIHbUXD...

Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: A Conversation with Walter Riley

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

LA Peeps: It’s That Time Again! Black August Los Angeles’ Annual Martyr’s Tour Sat Aug 22 Gather @ 11 am Leave @ 12 noon from Chuco’s Justice Center $10 donation requested but NO ONE turned away for lack of funds Donations: $rootwrk / @rootwrk BlackAugustLA@gmail.com 323 552 9109

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Monday on Rootwork on Black Liberation Media, I speak with elder Walter Riley. Holla. #civilrights #humanrights #organizing www.youtube.com/live/QIHbUXD...

Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: A Conversation with Walter Riley

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It’s That Time Again! Black August Los Angeles’ Annual Martyr’s Tour Sat Aug 22 Gather @ 11 am Leave @ 12 noon from Chuco’s Justice Center $10 donation requested but NO ONE turned away for lack of funds Donations: $rootwrk / @rootwrk BlackAugustLA@gmail.com 323 552 9109

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Finally got to see these flicks That’s what we called them back in the day Anyway join me as I chat with the wonderful Brooke Obie on Monday @ 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern on Rootwork on Black Liberation Media. #iloveboosters #IsGodIs #BlackFilm #BlackWomen www.youtube.com/live/gsXocKy...

A Conversation with Brooke Obie!

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

What he said. Happy Juneteenth. Free The Land.

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

WONDERFUL conversation with Baba Zak A. Kondo on literature and its power, Michelle Wallace, Dr. Vivian Verdel Gordon, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, gender and intersectionality. Didja miss it? Here it go! www.youtube.com/live/p0lnKfr...

“Sistas and the Works That Moved Me” - a Conversation with Baba Zak Kondo

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Amongst other things, Baba Zak A. Kondo is the foremost scholar of the assassination of Malcolm X. We had a wonderful conversation about the power of literature and some of the critical works by Black women that were “watershed moments” in his development. www.youtube.com/live/p0lnKfr...

“Sistas and the Works That Moved Me” - a Conversation with Baba Zak Kondo

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Was able to spend some quality time with the wonderful Loretta Ross, talking about fascism, white supremacy, and some ways we can defeat these evils. TODAY @ 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern www.youtube.com/live/TmpFdxS...

Organizing against White Supremacy: Connecting the Dots

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Was able to spend some quality time with the wonderful Loretta Ross, talking about fascism, white supremacy, and how we can defeat these evils. Click this link on Monday @ 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern www.youtube.com/live/TmpFdxS...

Organizing against White Supremacy: Connecting the Dots

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We talked about the links between white supremacy, evangelical Christianity, capitalism, and fragile masculinity. Did you miss it? Here it go! www.youtube.com/live/31FZSBJ...

Jesus, John Wayne and Fragile White Masculinity

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Today is Sunday, the Lawd’s Day, but we talm bout Jesus (and John Wayne) tomorrow, Monday, @ 5 pm Pacific on Rootwork! #BlackLiberationMedia www.youtube.com/live/31FZSBJ...

Jesus, John Wayne and Fragile White Masculinity

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

“Black girls targeted by trafficking and cults” Speakers: Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson Full Video on Rootwork on Black Liberation Media @ www.youtube.com/live/oQ3JK6r... #Natureboy #Hulu #Cults #Trafficking

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

After all kinds of ridiculous technical glitches, FINALLY got the show going. Didja miss it? Here it go! #NatureBoy #Hulu #Cults www.youtube.com/live/oQ3JK6r...

To Catch a Cult Predator

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

If you can’t get to New York City this weekend, or if you don’t have access to zoom, you can watch the memorial for Mama Assata Shakur here: www.youtube.com/live/3INHJHf...

Carry It On: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Assata Shakur

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Today @ 5pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern www.youtube.com/live/oQ3JK6r...

To Catch a Cult Predator

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

NEXT MONDAY Hulu’s documentary on NatureBoy wore me out last week. I decided to talk about it with Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson. Catch us on Rootwork on Black Liberation Media NEXT MONDAY @ 5 pm Pacific. #NatureBoy #EligioBishop #BlackWomen #Cults www.youtube.com/live/oQ3JK6r...

To Catch a Cult Predator

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

FROM COOPERATION JACKSON: Join us for the next Really, Really Free Market! Saturday, May 16th! Spread the Word! #MutualAid #MutualExchange #BuildAndFight

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Africanism. www.grassrootsthinking.com/cmb-statemen...

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Community Movement Builders' statement against patriarchy

Official statement from Community Movement Builders against patriarchy, naming violence against women and children as antithetical to Black love and Pan-Africanism.

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Ay yo check this out: YouTube was like “Ay we gonna investigate you for using copyrighted material in this broadcast.” I was like ok cool. Got the word today, they didn’t investigate in time, so it’s all good. Therefore, didjall watch this? If not, here it go! www.youtube.com/live/GjscAtp...

"Ogun, Shango and Sinners"

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Still working on that new website. A digital archive, so to speak, of my work. This is a book trailer for Deborah Jones’ story, What We Stood For: The Story of a Revolutionary Black Woman. Whatchu think? Holla. #BlackWomen #BlackPower #BlackLiberation

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

JACKSON MS! Join us TOMORROW, SATURDAY APRIL 18 at the Ida B. Wells Plaza for our monthly Really, Really Free Market to Build Community and address some of each others’ needs. #MutualAid #MutualExchange #BuildAndFight

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Still working on that new website. A digital archive, so to speak, of my work. This is a book trailer for my 2-Volume work, Some of Us Are Brave, based primarily on my interviews. Whatchu think? Holla. #BlackWomen #Sistas #Radio #OurStories

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hey y’all, I’m now a Monday co-host on the ReMix Morning (TRMS) show on Black Libration Media. If you’re up @ 5 am on the West Coast, or working from home @ 8 am on the East Coast, Holla. www.youtube.com/live/_YCaivI...

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I spent A LOT more time on Ogun than I did on Shango, because I think it was necessary. Didja catch it? If not, here it go! #Sinners #Orishas #Smoke #Stack www.youtube.com/live/GjscAtp...

"Ogun, Shango and Sinners"

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Come hang out with me this Sunday @ 5 pm Pacifica time Rootwork on Black Liberation Media, over on YouTube. #Sinners #Orisha #Ogun #Shango

Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Come hang out with me this Sunday www.youtube.com/live/kSjAWLb...

"Ogun, Shango and Sinners" 📱

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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