By the early 1970s, heroin was flooding the streets of New York City. Black and Puerto Rican neighbourhoods like Harlem and the South Bronx were hardest hit. This four part podcast series explores how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of the late Tupac Shakur, along with members of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America. Over the course of the 1970s, the Lincoln Detox People’s ...
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Episode 4 – ‘Policing the Minds of the People’
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CORRECTION: In this episode, we state that Dr. Mutulu Shakur was denied compassionate release. However, Brad Thomson noted that: “He was denied through the BOP, but we have also applied through the federal court. That motion is still pending and we are awaiting an answer from the judge.” Brad Thomson works at People’s Law Office as a civil rights a…
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Episode 3 – ‘Acupuncture Needles – Tools of Healing or Rebellion?’
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Haki Kweli Shakur Dr. Shadidi Beatrice Kinsey is the founder of PEACE Health Center Stay informed of updates on Dr. Mutulu Shakur’s case and information on how you can help. For more information visit dopeisdeath.comBy Haki Kweli Shakur, Dr. Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr., Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Dr. Shadidi Beatrice Kinsey, Mia Donovan, Lateef Martin
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Episode 2 – ‘Radical Roots of Acupuncture’
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'The Young Lords: A Radical History' by Johanna Fernandez For updates on Dr. Mutulu Shakur’s case and information on how you can help. For more information visit dopeisdeath.comBy Lateef Martin, Felipe Luciano, Cleo Silvers, Mia Donovan, Johanna Fernandez, Walter Bosque, Dr. Mutulu Shakur
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Juan Cortez works with NYHRE (New York Harm Reduction Educators) Dr. Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr. is an Associate Professor of History, Sociomedical Sciences and African-American Studies at Columbia. Dimitri Mugianis Stay informed of updates on Dr. Mutulu Shakur’s case and information on how you can help. For more information visit dopeisdeath.com…
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