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This is why Chicagoans mean it when we say abolish the police

RT @Kalami001: @AfricanArchives Fred Hampton was his neighbor in Chicago

im still pissed i got a ticket in port allen speeding to Fred Hampton

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @ruebenbvargas: @PostLeftWatch Friendly reminder that he and his little clubhouse were originally called the "Fred Hampton Leftists" unt…

RT @Kalami001: @AfricanArchives Fred Hampton was his neighbor in Chicago

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

RT @mxduki: the FBI opened a file on Fred Hampton when he was an 18-year-old volunteer at a local NAACP chapter with only a few months of o…

i love the carters but they’re still capitalists and as Fred Hampton said we cannot defeat capitalism with black capitalism we defeat it with socialism

RT @zei_squirrel: just like the FBI did in the US w/ revolutionary socialist leaders like fred hampton, the israeli regime assassinated pal…

RT @LikeButta3: Parliament -Mothership Connection 1975 George Clinton-lead vocal Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Ray Davis-back vocal Fred We…

RT @SocJustice_poet: Poor white people were scammed by rich white people. They were made to believe that Black and brown people were enemy…

Fred Hampton is rolling in his grave at y’all “New Negros”

RT @LikeButta3: Parliament -Mothership Connection 1975 George Clinton-lead vocal Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Ray Davis-back vocal Fred We…

Parliament -Mothership Connection 1975 George Clinton-lead vocal Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Ray Davis-back vocal Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Michael & Randy Brecker-horns Bootsy Collins-bass Michael Hampton-guitar Bernie Worrell-keyboards Jerome Brailey-drums #MusicIsLife #Funk https://t.co/i2v5LAupjt

RT @kzshabazz: We are NOT our worst enemy. If you ever wondered why the hood is so fucked up, the US govt planned it that way. A key part t…

RT @kzshabazz: We are NOT our worst enemy. If you ever wondered why the hood is so fucked up, the US govt planned it that way. A key part t…

RT @SizweLo: Fred Hampton: We’re not gonna fight capitalism with black capitalism like some of these punks in the city of Chicago want to d…

RT @beyond_capital: Fred Hampton speaks. https://t.co/DpLuxYWdPo

im Fred Hampton on yo campus

See how “they” did Fred Hampton

RT @jacobin: Fred Hampton was assassinated by the US state on this day in 1969. He was murdered because he was incredibly effective at uni…

RT @beyond_capital: Fred Hampton speaks. https://t.co/DpLuxYWdPo

RT @beyond_capital: Fred Hampton speaks. https://t.co/DpLuxYWdPo

RT @SizweLo: Fred Hampton: We’re not gonna fight capitalism with black capitalism like some of these punks in the city of Chicago want to d…

Fred Hampton speaks. https://t.co/DpLuxYWdPo

RT @kzshabazz: We are NOT our worst enemy. If you ever wondered why the hood is so fucked up, the US govt planned it that way. A key part t…

RT @SizweLo: Fred Hampton: We’re not gonna fight capitalism with black capitalism like some of these punks in the city of Chicago want to d…

RT @SizweLo: Fred Hampton: We’re not gonna fight capitalism with black capitalism like some of these punks in the city of Chicago want to d…

RT @kzshabazz: We are NOT our worst enemy. If you ever wondered why the hood is so fucked up, the US govt planned it that way. A key part t…

RT @kzshabazz: We are NOT our worst enemy. If you ever wondered why the hood is so fucked up, the US govt planned it that way. A key part t…

RT @SizweLo: Fred Hampton: We’re not gonna fight capitalism with black capitalism like some of these punks in the city of Chicago want to d…

RT @kzshabazz: We are NOT our worst enemy. If you ever wondered why the hood is so fucked up, the US govt planned it that way. A key part t…

RT @kzshabazz: We are NOT our worst enemy. If you ever wondered why the hood is so fucked up, the US govt planned it that way. A key part t…