by John Potash | Jun 16, 2021 | Independent Inquiries
On June 16, 2021, the late rap icon Tupac Shakur would have turned 50 had he survived a still unsolved drive-by shooting in Las Vegas 25 years ago. Few knew that behind his “gangsta rap” façade, Tupac was an activist leader who worked to counter CIA drug trafficking...
by John Potash | Jun 14, 2021 | Independent Inquiries
In early May of 2021, the Department of Justice released 10 pages of their FBI file on former Nirvana singer-songwriter Kurt Cobain. Since the rock icon’s death in 1994, mainstream media has mostly repeated police statements that Cobain killed himself with a shotgun....
by John Potash | Feb 12, 2016 | Independent Inquiries
The Black Panthers Movie’s Luster and Tarnish This article first appeared in Z magazine’s November 2015 issue. https://zcomm.org/zmagazine/the-black-panthers-movies-luster-and-tarnish/ A new movie on The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The...
by John Potash | Nov 22, 2015 | Independent Inquiries
Drugs Used as Weapons Against Us New Movies Allude to CIA’s Use of Drugs Against Protesters, Activist Musicians including Lennon, Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Cobain and Tupac. This article originally appeared in The Free Press, October 2015. ...
by John Potash | Jun 25, 2015 | Independent Inquiries
This article originally appeared in Z magazine’s July/August 2015 issue. For over a week, CNN and other major broadcasters focused on the epicenter of the Baltimore riots at the large intersection of Pennsylvania and North Avenues. The arrest of Freddie Gray,...
