This week’s edition* of The Super Funky Soul Power Hour featured a tribute to Bob Marley on the 31st anniversary of his death and part two of our discussion with Dominque Stevenson about Marshal “Eddie” Conway and political imprisonment.
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*Originally aired May 11, 2012

The new documentary ‘Marley’ is very good. I recommend that as many youth of the Rap / Hip-Hop generation see it as possible [lets see if it gets any buzz as best foreign documentary].
I’ve always been a bit suspicious about how Bob Marley died. First it must be noted that Bob may have had more Global impact than any other musician of modern times [rivaling Michael Jackson]. Many would claim the Elvis & Beatles, but theirs were mainly a US-Euro fan base. Bob Marley & the Wailers w the I-3s- had impact in the Caribbean, Latin America Africa- even in parts of Asia- as well as the US & EU. YET- Few musicians w his/their kind of global fan base, had the kind of revolutionary critic [from an Afro & Bible- centric position] of the ‘Babylonian’ [= the US & Euro] System as Bob.
So This Vox-Union show not only informed & inspired me to view the New Documentary ‘Marley’ – But also to a bit of research on circumstances RE Bob’s attempted assassination & untimely death- supposedly from an exceeding rare case on melanoma [which almost always afflicts Nordic type white folks living in warm & tropical climate zones]- which at the age of 33, Bob Marley literally had less than a million to one odds of being afflicted with [FYI: initially his cancer was blamed on Bob's 'Ganja' use]. Furthermore his politically motivated assassination attempt & the discovery of his cancerous toe apparently occurred within 6 months of ea other. Here’s what Answers.com says about his attempted assassination:
} ‘The persons who shot and attempted to kill Bob Marley remains nameless to this day. It is believed that one of the culprits was killed by local people who discovered his involvement, the others are still unknown. The assassination attempt was believed to be politically motivated at the time, though whether it was from left of right wing was a matter of debate.
Evidence since, including testimony of a former CIA agent, has suggested the CIA supplied weapons for this attack and may have been involved in motivating [IE: orchestrating] it. The CIA have, to date, refuses to de-classify any of their files and information regarding Bob Marley or offered explanation as to why they have classified files on him.’ {
For more on a possible CIA link to Bob’s ‘cancerous’ toe which ultimately killed him [or set him up to be 'medically' killed], read this Feb 4th 2011 High-Times article by Alex Constantine [@ http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6951 ].