Paul Robeson lived from April 9, 1898 to January 23, 1976. He was a famous hero. He was a pioneer in the civil rights movement and human rights movements for black people including other people worldwide. He was an American concert singer, recording artist, athlete, and actor. He was a political radical, but was progressive in his outlook in life. From 1917 to the early 1920’s, he was an All-American athlete. He was treated very cruelty by the American government even his passport was stricken from him because of his political views. A man’s political views is his right to embrace and a man ought not to be persecuted because of his political views at all. He is not known by a lot of people in the world, because the establishment wants his name stricken from the brother. Yet, this brother will be given thanks for his contributions to the African struggle for pure liberation. He was born in Princeton, NJ. His father named William Drew Robeson I was descended from the Igbo people of Nigeria. He was so intelligent that he was elected as the 1919 class valedictorian. He promoted Negro Spirituals. He went into Britain to perform. His wife was named Eslanda. In the 1930’s, he learned more about African history including Igbo, Yoruba, Zulua, Russian, and Hindi languages. He and his wife Eslanda Robeson were friends with national future Presidents Kama Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta. He visited the Soviet Union. You have to put this into context. Back in the day, many brothers and sisters legitimately found the American system so abhorrent that they felt that had no choice but to look to the Soviets for tranquility. I don’t agree with the Soviet system (when it banned de jure, racial discrimination, but it has persecutions of millions of innocent human beings), but I see what Robeson came from. Even in 1936, Robeson was in the Song of Freedom that promoted human rights against Western imperialism. He fought against the fascists during the Spanish American war. There are so many actions that he have done. He fought against the Japanese Americans from being imprisoned in America. He supported the Progressive candidate for President Henry Wallace. Wallace ran on an anti-lynching and pro-civil rights platform. He supported the rights of Aboringinal people. He talked with Malcolm X in having a new meeting, but Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. In 1946, he opposed a move by the Canadian government to deport thousands of Japanese Canadians. Robeson accepted honorary life membership of the Japanese Canadian Committee for Democracy and gave a concert in Salt Lake City, then home to the Japanese American Citizens League. He opposed lynching and once supported the progressive candidate Henry A. Wallace (on an anti-lynching, pro-civil rights platform that caused numerous voices to support him). He passed away in Philadelphia by stroke complications. It’s easy to see that Paul Robeson wanted true human rights.
The OWS protest has been collectively demonized by jealous people. Nimmo and Alex Jones (who claim to be cutting edge patriot yet Jones supports the Right Paradigm John Birch Society. The JBS is a reactionary group with ties to the Knights of Malta, the Jesuits, and even the Rockefellers in the beginning according to various sources) yell about taxes, but we have had a higher tax rate on the super rich decades ago (and this incurred more economic prosperity for the poor and middle class). The movement isn’t Communism and isn’t collectively anti-Semite at all regardless of what people say. The OWS is made up of people from across the political spectrum. It’s very hypocritical for critics to expose a global like George Soros, but refuse to expose how the Rockefellers funded the Austrian economic movement for decades. Also, the Austrian movement is pro-banking elite. The same ones demonizing anyone promoting labor rights, economic justice, etc. are the same ones decades ago who opposed the civil rights movement. Now, Scandinavia and Germany have more regulation than America, but they have less unemployment and greater benefits than America. Denmark and Sweden have more personal freedom than America also. Many of these nations have a higher standard of living or HDI (human development index) than the USA. So, the lesson is that pro-corporate policies don’t mean a thing to help the poor. If you want to help the poor, strong social safety net along with other unique policies are necessary in order to give those suffering a better life (and real health care, a real job, and real education). Free market fundamentalism or Reaganomics (trickled down economics) doesn’t work. Even proponents of tricked down economics have denounced that policy. These reactionaries even oppose a simple jobs bill that can provide employment for many Americans. Tax cuts alone and gutting regulations don’t solve our economic problems since you need revenue growing system in order to create true economic stimulus. What the enemy promotes is an old game plan (not not globalism), but fascism. These hypocrites believe in big government for the military, but little to no government to help workers and the poor. These hypocrites cry about welfare, but ally with corporate welfare. Scott Walker, John Kasich, and others have been protested by people seeking workers’ rights simply. Walker’s regressive agenda has been opposed as well. It’s not about big vs. small government. It’s a corporate dominated government and evil corporations vs. the people. It’s about promoting efficient government beyond big or small. The government ought to be of and for the people, but the evil people have made the government to be infiltrated by corporate interests/elite ties. It isn’t just bad corporations that are the problem, but the CFR, the FED, the Bilderbergers, Trilaterialists, etc. (that desire globalization at the expense of small businesses and the people). Also, a social safety net isn’t a handout as the Economic Collapse blog says. They are earned benefits gotten via work. People worked to get these benefits. People don’t get opportunities by tax cuts alone. People can get opportunities by ending the war on terror and having economic populist plans in place. Also, we have austerity (cutting government) and austerity worldwide doesn’t work.
The earth’s biosphere is under threat by an unique problem. It is about genetically modified species. Genetically modified species are damaging the planet in many ways. They are harmful. They can hurt animals and humans via GMO foods as well. GMO foods can cause widespread infertility, organ failure, cancer, and mutations as proven repeatedly in lab animal studies. This harm can spread into multiple generations. They exist in GMOs, human/animal hybrids, vaccines (which can be loaded with super viruses), dangerous chemical compounds, and other special ingredients like fluoride, etc. These chemicals are spreading also because of legal rulings over gene patent and intellectual properties are paving the way for a dangerous world.
Blue Dog Democrats (the maintainers of the status quo) & their reactionary allies believe in moderation and statesmanship in order to accomplish the so-called “social good.” This anemic policy doesn’t lead into radical reforms, but wicked compliancy. Did we use moderation to fight for our God-given right during the civil rights movement era? Did we need to be moderate or express keen statesmanship to end legalized slavery in the USA? Do we need to be moderate (or traitorously in love with the chains of political correctness) to battle against unjust & evil economic inequality transpiring globally? No, No, and NO. What we need is radicalism. It was radicalism that defeated the British Empire overtly in the 1700’s via the colonists during the Revolutionary war. It was radical actions of folks even violating unjust laws in America to give basic civil, voting, and human rights to Americas. So, it will take strong measures to get solutions developed in the American continent & the world. This isn’t statesmanship, but revolutionary activities. Moderation leads only into mental slavery, which is as cruel as physical slavery. The reason is that in being a so-called “moderate”, you try to play both sides when you are only mentally confused on what to do (while you are submerged in the status quo with no real process to see). I don’t give a care about the odds. It is more important to battle against the odds since my people won battles when the stack was decked against my people. I don’t support a culture in a country that claims to believe in democratic principles, but has a depravity of health services to its poorest citizens. I don’t ally with a culture that glamorizes social bigotry, materialism, and the evil gender wars. I don’t agree with mainstream religious being used a pimp circus instead of a genuine spiritual atmosphere. What I support are concepts of justice, equality, fair treatment among all genders including individuals of every background.
Many people believe that the Democrats invented the Klan; therefore black Americans shouldn’t join it. The truth is that both Republicans and Democrats have done evil and have a controversial history. It’s up to individual to be a part of a political party they see fit without intimidation or coercion from anybody. Now, the KKK was invented in 1866 by Nathan Bedford Forest. He was a 1st degree Freemason. The founders of the Klan were ex-Confederate army officer that wanted to terrorize black Americans after the Civil War ended. Both Democrats and Republicans then and now are divided into centrist, leftist, conservative, and reactionary factions. The Klan members in heavy numbers belonged to a reactionary faction of the Democrats (they were segregationists). Also, Klan members had links to the Republicans too. This reactionary faction opposed progressive policies during the Reconstruction period. This reactionary faction opposed the Civil Rights movement and the policies of Kennedy and LBJ. They opposed the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Republican Barry Goldwater opposed the Civil Rights Act too not for racial reasons, but for ideological reasons (since he was a libertarian. Yet, the segregationists opposed the Civil Rights Act for bigoted, racial reasons).Then, later many of the Dixiecrats went from Democrats to Republicans. The Republican Richard Nixon used the southern strategy to play on racist white sentiments in order to get vote for his win of the 1968 Presidential election. This reactionary sentiment is still here when Republican governor of Virginia McDonnell wanted a Confederate History Month when the Confederacy was a totalitarian regime of slaveholding despots. That is why most black people vote Democratic since many Republicans support the old failed policies of yesteryear. One KKK leader said that the platform and program of Reagan couldn't have been any better if the Klan had themselves written it. Reagan used the counterrevolution to fight against the change made in America during the 1980’s. Reactionaries want vital social programs assisting people to be radically cut, which is a total shame.
By Timothy
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