Remembering Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95 years old. RIP to Nelson Mandela. He lived for the ideal of freedom for South Africa and for humankind. At the end of his life, he has shown kindness and great humility. He showed compassion to tons of human beings and he was right to disagree with the brutal system of apartheid. He wanted to transfer power. He suffered decades of prison time, but he never lost his faith in humanity. He kept on being strong to advocate an end of apartheid. He was not perfect, but he was right in wanting freedom for black people in South Africa. We take inspiration from South Africa and Nelson Mandela. We are still fighting for a fair and free South Africa. We will not see another Nelson Mandela again. That is why we must use constructive avenues as a means to make a better future for the world. We should continue to fight since the struggle for revolution is not over. South Africa is still fighting against economic oppression and political oppression too. South Africans who were black were restricted to vote until 1994. That is important to know, because we are still fighting for real voting rights in American society. Certainly, Nelson Mandela lived and died in the cause of human justice. Also, we should learn that liberal globalization has been detriment to the world since it causes economic inequalities at the expense of the working poor. That means that we have class apartheid where some are rich, but we have materialism and economic issues. South Africans deserve reparations. Also, many in big business used capital to further control South African resources. We must reject neocolonialism too. Now, this time is a time of reflection. South Africa has lost of one its greatest leaders in its history. He is the father of the modern South African nation. He wanted a multiethnic nation of South Africa, which will be democratic. Also, we should acknowledge the leaders of the anti-apartheid movement in the world. Many of these activists are unsung heroes that risked their lives to fight for freedom. We have to learn about phases of his life. Back then in South Africa, we have a native black African population being dominated by a select white minority. We still today have the struggle for liberation now. There must be more investment in job creation in South Africa. The anti-apartheid movement used sanctions and other actions as a means to defeat apartheid. While Mandela deserves credit for engineering a peaceful political settlement, it was external pressure including economic and cultural sanctions demanded by a global anti-apartheid movement that brought decisive leverage on political leaders to negotiate. His law partner, Oliver Tambo’s role as ANC leader was probably more decisive in orchestrating pressure when Mandela was behind bars. South Africa still suffers from the ruling elite controlling much of the property and wealth of the country. In other words, you have to fight for power and the working class should oppose imperialism as a means to create real revolutionary changes. We can never court the superwealthy as a means to gain liberation. Many world leaders, celebrities, and average human beings have given condolences about Nelson Mandela's death.

 


The Wall Street engine and the military industrial complex have harmed folks for decades, killed millions of people of color globally, and did massive corruption without much accountability (except in rare occasions). Also, there has been massive waste and abuse found in the military industrial complex by credible experts too. These 2 engines do token work, but that is overshadowed by their evil actions. So, it is typical of some to try to minimize the crimes of the military industrial complex (in their crimes in the war on terror, coups, massive war crimes, imperialism, economic corruption, etc.). Now, I thought those types were for America. Improving Detroit is beneficial for America. These residents are American citizens (with whose money. We have money from the FED, and other avenues. We should end this war on terror and use resources to rebuild this country). We realize that bad trade deals, deindustrialization, corporate raiding of workers' benefits, the harm of manufacturing jobs by multinational corporations, and other factors have harmed Detroit not all Detroit citizens collectively. Also, we should rebuild Detroit because these residents living in Detroit now are human beings. They are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as anyone in America is entitled to (including any real human being globally too). Just because a situation is bad, doesn't mean that a situation can never be improved upon. See, in history we have witnessed bad situations come about into better results via radical activism, improving communities, and revolutionary policies that build up humanity (not degrading it in a pessimistic fashion). What does someone being illiterate have to do with someone having the right to live?  All humans have the right to live illiterate or not. Illiteracy means folks should do something about it. These human beings in Detroit are human beings. If humans can build up civilizations, then Detroit can be improved upon. Detroit's citizens should not starve to death. They should be assisted as they are human beings. I believe in altruism. Also, it is hypocritical for Wall Street to receive record bailouts and no real funds are spent wisely to help Detroit. Many heroic Detroit activists are protesting foreclosures and the radical privatization of public resources like art. All human beings should be treated with dignity and with respect.

 

The Congress backed the terrorists in Syria. Later, some in Congress said that we need NSA spying because there are terrorists in Syria. The modern Syrian civil war began in March of 2011. The United States have been funding the Syrian opposition since 2006. It has been arming the opposition since 2007. The U.S. and Britain considered attacking Syrian and then blame it on the Syrian government as an excuse for regime change. This action was done 50 years ago in Iran. The U.S. has been planning regime change in Syria for 20 years straight. The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN, McClatchy, AP, Time, Reuters, BBC, the Independent, the Telegraph, Agence France-Presse, Asia Times, and the Star confirm that supporting the rebels means supporting Al-Qaeda and two other terrorist groups. The New York Times reported that virtually all of the rebel fighters are Al-Qaeda terrorists. These Syrian rebels are now calling for terrorist attack on America. Many of the weapons the West are shipping to Syria are ending up in the hands of Al-Qaeda. Many of these terrorist rebels have chemical weapons. The U.S. is still funding stepping up its support for the Islamic extremists. The chair of the House intelligence Committee is Mike Rogers. He voted for arming the Syrian rebels. Even the Democrat Diane Feinstein has apparently quietly let arms flow to the rebels. They are funding Syrian terrorists as a means to justify the mass surveillance by the NSA on innocent Americans. We know that the number of terrorist attacks in America has vastly declined since the 1970's as has violent crime over all. Also, much of the NSA policies violate the unreasonable search and seizure part of the Fourth Amendment. Even Mike Rogers wants to aid Jabhat al-Nusra too. Western policies have lead into a worldwide increase in terrorism. Mass surveillance on many cases does not have anything to do with terrorism in the first place, but to control human beings in society. The war of Afghanistan has been more than 10 years of mass killing and occupation. Some want U.S. forces to be there for 10 more years. So, the fictitious U.S. withdrawal plan from Afghanistan is exposed. The puppet Hamid Karzi is benefiting from this reality in Afghanistan. We have thousands of troops in the country including nine bases there. NATO allies are fully functional in the Afghanistan war theater. The U.S. has never voluntarily left anyplace it has forcibly occupied. Afghanistan is a nation that is occupied by Western military forces. The West using jihadists as surrogates in the Middle East and South Asia will never cause real peace in the Middle East. Only by radical policies and progressive insights in negotiation can do it. We have to continue to fight imperialism in the world. Extremists still want Iran to suffer more sanctions. These sanctions have harmed human beings in Iran. It has starved innocent human beings in Iran and harmed Iran's economic stability for real.

 

 

 

 


 

This policy of extending unemployment benefits will have difficulty to come about, because of the political tensions in both Houses of Congress especially in the House. Obviously, the actions of neoliberalism and bad trade deals have harmed the economic vitality of American society. Our economic issues have existed for many years and decades. Extending unemployment benefits may have a short term benefit among some, but we need long term solutions to our economic situation. Our economic situations deserves long term policies and actions that deal with infrastructure development, wages, unique job creation programs, trade policies, and other forms of investment. The issue is that we have a Congress that is doing very little to address such issues comprehensively. Unemployment is still very high in America, especially among the black community. Many politicians are not calling for radical steps in reducing black unemployment like a national jobs plan. The tiny drops in unemployment are heavily driven by a large number of folks giving up the job search. This is not the new normal. This is the old normal. We should fight for full employment like in a Marshall Plan for the cities and the rest of the communities in black America. Many folks have given up searching for a job. I am fortunate to have a job, but others are not. Those who are jobless ought to be receiving inspiration and compassion not demonization. A terrible economic have contributed to laying innocent workers off. Many folks lack jobs by no fault of their own. That is why we have every right to protest and seek economic justice. We know that the corporate media talks about the ACA's error limited to the failures of the website. Yet, that media refuse to see that the whole mechanics of the law existed from a reactionary think tank. The law strengthens the corporate and financial oligarchy to receive huge profits. The insurance giants' stocks went up by 200 to 300 percent. The law gives private insurance and drug corporations to rule the nation's expensive health care system. We know that the crime in the country relates to capitalist abandonment and societal racism. We do not have universal health are now. We do not have single payer, improved Medicare for all system. Even proponents of single payer health care like John Conyers (D-MI) and Dr. Quentin Young had to fight to even get invited to the White House's Health Care Summit. The corporatist nature of the Affordable Health Care Act is fully known now. The likely victors are insurance giants such as UnitedHealth Group, Aetna, and WellPoint. We know that the corporate insurance bosses want to block any public insurance competition or alternative. The law could compromise on the preexisting conditions provision of the law. A majority of the American people as validated by polls agreed with a universal health care system. The Orwellian reactionary media propaganda machine from FOX News, etc. absurdly called the ACA as socialistic and even Marxist. The reality is that the insurance law was based on the legislative proposals of the Republican Heritage Foundation in the 1990's. Modeled largely on a state-level plan that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney passed and oversaw as governor of Massachusetts, it is dedicated to a vision of “change” that leaves the corporate and financial oligarchy free to extort massive profits that drive health care costs to the breaking point for individuals, families, communities, non-profits, small businesses, and government. Even a banker like Robert Lenszer says that the ACA goes too far to benefit shareholders instead of the over 300 million Americans. The law will multiply the profits of the five giant insurance companies like the federal bailouts including the FED monetary policy will benefit the major bank oligopoly.

 

 


 

I heard of this issue before. Jemima Pierre made a great article about the Dominican Republic and Haitian tensions before. The late Sonia Pierre has fought against many errors found in the Dominican Republic too. Also, it is important to note that the plight of Haiti has been heavily done by Western powers. To minimize the role of how Western powers have harmed Haiti is dealing with a great omission. Activists are correct to point out that some Dominicans are extremely bigoted against Haitians. That is a fact documented by activists like Jemima Pierre, etc. Dr. Manuel Barcia is Deputy Director at the Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Leeds. He has written about errors found in the Dominican Republic government as well. The ruling will deny citizenship to the children of Haitian immigrants born in the Dominican Republic under certain circumstances. That ruling is regressive. Activists have the right to disagree with the ruling. To deny citizenship of some born in a country is highly immoral in my view. The decision violates Title II, Chapter 1, Article 38 of that same Constitution, which says all Dominicans are entitled to the same rights regardless of gender, religion, skin color or national origin. This new decision not only obviously overrules their own Constitution, but also goes against a previous ruling by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in the Yean and Bosico v. the Dominican Republic case, which, in October 2005, concluded that their ruling was reached in "a discriminatory fashion." I trust Jemima Pierre, Dr. Barcia, and other folks' research on this issue. I do believe that a more progressive policy can be created as a means to assist Haitians who are born in the Dominican Republic. Caribbean nations are outraged at Dominican racism. This blatant violation of human rights has been exposed by experts. These human beings are still human beings. This policy of discrimination and the suppression of human rights in the Dominican Republic is a disgrace. I think Brothers and Sisters should not travel into the DR period and do other actions to make our voices known on this issue. If they treat our people like that over there, they have no respect for us in the States (and other nations worldwide). This new policy could deport a quarter of million residents of Haitian descent. The Dominican Republic's racial views are known. Ironically, many of them have black African origins, but some of them hate black Haitians. There is a lot of self-hatred in the DR. It national legislature once passed a law declaring that all Dominicans are white. The Dominicans should be grateful that the Haitians freed the island of Hispaniola from white European oppression. In 1937, the Dominican Army killed as many as 20,000 dark-skinned people on the border with Haiti in what was called the Parsley Massacre. The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States expressed its “collective abhorrence” at the Dominicans’ “repulsive and discriminatory” actions. Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, called for the Dominican Republic to be suspended from the Caribbean Community and cut off from access to subsidized Venezuelan oil. We have to stand with our Brothers and Sisters in the Caribbean in opposition to the evil policy from the government of the DR. Ironically, Haitians make up more than 90 percent of the Dominican agricultural workfore. They are indispensable to the economy of the DR. So, blacks in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and elsewhere should be treated with dignity and respect. We can never be assimilated to a white supremacist culture that could give a care about us as a people. We should realize that our people globally should have their rights maintained and preserved completely.

 

By Timothy