I give them (or the GOP's recent ads
trying to appeal to people of color and the youth) credit for effort. They are
a desperate bunch. First, we don't need reform. We need a revolution. Our
ancestors didn't fight for crumbs from a decadent system. They fought for
revolutionary change to benefit the poor, to benefit black people, and to
benefit the oppressed suffering now. If they or the Republicans were for real, then they would
condemn the Empire totally. We all want radical help given to the poor. They
would want human civil liberties maintained. They would want the environment to be
protected. Not all regulations are wrong. One example is what happened in West
Virginia where corporate errors caused pollution in the water supply via lax
regulations. There is nothing wrong with building up the family and the
community, but families need food to eat, they need justice from oppression,
and they need some health care here. We as Brothers and Sisters aren't for some
token liberal stuff or token conservative stuff. We want revolutionary
solutions in the world. Families need ways to prevent police brutality and
abhorrent evils inflicted in communities nationwide. You will notice that these
commercials will never explicitly condemn white supremacy. That is the point.
Many of them seem to forget that the New Deal, the Homestead Act, the GI Bill,
etc. were all government taxpayer funded programs (whose purpose was to aid
people). If they (or white reactionaries and racists) were consistent, they
would condemn these programs too not just welfare for the poor and suffering.
The super wealthy receive tax breaks and other massive privileges all of the
time, but the GOP outreach ads seem to ignore that. These ads ignore the fact
that the free market alone can never create real JOBS for people. These ads act
as a smokescreen as a means to ignore the importance of advancing the general
welfare of society (that means that the poor need economic justice). That means
that our land, water, and air ought to have protection. It means that our civil
liberties should be preserved and militarism ought to be condemned. These facts
represent what we need to do as a means to advance humanity in the most
indispensable fashion possible. As black people, we have an independent spirit
and we have the right to be political independents. In actuality, they or the
reactionaries are not consistent since they oppose any revolutionary effort to
strongly enrich the lives of black humanity. They listen to Rush (a man who
disrespected a woman and made racist comments for years. He downplayed the
evils found in Abu Ghraib), Hannity, O'Reilly (who said a slur and other evil
words), Palin, David Duke, etc. and then try to lecture us on role models. LOL.
Those reactionary characters prove to me that we should embrace our own black
role models that we respect. No non-black person should ever dictate to us who
should we value or who are role models are at all. We as black people have the
right to embrace our own black cultural identity.
Ben Carson's legitimate
accomplishments and real efforts to assist humanity involving medicine should
be admired. Many of his ideological views in my opinion should not be admired.
The same ones trying to lecture black people on personal responsibility refuse
to allow corporate criminals to be held accountable for their actions. We
should have ideological freedom in our lives. Yet, revolutionary black people
are regularly criticized when they have the right to ideologically condemn the
system of white supremacy. Many in mainstream America express outrage when
black people openly in public acknowledge Patrice Lumumba, Queen Nzinga,
Malcolm X, etc. as role models for black kids as well. The Sister Mrs. Michelle
Alexander gave amazing lectures on the evil, pro-white supremacist judicial
system before. She is very passionate, intelligent, and strong. She understood
more about the conditions of the ghettos of America. The late Brother Dr.
Martin Luther King was right to say that the ghetto is a domestic colony since
it is owned not totally by black people, but by select corporate interests (and
those controlling the ghetto exploit the poor while restricting true economic
justice among its inhabitants). So, we are fighting a racial and class
struggle. We are in solidarity also with our Brothers and Sisters from Brazil,
Venezuela, Africa, and other locations globally who desire the revolutionary
path of popular power. In other words, our struggle for liberation as black
Americans is the same as others. We see their hypocrisy Brother. They distort
the fundamental precepts and ideologies of true SPIRITUALITY (THAT AFRICANS
INVENTED. BEFORE ALL OF THE MAINSTREAM RELIGIONS ON THE EARTH EXISTED, WE WERE
HERE) as a means to conquer, dominate, and harm the Earth including humanity.
Nature is tied up with humans since humanity came from Nature. So, in essence
we care for Nature for in that since we care for ourselves. Now, the white
racists try to harm Nature or the environment since the heart of racism is
hypocrisy and hatred of the CREATOR and the CREATOR'S CREATIONS. So, in
reality, these evil people could care less about common sense teachings from
our leaders and other leaders talking about treating your neighbor as yourself,
helping the poor, and fighting for justice. Only a despicable human being would
blame the poor for the vicious crimes of some of the super-rich. We fully
understand the errors found in both parties from the war crimes made by Andrew
Jackson to the reactionary evils done by Ronald Reagan including his allies. We
have every right to believe in our own thinking and to fight for black
liberation completely. Our skin is DARK AND BEAUTIFUL. Our skin shines like
gold and our BLACKNESS is superior to gold and any mineral. Our value is
precious and our legacy is strong. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL INDEED. A free thinking,
black independent black man is a threat to the ruling class in the world. When
Malcolm X started working with Third World nations and tried to form a political
alliance to confront Western imperialism, the West (via the CIA, etc.) followed
him and tried to ruin his efforts. So, ideals have power. Ideas can spread
around the world and inspire people to stand up against oppression, bigotry,
and unwarranted hatred. Diop taught us history and African contributions. I
like the late Brother Dr. Clarke's work too. He not only wrote books, but he
worked with Malcolm X to help develop the OAAU organization. Many Brothers and
Sisters are geniuses and realize fully the evil system of white supremacy. We
should appreciate the efforts of our elders and even the youth doing what is
right too. Also, we are stronger UNITED than divided. We should form more
solidarity with Brothers and Sisters globally as well.
I feel for Countless Vaughn. She
overcame many struggles. She is blessed with a great daughter. The Sister is a
great Mother and she is courageous in describing her story about the lace front
wig to the world. So, real people wish the best for her. Countless Vaughn
deserves to be treated with dignity and with respect. Her story is painful, but
it has to be told. The more we know about such issues, the more we can improve
the standard of living among all black people. The Sister should be encouraged
and respected for her honesty and for her strength. Condoleezza Rice has great
intellectual strength and she overcame many obstacles in her life. I have more
respect for her than a Cheney or a Ted Nugent obviously. Many from the GOP have
shown their hands to black people. State Sen. Phil Jensen and other GOP members
have outlined their views wide and clear on civil rights and other important
issues of our modern days. So, as black people, we have the right to reject the
agenda of the Tea Party (who has been heavily funded by the Koch Brothers and
other corporate interests). We have the right to advocate an increase of the
minimum wage, to advocate for environmental justice, and to advocate for
revolutionary solutions that benefit the masses of the PEOPLE beyond just
select corporate interests. They seem to omit the war crimes done by NATO and
their rebel criminals in Libya. Black Libyan men, women, and children were
tortured, raped, and killed by savages. The mostly black town in Libya called
Tawergha have its Black Libyan residents experiencing rounding up and other war
crimes by Western backed rebels. Qaddafi was killed without a trial or jury
(which has been supported by the West), but the West tries to lecture folks on
democratic freedom and human rights. It is hypocrisy straight up. Today, Libya
ironically is in uncertain straights with rebels still fighting the puppet
regime. The current administration blatantly advances imperialism and has
exploited African resources via AFRICOM and its other arms. The same system of
oppression has been in existence long before President Obama was in office. At
the end of day, it is in our cultural heritage to oppose imperialism (Dr. King,
Malcolm X, the old school BPP, Patrice Lumumba, Fannie Lou Hamer, etc. were all
anti-imperialist and they wanted economic justice) in its numerous dimensions.
I am glad that Roland Martin has talked about this issue about businesses too. It is not a secret
that certain corporate interests have restricted resources from black
businesses for years. Back in the day, you can see how folks harmed Black Wall
Street (an example of black people doing the right thing and forming their
strong infrastructure. These Brothers and Sisters have done true group
economics, but they were sabotaged intentionally by racists). This news is
tragic. Tons of black businesses are strong and are assisting humanity though.
We just need to carry on, continue with unique strategies, and never give up.
That is why economic justice is very much needed now in our generation.
Detroit is going through a lot. Detroit has
lost democratic power with unelected officials controlling much of the city.
The financial elite want to restructure the city in bankruptcy court via
austerity measures. Activists accurately mention that the deep debt in Detroit
is found in the misguided and racist decisions made by Wall Street bankers and
regional corporate elites (while the poor and mostly Black citizens are forced
to pay). The states of Michigan disenfranchised the people of Detroit. They
caused bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr to be the emergency financial leader. The
corporate elites have exploiting Detroit too. The bankruptcy court has been
used a cover for predatory capitalist policies to continue in Detroit while
real democracy has been restricted. Detroit is not even allowed to have its own
lawyer, but it is represented instead by the corporate firm Jones Day. Jones
Day represented many of Detroit’s corporate creditors. Jones Day’s lawyer
answers to Kevyn Orr not the people of Detroit. Orr is the scapegoat of the
multi decade damage to Detroit done by oligarchy. Orr was placed by the state
government. There are many human beings courageously fighting back. One grassroots
organization is D-REM or Detroiters Resisting Emergency Management. Another
group is called Moratorium Now! Coalition. They will go on record before Judge
Steven Rhodes’ bankruptcy court on April with their objections to Kevyn Orrr’s
plans to settle accounts with the city’s creditors. Thousands of Detroit
pensioners have flooded the court’s electronic filing system with objections to
Orr’s proposed pension cuts. The activists don’t want to pay money to predatory
banks that depopulated the city via home foreclosures (and caused Detroit to
experience fraudulent financing schemes). The Emergency Manager’s plan, says
D-REM: “Will not fix the financial problems facing Detroit; benefits wealthy
Wall Street bankers and bondholders, while stripping valuable public assets,
cutting services, and gutting union contracts; is used primarily against
African American communities;” and “removes from power 75% of the elected
African American officials in Michigan.” We know that Detroit’s economic crisis
was caused by decades of redlining, housing discrimination, and deindustrialization.
Activists want Judge Rhodes to appoint a trustee to look after the city’s
interests (as they feel that Kevin Orr and Jones Day lawyers can’t be trusted).
Many corporate leaders want land to be privatized as a means for more profit to
come for select interests. They want Judge Rhodes to halt Kevyn Orr’s efforts
to regionalize or privatize Detroit’s water treatment facilities – which have
long been coveted by corporations. And, the activists emphasize that public
transportation is key to the city’s revitalization. D-REM wants democracy for
Detroit. As D-REM has written: “Detroit’s rebirth will be the result of the
People’s unrelenting demand for democratic self-governance” and “equal access
to and management of the natural and economic resources of the city.” They have
formed a People’s Plan to help the city. Detroit is being harmed by Wall Street
interests and other parts of Big Capital. We need revolutionary solutions.
It has been found that the police and the
ANC have been firing on protesting South African schoolchildren. On March 15,
the African National Congress or the ANC spokesman Nkenke Kekana said that his
party would meet the citizens of Bekkersdal to discuss the concerns of the
community. Town residents, including schoolchildren, were shot at last week by
the police and members of an ANC contingent campaign in the areas. Bekkersdal
was the location of strong protests lasting a month by the end of 2013.
Residents have still not forgotten a visit paid by Gauteng premier Nomvula
Mokonyane last October, when she was heckled and booed. She inflamed that situation
by telling her audience, “People can threaten us and say they won’t vote, but
the ANC doesn’t need their dirty votes.” When the residents heard last week
that the ANC dignitaries would be campaigning in the area, they erupted even in
Mokonyane’s absence. Schooling was disrupted around 11 am. as pupils streamed
onto the streets. The Citizen of the previous day carried a photo taken in
Bekkersdal of an armed man wearing ANC colors. Nkenke said, “Right now, we
don’t know who that person is. If he is a [VIP] protector, he is not supposed
to wear ANC gear.” The Mail and Guardian identified the man as former ANC
councilor Nelson Mdayi. Another image from the Citizen shows a South African
Police Service (SAPS) officer firing a shotgun at point-blank range at two
civilians backed up against a wall. There have been violent protests in
Bekkersdal in the west of Gauteng over municipal corruption. Many residents
vented on an ANC contingent including Ntombi Mekgwe, head of the housing
department in the provincial cabinet, and the West Rand district municipality
mayor, Mpho Nawa. The politicians were canvassing door-to-door for the party
ahead of the May 7 elections, when they were forced to vacate the area after
being pelted with stones. Gauteng police spokesman Lt. Col. Lungelo Dlamini
said that six people were arrested for public violence. ANC Gauteng caucus
spokesman Mbangwa Xaba praised the SAPS and claimed there were no deaths or
injuries in the clashes. Police fired at schoolchildren and residents who had
barricaded streets with rocks and burning tires. The Citizen likened the scene
to the Soweto uprising of June 16, 1976. By the time the ANC dignitaries
arrived, there were running battles between residents and police and columns of
black smoke in the air. The scapegoat Thabang Wesi denied that he instigated
the attack on the ANC campaigners. Wesi is the leader of the Greater Westonaria
Concerned Residents’ Association, said “residents learnt about the ANC’s
planned campaign through social media networks.” South African Jacob Zuma has
been booed in many places. Expelled from the ANC, Malema now leads the Economic
Freedom Fighters (EFF), which according to a 2013 Markinor poll could win over
7 percent of the vote in the province. Another ANC leader remarked that his
party may well find itself in the “embarrassing situation where we have to go
cap in hand, begging to Julius for a coalition for us to stay in power.” In
spite of his leftist rhetoric, Malema has already signaled the EFF’s readiness
to serve in that capacity. The bloodbath at Marikana involved 43 protesters
being killed by the police years ago. The issue is that neoliberalism is
harming South Africa. The Marikana mass murder against miners was evil. Cyril
Ramaphosa was one instigator of this atrocity. The ruling elite still follow
the status quo even in the midst of the worsening crisis of global capitalism.
By Timothy
3 comments:
Sad world: billions of individuals who prefer to identify themselves in terms of their physical appearance (from Countless Vaughn to Chelsea Manning)
"Lace front wigs have been glued to the scalps of millions"
Huh? Unbelievable. I wouldn't stick my feet into shoes that have a heel higher than one inch; nor some face makeup mask to hide who I am; and character is what I consider by far the most primary quality of my identity and femininity.
As for masculinity, and men that I am attracted to, platonic or otherwise (as you know): are men who have value a woman for the content of her character.
Interesting thought I had actually: Fragile ego men who prefer sexualized object women (like Countess Vaughn in her wigs, or the rest of hollywoods tits and ass, and zero character) are men who glue psycho-sexual identity wigs on their penises and hearts; and then wonder why they feel empty, lonely, unloved, alienated, alone, used and addicted to the 'macho' approval of other men who have glued psycho-sexual identity wigs onto their penises and hearts.
I am way beyond a naturalista; I am in the realm of an hono(ae)urista! ;-)
A few examples:
Ron Finley: A Guerrylla Gardener in South Central Los Angeles.
40% of Russia's Food is from Dacha Gardens:
In 2011, 51% of Russia's food was grown either by dacha communities (40%), like those pictured left in Sisto-Palkino, or peasant farmers (11%) leaving the rest (49%) of production to the large agricultural enterprises. But when you dig down into the earthy data from the Russian Statistics Service you discover some impressive details. Again in 2011, dacha gardens produced over 80% of the countries fruit and berries, over 66% of the vegetables, almost 80% of the potatoes and nearly 50% of the nations milk, much of it consumed raw.
In Havana, Cuba 90% of the city's fresh produce comes from local urban farms and gardens. In 2003, the Russian government signed the Private Garden Plot Act into law, entitling citizens to private plots of land for free. These plots range from 0.89 hectares to 2.75 hectares. Industrial agricultural practices tend to be extremely resource intensive and can damage the environment. 70% of global water use goes to farming, and soil is eroded 10 to 40 times faster.
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