The Ukraine and Russian
conflict continues. The mainstream media from CNN, FOX, and to MSNBC have given
a similar narrative of the situation. They present the view that it is all or
mostly Putin's fault and that we should support the current puppet regime in
Ukraine that came about after an US/EU sponsored coup d’état in Ukraine. The West is now
allies of the fascists and anti-Semites in Ukraine. They are allies of fascism
globally too. Hillary Clinton now likens Russia's response to the U.S. backed
fascist putsch in the Ukraine to Hitler's quest for a Greater Germany. That
is disrespecting the 25 million Russians and other Soviet nationalities that
were slaughtered in the Hitler racist jihad. The same people that defeated the
Nazis are now being treated as the Nazis. After WWII, the same U.S. government officials allowed thousands of Nazi war criminals to built up the
nuclear/chemical/biological military juggernaut that would usher in an American
Century. The Western empire confiscated Paul Robeson and W.E.B. Dubois'
passports too. Washington funded fascist military regimes in Latin America and
one exterminated 200,000 Guatemalan Mayans. John Kerry talked about the brave
Ukrainians taking it to the streets to stand against tyranny and demand
democracy. Yet, the political heirs of the Ukrainian Waffen SS units and
concentration camp guard that eagerly joined Hitler's genocidal rampage in the mid-20th
century are some of the leaders in Ukraine now. The Ukrainian fascists command 40 percent of the electorate in some
western regions of the country. Some of them hoist the Confederate flag in
Kiev's city hall. We have experienced this in America. Fascists in America
promoted Jim Crow even among both parties before. The apartheid order in
Dixie predates the establishment of fascist regimes in Europe and, in terms of its
racial component, has more in common with the Nazi strain than Mussolini’s
Italy. When the Black Freedom Movement forced a split in the national
Democratic Party in the early sixties, many southern whites bolted to the
Republicans. The Republicans used coded language that dealt with race as a means to gain support among some whites.
Today, imperialism is shown in the scheme of supremacy, global privilege, and
an ordained national mission. Some journalists are getting emotional at the
truth being known. The mainstream media is an instrument of the U.S. imperial
machine. CNN's Christiane Amanpour was very angry when Wolf Blitzer when he
quoted a Russian official that fascists and anti-Semites are in Ukraine now,
which is an accurate statement. Folks have the right to express congruently
independent thinking on this issue. The reality is that the West has done war
crimes and aggression including coup agitation in Iraq, Haiti, Libya,
Venezuela, and Ukraine in the 21st century alone. The West is allying with
NATO, Poland, Moldova, etc. as a means to isolate Russia. Paul Craig Roberts is
accurate to mention that: "... The fact of the matter is that those 16,000
Russian troops have been in Crimea since the 1990s. Under the Russian-Ukrainian
agreement, Russia has the right to base 25,000 troops in Crimea...Putin has
been granted authority by the Russian Duma to send troops to Ukraine, but Putin
has stated publicly that sending troops would be a last resort to protect
Crimean Russians from invasions by the ultra-nationalist neo-Nazis who stole
Washington’s coup and established themselves as the power in Kiev and western
Ukraine." So, we have to reject propaganda. The Crimea Parliament are to hold a referendum in March 15. This doesn't mean that Russia is a perfect nation. We should never support every policy in Russia, but we should seek the truth.
RIP to Chokwe Lumumba. I
looked at the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement website before. It has great
information. Brother Lumumba was a hero who stood up for economic justice,
black self-determination, and real justice for our people. His organization
stood up against the extrajudicial murders of black people. He believed in
reparations. He wanted economic cooperatives, which I have been researching
heavily recently. I think that cooperatives are a great economic alternative
that can enrich the lives of so many human beings. The Brother was a
revolutionary Mayor and many of his views were hated on by reactionaries. We
have to be fair and examine as much concrete facts as possible to see if the
Brother was murdered or not. Also, I will listen to Minister Farrakhan's whole
speech on Saviour's Day. Folks have the right to hear many voices on issues in
order to witness information. Chokwe Lumumba was certainly an inspirational
man. They or the enemy plan ahead years and something decades in advance. Gentrification is
one tactic that they have used. Imperialism is another since our legacy as
black people have always been opposition to imperialism from Malcolm X, the
Black Panthers, and to Dr. King (now, some black people want to support
imperialism even against Africans). So, the enemy uses strategies and we should
use strategies to fight back too. One thing that the establishment hates is
Strong, Intelligent, and Independent thinking black people. That is why they
always tolerate black misleading spokesmen instead of true BLACK LEADERS. Very
touching message from Tia Mowry too. The Sister Tia Mowry told the truth. Black
men should never feel ashamed of their unique personalities or their unique
gifts that they have. In other words, a black man has the right to hike, have
the right to sail across the seas, have the right to build buildings, and have
the right to fulfill his own pursuit of happiness. Black men have the right to
be themselves and work towards excellence in their lives. Brothers also should
respect the Sisters too. False, sick stereotypes are always perverted and we
have every right to combat them in our daily lives. There is nothing wrong with
black men being strong, intellectually gifted, and caring. Education is very
important to advance and a fight against poverty too. We have to improve the
social conditions of the world. The lives of black men do matter.
The people who made the
video (relating to the UCLA School of Law) have every right to make their
grievances known. Any human being in the university should be treated with
compassion. Many of the bigoted responses to the video are sick and perverted.
Hypocrites cry about affirmative action, but refuse to expose corporate
welfare, refuse to talk about legacies for the rich white people, and refuse to
talk about the reality of white privilege. Many affirmative action programs
have nothing to do with an explicit quota process, but they use numerous
factors as a means to allow qualified people to come into their university system.
The hypocrites forget that not everyone in America are treated the same. There
is discrimination and oppression against the poor, so you have to do
revolutionary action to address these problems (without ignoring them and we
should never tell people to get over it. These hypocrites will never tell
Jewish people to get over the Holocaust). The reality is that we should allow
qualified people to come into the university, but any university should find
unique ways to develop diversity. Many poor people are highly qualified, but
they can't go into a law school because of the costs. That is why I support
policies that advance economic justice and racial justice. We face RACIAL and
CLASS oppression. Bigotry should be condemned and we should inspire our black
people to be as excellent as they can be. We suffer racism, but we use racism
to fight to be better. If we do what is right, then we will win this battle. I
wish the best for Gregory Davis and all of the other Brothers and the Sisters
there. Some folks fail to realize that we can both fight racism/white supremacy
and believe in individual responsibility (which means we condemn black on black
crime and we encourage black people to be morally upright, treat human beings
with respect, and follow real ethics in daily life) among us as black people at
the same time. The solution is a long process, but we have to start creating
policies that help the black community. Black people should both live their
lives morally (and strengthen our families including our communities) and black
people have the right to fight evil in the world too. Black males should be
encouraged to achieve their dreams and never back down from injustice. There is
nothing wrong with Black Unity either. She gave an emotional, moving speech.
Lupita is a very intelligent, strong human being. Long term, it is right for us
as black humanity to establish our own standards in acting and to be more
independent in developing our own infrastructure. We have the capacity, the
wisdom, and the insight to formulate established ways to develop more success
in our communities.
This story is a tragedy
about childhood adversity, but it has to be shown and known in the world. The
reason is that we as a people can never solve anything without honestly
understanding the severity of our issues. Childhood adversity is a very serious
issue. The solution deals with a multifaceted approach. Many Brothers and Sisters are right
every black man in the world should try their best to mentor or at least assist
one black male child in the world. All of us who are black men never achieved
any level of success without direction from others and it is our responsibility
to help out our people who are suffering. The bonds of family should be
improved upon and there should be more efforts to improve our families.
Dysfunctional families contribute to childhood adversity. We have to tell young
black boys that they are somebody and it don't matter what others say, but it
does matter on what you do. I don’t care if folks call me every name under the
sun, but I have the right to ignore that negativity and to keep on working to
improve my life. Also, we have to work on marco solutions too. The system is
filled with corruption. We have to fight economic inequality, lax educational
opportunities, racism & discrimination (beyond just legitimately
fighting crime, encouraging upright behavior, etc.). Subsequently, we have to
promote the concept of community development. We are a community and our
solutions should be community related. We have to teach humanity and make it
known that there is nothing wrong with a male having social connections with
other human beings. In a stereotypical context, many males are told to keep
their feelings in and to have a distant, enclosed relationship with humanity.
The reality is that any male has the right to present real strength, to show
real honesty, to express real self-determination, to love real independent
thinking, and to establish progressive social bonds with humanity too. Some
Republicans are hypocrites on various issues. Some Republicans claim to follow a
certain view on abortion, but reject maternity leave, some love imperialism,
some are pro-war, some reject universal health care, some reject public
programs to help the poor & the homeless, and some want to seek
policies that harm the social safety net. Not all Republicans are monolithic.
That is true. So, at the end of the day, folks should find common ground to
improve the quality of life of humanity without going into the path of reaction
and extremism. We are still fighting for the common good among the human race.
Throughout out
time, we see that neoliberalism doesn't work. It just doesn't work. Reaganomics
doesn't work either as scholars from across the political spectrum have
mentioned. Austerity doesn't work to end poverty completely or radically
improve the economy either as shown in Greece. Also, eliminating unfair tax
breaks is not wrong, going out to end the war on terror is not wrong, there is
nothing wrong with making Wall Street accountable for its actions, and
believing in maintaining legitimate regulations in the world is not wrong
either (as supported by the even most conservative economists). A recent study
by the Chicago Federal Reserve found that raising the minimum wage to $9 an
hour would increase household spending by about $48 billion the following year,
amounting to a .3 percent boost to GDP. Raising the federal minimum wage to
$10.10 an hour could lift about 4.6 million people out of poverty directly,
according to a new study from economist Arindrajit Dube. Longer-term effects
could reduce the number of people living below the poverty line by 6.8 million.
Also, most folks are not asking for 20 dollars or 30 dollars an hour. Most
folks want a reasonable increase of the minimum wage. People want small doses
of increases, because of adjusting for inflation and increasing it reasonably
doesn't negate the fact that it is increasing. It has increased for the past
decades, especially in multiple states. The American people have spoken.
Ironically, I just read many pages from Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim
Crow" book today and this story is interesting. I don't know if Ray Jasper
is innocent or guilty, but we all know about the vicious nature of the prison
industrial complex. Many folks in prison and even in death row are completely
innocent and many folks have been exonerated via DNA evidence and other new
information. Prisons today are not equivalent to American slavery, but they are
cousins without question. Abuse, mistreatment, rape, economic exploitation,
etc. occurred in slavery and in the prison system. Mass incarceration have
ruined the lives of black people, especially black men (who are stripped of job
opportunities, voting rights, and other rights that many of us take for
granted) even after they have paid their debt to society. Therefore, whether we
agree with folks' innocence or not, we should deal with the marco issue at large
(that issue is that we have to oppose the war on Drugs and many oppressive laws
that harm the black community in huge ways. We have to confront the system of
white supremacy and deal with solutions in order to counteract the mass incarceration
of our people since even some non-violent drug offenders have longer sentences
than rapists and assaulters. That is totally unfair). Now, we should still oppose
any crime, but we should be fair when dealing with legal matters too. FAIRNESS
AND JUSTICE ARE LINKED.
By Timothy
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