The great lie promoted by far right racist (and even some black Hoteps) is that we talk about police brutality against black human life, but we are silent on inter-ethnic violence and murder in the black community. The truth is we, as black people, are never silent. Black people for years and centuries in America have created books, studies, programs, and other activism movements to address both police brutality and inter-ethnic violence in the black community. Murder and abuse are wrong actions period no matter who does it, and black people have worked around the clock in places all over America to fight back against gun violence and other evils. We have condemned certain music that glorifies killing black people or degrading women too. I have done that for long years. I don't view it as revolutionary to degrade a black man or a black woman in music in the most vicious way possible in songs. That is reactionary, not revolutionary. So, our eyes are on the prize to end any injustice. The same ones who critique us are very silent on imperialism, on police terrorism, on gentrification, on poverty, on environmental issues, on economic inequality, on health disparities, and on exposing real issues in our community. They are silent on these real issues, because they believe in the myth that the free market (along with Horatio Alger, capitalist worshiping nonsense) alone will liberate humanity. Society doesn't just need economic leaders. We need plumbers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, and other human beings who stand up in building up society. The only way to liberate humanity is a radical redistribution of political and economic power to benefits the masses of the people beyond the one percent.
Right now, Trump allies are having more scrutiny in many investigations. The New York authorities could charge the Trump organization this week because of allegations of corruption. Allen Weisselberg is a Trump loyalist who refuses to give up information to authorities. The FBI also raided the home of a Rudy Giuliani associate at California. Monday was the deadline for the Trump organization to argue against the charges brought up. Time will tell if Weisselberg will flip or not. Federal investigators are investigating or interviewing Victoria Toesning, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Rudy Giuliani. Mother Jones said that Ivanka Trump might have perjured herself by saying that she has no role in the Trump inauguration. The Trump administration have a notorious culture of corruption that has existed.
Grassroots people are still fighting for voting rights. The Senate must do its duty to pass progressive voting rights legislation found in the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act. The vast majority of West Virginians want not only living wages but progressive voting rights legislation. Rev. William Barber has called for nonviolent civil disobedience in order to stand up for our rightful human rights. A solution is not trickle down economics. We need voting rights, infrastructure, and economic rights. You have to end voter suppression and give people living wages in order for America to grow into its highest potential. Rev. William Barber and Rev. Jesse Jackson were recently arrested after using a protest in the middle in the street. Moderates like Senator Manchin are wrong in supporting the archaic filibuster. This is an important moment in our nation's history. Biden said that the infrastructure deal with the Republicans is still on. Many Republicans like Mitt Romney support the deal. The issue is that much of the investments in education and social services have been cut from the deal. Either those components will exist side by side or by separate legislation. Like usual, many Democrats are forced to compromise, while many Republicans don't compromise a thing. We certainly do need infrastructure development as our bridges, roads, railways, schools, hospitals, and other services need 21st century upgrades now. This infrastructure must benefit all Americans too not just the one percent.
On Wednesday, the House will vote on the January 6th committee to find the total truth on what happened during the 1/6 insurrection against the U.S. Capitol. People want serious legislators to investigate everything and to see if any far right Congress people collaborated with the terrorists. If that is the case, then that Congress person should be banned from Congress. The issue is whether Republican Kevin McCarthy wants to send Trump puppets to the committee or not. Nancy Pelosi wants qualified people to be part of the investigation. The bill will allow at least 5 GOP members on the Committee. The committee will experience subpoenas, sworn testimonies, and debates about responses. To be honest, the GOP leadership don't want a serious investigation about the insurrection and how terrorists used an American flag to harm U.S. Capitol police officers. It is no secret that the Republicans has been infiltrated heavily by racists, anti-Semites, sexists, and Qanon extremists. Their credibility is gone. They claim to be for families, but most of them in Congress opposed the Biden stimulus bill. They claim to love the essence of democracy, but many of them endorse the fake audit in Arizona including voter suppression efforts in other states too. Some of them believe in the great lie that Trump won the 2020 election.
Yesterday was the Birthday of the late Brother Kwame Ture. The first time I heard of him was when the Eyes on the Prize series came about back during the early 1990's. He was always a person who wanted to use determination and militancy in achieving black liberation. He is unique in many ways. Kwame Ture was one of the few revolutionary leaders who was part of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power movement, and the Pan-African Movement. Each other those movements flowed from the same river of the overall black freedom struggle. He told the truth we, who are black Americans, ultimately are Africans in America. You can see that via our DNA, via on how we pronounce words, and in our music. When I listen to gospel music or even in R&B, I do hear the African notations and sounds form black Americans. Kwame Ture experienced the total experience of a freedom fighter. He worked with the SCLC (on the Selma voting rights movement, voting rights registration, etc.), he was a leader in SNCC, he once allied with the Black Panthers, and he promoted his views. He wrote literature, and Kwame Ture was not naive about the real world. Honestly, Ture gave his honest views. Suffering disease, imprisonment, slander, and the FBI's COINTELPRO program, he never gave up. Totally committed to international Pan-African liberation, he worked tirelessly. An unconditional love of Africa was his mentality. Despite his disagreements with Dr. King's views of nonviolence, Dr. King and Kwame Ture were great friends. Also, Kwame Ture was with Dr. King when Dr. King legitimately opposed the unjust Vietnam War. Ture passed away in 1998. Kwame Ture was the bridge between the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power movement. He promoted Black Power as a means for black people to develop their own economic and political power bases in the realm of human self-determination. His spirit of strength lives on.
Rest in Power Brother Kwame Ture.
By Timothy
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