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The old school vibe of the WARRIOR SPIRIT (I remember I wrote about this issue months agoduring the summer) should be advanced more in our community. That warrior mentality hasbeen shown by our relatives and our ancestors. It is found in the power of Malcolm X, Dr. King,Harriet Tubman, the strength of the BPP, and in our African heroes too. There is nothing wrongwith it. It exists in many of our people, but not enough in my opinion. Many human beings

agree with me on that point. That is why it is so important for Brothers to teach young males onthe important on that relentless masculine power. That power is strong and many racists fear itsince it refutes their illogical ideologies. When we are truly united, we can adequately growour culture and fully defend ourselves. Racists are irrational and have extreme insecurities.That is why they target people and try to cause chaos in the world. We can win, but we have tofight for it. That is why for years, I do advocate any able bodied male or female in theiryouth to do exercise or learn self-defense training in real life. These acts are some of theeasiest ways to get healthy and to grow that warrior energy. Yes, we have thatresponsibility to help the young. Many are from Generation X (LOL. :) ) and I am fromGeneration Y, so we have our strength, intelligence, youth, etc. that can inspired the entirecommunity. Italy is known for its racism. I never forgot about how many of them disrespectedthe Sister who was a political leader in Italy. So, racism is worldwide. Europe has a lot of racismjust like America. Europe is not as "progressive" as many view it. Mario Balotelli never said astatement about why he has cried. I assume part of it is because of the evil treatment that he hassuffered consciously or subconsciously. I do believe that Mario should organize withLEGITIMATE, INDEPENDENT black political groups in Europe to fight back. Individually, hehas the right to defend his dignity and honor as a black man too. Mario suffering racism issomething that we oppose. We are in solidarity with our people worldwide. Nothing changesunless WE FIGHT. WE HAVE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST BIGOTRY. He has the right toleave that team and go to another one as well. The slavery mentality is deep. We know how theythink. Many of them may smile in your face, but say derogatory comments being your back. So,

it is obvious that we have to think reasonably about this situation.

WE ARE NOT FREE

The analogy of a plantation perfectly outlines the situation, because we A'INT FREE.

We are not free from discrimination, racism, and oppression. We are not free from horridconditions in many of our communities. It is obvious that they give crumbs to the bourgeoisie,but these crumbs are only stale manna sent to the few that give an appearance of FREEDOM.Once, folks realize that (of us still being in chains because we lack true ECONOMIC AND

POLITICAL POWER IN A REVOLUTIONARY BASIS), the better off human beings are to seethe wickedness of modern day society. The victim has nothing to do with the modern system ofoppression at all. He, or the Brother from Italy experiencing racism, has nothing to do with theracist taunts from ignorant folks. The victims exist within the fabric of hurt and we have to doaddress these things. Also, as you have greatly deduced, we have to FIGHT. We have to defendthe strength of our Brother Mario Balotelli. He is our Brother and we have to tell him that wecare about him. The recent white supremacist fascist groups growing in the Ukraine, Greece,


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Germany, the UK, Spain, etc. document that our fight is global beyond just the States. Also, weshow our STRENGTH by knowing about the evil system of white supremacy, knowing abouttrue black legacy plus history, and advancing our interests.

PLACING THINGS INTO CONTEXT

When you get older, you have the chance to place the truth into context. There are legitimateprogressive critiques of the policies from the White House. Then, there is the reactionary slanderof the President and his family, which I reject 100 percent. Racism is a system of evil dominationand it is about the lie about one's "race" being superior to others. We see that a deterioratingcapitalist system is causing a worsening of the lives of everyone, both blacks and non-blacks.There is a legitimate critique about the current administration not adopting a tougher standagainst white racism and corporate privilege. "Bipartisanship" has contributed to situation thatwe are in now, because it has lead into the evil policies of sequester and controversial dronestrikes worldwide. The reality is that Main Street and Wall Street don't have the totally sameinterest at all. For one thing, on some issues, President Barack Obama is too reactionary. The

current administration is wrong to advance an imperialist foreign policy and to love anoppressive domestic NSA spying program domestically. We are in an ideological fight againstreactionaries, plutocrats, and racists who have the effrontery to charge their victims with racism.Also, the mainstream Right is ignorant to hand President Barack Obama his 2nd Presidentialvictory on a silver platter a year and a half ago. The Republican campaign of 2012 was socartoonish and extremist. This was one reason out of many that many black people and othersvoted for President Obama. Back in 2010, one survey said that as high as about half of AfricanAmerican college students were disappointed in Obama (for reasons of not fighting enough and


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doing deals even with his enemies). Yet, when the Republican wave came about in 2010 andthese Republicans initiated laws of restricting voting rights, which blatantly were designed tosuppress the Black and Latino vote. Also, scholars like Basil Davidson, W.E.B. Du Bois, andRoger Bastide gave accurate accounts on the richness including beauty of the Motherland ofAfrica. Then, African Americans were aroused to vote in anger against the Republicans among

for other reasons in the year of 2012.

Many economists claim that the White House didn't go far enough in handling the recession.The Recovery Act eased the recession, but it was not the sweeping progressive revolutionaryaction that could have significantly cut unemployment (though unemployment has decreased).So, the extremists are wrong to call Obama the worse President in American history. There arePresidents who waged genocidal wars against the Native Americans and helped protect plusmanage an abominable slave empire (which shamelessly called itself a Republic). There was theparanoia and persecutions of McCarthyism under both Truman and Eisenhower. The Nixonregime orchestrated the CIA funded 1973 military coup of Chile. The fascists in Chile killed thedemocratically elected President Allende, which destroyed Chilean democracy (and impose of the

most murderous military fascist states in Latin America). There were Presidents whoadministered the destruction of Mosadegh in Iran in 1953, toppling a progressive democraticallyelected regime in favor the brutal despotism of the Shah and who engineered the destruction ofPatrice Lumumba's democratically elected regime in the Congo, precipitating the unendingmisery (beginning with Mobutu dictatorship) which continues even today. There was thepropping up of the murderous fascistic, Nazi-esque apartheid regime in South Africa--a crime forwhich both Democrat and Republican administrations share guilt. NO, those who are claimingthat Obama is the WORST president in American history are guided by white racism or themembracing reactionary political and social values. George W. Bush slept on his job when attackson 9/11 occurred (we know the truth about these attack too) and started two wars which causedhundreds of thousands of lives while devastating the economy. So, there are Presidents worsethan President Barack Obama. We see tons of research on the continuation of racism andinjustice against Black people (and other peoples of color too). Lawless capitalism promotes warsand poverty. We have worse economic inequality now than when Dr. King was unfortunatelyassassinated. We need to address economic forces to build up our families. Economic justice is amust.


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THE TRUTH ON HURRICANE KATRINA (AND NEW ORLEANS)

Hurricane Katrina was a terrible event. The elite used racism, gentrification, and class warfareto attack the people of New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. FEMA'sMichael Brown did a poor job in the affairs including the mayor, the governor, and thePresident. Now, we are discussing about race, gentrification, policing, housing, and education.New Orleans is a very old location that had many people in it early on in the United States since

it was populated by free black citizens as early as the 1730's. New Orleans's black culture thenand now is special. Now, we see more of the truth. There has been the charter school takeover ofthe New Orleans school system, the firing of thousands of teachers and their replacement withTeach for America workers. There has been the tearing down of the city's public housing andthem mismanagement of federal aid. There has been the mismanagement of the Road HomeProgram, which is a federally funded, state administered program. We witness the wholeneoliberal agenda that harmed New Orleans in many areas. The rescues of the victims weremilitarized. Many people were on rooftops surrounded by water. Many of the victims wereslandered by the corporate media as looters, murderers, and thugs. Then-Governor KathleenBlanco announced, Im sending in National Guard troops, theyre locked and loaded, theyvebeen trained to shoot to kill, and I expect they will. Police were given orders to take the cityback, and armed vigilante groups roamed parts of the city. In the following days, police shot andkilled unarmed civilians on Danziger Bridge, at a shopping center in the Algiers neighborhood,at the New Orleans Convention Center, and other locations. It was not until 2009 that the media(and federal investigators) were suddenly interested in these post-Katrina killings. A dozenofficers have been convicted for their role in the killings and subsequent cover-ups. EducationSecretary Arne Duncan has called Hurricane Katrina "the best thing that happened to theeducation system in New Orleans. That was a perverted statement to say the least. Now, we see


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the many residents left homeless and some of the protests that tried to prevent the demolitions.Even the show Treme documented the reality of the fight for improvement in New Orleans fromhousing rights to educational rights. The show even shows a police department rife withcorruption and officers literally getting away with murder. So, Treme is a type of work thatshould be analyzed and respected for its realistic portrayal of New Orleans. There is nothing

wrong with advocating REVOLUTIONARY and PROGRESSIVE change in the world.

REFUTING LIES

We are fighting against oppression in the world. We find the connedservative propaganda fromRush and others being ignorant, false, and irrational. We see the working class and the poorfighting back. Also, the reactionary movement includes folks from the Tea Party, the corporateelite, and the retrograde, reactionary extremists too. We know that the reactionaries slander Dr.King then and now. There are a lot of myths about certain things. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.being slandered as a Communist has been promoted by the FBI with their COINTELPROprogram. As for King's alleged Communist ties (let alone his alleged Communist commitments),the ONLY thing FBI surveillance has been able to uncover are associations of the SCLC withFORMER Communists: Stanley D. Levison and Jack O'Dell. King scholar David Garrow talksabout this in his book BEARING THE CROSS. Both Levinson and O'Dell had abandoned (orbeen expelled from) the Communist party quite some time ago. FBI surveillance of those two menand of Dr. King himself was unable to turn up ANY active participation or funding between theCommunist party and King's SCLC. The FBI's round the clock surveillance of Stanley Levisondetected NO contacts with Communist agents. So, the fascistic political police of the FBIfabricated Communist paranoia as an excuse to try to discredit and suppress the Black freedommovement. Even if someone is a Communist, that person has the right to be one in a free andopen society period. There should be the freedom of ideological freedom. The enemy alwaysslanders our people. The truth is that Dr. King was not a Communist. He was revolutionary


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Christian, a socialist, and a supporter of liberation struggles of the oppressed both in Americaand abroad.

Our struggle for LIBERATION is a noble one. Our movement inspired not only millions ofAfrican Americans, but others throughout the world. Our ancestors and relatives fought the

evils of McCarthyite paranoia. The real movement for FREEDOM inspired women, the poorhuman beings, opponents of militarism, and others to advance the cause of freedom and socialjustice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was involved in a progressive liberation movement. He didtry to feed the hungry. He gave assistance to the poor and he advanced social justice for the poorand the oppressed. When you see connedservatives scream Communism at anything resemblingpositive change, then you see their lies being exposed. We don't need barbarous racism andkissing up to plutocratic agendas at all. There is the great inherent dignity of the humanpersonality. I have no issue with a rebuilding of the Poor Peoples Movement to make justice inthe world. We should fight against the dehumanizing evils of plutocracy and racism. Our faithshould not be in either of the two corporate parties. We know the truth. The truth is that theexplosion of the prison population in the States was inaugurated heavily by Ronald Reagan's

programs. The War on Poverty was rightfully called a mere skirmish by Dr. Martin Luther KingJr. Poverty dropped by 50 percent. The War on Poverty was a skirmish as compared to Johnson'scriminal war in Vietnam. It didn't increase poverty or radically explode the prison population inthat era. The reactionary war on Drugs mixed with judicial and police racism expanded theracist prison industrial complex. For the crimes these reactionaries have committed against theBlack community, they should be subject to a Nuremburg type trial point blank period.

LIBERATION AND INDEPEDNENT THINKING

Liberation is about being free. Most of our people legitimately and rightfully so reject theretrograde extremism of the GOP. Also, if we want to be free, we have to not be mentallybounded under the Democrats too. Now, not all Brothers and not all Sisters in both parties aretraitors or sellouts in my views. Among both parties, you have sincere human beings of goodwillthat want liberation, justice, and freedom for humanity. The problem is that the leadership ofthose running both parties has advances agendas that are not conducive to the benefit of black


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people collectively. There may be some programs here and there from others that can changethings, but we need comprehensive revolutionary solutions as a means to be totally free. The factis that we not free. We are free from oppression. We are not free from discrimination. Regardlessof the political tides in the world, we can never be free unless all of humanity is free (thatincludes our Brothers and our Sisters too). So, we know that Fox News is the Republican

ministry of TV propaganda. MSNBC is the mouthpiece of the White House too on many issues.So, we should use discernment when dealing with corporate run media outlets. We have to dealwith reality and truth as a means to see changes. In the past 50 years, many things have gottenbetter and other has gotten worse. Black unemployment is still double white unemployment andblack wealth remains a tiny fraction of white wealth. We see the evils of gentrification harmingurban communities and the numbers of black people in prisons including jails have grownenormously. We know the evils found in the GOP, but the corporate Democrats have promotednot only austerity and imperialism. Some have agreed with the spying on American citizens.Our people were victims of FBI, CIA, and NSA spying decades ago and even today. Now, wefound that such agencies use informants, plant evidence, and commit murder plus assassinationsagainst dissidents in the world. Some corporate Democrats love privatization, love war crimes inother nations, and want other evils in the globe. We should never compromise with war crimesand corporate raiders at all. We know that many of them supported the NATO war crimes inLibya. There were rebels (funded by the West) acting as racist lynch mob against Black Libyanmen, women, and children. Our Brothers and Sisters in Libya were killed by these rebelsavages and the rebels are folks I will never support at all. Many of these rebels werefunded by the Western elite. So, we see that many Democrats ally with the interests of thecorporations no in the interests of the people. The neoliberal economic paradigm has harmedAmericans and humanity globally. We should not only call for a higher minimum wage. Theevents of West Virginia with the huge chemical spill documents the need to clean up theenvironment and maintain real environmental regulations too. Without caring for Nature, we

don't care for ourselves. We should continue to fight for our liberation.

R.I.P. JORDAN DAVIS

A kindergarten person can convict Michael Dunn for numerous charges. Jordan Davis and hisfriends were never directly threatening the life of Michael Dunn at all. That murderer MichaelDunn can easily drive away from the situation and use many alternatives in handling thesituation. Michael Dunn has given contradictory statements about the whole incident inquestion. Jordan Davis or his friends never attacked Michael Dunn at all. His or MichaelDunn's bullets could of killed others passengers in the vehicle. Dunn never immediately calledthe police after his murderous action. Many people could care less about BLACK LIFE. It is ourresponsibility as black people to defend our interests and to come to the aid of a Brother or aSister who need assistance against oppression or injustice. The day of selfishness is over. The dayof Meism or being just concerned for yourself is over. Altruism and selflessness are key conceptsthat we ought to embrace in a daily basis. Our people are dying and being murdered by evilcriminals and we should never stay or ally with the status quo at all. This case is a clear cut caseof oppression and injustice against a human being and Michael Dunn should face justice for his


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reckless, evil deeds. We should also know that white racists are not omnipotent. We canCOLLECTIVELY use our POWER AS BLACK PEOPLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE INSOCIETY. It is that some black people have to get over their fear of white reactionary criticism.Some black people just fear white people, which is an old slavery mentality. We have tounderstand the TRUTH and improve the conditions in our community (and FIGHT

OPPRESSION). Regardless of what you do, evil people will still hate you for being BLACK. So,it is commonsense for us to STAND UP, SPEAK OUT, AND TO USE ACTION as a means todefend our human dignity (and to advance our INTERESTS). The tweeted image was offensive,ignorant, immature, and stupid. The photo shopped image of hand showing a banana outlinedthe intent from Irina Rodnina (who is insecure and jealous of the intellectual qualities of thePresident and the beautiful Sister First Lady Michelle Obama) all along. She did not want toshow dignity to 2 human beings. She wanted to mock them and be offensive. She not apologizingfor it is typical of people like Irina. We as a people should not accept her apology anyway even ifshe did apologize for it. I realize that there is a lot of the racism in Europe even in Russia. Thereare fascist groups in Europe that hate us blacks, Jewish people, etc. We should understand thatthe battle against white supremacy is global and Europe is not as progressive as many claimthat it is. In fact, on the issue of immigration, Americans are more progressive than manyEuropeans. Folks have the right to agree or disagree with the policies from the currentadministration. Yet, there is no justification to disrespect the President and the First Lady at all.So, we know what time it is.

HAVING HOPE

Too many of our people embrace pessimism. Pessimism is not a solution. Real revolution takessacrifice, courage, and strength. We live in a new generation and in a new time, but core truthsremain irrespective of time or generation. The fundamental truths of self-determination, blacksolidarity, and Black Power are eternal truths that should never be shed irrespective ofgenerations. Now, things can happen in a holistic approach. First, we have to know ourselvesand our enemy. WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF, NOTHING CHANGES FOR


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REAL. We have to respect our humanity and love our BLACKNESS ETERNALLY. WE HAVETO KNOW THAT THE SYSTEM OF WHITE SUPREMACY IS AN ENEMY. Also,individually, we are leaders. The real Revolution will take time to develop, but that doesn't meanthat it won't come. If we hate the conditions of society, we have every right to fight forrevolutionary changes via working in charities, speaking up, boycotting, advancing self-defense

if necessary, fighting to create black owned institutions, working in our communities, educatingour people, defending our people, and joining independent organizations (dedicated for blackliberation). We need political and economic empowerment and Dr. Claud Anderson gave manygreat ideas on that. Many of our people are fighting for our liberation day in and day out andtheir sacrifice should not be minimized here. So, we have to ally with Brothers and Sisters doingthe good work. This process will not be immediate now, but we have to continue. Giving up anddoing nothing is not a solution. We have every right to fight and to educate. Also, many of theslaves families were split up all of the time involuntarily and slaves suffered much moreunspeakable atrocities than us, but they persisted and won battles despite obstacles. We can win.There is the decrease in the black crime rate overall since 1970. Teen black pregnancy rates havegone down rapidly since 1992. Over 90 percent of all black marriages are between a black manand a black woman. We have many Brothers and Sisters who are strongly working in greenprograms, anti-violence crusades, and other efforts to make a difference. We have to inspire ourpeople that they can be greater and better than their current circumstances. You can inspire andbe an example as a means to execute change. We all can do something and I reject giving up. It isnot in our blood to give up or in our ancestors mentalities. No, we continue to fight despite theodds. We are living witnesses of overcoming the odds throughout history. We just need tocontinue to have faith and do action. I am not nave since we have a very long way to go, but wehave to link up with conscious Brothers and conscious Sisters (BLACK UNITY IN COMMONCAUSE IS A GREAT THING. Dr. Umar Johnson, Neely Fuller, Jr., Trojan Pam, Paul H, andothers have made some excellent plans on how to get things going too) to make plans, to develop

strategies, and to develop solutions. They or the racists hate a strong, progressive, and intelligentblack man and strong, progressive, and intelligent black women in the Earth. That is why theycall a black man standing up for himself an ABM or a black woman doing the same an ABW(which are racist, false stereotypical characterizations). So, being intelligent and standing up forblack people is cool and legitimate.


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WE SHOULD KEEP ON FIGHTING

I have gotten an unique take on the March and this movement. Let's keep it real. A realmovement must take to task both parties not just the Republicans. This movement mustembrace political independence in order for it to be more successful. The reality is thatmany of the policies that the Republicans have enacted from imperialism to sequester have

been created with the assistance of corporate Democrats. That is a fact. Many corporateDemocrats (not just the Republicans) supported the non-extension of unemploymentbenefits, sequester, massive cuts to food stamps, funding to the war Machine, and I can goon and on. So, this Moral Monday movement should focus their goals on legitimate thingsand maintain a position of political independence beyond the 2 party system.

In the final analysis, we should have self-determination and create independent programs tohelp us. Also, we should always honor the power of the community and community powercan go a long way in getting our interests heard (and execute real solutions to ourproblems. We should not only protest, but boycott, pressure all levels of government, holdleaders accountable, and to USE action).

By Timothy

We are not invisible. We are here. We are living and the

blessings that we have should be cherished. Also, the truth is


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flawless, righteousness is flawless, and justice is flawless

too. We dont need to embrace bigotry or prejudice, but truth,

hope, love, and proactive actions as a means to create

solutions for humanity.

Peace for now.

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