Bibliography of Marvin X

Marvin X, 1972, Black Educational Theatre, SF With respect to Marvin X, I wonder why I am just now hearing about him-I read Malcolm when I was 12, I read Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez and others from the BAM in college and graduate school-why is attention not given to his work in the same places I encountered these other authors? Declaring Muslim American literature as a field of study is valuable because recontextualizing it will add another layer of attention to his incredibly rich body of work. He deserves to be WAY better known than he is among Muslim Americans and generally, in the world of writing and the world at large. By we who are younger Muslim American poets, in particular, Marvin should be honored as our elder, one who is still kickin, still true to the word!--Dr. Mohja Kahf Bibliography of Marvin X Books Sudan Rajuli Samia (Fresno: Al Kitab Sudan Publishing, 1967) Black Dialectics (Fresno: Al Kitab Sudan, 1967) Fly To Allah: Poems (Fresno: Al Kitab Sudan, 1969) Son of Man: Proverbs (Fresno: Al Kitab Sudan, 1969) Black Man Listen: Poems and Proverbs (Detroit: Broadside Press, 1969) Woman-Man's Best Friend (San Francisco: Al Kitab Sudan, 1973) Selected Poems (San Francisco: Al Kitab Sudan, 1979) Confession of A Wife Beater and Other Poems (Fresno: Al Kitab Sudan, 1981) Liberation Poems for North American Africans (Fresno: Al Kitab Sudan, 1982) Love and War: Poems ( Castro Valley: Black Bird Press, 1995) Somethin Proper: Autobiography (Castro Valley: Black Bird Press, 1998) In The Crazy House Called America: Essays (Castro Valley: Black Bird Press, 2002) Wish I Could Tell You The Truth: Essays (Cherokee: Black Bird Press, 2005) Land of My Daughters: Poems (Cherokee: Black Bird Press, 2005) Beyond Religion, toward Spirituality, essays on consciousness, BBP, 2007 How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy, BBP, 2007 Eldridge Cleaver, My friend the Devil, a memoir, BBP, 2009.  Works In Progress It Don't Matter: Essays (Cherokee: Black Bird Press) Sweet Tea, Dirty Rice, poems, (Berkeley: Black Bird Press) In Sha Allah, A History of Black Muslims in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1954-2004 (Cherokee: Black Bird Press). Seven Years in the House of Elijah, A Woman's Search for Love and Spirituality by Nisa Islam as told to Marvin X. Play Scripts and/or Productions Flowers for the Trashman, San Francisco: San Francisco State University Drama Department, 1965. Flowers for the Trashman, San Francisco: Black Arts West/Theatre, 1966. Take Care of Business, musical version of Flowers with music by Sun Ra, choreography by Raymond Sawyer and Ellendar Barnes: Your Black Educational Theatre, San Francisco, 1972. Come Next Summer, San Francisco: Black Arts/West, 1966. The Trial, New York, Afro-American Studio for Acting and Speech, 1970. Resurrection of the Dead, San Francisco,  choreography by Raymond Sawyer, music by Juju and Sun Ra, Your Black Educational Theatre, 1972. Woman-Man's Best Friend, musical, Oakland, Mills College, 1973. How I Met Isa, Masters thesis, San Francisco State University, 1975. In The Name of Love, Oakland, Laney College Theatre, 1981. One Day In The Life, Oakland, Alice Arts Theatre, 1996. One Day In The Life, Brooklyn, NY, Sistah's Place, 1997. One Day In The Life, Manhattan, Brecht Forum, 1997. One Day In The Life, Newark, NJ, Kimako's Blues, 1997. One Day In The Life, Oakland, Uhuru House, 1998. One Day In The Life, San Francisco, Bannam Place Theatre, North Beach, 1998. One Day In The Lifee, San Francisco, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, 1999. One Day In the Life, Marin City, Marin City Rec Center, 1999 One Day In the Life, Richmond, Unity Church, 2000. One Day In the Life, San Jose, San Jose State University, 2000. One Day In the Life, Berkeley, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2000. One Day In the Life, Sacramento, New Colonial Theatre, 2000. Sergeant Santa, San Francisco, Recovery Theatre script, 2002. Other Delicate Child, a short story, Oakland, Merritt College Student Magazine contest winner, 1963. Delicate Child, a short story, Oakland, SoulBook Magazine, 1964. Flowers for the Trashman: A One Act Drama, San Francisco, Black Dialogue Magazine, 1965. Flowers for the Trashman, Black Fire, An Anthology of Afro-American Writing, edited by Amiri Baraka and Larry Neal, (New York: Morrow, 1968). Take Care of Business: A One Act Drama, aka Flowers, (New York: The Drama Review, NYU,1968) The Black Bird (Al Tair Aswad): A One-Act Play, New Plays from the Black Theatre, edited by Ed Bullins with introduction (interview of Ed Bullins) by Marivn X, (New York: Bantam, 1969) "Islam and Black Art: An Interview with Amiri Baraka" and foreword by Askia Muhammad Toure, afterword by Marivn X, in Black Arts: An Anthology of Black Creations, edited by Ahmed Alhamisi and Haroun Kofi Wangara (Harold G. Lawrence) (Detroit: Black Arts Publications, 1969). "Everything's Cool: An Interview with Amiri Barka, aka, LeRoi Jones", Black Theatre Magazine, New Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, NY, 1968. Resurrection of the Dead, a ritual/myth dance drama, Black Theatre Magazine, New Lafayette Theatre, Harlem,  1969. Manifesto of the Black Educational Theatre of San Francisco, Black Theatre, 1972. The Black Bird, A Parable by Marvin X, illustrated by Karen Johnson ( San Francisco: Al Kitab Sudan and Julian Richardson and Associates Publishers, 1972). "Black Justice Must Be Done," Vietnam and Black America: An Anthology of Protest and Resistance, edited by Clyde Taylor (Garden City: Double-day/Anchor, 1973) "Palestine," a poem, Black Scholar magazine, 1978. Journal of Black Poetry, guest editor, 1968. "The Meaning of African Liberation Day," by Dr. Walter Rodney, a speech in San Francisco, transcribed and edited by Marvin X, Journal of Black Poetry, 1972. Muhammad Speaks, foreign editor, 1970. (Note: a few months later, Marvin X was selected to be editor of Muhammad Speaks until it was decided he was too militant. Askia Muhammad (Charles 37X) was selected instead.) A Conversation with Prime Minister Forbes Burnham of Guyana, Black Scholar, 1973. VIDEOGRAPHY OF EVENTS/PRODUCTIONS Proceedings of the Melvin Black Human Rights Conference, Oakland, 1979, produced by Marvin X, featuring Angela Davis, Minister Farakhan, Eldridge Cleaver, Paul Cobb, Dezzie Woods-Jones, Jo Nina-Abran, Mansha Nitoto, Khalid Abdullah Tarik Al Mansur, Dr. Yusef Bey, Dr. Oba T-Shaka, and Marvin X. Proceedings of the First Black Men's Conference, Oakland, 1980, John Douimbia, founder, Marvin X, chief planner, Dr. Nathan Hare, Dr. Wade Nobles, Dr. Yusef Bey, Dr. Oba T'Shaka,Norman Brown, Kermit Scott, Minister Ronald Muhammad, Louis Freeman,   Michael Lange, Betty King, Dezzie Woods-Jones, et al. Forum on Drugs, Art and Revolution, Sista's Place, Brooklyn, New York, 1997, featuring Amiri and Amina Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Sam Anderson, Elombe Brath and Marvin X. Eldridge Cleaver Memorial Service, produced by Marvin X, Oakland, 1998, participants included Kathleen and Joju Cleaver, Emory Douglas, Dr. Yusef Bey, Minister Keith Muhammad, Imam Al Amin, Dr. Nathan Hare, Tarika Lewis, Richard Aoki, Reginald Major, Majidah Rahman and Marvin X. One Day in the Life, a docudrama of addiction and recovery,  filmed by Ptah Allah-El, produced, written, directed and staring Marvin X, edited by Marvin X, San Francisco: Recovery Theatre, 1999. Marvin X Interviews Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, former actor in Marvin X's Black Theatre: Berkeley, La Pena Cultural Center, 1999. "Abstract for An Elders Council," lecture/discussion, Tupac Amaru Shakur One Nation Conference, Oakland: McClymonds High School, 1999. Marvin X at Dead Prez Concert, San Francisco, 2000. Kings and Queens of Black Consciousness, produced by Marvin X at San Francisco State University, 2001, featuring Dr. Cornel West, Amiri Baraka, Amina Baraka, Dr. Julia Hare, Dr. Nathan Hare,  Rev. Cecil Williams, Destiny, Phavia, Tarika Lewis, Askia Toure, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Rudi Wongozi, Ishmael Reed, Dr. Theophile Obenga, Marvin X, et al. Live In Philly At Warm Daddies,  a reading accompanied by Elliot Bey, Marshall Allen, Danny Thompson, Ancestor Goldsky, Rufus Harley, Alexander El, 2002. Marvin X Live in Detroit, a documentary by Abu Ibn, 2002. In the Crazy House Called America, concert with Marvin X and Destiny, San Francisco: Buriel Clay Theatre, 2003. Marvin X  in Concert (accompanied by  harpist Destiny, violinist Tarika Lewis and percussionists Tacuma and Kele Nitoto, dancer Raynetta Rayzetta), Amiri and Amina Baraka, filmed by Kwame and Joe, Berkeley: Black Repertory Group Theatre, 2003. Marvin X Speaks at the Third Eye Conference, Dallas, Texas, 2003. Marvin X and the Last Poets, San Francisco: Recovery Theatre, 2004. Proceedings of the San Francisco Black Radical Book Fair, produced by Marvin X, filmed by Mindseed Productions, San Francisco, Recovery Theatre, 2004, participants include: Sonia Sanchez, Davey D, Amiri Baraka, Sam Hamod, Fillmore Slim, Askia Toure, Akhbar Muhammad, Sam Anderson, Al Young, Devorah Major, Opal Palmer Adisa, Tarika Lewis, Amina Baraka, Julia and Nathan Hare, Charlie Walker, Jamie Walker, Reginald Lockett, Everett Hoagland, Sam Greenlee, Ayodelle Nzinga, Suzzette Celeste, Tarika Lewis, Raynetta Rayzetta, Deborah Day, James Robinson, Ptah Allah-El, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Marvin X, et al. (Note: let me please acknowledge some of the historic personages in the audience: Gansta Alonzao Batin (mentor of the Bay Area BAM, made his transition shortly after the conference), Willie Williams of Broadside Press, Detroit, Gansta Brown, Gansta Mikey Moore (now Rev.), Arthur Sheridan, founder of Black Dialoguemagazine, also co-founders Aubrey and Gerald LaBrie, Reginald Major, author of Panther Is A Black Cat. Thank you all for making this event historic, ed. MX) Get Yo Mind Right, Marvin X Barbershop Talk, #4, a documentary film by Pam Pam and Marvin X, Oakland: 2005. Marvin X Live in the Fillmore at Rass'elas Jazz Club, A Nisa Islam production, filmed by Ken Johnson, San Francisco, 2005. Marvin X in the Malcolm X Room, McClymonds High School, accompanied by Tacuma (dijembe and percussion, dancer/choreographer  Raynetta Rayzetta, actor Salat Townsend, filmed by Eddie Abrams, Oakland, 2005. AUDIOGRAPHY In Sha Allah, interview with Nisa Islam, Cherokee, 2004. In Sha Allah, interview with Nadar Ali, Fresno, 2004. In Sha Allah, interview with Manuel Rashid, Fresno, 2004. In Sha Allah, interview with John Douimbia, Grand Ayatollah of the Bay, San Francisco, 2004. In Sha Allah, interview with Minister Rabb Muhammad, Oakland, 2004. In Sha Allah, interview with Antar Bey, CEO, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Oakland, 2004. In Sha Allah, interview with Norman Brown, Oakland, Oakland, 2004. In Sha Allah, interview with Kareem Muhammad (Brother Edward), Oakland, 2004. Love and War, poems, Oakland, 1995. One Day In The Life, docudrama, Oakland, 1999. Jesus and Liquor Stores, Marvin X and Askari X, Oakland, 2002 Wake Up, Detroit, Marvin X interviewed by Lawrence X, Detroit, 2002.. Wish I, interview with Pam Pam, San Francisco, KPOO Radio, 2005. Wish I, interview with Terry Collins, San Francisco, KPOO Radio, 2005. Marvin X and the Black Arts Movement, interview with Professor James Smethurst of UMASS, Oakland, 2003. *   *   *   *   * This work is scheduled for publication sometime next year. For more information write to Marvin X @ University of Poetry/Black Bird Press, 11132 Nelson Bar Road, Cherokee CA 95965.  mrvnx@yahoo.com / 510-472-9589. Writers are welcome to submit a critical essay on the writings of Marvin X for consideration. Why don't you who are able, send a generous donation to make this work possible. If you believe in what I am doing and have been doing for the past forty years, put your money where you mouth is and send a generous donation to Black Bird Press, 1222 Dwight Way, Berkeley CA  94606. May Allah bless you. As-Salaam-Alaikum, Marvin X. 5/19/05 Happy birthday Malcolm!   Preface  of father o f Muslim American Literature     Introduction    Dedication Contents The Contributors   Bibliography of Marvin X posted May 22, 2005, chicken bones.com/www.nathanielturner.com *   *   *   *   * For more on Marvin X at Fresno State University, check out the archives of Gov. Ronald Reagan and FSU President Frederick Ness. Google has ample entries for Marvin X. Visit his blog:www.blackbirdpressnews.blogspot.com . Email him at: jmarvinx@yahoo. com. His books are available from Black Bird Press, 1222 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94702, $19.95 each. For speaking engagements, call 510-200-4164. *   *   *   *   * Books by Marvin X Love and War: Poems  / In the Crazy House Called America  Woman: Man's Best Friend /  Beyond Religion Toward Spirituality Marvin X on YouTube

50th Anniversary of the Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church: The Cross and the Lynching Tree

16th Street Baptist Church bombing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 

as an act of racially  motivated terrorism. The explosion at the African-American church, 

which killed four  girls, marked a turning point in the U.S. 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for 

passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Although city leaders had reached a settlement in May with demonstrators and started to integrate 

public places, not everyone agreed with ending racial segregation. Bombings and other acts of violence 

followed the settlement, and the church had become an obvious target. The three-story 16th Street Baptist 

Church in Birmingham, Alabama had been a rallying point for civil rights activities through the spring of 

1963, and was where the students who were arrested during the 1963 Birmingham campaign's Children's Crusade 

were trained. 

The church was used as a meeting-place for civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., 

Ralph David Abernathy and Fred Shuttlesworth. Tensions were escalated when the Southern 

Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Congress on Racial Equality(CORE) became 

involved in a campaign to register African Americans to vote in Birmingham. Still, the campaign 

was successful. The demonstrations led to an agreement in May between the city's business leaders 

and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to integrate public facilities in the city.

If one wonders how such barbarity could happen in a so called Christian nation, see the remarks of Rev. James H. Cone. Then read my essay on the assassination of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey.--Marvin X, Editor

Rev. James H. Cone on 

the Meaning of the Cross and the Lynching Tree

James H. Cone November 23, 2007 "Black churches are very powerful forces in the African American community and always have been. Because religion has been that one place where you have an imagination that no one can control. And so, as long as you know that you are a human being and nobody can take that away from you, then God is that reality in your life that enables you to know that." --James H. ConeProfessor James H. Cone is the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Cone is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He is the author of eleven books and over 150 articles and has lectured at more than 1,000 universities and community organizations throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Watch Dr. Cone's lecture, "Strange Fruit: The Cross and the Lynching Tree," at Harvard Divinity School Dr. Cone is best known for his ground breaking works, BLACK THEOLOGY & BLACK POWER (1969) and A BLACK THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION (1970); he is also the author of the highly acclaimed GOD OF THE OPPRESSED (1975), and of MARTIN & MALCOLM & AMERICA: A DREAM OR A NIGHTMARE? (1991); all of which have been translated into nine languages. His most recent publication is RISKS OF FAITH (1999). His research and teaching are in Christian theology, with special attention to black theology and the theologies of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as twentieth century European-American theologies. Dr. Cone has also written on faith and music in THE SPIRITUAL AND THE BLUES: AN INTERPRETATION. His current research focuses on THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE, exploring the relationship between the two theologically. James H. Cone and Black Theology Divinity schools and universities around the world include James Cone on their reading lists. Cone is known as the founder of black theology — a philosophy Cone first laid out in BLACK POWER AND BLACK THEOLOGY in 1969: As we examine what contemporary theologians are saying, we find that they are silent about the enslaved condition of black people. Evidently they see no relationship between black slavery and the Christian gospel. Consequently there has been no sharp confrontation of the gospel with white racism. There is, then, a desperate need for a black theology, a theology whose sole purpose is to apply the freeing power of the gospel to black people under white oppression. Cone furthered the idea with A BLACK THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION, which stated: "Any message that is not related to the liberation of the poor in a society is not Christ's message. Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology. Liberation theology became and remains, a powerful philosophy and movement throughout the world. Interview with James H. Cone about Black Theology Read an excerpt from A BLACK THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION Reinhold Niebuhr Marvin X on Chauncey Bailey--The Cross and the Lynching Tree The Cross and the Lynching Tree from Oakland Post From the 12th floor office of the Oakland Post newspaper at 14th and Franklin, one can look down the block to a tree at 14th and Alice. Chauncey Bailey was lynched near that tree, although it was not in the tradition of a white lynching, but in the neo-America, his lynchers were black. And although the suspect is a young black man, there are witnesses who say the killer was an older person. Does it really matter, except for the fact that we are now doing the work of the KKK. We wear the hoods these days, and the fad is to wear gear with “stupid” designs, including skull and bones, thus signaling to the world our deathly intentions. We have become death angels, as sinister as the suicide bombers in the Middle East, although we have no purpose, no mission, except to kill another black, for of the nearly 130 killed in Oakland last year, not one white man was killed by a black. And for the most part, this is true throughout America. Our youth exhibit an animal consciousness as opposed to their spiritual consciousness. No, they do not use the mind God gave them, as my mother told me to do, but they seem motivated by a demonic spirit of hatred of self and kind, causing them to perpetuate the internal violence Dr. Franz Fanon wrote about in Wretched of the Earth. Mao Zedong told us some deaths are higher than Mount Tai, some deaths lighter than a feather. At least Chauncey gave his life for the cause of truth, no matter that we did not always agree with his abrasive attitude, who can deny the man was dedicated to seeking the truth? We all have defects of character, but are we fulfilling our life’s mission as Chauncey was doing? Are we trying to inform the blind, deaf and dumb, to educate the ignorant? Many of us say let the blind stay blind, and that the youth are a lost cause, yet we saw in the film the Great Debaters, youth will do the right things when guided right by sincere and dedicated adults. The only excuse for youth behavior is adult behavior! The tree at 14th and Alice stands still, a monument to a fallen soldier. From the window, our eyes zoom down to the tree, eyes full of tears and heart full of sorrow. Bill Moyers asked Rev. James Cone the meaning of the cross and the lynching tree. He said they are one and the same, for on the cross Jesus was crucified and on the tree the black man was done the same. And just as Jesus transcended the cross, the black man must rise above his self crucifixion and ascend to spiritual consciousness. The crucifixion ends when the resurrection and ascension begins. We must rise up from the grave of ignorance, from the lynching tree of hatred, jealousy and envy. We must heal from the wretchedness that allows us to kill another brother at the drop of a hat, yet never approach the real enemy. And perhaps the real enemy doesn’t exist except inside of our selves. White supremacy/lunacy has no power over us except when we allow it. As Rev. Cone explained, the lynching tree has no power over us because in our crucifixion comes resurrection and ascension. Paul Cobb observed how white women can jog past West Oakland’s Campbell Village housing projects at night without fear. No one dare harm them because they are white and thus sacred. To speak harshly to them is a terrorist threat, to harm them is a hate crime that qualifies for the death penalty. But there is no crime for speaking harshly to another black, and killing another black does not qualify as a hate crime, although most surely it is the absolute essence of hate, self hate. And so we dig our own grave these days. We put the noose around our necks, as some rappers have demonstrated. We killed our brother Chauncey because he was just another nigguh, therefore worthless, in the imagination of the killers, whoever they are. And then perhaps they recognized his importance and were instructed to eliminate him, for writers and journalists are killed around the world, simply for their dedication to telling the truth. But we see after the thousands and thousands of words written about him, we see death has no sting, it has no victory. On a horrible day last August, the tree at 14th and Alice gave forth a strange fruit that shall rise from the earth and give blessings from high heaven. Because Chauncey lived, we shall be a better people, a people who shall one day fulfill our radical tradition and destiny to free ourselves and the world. The attempt was made with the Oakland branch of the Pullman Porters, and it was made with the Black Panthers. Chauncey extended that tradition into the present era, for he gave his life in the cause of truth, freedom, justice and equality. Yes, he transcended the lynching tree. His death was not lighter than a feather but higher than Mount Tai. 1/16/08

Save the Date: Sankofa Caravan to the Ancestors, Houston to Galveston, TX October 19, 2013

Parable of the family:How to stop division, disunity, jealousy and envy in the Crazy House of the Negro

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Parable of the Family

Family is all there is, nothing else exists, no love, no hate, more than family. No matter the pain, shame, envy, lust, murder, let there be family. Revolution is for family, a unity, reconstruction of trust, faith, all for family. No matter the abandonment, mental illness, incest, yet it is family for the new day, for the tradition of ancestors, for the living and yet unborn. Family. Hate them, love them, but they are there live in breathing color, in blood, sweat and tears. Family.

Jesus said to hell with them. Godfather Part II taught us beware of them, they will plot against you, murder you, lie to you. Family. But to see them gathered together, even with their negrocities is a wonder, the generations, the elders, adults, youth, children, grandchildren. This is the best it gets on this earth.

Hide from them, run from them, deny them will not suffice for they shall rise again into the sun, they are there in the moon, family, gushing forth like some volcano to spill forth the lava of love in the midst of pain, sorrow, remorse, grief, the love is there in the wind, see it, smell it, family. My family is the united nations, the African, European, Latin, flowing in the blood of us, tweeking us for some future time of understanding, not now in the chaos of the cross and lynching tree. Family. Beaten by storm and money, depression and memory, yet must come together to form the forbidden tree of unity, like the garden we must no longer eat forbidden fruit, but eat of the tree of truth and righteousness. Family.

How will it end, how did it begin, no matter, we are here and beautiful, full of the God spirit beyond ourselves, our fears and years of hidden truth, the closet tales, wails, horror in the night, ghost stories and myths revealed only at the cemetery, the secret trauma of children keep hidden til uncle joe died and cousin mary. We didn't know dad had all those other kids, we didn't know him at all really. He was a preacher and man of the road, but then we found his truth on that fateful day when God reveals all. Family.

Watch the children grow tall, then the grandchildren. What wonder is this, what drama, what awesome revelation of God. The DNA leaves no doubt, the blood of ancestors is alive and well, who can deny, don't even try, the cause is lost to glory of the King. --Marvin X

from The Wisdom of Plato Negro, parables/fables, Marvin X, Black Bird Press, 2012, Berkeley.

Marvin X at Yoshi's San Francisco Part II

Sam Cooke "Chain Gang"

Get On Board The Wheel (Part One)--Master Fard came from India!

We suspect Master Fard was from India since his theology as per messengership aligns with the Ahmedia Muslims of India who claimed a messenger after prophet Muhammad. The Ahmedia are persecuted because they are not considered true Muslims, just as the NOI is not considered true Muslims. But what is a true Muslim? Show me a true Muslim and I will save the whole town! Elijah said his best followers were not in the mosque but in the street. A true Muslim might be a dope fiend or prostitute or killer, no matter that you do not consider them such, but who are you to judge? Yo shit might be a  quart low, check your dip stick!--Marvin X

Common Dreams on Syria--Obama reveals stupidity of US Imperialism and moral obscenity

In Syria, Obama's Calculations Reveal Stupidity of US Imperialism by Jon Queally "As US and NATO plan aerial attack on Assad government, analyses expose cynical and dangerous mindset of those choosing war over peace."         Moral Obscenities in Syria by Phyllis Bennis and David Wildman "The threat of a reckless, dangerous, and illegal US or US-led assault on Syria is looking closer than ever."         As Kerry Makes Obama's Flimsy Case for War, Where Is Congress? by Jon Queally "Statements from Secretary of State John Kerry reveal White House determined to convince public that war serves national interest, but will public demands for debate take place before the missiles fly?"         Why America Cannot Live without Wars by Chidanand Rajghatta "We are not good at anything else anymore... can't build a decent car or a television, can't give good education to the kids or health care to the old, but we can bomb the shit of out any country..."         Hypocrisy and Legacy of Death Linger as US Claims Moral Authority in Syria by Andrea Germanos "US slams "chemical weapons" in Syria while being a serial user of weapons widely condemned by the global community."         Killing Civilians to Protect Civilians in Syria by Marjorie Cohn and Jeanne Mirer "Humanitarian concerns should spur the international community to seek peace and end the suffering, not increase military attacks, which could endanger peace in the entire region."         'Black Budget' Revealed: A Detailed Look at US 'Espionage Empire' by Jon Queally "Latest revelations made possible by Edward Snowden give unprecedented view of how taxpayer funds are use to "collect it all""         What the Assault on Whistleblowers Has to Do With War on Syria by Norman Solomon "There has been a pernicious method to the madness of the Obama administration’s double-barreled assault on whistleblowers and journalism."         Colombia Nationwide Strike Against 'Free Trade,' Privatization, Poverty by Sarah Lazare "Ignored by English-language media, rural uprisings spread across industries as hundreds of thousands protest US-backed government."         The Leveraged Buyout of America by Ellen Brown "Giant bank holding companies are systematically buying up or gaining control of the essential lifelines of the economy."