Now that the Oakland City Council has approved the Black Arts Movement Business District, the time has come for the Black Arts Movement Poets Choir and Arkestra to hit the road and complete the 27 City Tour envisioned by ancestor Amiri Baraka. AB told BAM artists to tour the 27 cities with large populations of North American Africans and spread radical cultural consciousness. He said we should at least establish a fifty seat theatre in each city based on the BAM concept of the artistic freedom fighter. Long live the spirit of AB!
The Black Arts Movement was/is the most radical artistic and literary movement in American history, sister of the Black Power Movement. Our mission is to spread radical cultural consciousness throughout the land. We thank the citizens of Oakland for establishing the first Black Arts Movement Business District in America.
BAM co-founder Marvin X and Lynette McElhaney, President of the
Oakland City Council
We especially thank Oakland City Council President, Lynette McElhaney, for pushing through legislation establishing the Black Arts Movement Business District. Also, thanks to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Laney College President Elnora T. Webb for celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Black Arts Movement at Laney College.
We would like the BAM 27 City Tour to end in Cuba with a grand concert featuring the BAM Poets Choir and Arkestra, Francisco Mora's Afro Horn, Sun Ra Arkestra and David Murray. We need sponsors, promoters, booking agents to make this happen. If you or your city has a venue for the 27 City US tour, please contact Marvin X: 510-200-4164.
Sincerely,
Marvin X,
Producer
BAM 27 City Tour
jmarvinx@yahoo.com
Icons of the Black Arts Movement invited to join the BAM 27 City Tour
Askia Toure
Sonia Sanchez
Marvin X and Danny Glover
Nikki Giovanni
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The Last Poets
Felipe Luciano, Last Poets
Haki Madhubuti
Mrs. Amina Baraka
Marshall Allen, Sun Ra Arkestra
Danny Thompson, Sun Ra Arkestra
Francisco Mora Catlett, Afro Horn
David Murray
The Black Arts Movement Poets Choir and Arkestra
The Black Arts Movement Poets Choir and Arkestra
University of California, Merced
BAM 50th Celebration, 2014
Black Arts Movement Poets Choir and Arkestra
Malcolm X Jazz/Arts Festival
Oakland, CA.
2014
Featured artists of the Bay Area
BAM Poets Choir and Arkestra
Tureada Mikell, Michelle LaChaux, Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Tarika Lewis
Tacuma King
Kujichagulia
Paradise Jah Love
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Choreographer Linda Johnson, Val Serrant, Raynetta Rayzetta
Even before and certainly after a man deposits his seed in the womb
of a woman, he has no rights over the control of her womb and the fruit
thereof. Male politicians need to stay out of all issues relating to the
body of women. Yes, stick to men's business! You'll be doing great if
you can handle men's issues, which is doubtful--alas, you may need the
help of women on these issues. "Men don't know their asses from a
hole in the ground. They must ask their woman, Baby, where's my
asshole!" (from the monologue, One Day in the Life, a docudrama by
Marvin X) "Look,
when I jump my pussy jumps, therefore my pussy belongs to me!"
--Rashidah Mwongozi Sabreen in The Mythology of Pussy and Dick by Marvin
X.
Donald, I have my own agenda but if I can help a human being, I will do so, so this is my message to you: Make no more statements about women, focus on American issues, international issues and men issues. Leave all statements regarding women to experts on your dream team. You claim you are a winner but you are acting like a loser and you will lose if you alienate women. I know you love women and I love women but your mouth can defy your ass so please shut up on women issues. Men love you because you speak like a man with his nuts out the sand, so don't alienate the women who are with you 100%, such as your wife, children and grandchildren. Again, I am not with you but I am not against you. --Marvin X
Maestro Marvin X, accompanied by the Black Arts Movement Poets Choir and Arkestra, featuring David Murray and Earle Davis, all three associated with the Sun Ra Arkestra. This performance was at the Malcolm X Jazz/Art Festival, Oakland, 2014. Marvin X is reading Amiri Baraka's poem DOPE. photo Adam Turner
Dear Donald,
I write to you as the father of three daughters, six sisters, a mother, three mothers of my children and several women who impacted my life on the most deepest level and I am forever grateful to all the females in my life.
Most importantly, people who observe me in my private life, say I am most humble when in conversation with my daughters. Indeed, my daughters have taught me humility as per relations with the feminine gender. One reason is because as the father of two sons, one transitioned and one totally alienated, I had to fall back on my daughters for spiritual and emotional support. But much to my surprise, my daughters sent me into shock when I saw their elegance in representing aspects of my personality. It was then that I had to deconstruct my addiction to the patriarchal mythology. I saw my daughters represented every dream I had for my sons. This rocked my patriarchal world to the deepest level, and yet I was proud of my daughters for representing me and thus continuing the tradition every parent desires of his children, especially when the claim no connection with the family tradition. In truth, the DNA is so strong we continue the family tradition no matter what, yes, often in total ignorance we are carrying on every dream of the ancestors.
I note that you have two sons who are involved in your world and this is great. I don't know if you have daughters, but if you do, I'm sure you are not keeping them below the glass curtain. As parents, we want the best for our sons and daughters and we never know which of them will assume the authority of our desires because DNA is like that.
We can see in our deepest dreams our children take up the baton and carry on even though we have never had a conversation on the matter and they assume what they are doing is on their dime rather than ours.
Most often this is amazing to us when we see they are indeed in the tradition but don't realize it.
I desire only the best for my daughters. I do not want the glass ceiling to stop them from their life goals and, I must admit, they continue to excel, except one daughter who is yet excelling but has totally given up on America and its white supremacy mythology. "Dad, Ghana may not have electricity 24/7 but Ghana doesn't have white supremacy 24/7. When I go to a four star hotel, nobody follows me around in Accra. When I go to an expensive store in Accra, nobody follows me around. And I have no desire to raise my daughter in a white supremacy toxic environment. I urge you to join me in Ghana.
Donald,
I am not for you or against you--do your thing. But man to man, I suggest you say nothing else about women issues. As I watch you perform on the political stage, I wonder how many times can you shoot yourself in the foot. As I am known as a foot shooter myself, I suggest you back yo ass up a little for your sake and the American people you want to save from perdition.
I am a revolutionary Black nationalist so I have no problem with you as a white nationalist. Do your thang. As per your building a wall at the border, America has the right to seal her borders. Mexicans have many issues as you have pointed out. I love Mexico and Mexicans because this nation gave me refuge during my exile as a resister to the war in Vietnam in 1970. Not only did Mexico give me refuge, but I was there with brothers and sisters from throughout Latin America, e.g., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Columbia and elsewhere. We all are in gratitude for Mexico giving us refuge from US Imperialism. And yet this does not absolve Mexico for the slaughter of students at the University a few months before I arrived in 1970. This does not absolve Mexico for the disappearance of parents who came to the University looking for their children.
But what about US students who were slaughtered at Kent State and the Orangeburg massacure in South Carolina. Or the brutal, violent and longest student strike in American academic history at San Francisco State University to establish Black Studies and Ethnic Studies.
Brother Dr. Cornel West and Black Arts Movement co-founder Marvin X, poet, playwright, essayist organizer, planner: Oakland Black Arts Movement Business District. Dr. West is down with Marvin X to make the Black Arts Movement District a reality, not only in Oakland but coast to coast.
I am in my joy
do not press me with negativity
release me in the name of love
please understand me
I am in love with love
murder is not my heart
love is the song I sing
let love flow in the creek
do not awake me with grief of the day
morning sun loving me
my lover is with me
sweet country girl
valley of my love
cotton grapes love
with me as we struggle
we did not know freedom of life was this
Mexico City Belize
black and beautiful free
arms flying wide in the joy of life beyond America esclavo
no esclavo in Mexico
Negro yo soy gringo tambien
Por favor, yo no soy Gringo
Yo soy Negro
yo soy rico
no esclavo
Por favor, yo soy Negro
no es rico yo soy escalvo
Negro es esclavo es vedad
por que Negro no es rico
Negro es gringo
I am in the river beyond the day
the fishermen come with the daily catch
ah, the catch is good for lunch
ah, for dinner we eat fresh fish
ah, we go into the jungle into the night
what is that bird we heard in the night
we heard the bird
we walked into jungle night
we heard the sound of love birds
we walked
we talked of love
at the clearing we rested
drank water from the river
fresh water
on the other side of island was Cat fish
we eat not cat fish
they garbage men
eat them not
ah, my lover comes to me in the river
we bathe in the river
we dry on the beach
sand flies attack us
love her blood
do mess with me
net don't matter
sand flies come through net
love her blood
sweet black blood
leave my lover alone
ah, how did we get here
so black so free
young and free
never again this ritual
never again a child born
freedom child
special child
Nefertiti
beautiful one has come
Nefer
rules dirty
south
rule Nefer
Big H rule
oh, who u ho
be qeeen Nefer
who don't know
Rule Nefer
man/woman no matter
rule.
let me suck lips kiss all of you
we free never again free
never again love
make love
in the river
we are one
in the river
she is the best of me and I am her
in the best of life
in the jungle
no money
pregnant she is Nefertiti
we are free
free
in the jungle
free
pregnant
baby love in flight
love
flight
love
I am yours my dear
I am yours my teacher
I am yours my student.
Take me Chapultepec Park
love me on Sundays as Mexico loves in the park
love me hug me embrace me kiss me in the park
family love lovers love love to love to be love beyond love
I am love
Cerca de Metro
we live and love
Cerca de Metro
Cerca Paseo de la Reforma
Cerca Chapultepec Park
Oh Mexico
teach me love
teach me your kiss
teach me to embrace
teach me Mexico
I am yours
--Marvin X
4/1/16
DON'T MAKE MY CHILD LOOK LIKE THIS
BUT IF HE MUST
LOOK LIKE THIS
CHOSEN SON OF NEWARK
TRAINED FOR THE MISSION
NO FEAR MISSION
FATHER NO FEAR
MOTHER NO FEAR
BROTHERS NO FEAR
SISTER SHANI NO FEAR
STAND TALL RAS
WE SAW YOU FROM CHILDHOOD
WE SAW YOU RUN WITHOUT FATHER
ARROGANT
BUT CAME TO YOUR SENSES
BROTHER AMIRI JR. PLOTTED
QUIET SOUL AB JR.
STRATEGIST
SOUL DEEP DOWN IN PEOPLE
SING SHANI TO BROTEHRS
SING
LOVE SONGS TO MARVIN X
SING SHANI
HE ONLY MAN I LIKE
MARVIN X
COOK ME BREAKFAST MARVIN
NEVER SAW MAN COOK BEFORE
FATHER NO COOK
BROTHERS NO COOK
COOK
MARVIN
COOK
YES
I WILL GO WITH YOU TO WEST COAST
LOVE YOU MARVIN
LOVE MY GIRLS TOO
LOVE MA GIRLS
AIN'T NO THANG
YOU SAID I'M PRINCESS
YES PRINCESS BARAKA
LOVE YOU MARVIN X
LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE
AIN'T NO THING
DIE FOR MA GIRL
WHY DAT NIGGUH WANNA KILL MA SISTA
WHY
CAN'T HAVE THE PUSSY KILL
WANT THE PUSSY KILL
NO RESPECT FOR THE PUSSY KILL
SICK MALE BULLISH SICK KILL
END THIS SHIT END
LOVE IS LOVE
SOME LOVE AIN'T LOVE
SOME LOVE IS HATE
DON'T LOVE ME DON'T LOVE SELF
WHAT LIE MAKE YOU KILL
KILL ME LOVE ME BUT YOU SICK
LET ME KNOW LOVE
I'M TRYIN TO KNOW LOVE
LET ME KNOW LOVE IN MY LIFE PLEASE
SHOW ME YOUR LOVE IF YOU LOVE
GO LEARN TO LOVE SOMEWHERE DUDE
NOT IN MY HOUSE
DON'T KILL MY SISTER
DON'T KILL ME
DON'T KILL MY LOVER
SOMEBODY NEED TO LOVE ME
LET ME LOVE SOMEBODY DUDE
YOU DON'T LOVE ME
HATE ME
ABUSE ME
FAKE LOVE
ALLAH LOVE
KILLER LOVE
FIVE PER CENT LOVE
JESUS LOVE
KILLER LOVE
CONTROL LOVE
BEAT ASS LOVE
NO LOVE
SEE ME LATER LOVE
DOWN THE RIVER LOVE
CREEK RISING LOVE
RIVER RISING LOVE
SING LOVE TO RIVER
SING TO CREEK LOVE RISING LOVE.
-MARVIN X
4/1/16
Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz Creates a Headache for Talk Radio Hosts
Michael Savage, the radio
talk show host, in 2007. Long a powerful and potent agitator of
right-wing politics, conservative radio hosts are one of the few forces
that can sway the opinions of the Trump electorate.Credit
John Storey/Associated Press "The deaf, dumb and blind are having a good time!"--Michael Savage
As
the insults and innuendos over candidates’ wives and tabloid reports of
suspected affairs dominated the back and forth between Senator Ted Cruz and Donald J. Trump,
Mr. Savage, one of the country’s most popular conservative radio hosts
and an ardent supporter of Mr. Trump, drew a red line last week.
“I’ve
supported Trump and probably still will, but if he won’t disavow this
guy Pecker and this story, I may withdraw my support,” he said on the
air on Friday. He was referring to David J. Pecker, the owner of The
National Enquirer, which published the allegations of sexual affairs
against Mr. Cruz. “I am not going to support anyone who engages in
assassination by innuendo,” Mr. Savage added.
But
on Monday, Mr. Trump and Mr. Savage reconciled in a mostly fawning
interview, with no apology from Mr. Trump, who nevertheless called The
Enquirer’s allegation that Mr. Cruz had affairs “garbage.”
The momentary rupture, however brief, was emblematic. As the fractures in the Republican Party over the candidacy of Mr. Trump grow deeper by the day, conservative talk radio is having its own identity crisis.
Long
a powerful and potent agitator of right-wing politics, conservative
radio hosts are one of the few forces that can sway the opinions of the
Trump electorate. And with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cruz now tearing each other
— and the party — apart, the biggest names in the field are delicately
navigating how to address Mr. Trump’s latest provocations without
alienating listeners.
“Talk
radio has a really unique way of being able to penetrate its way into
Republican primary politics around the country,” said Doug Heye, a
Republican strategist and deputy chief of staff for former
Representative Eric Cantor. If leading conservative hosts united in
opposition to Mr. Trump, Mr. Heye said, “in theory, it could absolutely
hurt him, in part because that’s where a lot of his supporters are.”
Conservative
talk radio is just as divided and conflicted on Mr. Trump as the
Republican electorate. Some advocate. Some criticize. And some try to
stay neutral — but that is no longer easy.
Glenn Beck, in Oklahoma City
last month, has supported Senator Ted Cruz. Mr. Beck has made it his
mission to stop Donald Trump, saying he is not a true conservative, nor a
true Christian.Credit
Cooper Neill for The New York Times
In December, Rush Limbaughtook issue with Mr. Trump’s harsh words
about Mr. Cruz and criticisms Mr. Trump made of Justice Antonin Scalia,
saying, “If you’re a conservative voter in the Republican primary,
these two things have got to raise some red flags for you people.”
Later,
in February, Mr. Limbaugh heaped praise on Mr. Cruz. “If conservatism
is the dominating factor in how you vote, there is no other choice for
you in this campaign than Ted Cruz,” he said, before dropping the highest of Republican compliments: “This is the closest in our lifetimes we have ever been to Ronald Reagan.”
But just two days later,
Mr. Limbaugh found himself explaining to callers that he still had a
“no-endorsement policy” in presidential primaries and that his laudatory
statements about Mr. Cruz were just observations. “It doesn’t mean that
Trump is no good,” he said, repeatedly pointing to the candidate’s wide
appeal.
At the same time, Mr. Limbaugh has taken heat for providing cover for Mr. Trump, excusing some of his bombast for “striking a nerve in the country.”
Others have gone much further in their praise of Mr. Cruz. Mark Levin and Glenn Beck endorsed the Texas senator, and have been critical of Mr. Trump. Mr. Levin has told him to “cut the crap” with his attacks on Mr. Cruz. Of Mr. Trump’s opposition to trade deals, he said, “I’ve never heard such stupid talk in my life.”
Mr. Beck has made it his mission to stop Mr. Trump, saying the candidate is not a true conservative, nor a true Christian.
Part of the conservative radio divide reflects how Mr. Cruz was the darling of the far right wing of the Republican Party
before Mr. Trump’s unexpected political rise. A frequent guest on talk
radio, the senator earned celebrity status for his effort to shut down
the government, and was showered with effusive praise when he was the
first to jump into the race. Mr. Limbaugh called his presidential announcement speech “dazzling” and “masterful.”
But
Mr. Trump’s candidacy forced a realignment. Mr. Savage routinely has
Mr. Trump on his show and condemns Mr. Cruz as “an insider.” He sees Mr.
Trump as galvanizing disaffected voters who have both powered his
strong ratings for decades and been ignored by previous Republican
nominees.
“He’s
speaking to the demographic of the electorate that has been ignored and
castigated,” Mr. Savage said in an interview. “That’s what I see.”
Sean Hannity
has not publicly staked out a side, and has said both Mr. Trump and Mr.
Cruz are conservative choices. He tries to have both on his show as
often as he can.
“Who
am I to come in and tell them to vote for this person?” Mr. Hannity
asked in an interview, referring to his listeners. “I don’t think I
serve them well that way.”
But
he warned that any effort to deny Mr. Trump the nomination if he came
close to the 1,237 majority of delegates would be the downfall of the
Republican Party.
“If
they try to steal this nomination or disenfranchise the voters, it
would be the end of the Republican Party,” he said. “I guarantee you,
it’s over.”
“If
it’s Trump” who is denied the nomination, he continued, “Trump
supporters are walking. If it’s Cruz, Cruz supporters are walking. And
they’re not coming back. And I’ll walk with them.”
Laura
Ingraham, who also said she would not endorse a candidate, shared a
similar point of view in an interview, calling the stop-Trump effort “a
little juvenile.”
“There
are a lot of purists out there who, if they don’t get everything
checked off on their little bucket list,” then they say “take your pail
and go home,” she said. “Come to the real world.”
Mr. Beck sees it differently, calling Mr. Trump “a clown.”
Disagreement
among conservative radio hosts is nothing new. But the searing
divisions of this contest pose particular challenges to the hosts as
they seek to hold on to their listeners — and address their grievances —
in such a fractured climate.
“The
rule of talk radio is always ‘Don’t get ahead of your listener,’ ” said
Rick Tyler, a political analyst on MSNBC and former communications
director for the Cruz campaign. “You can educate the listener, and you
can bring them along.”
But Mr. Beck argued that the opinion and principles of the host were what drew the audience.
“Our
principles are our only things that have kept us going and going on our
air,” he said. “And if you abandon your principles for interest, you’re
done.”
But
in Mr. Trump, Mr. Beck and Mr. Levin may have found a candidate who has
beaten them at their own game. The Manhattan businessman has found a
way around traditional media, as his rallies and news conferences are
often carried live on cable networks and occasionally on broadcast
television.
And
the hosts who rely on access to the candidate seem mindful of his
ability to circumvent mainstream media, cozying up to Mr. Trump to
maintain a relationship.
As Mr. Savage said as he closed his interview with Mr. Trump on Monday: “People are going to say I was too nice to you today.”
U.S., Newark reach settlement on police practices and minorities -DOJ
03/30/2016 7:56
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice and Newark,
New Jersey, have reached a settlement following what the department
said was a pattern of city police practices that "had a disparate impact
on minorities," a DOJ statement said on Wednesday.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Justice Department
officials will announce the settlement at an 11 a.m. EDT press
conference in Newark, the department said in the statement.
In 2014, federal investigators found police repeatedly
violated civil rights in Newark, the largest city in New Jersey, and
recommended an independent monitor oversee changes.
At the time, the city agreed to accept the findings of
the Justice Department probe, under way since 2011, and proposed ways to
stop unconstitutional policing by the Newark force.
The investigation found that police violated rights
through stop-and-arrest practices that disproportionately targeted
blacks, stealing citizens' property and cracking down on people who
lawfully objected to police behavior.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey in Washington; Additional reporting by Suzannah Gonzales in Chicago; Editing by W Simon)
Mississippi woman pleads guilty to trying to join Islamic State
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Mississippi
woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to trying to join
Islamic State in Syria, 2-1/2 weeks after her husband entered the same
plea.
Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, was arrested at a
Mississippi airport in August 2015 while attempting to board a flight to
Turkey with her husband, Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 23.
Young
acknowledged her role as the "planner of the expedition" in an
incriminating farewell letter, according to court documents filed by
U.S. prosecutors.
Convictions for Islamic
State-related activity by Americans have become more frequent in recent
months as more than 80 such cases brought by U.S. prosecutors since 2013
work their way through federal courts.
Young's
Twitter posts about her desire to join the militant group caught the
attention of the FBI in May 2015, and an agent posing as an Islamic
State recruiter began corresponding with her and Dakhlalla.
Young
and Dakhlalla told the supposed recruiter they would help Islamic State
"correct the falsehoods" about it in U.S. news media, such as reports
that the group trades young girls as sex slaves, according to court
records.
They also asked the recruiter whether
Islamic State would offer Koran classes in English, how they would be
required to prove that they were Sunni Muslims, and what kind of
military training Dakhlalla would receive.
Both
Dakhlalla and Young, of Starkville, Mississippi, are U.S. citizens.
Young converted to Islam in March 2015, the court documents said.
The couple entered their guilty pleas in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, in Greenville.
In
exchange for Young's guilty plea to a single count of conspiring to
provide material support to a designated terrorist organization, which
carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, U.S. prosecutors
agreed to not press any other charges.
According
to court records, the couple, who had an Islamic marriage but did not
get their union legally recognized, were motivated to join the group
after viewing Islamic State executions of people they deemed immoral,
and because they perceived the group as "liberators" of parts of Syria
and Iraq.
“An African City,” the web series about five single women in Accra, Ghana
For the last few weeks social media has been abuzz with comments about a new Youtube web series set in Accra called “An African City.”
The series tells the story of the “Afropolitan Returnee” and as one
viewer aptly put it, it is “Sex and the City meets Americanah where she
[the book’s protagonist] goes back to Lagos.” Though not as finely
tuned.
Here’s the trailer:
The five main characters are all well-off, well-connected or both.
From the chatter online, there appears to be no qualms about the
demographic that is being portrayed. And thus far, it is unapologetic in
doing so. So much so–as was pointed out to me–that the characters
acting as waiting staff are reduced to shots of their backs or headless
with an outstretched arm.
Having said that there were some cringeworthy moments in the first
episode at comments like “Dad is now the minister of energy, so this is
the time to be back” and “ I’m here for work… big government contracts.”
No doubt these conversations do happen in certain small circles but I
couldn’t tell if these bold declarations were being mocked or
glorified.
For years we have seen the rich and beautiful float across our
television screens in flashy cars, shiny houses and glossy outfits. Why
not Accra or any other African city?
The series represents moneyed Africa and those for whom the idea of
spending US$5000 per month on rent for an apartment is feasible, as are
dutiful drivers and rich daddies–real or otherwise. Just watch the opening moments of Episode 2.
It may not be the reality for the majority but it’s a reality that is valid. These people exist.
It should be noted too that because of the lack of diversity of the
characters one would be forgiven for thinking that all ‘returnees’ are
silver-spooned gentry. This is not the case.
I think the show is for lighthearted entertainment purposes, with
conversations about careers, sex, loves lost and potentials that are
much more relatable.
And some viewers think that the series does well in highlighting
relevant issues such as high housing rents, problems clearing goods at
the port and the erratic power supply in the city.
Others have written it off, classing it as skewed and over-exaggerated.
“An African City” serves as the alternative to the words and images
of a war-torn, famine-ridden, economically-blighted “Dark Continent”
that we’ve been assaulted with for decades. It comfortably falls into
the high-end ankara/kente print-wearing, culturally-savvy, new
middle-class ‘Africa Rising’ rhetoric.
So now we’ve had a fair share of the two narratives perhaps other
African filmmakers, writers and speakers can pick up the baton and give
the world balanced views of what it’s like to live in their African
cities.
handshake that never was but was in never land of African eternity
Love is love is love is love
tell me of love
teach me love
grab me in love
smile in my love
your love
embrace love
friends in love
embrace love
did the devil care for love
we loved
did devil care
took us both out
in his song of love
no love song
war song
no love in war ...
--Marvin X
LET us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question….
Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit.
In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo..... --T.S. Eliot
Talkin Ignut:
Notes on US politricks 2016
Marvin X
black wall
fashioned into shape
black mud
into shape
form me
shape me
make me
love me
most of all
love me
Black Wall
protect me
no entrance unannounced
present your papers passport
visa
enter Black Wall
peace salute Black Wall
Submit Black Wall
fashioned into shape
peace in da house
love
grab me black love
squeeze me black love
love lives
black love lives
love life
love life
nothing better life itself
bathe in the river of love
swim river of love
float river of love
sing songs of love
sing
dance
shout
songs of love
you are my sunshine
my love of life
emblem of eternity bobby womack said
sing
run Bernie nigguhs
run Hillery old democratic party loyals
run Donald Trump ghansta ass nigguhs
good pimpin ass nigguhs
hustling nigguhs
vote fa me
I set ya free
vote fa me
I set ya free.
--Marvin X
My name is Jess
ain't in da mess
black lives matter
politricks don't matter
Bernie got the young
free cheeze wine
free white supremacy college
for PC babies
thin skin millennials
no knowledge of free speech movement
deaf dumb blind don't move
they dead heads
Jerry Garcia style
livng dead
walking dead
dead dancing to cell phones
chanting endlessly
where you at where you at
where I'm at you ain't nigguh
real question
where you at nigguh?
space is the place
you in space nigguh
you in da race nigguh
oh no
you beyond the space race
the race race space
space is the place
space is the place
Sun Ra set the pace
Sun Ra set the pace
of the Race
for the Space
Who Sun Ra
Some Kemit god?
Space is the Place
Black Arts Movement
Baraka Nikki Sonia
Last Poets Marvin X
BAM BAM
Do the BAM Thang
who Sun Ra
Master Teacher of this time in time infinity
time after time
if you fall
I catch you
time after time
Miles Davis version
Time after Time
If you fall
I will catch you
Time after Time.
a phone can free the world
but you talkin bout where you at
see my girl talkin on cell phone at her funeral
Bernie Bernie
Vote for Bernie
Bernie set us free!
Communism
Nigguh on bottom
Capitalism
Nigguh on bottom
Socialisim
Nigguh on bottom
bottom rail top
ancestors say
bottom rail top
Why not Niggerism
get what you need
leave what you don't
give what you can
go on down the road
no greed
no ego style
give is better than receive
give
some have never received
observe the shock
give a little love
share the wealth
this is not a dream
Bernie got the young
Crisis of Negro intellectuals tag along
Bernie Bernie Bernie
Tenured Negroes
singing their sad song
Blues in da night
how they didn't get ovah
got tenure
what else ya want
can't live faever in master's house
plantation ass nigguh
RA RA for Hillery
founder of ISIS
African Queen of
Libya Egypt Syria Iraq
African Queen of Haiti
Vodun Queen of Haiti
Baby Doc, Papa Bill
Mama Hillary
Mama Guatemala
Mama Honduras
Mama funky bitch
Mama funky ho
ho
can you be in so much shit
damn
first woman president
but yo panties too funky
James Brown
ain't it funky now
Hillery we love you
but clean yo drawers
like a common ho do
I know cause I love ho's
I know ho's clean dey drawers
mine did
said don't call her no funky ho
her drawers clean
now check dat square bitch drawers
funky
funky
funky
like a monkey.
RA RA RA
Donald Trump
say what he wanna say
nuts out sand
no girlie man
stand and deliver
Stan Don
hustlers love you
killers love you
workers love you
speak truth to power
say what ya wanna say
kiss yo white ass
so you white nationalist
me Black Nationalist
let's make a deal
Mexican Wall
Black Wall in da Hood
No go zone Prez D
No go beyond Black Wall
No pigs beyond Black Wall
Black Love Lives Beyond the Black Wall
no pants sagging
no ugly lookin gold teeth alligator lookin nigguhs
beyond Black Wall
Ancestors see you beyond Black Wall
Ancestors shame you
Beyond Black Wall
submit to Black Wall vibration
every nigguh give one dollar donation
bring brick for Black Wall
Come alive Black Wall
Stand Tall Black Wall
Fight the Power
Black Wall
Stay solid
don't bend
solid
don't bend
Black Wall!
--Marvin X
Mugshot photos of Radovan Karadžić by the Yugoslav and Bosnian police. (Photo: Public records via Wikimedia Commons)
Radovan
Karadžić has been found guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica
massacre and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. That’s Radovan
Karadžić: Bosnian Serb leader, Bosnian Serb politician, Bosnian Serb war
criminal, Bosnian Serb. But that’s not, if you have followed the past
20 years of international media coverage, Radovan Karadžić…European
Christian.
I’m not going to go into Karadžić’s
religious history and beliefs here, but suffice it to say that this was a
man who in 2010 described the viscous bloodbath he oversaw as “just and holy.” Muslims were systematically slaughtered. Mosques were blown up. The overtones of the Crusades were obvious.
Yet the European and US media, for the
most part, did not (and do not) wish to define Karadžić in terms of his
religious affiliation. Many of his victims, however, were certainly
framed in that way — they were “Bosnian Muslims.” But the aggressors
were usually identified by region and nationality, not religion. This
allowed those who live in Europe, or the world, who are not Serbian or
Bosnian Serbs to distance themselves. “That’s got nothing to do with
me…” is the obvious reaction for those of us from another country or
region.
When, however, we define people such as
Karadžić as “Christian” (and do so on a consistent basis) we enter into
an entirely new realm of identity. Any notion of personal connection or
collective responsibility moves from region or nation-state to a much
broader disapora of peoples linked simply by their religious faith. Of
course, a natural reaction on the part of Christians globally would be
to distance themselves from Karadžić, and to claim that his actions have
nothing to do with “real” Christians or Christianity.
In other words, Christians would get
uncomfortable — or even offended — by the suggestion that they are in
any way represented by a monster like Karadžić .
In much the same way, I would imagine
that the vast majority of Muslims get uncomfortable — or even
offended — by the way in which mainstream media outlets de facto
link their Muslim faith to the actions of ISIS. In much the same way, I
would imagine, that the vast majority of Muslims get uncomfortable — or
even offended — with being asked by the media to “condemn” the actions
of violent madmen in Paris or Brussels with whom they feel no spiritual
or personal connection. In much the same way, I would imagine, that the
vast majority of Muslims get uncomfortable — or even offended — by the
proposal that they be banned from a country simply on the basis of their
religion.
This is the power of language: the
power of a single word to alter how we understand and react to news. If
the media will not define Karadžić as a “Christian” out to kill Muslims,
we should ask why. Or, inversely, if they are willing to define a
perpetrator in religious terms only
if he/she is Muslim, we should ask why. Ultimately, the Karadžić story
reveals a clear, self-serving ethnocentrism in European and US media.
This isn’t about moral
relativism. This isn’t about political correctness. This is about the
basic concepts of professional and intellectual consistency.
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Dr. Cornel West and Marvin X
