John George Democratic Club Election Analysis

We miss you John George. We know you died from a broken heart trying to help Black people. Well, they named the mental hospital after you, so were you crazy?

Join John George Democratic Club for the 2012 ELECTION RECAP   Analysis & discussion of local, state and national results        Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Buttercup Grill 229 Broadway (Jack London Square) Panelists: Professor Joe Tuman, Communication Studies, San Francisco State University  Robert Gammon, Co-Editor, East Bay Express Moderator: Wilma Chan, Supervisor Alameda County District 3 Refreshments will be served  For more information, call Jack Lucero Fleck at 510.436-7682

Fable of the Donkey and Black Friday

Shop Black, Love Black, Live Black, Die Black!

On yesterday, Black Friday, we set up Academy of da Corner on the Fulton Mall in Brooklyn, NY. It was heart breaking to see the mostly poor buying shoddy goods made in China at high prices, sometimes higher than Macey's. But Blacks filled the stores in tune with White Supremacy Xmas music blasting from loud speakers up and down Fulton Mall. As we sold and gave away books, we asked this question of males and females, "Did you pay your pussy bill?" Most laughed, smiled and nodded, others were in total shock at the question. But at least we got their attention, if only for a moment. For sure, this is also the season for partner violence, from now until Super Bowl Sunday, couples will fight over economics and sex, thus brothers (and sisters) are urged to pay your pussy bill to keep violence and abuse to a minimum. 

--Dr. M

Fable of the Donkey

In memory of Ali Sharif Bey

The so-called Negro is the donkey of the world, everybody rides him to success. If you need a free ride to success, jump on the Negro's back and ride into the sunset. He will welcome you with open arms. No saddle needed, just jump on his back and ride him to the bank.

The so-called Negro lives in Negroland, and the whole world is welcome, free of charge. He claims it as his turf, but not really because he runs whenever popo comes. Why would he run if he owns his turf, even kills over his turf, but runs when popo comes.

Anyone can set up shop in Negroland. They need not speak Negro. Chinese is fine. Spanish ok. Yoruba great. Arabic cool. Hebrew too! Don't leave out Japanese. Throw in French. They all sell to the Negro, they all ride the donkey. They wouldn't think of letting him ride them. They wouldn't think of him selling to them. He wouldn't think of selling to them.

From the heart of Negroland, everybody sends money back to their homelands. None of the money stays inNegroland. For what reason does a donkey need money? Is he going to eat it?

The donkey produces nothing other than transportation to the bank. Now people might take liberties with his women, give them little donkey babies. The foreign children like to ride donkey babies. They imitate donkey babies. Dress like them. Walk like them. Talk like them. Sing like them. Dance like them. The children love everything about donkey babies except donkey babies!

We wonder when will the donkey wake up and throw off his riders?

--Marvin X

4/12/10

from The Wisdom of Plato Negro, parables/fables by Marvin X, Black Bird Press, Berkeley, 2012. Order copies from Black Bird Press, 1222 Dwight Way, Berkeley CA 94702, $19.95.

Free Political Prisoner Richard Maroon Shoats--40 years down in American gulag

Richard Shoats, Jr. and Marvin X, Philadelphia, PA 2012 photo Nisa Ra

Demand President Obama give a general amnesty to all political prisoners and prisoners in general, unjustly arrested, tried and convicted, 2.4 million in world's largest prison house, America!

How many of the 1% Wall Street criminals who ro

bbed the world have gone to prison one day? American prisons are full of drug addicted, mentally ill and economically depressed black, brown and poor whites, men and women, many if not most lacked proper legal representation at the time of their arrests.

--Marvin X

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Abdullah, Haki Malik (s/n Michael Green) # C-56123 PO Box 3456, Corcoran, CA 93212 Abu-Jamal, Mumia #AM 8335 SCI-Mahanoy, 301 Morea Rd., Frackville, PA 17932Birthday: April 24, 1954 Acoli, Sundiata (Squire) #39794-066 FCI Cumberland, P.O. Box 1000, Cumberland, MD 21501 Birthday: January 14, 1937 Africa, Charles Simms #AM4975 SCI Retreat, 660 State Route 11, Hunlock Creek, PA 18621 Birthday: April 7, 1956 Africa, Debbie Sims #006307 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-1238 Birthday: August 4, 1956 Africa, Delbert Orr #AM4985 SCI Dallas Drawer K, Dallas, PA 18612 Birthday: April 7 Africa, Edward Goodman #AM4974 301 Morea Road, Frackville, PA 17932 Birthday: October 21, 1949 Africa, Janet Holloway #006308 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-1238 Birthday: April 13, 1951 Africa, Janine Phillips #006309 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-1238 Birthday: April 25, 1956 Africa, Michael Davis #AM4973 SCI Graterford, Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426-0244 Birthday: October 6, 1955 Africa, William Phillips #AM4984 SCI Dallas Drawer K, Dallas, PA 18612 Birthday: May 12, 1956Al-Amin, Jamil Abdullah # 99974-555USP Florence ADMAX, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO  81226Birthday: October 4, 1943 Azania, Zolo #4969 Indiana State Prison, 1 Park Row, Michigan City, IN 46360 Birthday: December 12, 1954 Bell, Herman #79C0262 Great Meadow Correctional Facility 11739 State Route 22, P.O. Box 51, Comstock, NY 12821-0051 Birthday: January 14, 1948Bomani Sababu, Kojo (Grailing Brown) #39384-066 USP Allenwood, P.O.Box 3000, White Deer, PA 17887 Bottom, Anthony Jalil #77A4283 Attica Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 149, Attica NY 14011-0149Birthday: October 18, 1951 Bowen, Joseph AM-4272, 1 Kelley Drive, Coal Township, PA 17866-1021 Birthday: January 15, 1948 Bowers, Veronza #35316-136 USP Atlanta, P.O. Box 150160, Atlanta, GA 30315 Birthday: February 4 Burton, Fred "Muhammad" AF 3896 SCI Somerset, 1590 Walters Mill Rd, Somerset, PA 15510 Birthday: December 15, 1946 Campa, Rubén #58733-004 (envelope addessed to Rubén Campa, letter addressed to Fernando Gonzáles) F.C.I. Safford, P.O. Box 9000, Safford, AZ 85548 Birthday: August 18, 1963 Chubbuck, Byron Shane (Oso Blanco) #07909-051 USP Lewisburg, PO Box 1000, Lewisburg, PA 17837 Birthday: February 26, 1967 Conway, Marshall Eddie #116469 Jessup Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 534, Jessup, MD 20794 Birthday: April 23, 1946 Dunne, Bill #10916-086 USP Pollock, P.O. Box 2099, Pollock, LA  71467 Birthday: August 3 Fitzgerald, Romaine “Chip” #B-27527 Kern Valley State Prison, A-5-110 P.O. Box 5101, Delano, California 93216 http://www.freechip.org/  Birthday: April 11, 1949 Ford, Patrice Lumumba #96639-011 USP Pollock, P.O. Box 2099, Pollock, LA 71467 Gilbert, David #83A6158 Auburn Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 618, Auburn, NY 13021-0618 Birthday: October 6, 1944 González Claudio, Avelino #09873-000 FCI Ashland, P.O. Box 6001, Ashland, KY 41105 Gonzalez Claudio, Norberto #09864-000 Unit G Room 15 DWWDF 950 High St. Central Fall, RI 02863  Birthday: May 27, 1945 Guerrero, Antonio #58741-004 FCI Marianna, P.O. Box 7007, Marianna, FL 32447 Birthday: October 18, 1958 Hayes, Robert Seth #74-A-2280 Sullivan Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 116, Fallsburg, NY 12733-0116 Birthday: October 15, 1948 Hernández, Alvaro Luna #255735 Hughes Unit, Rt. 2, Box 4400, Gatesville, TX 76597 Birthday: May 12, 1952 Hernández, Gerardo #58739-004 USP Victorville, P.O. Box 5300, Adelanto, CA 92301 Birthday: June 4, 1965 Hilton, Freddie (Kamau Sadiki) #0001150688 Augusta State Medical Prison, Bldg 23A-2 3001 Gordon Highway, Grovetown, GA 30813 Birthday: February 19 Hoover, Larry #86063-024 Florence ADMAX, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 81226 Birthday: November 30, 1950 Ka'bah, Abdullah Malik (aka Jeff Fort) #92298-024 USP Florence ADMAX, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 81226 Birthday: February 20, 1947 Kambui, Sekou (William Turk) #113058 Bibb County Correctional Facility Unit-E3-46A 565 Bibb Lane, Brent, Al 35034 Birthday: September 6, 1948 Khabir, Maumin (aka Melvin Mayes) #09891-000 MCFP Springfield, P.O. Box 4000, Springfield, MO 65801 Birthday: September 15 Koti, Mohamman Geuka 80-A-0808 Mohawk Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 8451, Rome, New York 13440-8451 Birthday: October 11, 1926 Laaman, Jaan Karl #10372-016 USP Tucson, P.O. Box 24550, Tucson, AZ  85734 Birthday: March 21, 1948 Lake, Richard Mafundi #079972 Donaldson CF, 100 Warrior Lane, Bessemer, AL 35023-7299 Langa, Mondo We (David Rice) #27768, Nebraska State Penitentiary, P.O. Box 2500, Lincoln, NE 68542 Birthday: May 21, 1947 Latine, Maliki Shakur # 81-A-4469 Clinton Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 2001, Dannemora, NY 12929 López Rivera, Oscar #87651-024 FCI Terre Haute, P.O. Box 33, Terre Haute, IN 47808 Birthday: January 6, 1943 Magee, Ruchell Cinque # A92051 C-2 107L CSATF/State Prison at Corcoran P.O Box 5242, Corcoran, CA 93212 Majid, Abdul (Anthony Laborde) #83-A-0483 Elmira Correctional Facility PO Box 500, 1879 Davis St, Elmira, New York 14902-0500 Birthday: June 25, 1949 Manning, Thomas #10373-016 FMC Butner, P.O. Box 1600, Butner, NC  27509 Birthday: June 28, 1946 Mason, Marie Jeanette #04672-061 FMC Carswell, P.O. Box 27137, Fort Worth, TX 76127 Birthday: January 26, 1962 McDavid, Eric #16209-097 FCI Terminal Island, P.O. Box 3007, San Pedro, CA  90731 Birthday: October 7 McGowan, Daniel #63794-053 FCI Terre Haute - CMU, P.O. Box 33, Terre Haute, Indiana 47408 Birthday: May 2, 1974 Medina, Luís #58734-004 (envelope is addressed to Luis Medina, letter to Ramón Labañino)FCI Jesup, 2680 301 South, Jesup, GA  31599 Birthday: June 9, 1963 Odinga, Sekou #09A3775 Clinton Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 2001, Dannemora, NY 12929 Birthday: June 17, 1944 Peltier, Leonard #89637-132 USP Coleman I, P.O. Box 1033, Coleman, Fl 33521 Birthday: September 12, 1944 Pinell, Hugo "Dahariki" # A88401 SHU D3-221, P.O. Box 7500, Crescent City, CA 95531-7500 Birthday: March 10, 1945 Poindexter, Ed # 27767 Nebraska State Penitentiary, P.O. Box 2500, Lincoln, NE 68542 Birthday: November 1, 1944 Powell, Reverend Joy #07G0632 Bedford Hills CF, P.O. Box 1000, Bedford Hills, NY 10507-2499 Rodríguez, Luis V. # C33000 Kern Valley State Prison (AD_SEG), (B1-205), P.O. Box 5102, Delano, CA 93216 Shabazz Bey, Hanif (Beaumont Gereau) Golden Grove Prison, RR1, P.O. Box 9955, Kingshill, St. Croix, V.I. 00850 Birthday: August 16, 1950 Shakur, Mutulu #83205-012 Federal Correctional Complex, P.O. Box 3900, Adelanto, CA  92301 Birthday: August 8, 1950 Shoats, Russell Maroon #AF-3855 SCI Greene, 175 Progress Drive, Waynesburg, PA 15370 Birthday: August 23, 1943 Stewart, Lynne #53504-054 FMC Carswell, P.O. Box 27137, Fort Worth, TX 76127 Birthday: October 8 Tyler, Gary # 84156 Louisiana State Penitentiary, ASH-4, Angola LA 70712 Wallace, Herman #76759 Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, CCR-B-#6, P.O. Box 174, St Gabriel LA 70776 Birthday: October 13, 1941 Watson, Gary #098990 Unit SHU17, Delaware Correctional Center, 1181 Paddock Road, Smyrna, DE 19977Woodfox, Albert #72148 David Wade Correctional Center, N1A 670 Bell Hill Rd., Homer, LA 71040 Birthday: February 19, 1947 National Jericho Movement • P.O. Box 2164 • Chesterfield, Virginia 23832

Marvin X's Revolution on the Rocks Book Tour 2012

BOOK MARVIN X FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH

 FEBRUARY, 2013

HE'S LIVING BLACK HISTORY

NATION OF ISLAM, BLACK PANTHERS, BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT, BLACK STUDIES

"Marvin X is still the undisputed king of black consciousness!"

--Dr. Nathan Hare, the Black Think Tank

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Marvin X's Revolution on the Rocks Book Tour 2012

Tuesday, Sept 18

Africana Studies Department, University of Houston

Thursday, Sept 20
Elders Institute of Wisdom, SHAPE Community Center, 11:30am
Friday, Sept 21
Texas Southern University, School of Business
Saturday, Sept 22
Secret Word Cafe, 9pm
Sunday, Sept 23
Third World Imports, 2-4pm

October 6

Kings Day at Oyutunji African Village, Sheldon, SC

October 25

Brecht Forum, Manhattan, New York

October 28

Joins Amiri and Amina Baraka at the Blue Mirror, Newark NJ

November 1

Thursday, 6-8pm, Sankofa Books, 2714 Georgia Avenue, NW, Wash DC

November 2-4

Black Power to Hip Hop Conference, Howard University, Wash DC

November 4

Sunday, 7pm, Umoja House, 2015 Bunker Hill Rd., NE, Wash DC

November 9          

Friday, 7pm, Moonstone Art Center, 110 South 13th Street, Philadelphia PA

November 16        

Friday, 3pm, Black and Nobel Books, 1411 West Erie Ave., Philadelphia

November 17

Saturday, 4-6pm, Black Power Babies, Restoration Plaza, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

November 25

The Free Market Place, 905 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn

November 26

Interview with PBS

Marvin X is Plato Teaching on Oakland’s Streets

By Ishmael Reed

Marvin X is not only a terrific writer but a Black Power historian…. However, if I had to pin down the influences upon Marvin X’s, “The Wisdom of Plato Negro, Parables/Fables,” I would cite the style of Yoruba texts: texts in the Yoruba language reveal that didacticism is a key component of the Yoruba story telling style.

Africans use proverbs to teach their children the lessons of life. Marvin X acknowledges the Yoruba influence on his book. He imparts wisdom by employing cautionary tales and uses his own life and mistakes to consul the young to avoid mistakes.

Moreover, unlike some of the books written by popular African American writers, his book does not look backward to the period of slavery, though some of that is here. He writes about the contemporary problems of a community under attack.

He blames crack for causing “ a great chasm between adults and children, children who were abandoned, abused, and neglected, emotionally starved and traumatized.”

Marvin X exposes the situation of other ethnic groups invading Black neighborhoods and making the lion’s share of profits from vice, while the media focus upon the mules of the operation, the pathetic and disgusting pimps, the drug dealers who are killing each other over profits that are piddling next to the great haul made by the suppliers of the guns and the drugs.

Don’t expect the local newspapers to cover this end of the distribution.
In the “Parable of the Donkey,” Marvin X writes: “ The so-called Negro is the donkey of the world, everybody rides him to success. If you need a free ride to success, jump on the Negro’s back and ride into the sunset. He will welcome you with open arms.
“No saddle needed, just jump on his back and ride him to the bank.”

When you learn that the government ignored the dumping of drugs into our neighborhoods by their anti-communist allies, you can understand the meaning of Marvin X’s words. Not only are invading ethnic groups and white gun suppliers benefitting from using the Black neighborhoods as a resource but the government as well.

In  “Parable of the Parrot,” Marvin X also takes aim at the Dream Team academics who “parrot” the line coming down from the One Percent that the problems of Blacks are self-inflicted.

“The state academics and intellectuals joined loudly in parroting the king’s every wish. Thank God the masses do not hear them pontificate or read their books. After all, these intellectual and academic parrots are well paid, tenured and eat much parrot seed. Their magic song impresses the bourgeoisie who have a vested interest in keeping the song of the parrot alive.”

Marvin X’s answer to this intellectual Vichy regime has been to cultivate off campus intellectuals by conducting an open air classroom (Academy of da Corner) on 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland, which is how the peripatetic philosophers like Plato used to impart their knowledge in open air academies.

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Ishmael Reed is the author of “Going Too Far, Essays About America’s Nervous Breakdown.” 

CONTACT MARVIN X @ (510) 200-4164

EMAIL: jmarvinx@yahoo.com

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