--Marvin X
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Hands up, don't shoot!
--Marvin X
Ten Points for Youth Survival in the Street
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Ten Points for Youth Survival in the Street
Dr. M at his Academy of da Corner,
14th and Broadway, Oakland, with his student,
brother Jermaine.
Ten Points for Youth Survival
1. Before going into the street, put on the amour of God or Spiritual consciousness,i.e., yea thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil. The Lord is my rod and staff.
2. Be aware of your surroundings. Two are better than one, for if you stumble and fall, who shall lift you up? Do not stay long in unfamiliar places with strange people.
3. Be conscious of the tone test with the police, e.g., if they stop you for any reason, one of three things can happen depending on your tone of voice: they can kill you, arrest you or release you.
4. Be conscious of the tone test with another brother or sister: they can kill you, bum rush you or greet you in peace.
5. Do not wear sagging pants that prevent you from running or fighting. The ghetto, sad to say, is a war zone or hostile environment. Do not pretend you are in La La Land. There are mind fields everywhere, so try not to be in a mind altered state. It is best to be cold sober on the street.
6. Respect elders and do not take liberties with women.
7. Help the poor, say a kind word to the broken hearted.
8. At all times, be a soldier in the army of the Lord.
9. Pray going out and coming in. Be thankful you made it back home safely.
10. Make your home the No Stress Zone.
--Marvin X
4/17/11
Monday, August 11, 2014
Hundreds of Thousands March against Zionism
Hundreds of Thousands March in 'Day of Rage' Against Israel
As airstrikes continued to rain down on Gaza, Palestinian groups call for international arms embargo against Israel
Nearly a quarter of a million people marched in Cape Town, South Africa in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. (Photo: Che Erasmus Nche / Eras Media Productions via BDS South Africa)
As Israeli airstrikes continued to rain down on the the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking to the streets in an international Day of Rage to condemn the attacks and demand that their governments do their part and boycott Israel.
In an open letter announcing the demonstration, a coalition of Palestinian groups organized by the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, write: "As we face the full might of Israel’s military arsenal, funded and supplied by the United States and European Union, we call on civil society and people of conscience throughout the world to pressure governments to sanction Israel and implement a comprehensive arms embargo immediately."
Taking up their call, an estimated 170,000 people took to the streets of Cape Town, South Africa in one of the biggest demonstrations the city has seen in 20 years. According to reports, Archbishop Desmond Tutu joined the marchers who carried signs that read: "Africans understand colonialism," and “Zuma suffer of (sic) historical amnesia."
In London, over 100,000 people rallied in Hyde Park in a massive outpouring of solidarity and in Paris activists marched through the city carrying a large banner which read: "Boycott Israel Apartheid."
New Yorkers march against Israeli war on Gaza
Around 1,000 people took to the streets of Columbus Circle to protest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and call for an end to U.S. support to Israel.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Around 1,000 people rallied in New York City Friday to protest against Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip which have killed over 1,600 Palestinians since July 7.
At an event called the "Mass Rally to Stand Up with Gaza Against Israeli Crimes," the crowd marched through the streets of Columbus Circle waving Palestinian flags and holding signs calling for an end to Israeli apartheid, and U.S. aid to Israel.
The large group gathered outside CNN’s offices where they protested against the network's "biased coverage" of Israel's war on Gaza before marching to the offices of Fox News amid chants of “Free, free, Palestine” and other slogans.
The protest was relatively peaceful apart from an incident where two counter-protesters engaged in a lengthy verbal dispute with the demonstrators until police broke it up.
Waters were not calm on the other side of the pond in the Belgian capital, Brussels either where hundreds of people gathered at Martyrs' Square on Friday to protest against Israel's war on Gaza, and commemorate the thousands of Palestinians killed in the Israeli attacks.
At an event organized by the the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB), the crowd left flowers and prayed for the hundreds of children killed by Israeli air strikes, chanting slogans such as "Child murderer Israel."
"We cannot remain silent when people are dying in Gaza. Nobody can expect us to be indifferent," said Youssef Handichi, Brussels regional deputy for the PTB.
"We condemn the terrorist and oppressor Israel," Handichi said.
Another pro-Palestine rally is planned for Sunday in the U.S. capital Washington D.C. where a large crowd is expected to march from the White House to the Congress.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
THE BLACK MAN IS UNDER THE SHADOW OF DEATH IN AMERICA BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
Under the Shadow of Death
BY THE MOST HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD | LAST UPDATED: APR 2, 2012 - 3:17:06 PMWe, the Black lost-found of our people here in America live under the shadow of death by way of cowardly enemies. Every one of us—the cowardly enemies seek our deaths, one way or another.
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We live under the shadow of death. We fled from the cowardly enemy devils of the South, seeking refuge in the same cowardly enemies’ brother in the North. The enemy devils of the South followed us to the North to see that his brother of the North does not treat us any better than they did in the South.
They seek police jobs so that they can beat and kill us who are trying to escape. They seek to kill us, or get us killed, at any price. They do not care about our loyalty to them. In their hearts there is death for us, the Black Man in America.
Today, they hold out promises to you only to deceive you. They know that Allah (God) is here offering to seat us in heaven at once. And since hell is their appointed place, they are trying to get us to go to hell with them on false promises.
I have told you. Believe it or let it alone. We live "Under The Shadow of Death."
MURDER UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW IN MISSOURI
Looting, vandalism follow vigil for dead Missouri teenager
18-year-old shot 'more than just a couple of times' by Missouri police officer
Ferguson, Mo., teen struggled over gun in patrol car before being shot to death, police say
Looting, vandalism reported after candlelight vigil for dead teenager in St. Louis suburb
The police shooting of an unarmed teenager in a St. Louis suburb over the weekend triggered angry demonstrations Sunday morning and vandalism and looting Sunday night, local media reported.
A few thousand demonstrators had gathered for a candlelight vigil in the evening to honor the dead man, Michael Brown, 18, who was shot Saturday around noon by a Ferguson police officer.
Mourners placed candles, flowers and a teddy bear where Brown was killed, the Associated Press reported, and some youths spray-painted "R.I.P. Michael" on the street.
But then the mood turned ugly. Television footage showed people vandalizing police cars, kicking in store windows and carrying out goods, including bottles of alcohol. At least one large fire was reported.
St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley confirmed widespread property damage but said no injuries had been reported.
"Right now, the small group of people are creating a huge mess," Ferguson Mayor James Knowles told Fox 2 KTVI-TV. "Contributing to the unrest that is going on is not going to help. ... We're only hurting ourselves, only hurting our community, hurting our neighbors."
Late Sunday, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that gunshots had been heard, and a SWAT team had been seen in the area.
Earlier, police in riot gear watched but did not intervene.
On Sunday morning, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the unarmed Brown had been struggling for a Ferguson police officer’s gun in a patrol car before he was killed.
Witnesses have said the youth, who was black, had his hands in the air as he fled the patrol car.
Brown's mother said she didn't understand why police didn't subdue him with a club or Taser.
"I would like to see him fired," Lesley McSpadden told the Associated Press, referring to the officer who shot her son. "I would like to see him go to jail with the death penalty."
Belmar said there would be a thorough investigation, with possible inclusion of the FBI. Because Brown is African American, the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People has said it would seek a federal investigation.
In a statement on its Facebook page Sunday afternoon, the St. Louis County Police Department, which is handling the shooting investigation, said, “The FBI will be contacted today and notified of the incident. If they choose, they may conduct a separate use-of-force investigation on this incident directly with the Ferguson Police Department.”
Adolphus Pruitt, the vice president of the NAACP Missouri State Conference and president of the St. Louis NAACP, told the Los Angeles Times that two Justice Department representatives had arrived in St. Louis late Sunday.
The Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network said in a statement Sunday that he had been speaking with Brown’s family and that Brown’s grandfather had asked him “to come to St. Louis in light of the police killing of his grandson to assist the family in achieving a fair investigation and justice.”
According to Belmar, Brown was walking with a friend in the middle of the street when an officer attempted to exit his vehicle. Police said Brown pushed the officer back into the police car.
Brown then entered the officer’s vehicle and a struggle ensued over the officer’s weapon, according to police. During the altercation a shot was fired inside the car.
The officer and Brown then exited the vehicle and at that point the fatal shooting occurred, Belmar said.
The officer who fired the shots has been placed on paid administrative leave and has not been identified. He has been on the force for six years.
Belmar said Brown was shot “more than just a couple of times,” but it was unclear how many shots were fired.
Witnesses' accounts have differed from that of the police.
Dorin Johnson, a friend of the victim, told Fox 2 that he was walking in the street with Brown when the police squad car pulled up. The officer said to "Get the eff onto the sidewalk," he recounted.
"It was not but a minute from our destination and we would be off the street," Johnson said.
Johnson said the officer didn't get out of his police car, but reached "his arm out the window and grabbed my friend around the neck."
Another witness, Piaget Crenshaw, said, "I witnessed the police chase after the guy, full force. He ran for his life. They shot him and he fell. He put his arms up to let them know that he was compliant and he was unarmed, and they shot him twice more and he fell to the ground and died."
Brown's grandmother, Desiree Harris, told the Associated Press that she was driving through the neighborhood Saturday afternoon when she saw her grandson running a few blocks from her house.
Brown was supposed to start college classes Monday.
"He was running this way," she said. "When I got up there, my grandson was lying on the pavement. I asked the police what happened. They didn't tell me nothing."
Louis Head, Brown’s stepfather, held a sign that said, “Ferguson police just executed my unarmed son!!!”
McSpadden said the shooting was “wrong and it was cold-hearted.”
Belmar said Sunday that the entire incident scene extends roughly 35 feet from where the police car was parked to where the fatal shooting took place, and where shell casings matching the officer’s weapon have been found. He said toxicology reports could take six weeks.
While the police held the news conference Sunday at the Ferguson police station, hundreds of protesters gathered in front, holding up their hands and saying, "Don't shoot me."
The protesters chanted, "We want answers" and "No justice, no peace,” some carrying signs saying "stop police terrorism" and "disarm the police," according to the Associated Press.
“We are sorry that a young man lost his life and ask all to give their condolences to the family along with their thoughts and prayers,” the St. Louis County Police Department said in its Facebook statement.
“We are investigating this incident as we would any other shooting,” the statement said. “There is no bias or favoritism applied as we are an outside agency and were not involved.”
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