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A Poetic Letter to the Taliban
Western savages and mountain men of Afghanistan
twenty year battle royal of nothingness dread
Western savages departed repeat drama of Vietnam
Taliban victors now
Didn't "Viet Cong" say, "The spirit of the people
greater than enemy technology."
Afghanistan mountain men no history of defeat
Alexander the Great's fled down mountains
Like Sisyphus,British, Russians, American crusaders
flee mountain land with dicks in hand
can't defeat mountain men
20 years trillion dollars down for nothing burgers no victory
We ain't mad at you Taliban
kicked white man ass for fun
Now time for collaborators sycophants translators
please spare women girls
mountain caves
Allah gave women girls brains too
Didn't Prophet Muhammad marry working woman
rich intelligent Khadijah
didn't he cry on bosom of Khadijah when revelation came
He liberated women justice fairness
even in polygamy he said
If you can't treat them equal
and you can't
leave polygamy alone
Oh Taliban why you want ignorant women half your nation
You are not in Prophet's time never shall be
Come from mental caves
Muhammad raised you from Ya'um Jahiliyyah, days of ignorance
you return like hog to slop
The Prophet commanded Iqra bismillahi
la jahiliyyah
iqra iqra
read in the name of your Lord recite
Qur'an Hadith Sharia not end of knowledge
Iqra Ayat Al Kursi, The Verse of Knowledge
Prophet said Seek knowledge from Spain to China
heard of Moorish Spain
oldest mosque in China
Muslim science ruled world beyond Qur'an Hadith Sharia
where your numbers come from cave man of Europe
Moorish Spain taught you to bathe shower brush your teeth
gave you knowledge to escape from Dark Ages
into Renaissance
No dark ages in Africa Egypt Timbuktu
Golden Age of scholars scientists
heard of Ahmad Baba
Mansa Musa richest man in the world
put Gates Bezos to shame
Oh Taliban and niggas in the hood too
Yeah, you Taliban low information vibration negroes
Pull up your minds and your asses shall follow
Oh Taliban you come from womb with AK47
Plenty guns from Americans, Russians Pakistanis
tanks, trucks, bombs bullets
Shall you turn victory into loss
Do not slay your brothers in the name of dogmatic religiosity
sectarian mythology shall not prevail
only sirata al mustaqim
straight path
Shall you behead brothers sisters fathers mothers who don't agree
reject your interpretation
Are you in league with Nigerian barbarians Boku Haram
Oh Taliban you murder in the of Allah
The world is tired of bloody streets burning villages roadside bombs
farmers can't grow crops animals can't graze in grass
wars for broken bones hearts minds consume too many lands
give peace a chance
Oh Taliban you marched into Kabul today
don't turn victory into loss
Look at your women children in their eyes
exhausted from war death destruction misery
American depart for other wars other lands
Al humdulilah you stopped the opium
Abyad Shaitan made it flow
Now Abyad Shaitan go
who shall fill vacuum
Iran
Chinese People's Army
Call Loya Jirga assemble tribes ethic groups
Share land with brothers sisters or destroy victory
Hubris makes men of victory men of tragedy
Prophet Muhammad man of destiny
walk in footsteps of Prophet Muhammad
Did Muhammad enslave or set free
Didn't he free Bilal, first Muezzin
cried Al Ahad Al Ahad Al Ahad
Allah the One
Oh Taliban
Does Qur'an Hadith Sharia say make love to little boys in madrassas
Haram
shall you marry girls not yet women
Haram
This not Qur'an Hadith Sharia
Ya'm Jahiliyah
Light Darkness don't mix
men walk in dark claim they in light
actions reveal darkness of souls
Afghanistan woman said father raped her
then went to Juma'ah salat on front row
father daughter fucker
wretched customs in your land
like tribalism everywhere
beyond civility humanity
below beasts
Oh, Taliban, so right you wrong, so holy you ugly dirty funky
we applaud you defeating crusaders
Allahu Akhbar Allahu Akhbar Allahu Akhbar
Oh Taliban
don't be devoid of Allah's mercy Rahim
Oh, Taliban make your people happy
let peace love freedom justice
flow through your precious land
mountains valleys streams
Let Afghanistan live her dreams
--Marvin X/El Muhajir
8/6/21
Revised 8/15/21
God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign, No More Water, Fire Next Time!
God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign, No More Water, Fire Next Time
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
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Notes on the Black Arts Movement Billion Dollar Trust Fund by Marvin X
How Marvin X would allocate the BAMBD Billion Dollar Trust Fund
$100 million for General Fund
$100 million for Five Year Plan
$200 million for mixed use rental housing (seniors, artists, workers, mentally disabled, recently incarcerated, single parents)
$100 million for mortgage loans, especially for purchase of modified SRO hotel rooms with life estate titles for the chronically homeless, thus ending homelessness overnight
$100 million for job training
$ 100 million for micro and macro loans to entrepreneurs
$100 million to establish the David Blackwell STEM Institute (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
$100 for land and real estate acquisition
$100 for reentry assistance to displaced former residents of Oakland
Notes on the Black Arts Movement Billion Dollar Trust Fund by Marvin X
7/24/21
Toward the Billion Dollar Trust Fund
for the Black Arts Movement Business District
The BAMBD is part of the City of Oakland’s downtown plan for the next 25 to 50 years. If it is to survive and thrive, the must be an independent endowment trust fund established to avoid city politics and budget crises that may cause defunding of the BAMB. So while we are not averse to receiving grant funds from city, state and governmental agencies, the BAMBD Billion Trust Fund would insure an independent repository of funds for the life blood of the BAMBD. We want the trust fund to be primary supported by the North American African people of Oakland and elsewhere throughout the nation. It will be a symbol of self-determination of the people. While we would not turn down funding from government and corporate entities, The BAMBD Billion Dollar Trust Fund should symbolize and express the spirit of cultural and economic independence of the Black Arts Movement. As citizens, we have every right to receive funds from governmental and corporate agencies but the primary contributors to the fund should be North American Africans. In the past, too many of our organizations have been funded by persons and agencies not in harmony with the true aspirations of North American Africans. It must be clear that we will not compromise our principles and values for financial assistance. We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors who called for cultural and economic independence.
Priorities of BAMBD Billion Dollar Trust Fund
As indicated in the BAMBD pillars, housing is a priority. There must be market rate and affordable housing for workers, artists and common people in the BAMBD. We propose all properties in the BAMBD should be placed under the land trust to preserve land and properties for future generations, especially to stem the tide of gentrification. To help end homelessness, we seek to acquire SRO hotels for the homeless and grant them life estate titles to their dwellings. This will end a certain degree of homelessness overnight. Housing would assist those recently released from incarceration and those suffering from drug abuse, mental illness and partner abuse.
The BAMBD trust fund would acquire commercial properties for the district that would include office space, retail space, performance and exhibit space. In certain cases, we may need to re-gentrify properties for the benefit of the BAMBD community, placing such properties under the land trust.
We propose the establishment of the Dr. David Blackwell Institute of Math, Science, Technology and Art as an anchor educational institution in the BAMBD. The institute is in honor of the great North American mathematician who taught at the University of California, Berkeley. We invite UC Berkeley to partner with BAMBD in the establishment of the Blackwell STEM and Art institute. Silicon Valley corporations should also support the Blackwell Institute.
Again, the BAMBD trust should rely on the primary support of North American Africans who do indeed have the wealth to fund their cultural and economic endeavors.
The BAMBD Billion Dollar Trust Fund would be under the direction of a community board with a vision for the future.
We invite non-profit groups in the BAMBD area and vicinity to partner with us to make the BAMBD a reality. We would especially appreciate such groups partnering with us to apply to the MacArthur Foundation’s 100 Million RFP for long range projects with broad community support.
Marvin X, BAMBD Planner