Message From Brother Malcolm

Still relevant today.

Israel Demolishes Palestinian Homes In Jeruselum

Another story not covered by CNN, ABC, NBC, or CBS.

Suppose someone came to your door, told you to get out, bulldozed your home and left you homeless within a matter of hours. Then proceeded to steal the land and give it to someone else. All without paying you a dime. If you complain, you are jailed or shot.

Sounds familiar.

President Obama Signs Hate Crimes Legislation Into Law

President Obama signed hate crimes legislation adding sexual preference and disability to the list.

While very few attacks on the disabled occur, attacks on Homosexuals are prevalent. Huey Newton was one of the first to recognize the struggle for Gay rights as akin to the struggle for the rights of all people. You don't have to be Gay to march in solidarity with them.

Thanks President Obama for fulfilling your promise to sign the legislation, now continue the fight by pushing for a repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell and adding sexual preference to all civil rights legislation.

Black Students Denied Entry To Chicago Club

Again, young, educated Blacks are amazed when confronted with open racism in the 21st century.

African-Americans coming up today are taught that racism was abolished immediately after Martin Luther King's speech in Washington D.C. That all people are treated equally. See, we have a Black President.

The Bouncers and Managers at this club had obviously been instructed to keep as many Black people out as possible. They didn't bat an eye as this poor student pled his case. Explaining what a "good nigger" he was.

When I moved to Chicago in the early 80's, I was immediately informed by a girlfriend that Blacks confined themselves to the South side and the West side of the city. Whites controlled the Loop, the North side and the East side. Blacks were routinely denied access to clubs, refused service in restaurants, and in some cases openly attacked if they ventured outside their area.

Authors like John Hope Franklin, Claude Brown,Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver should be required reading for young people today. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee and the Autobiography of Malcolm X should be read before graduating High School by all students.

Then young people would realize that racism never died, it just changed from overt to covert. Sometimes it's still overt, but, you gotta know the difference.

The nite club has since agreed to send it's managers to diversity training and blah, blah, blah. Nothing can replace the feeling of embarrassment and humiliation felt by these young students as they were denied entry when whites are admitted. Shameful.

Sue their asses has become the remedy in cases like this.

In my day, someone would drive by later that night and throw a brick through the window, start a fire, or in some cases shoot the bouncer. Had these been black people that know racism immediately when they see it, this enitre situation could have ended badly.

U.S. Isolated On Cuban Trade Embargo

At last the media openly admits that U.S. foreign policy on Cuba is driven solely by Cuban exiles in Miami, not the vast majority of the American people.

I am part of an entire generation that has never been allowed to buy a cuban cigar (openly), sit on a cuban beach, or listen to Cuban music all day. My life might have turned out differently had I been able to visit Cuba in my youth.

African-Americans and all African people have a deep love for Cuba.

Cubans freely embrace their African roots. They came to the assistance of the ANC in South Africa, SWAPO in Namibia, and Angola resulting in independence for three African nations. Fidel Castro was one of the first to recognize and support Nelson Mandela while imprisoned, and one of the first to greet him upon his release.

The United States supported the apartheid government in South Africa and UNITA forces in Angola in an effort to not only maintain apartheid, but expand it.

Maybe it's the Cubans who are boycotting us!

Is This Baby From Tha Hood?

File this under WTF~!

San Jose Police Beat Unarmed Viet Student

Thanks to a cellphone video, the San Jose Police are caught beating a student with a metal baton while handcuffed and hitting him with their favorite instrument of torture, the Tazer.

Ah, technology. What would we do without it?

Before the Tazer, Police had to wear themselves out punching victims below the waist, burning them with cigarette butts, hanging them in their cells, or just making them dissapear.

Now they can Taze anybody. Armed or unarmed. Young or old. Rich or poor (mostly poor). Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, sometimes even white. The Tazer is a handheld torture device that leaves no marks. The pain is instantaneous, agonizing, and unmerciful. In the hands of a true sadist it is a work of genius.

The cellphone camera, once thought to be the stupidest idea ever, has become indespensible in exposing the truth in situations where the authority is believed 99%of the time. Incidents of Police brutality are seldom prosecuted by local officials as the city or state is liable for damages if the charge is proven. Internal Affairs officies are designed to limit Police liability and cover up misdeeds rather than expose them. When is the last time you ever heard of your Police Department of Internal Affairs announcing a major arrest or disciplinary action against one of it's officers that wasn't exposed by the media first?

Unfortunately this poor kid had to find out the hard way that he is not white. No matter what neighborhood he lives in, no matter what his income, not matter what his occupation, he is not white. The cops will beat you, taze you, kill you, sprinkle drugs on you and call it a day. These San Jose pigs are already looking for some excuse to justify their behavior. Maybe drugs, alcohol, probation violation, traffic ticket, or library fine.

The only avenue left for this poor kid, if he is still alive, is to sue the shit out of the city. There are probably not enough Vietnamese in the area to stage a proper riot, unless they can get the Latinos and Blacks involved. I hope he gets MILLIONS of dollars. The Police will not get fired or admit any wrongdoing, so, you might as well get paid. Justice in America equals dollar signs, nothing more.

Gil Scott Heron-The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Love this guy~!

The Truth About Palestine-From An Indian Perspective

Russel Means, a co-founder of the American Indian Movement, agrees that the Palestinians are being treated exactly like the Native people were treated in this country.

Goldstone Dares U.S On U.N. Report

Richard Goldstone asked the U.S. to clarify flaws in the UN report on war crimes committed during the Israeli-Hamas conflict last year. The U.S called the report "flawed" and delayed a vote on the report for six months.

Richard Goldstone asked that the US clarify which parts of the report it considered flawed. So far he has received no indication that anyone in the Obama administration has even read the report.

When confronted with the truth about Israel this country avoids it, denies it, or completely hides from it. Why?

I love Jewish people as I love all people. Yet, somehow they have made it impossible to dislike the policies of Israel without hating Jews. Why?

Jews were instrumental in the demand for civil rights in the 60's. They gave legal advice, marched on the front lines and suffered with Freedom Fighters throughout the nation. I have a deep and abiding respect for them.

Time for Obama to re-evaluate his entire Mideast policy while he is reviewing Afghanistan as all are interconnected. The US is fighting the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Shia in Iran. Hamas in Palestine. Islamists in Somalia. Al Qaeda all over the world.

Time to ask some real serious questions and be prepared to face the truth. None of these wars would be occurring were it not for our unfounded total support for the state of Israel.

Can we not support the Jews without blindly supporting the state? Is not confronting a friend with the truth the greatest sign of friendship?

Hate Crimes Extended To LGBT

Finally, after over 230 years, hate crimes legislation has been extended to cover Lesbians, Gays, Bi-sexuals and Transvestites.

Despite Republican opposition, Democrats finally passed a meaningful bill the President can sign. The "Party Of No" never wanted hate crimes legislation of any kind. However, the dragging death of James Byrd and the return of lynchings in the South shifted the tide in the early 90's.

After hundreds of deaths and thousands of beatings, some reported some not, Congress finally recognizes that these were not individuals being targeted, but an entire class of people. Modern day genocide has occured right here in America while we chase criminals in Serbia and Rwanda.

Why Republicans felt the need to oppose this bill is beyond me. Surely they realize that a significant portion of their base is made up of closet homosexuals. Their argument that existing laws are sufficient to combat violent acts is quite ridiculous. If that were the case these crimes would never occur. The threat of additional penalty and the denial of parole would make the average person think twice before attacking someone simply because of their sexual preference.

Now all Obama has to do is sign the bill, lift Don't Ask Don't Tell, and start a productive dialogue with the Gay community to ensure re-election in 2012.

The Republicans shoot themselves in the foot again.

Why We Love Fidel!

The hidden history of the African liberation struggle and Fidel Castro.

At least four African countries were liberated from apartheid and colonization due to the direct involvement of Cuba. Cuba sent doctors, engineers, and troops to support the liberation of Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, and Namibia, while the United States supported the racist regime in South Africa. Had Cuba not sent troops, apartheid would be the law all over southern Africa.

Thanks Brother Fidel. Long life and good health be with you.

Brief History Of America

Just for fun.

Free Leonard Peltier

Lest we forget!

Drunk As Hell-Need More Beer!

If you drink, don't walk! And if you walk, don't drink!

Judge Refuses To Marry Interracial Couple

This, sadly is not new in Louisiana. I firmly believe there are Blacks there that are still enslaved, that never heard of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The media seems shocked by the blatant racism, still they can't bring themselves to call the judge a racist. The man may as well be wearing a robe and pointy hat with a 30 foot cross burning in the background.

Not only should this dinosaur be removed from the bench, but all of his decisions should be reviewed for other signs of overt racism in sentencing, disputes, or plea agreements. Angola prison is full of African-Americans and Hispanics because of bigots like this.

Gil Scott Heron-

Because I wanted to!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to our native brothers!

Real Freedom Fighter-Mumia Abu Jamal

This weeks real freedom fighter is Mumia Abu Jamal, languishing in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Let our voices ring out in support of Brother Mumia. If Tom Joyner can get a pardon for his uncles, surely we can get one for Brother Mumia!

Mumia Abu Jamal-Part II

A true political prisoner

Mumia Abu Jamal-Part III

President Obama. Please pardon this man!

Hundreds Of Palestinians Detained Without Charge

Just like the Native Americans of the late 1800's, at least 350 Palestinians have been detained indefinitely by Israeli authorities without charge.

Add illegal detention to the long list of Israeli war crimes, which include bombing schools and hospitals, using civilians as human shields, and using white phosphorous bombs.

The Apache, Lakota, Cheyenne, Creek, and Cherokee had their land taken, women and children killed, and fighting aged men and boys jailed in far away prisons without charge. Tribes that persisted in practising their religious beliefs and customs were re-educated or murdered. The oppressors kept up the pressure on all fronts until all of the land was under their control. Only then were limited rights returned.

When will our nation end it's support of the most hated nation on earth? Why do we continue to block U.N resolutions condemning torture, racism, injustice, and war crimes?

I believe the answer is money!!

Clinton Comes Around On Gay Marriage

Now that he is in no position to effect change, Slick Willie has come out in favor of Gay marriage.

Don't get me wrong. I applaud him for finally seeing the light, but a tepid acknowledgement in the middle of a half-hour interview is hardly a ringing endorsement.

My road to redemption began long ago.

As a kid growing up in Alabama, I had never seen, or knowingly met a gay person. One day in high school I was sitting at the lunch table with a group of friends. We were laughing and joking as usual about all the girls passing by. How fine or fat they were. If they were fucking.

This kid walked by. Everybody got quiet.

The kid next to me says, "that kid looks like a girl." Beneath his voice kinda.

The kid next to him asks, which one?"

I yell out, "that one!"

The kid turned around and looked directly at me. He looked confused, hurt, surprised. Not ashamed.

I guess it's because he had a nice ass.

Anyway, a few minutes later, he strolled by again. This time with a group of friends.

They get within earshot. He whirls. Points at me. Says, "that one!"

I understood from that day.

Even though I am still homophobic at certain levels, I am heartily in favor of gay marriage for several reasons:

First. We hold these truths to be self evident. That all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! If gay people believe that marriage will make them happy, end of argument. Frankly, I think we have been doing them a huge favor all these years.

Second. Do you want your son or daughter to marry someone who is gay and in the closet? That's what happens when they can't marry each other.

Third. I want my son or daughter to be free from open discrimination if they happen to be gay. The laws restricting Gay marriage are the same as the laws passed against inter racial marriages. How can you have rights in one state and not another? I'll bet your dollar spends the same in both.

Thank you Bill Clinton for seeing the light eight years too late. By the way, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was a real winner!

Oh, and that kid.

He died of AIDS.

NFL Union Chief Comes Out Against Rams Sale

NFL Union Chief Demaurice Smith has also come out against the sale of the Rams to Rush Racist. However, some sellouts like "Scoop Jackson" and Mercury Morris have come out in favor of the sale.

How do these idiots make it on television. Scoops position is that if Rush has the money he will probably get a team. Mercury Morris wants him to get a team "so he will see what it's like to be in the trenches" as an NFL owner. Their rationale is flawed, idiotic, buffonish. However, these idiots' opinions are widely sought by ESPN, CNN, and others to divide and soften a unified stance. Whites can now point to these idiots and say, "Mercury said it was OK." What a crock.

I hate to say it, but my own race is still stupidly being led by the nose by White bigots. Sure, we'll speak up about Limbaugh, but let Daniel Snyder, that racist who owns the Kansas City Chiefs, and the bigot who owns the Cleveland Indians off the hook. Why? Because we are stoopid! Discrimination and racism directed towards any race is racism directed against all races.

Al Sharpton Petitions NFL Against Sale Of Rams To Limbaugh

The Rev. Al Sharpton sent a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell asking that the St. Louis Rams not be sold to racist Rush Limbaugh. Accusing Rush of being "divisive" and making "anti-NFL" comments, Rev. Al has asked that supporters send letters to the Commissioner expressing their outrage. Several African-American NFL players have stated that they would refuse to play for the Rams if Rush bought the team.

While I applaud the Rev. Al for finally waking up, where has he been for the last 50 years while a team called the "Washington Redskins" continues to denigrate Native Americans every day. Where are the boycotts, the sit-ins, the letters to the Commissioner? Why are Blacks and Hispanics continuing to play for the most racist team in all of sports? Where is the outrage?

Sure Limbaugh is a racist, bigoted asshole, but, so is Daniel Snyder! Don't start and stop with Limbaugh! Go after Daniel Snyder! Otherwise you look like a self-serving, publicity seeking whore!

Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize-Conservative Heads Explode

President Barack Obama won the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize and world recognition as an agent for peace in the world.

Instead of praising the President, political pundits all over America have howled and screamed that he didn't deserve it. That he is a wartime President that has done nothing to advance the cause of peace. Yet, no pundit has indicated who they thought was more deserving. The conservatives cheered when America lost out on the Olympic bib for Chicago and booed when Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.

He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize is for individuals who advance the cause of peace while surrounded by hatred. The same pundits who argue that Obama didn't deserve the award are the same assholes who said Dr. King didn't deserve it. He was also surrounded by hatred. He was called names, beaten in the streets, and jailed. Yet, he maintained that peaceful protest was the only real way to effect change.

Obama has enacted many policies that have advanced the cause of peace. He opened a new dialog with North Korea resulting in new talks on nuclear weapons and the release of two American journalists. He ended the missile defense shield in Europe which caused great apprehension in Russia and Eastern Europe. He started a new dialogue with the Muslim world based on mutual respect. He is drawing down the troops in Iraq and letting the Iraqis decide their own future. He is pushing for healthcare for all Americans, which will directly benefit the poor. He even met with a racist cop and his victim to try to heal the racial divide in this country which has existed for 400 years. He has done all these things while confronted by hatred and racism. Not from foreign leaders, but, from his own people. Any other African-American would have slapped the shit out of Joe Wilson, but not Barack Obama. For that reason alone, give him the award.

Pundits fail to mention any of his accomplishments while denigrating him for getting the worldwide recognition he deserves. They howl that the only reason he got the award was that he is not George Bush. That giving him the award was a repudiation of Bush policies more than anything he personally has accomplished. they point to the fact that President Obama and his staff were just as surprised as the rest of the nation. They immediatelty wanted to know what he was going to do with the 1.4 million dollar award, then sneered when he said he would donate it to charity. What a crock.

There has never been a Nobel Prize winner of any kind who said "I deserve this award and thanks for recognizing that I am better than the rest of those losers." Never. No one asked the other American Nobel Prize winners what they planned to do with the award money, only Obama. No one asks if the other Nobel prize winners will "earn" their award, only Obama.

Still more hatred for a man who has only tried to advance the cause of peace, dialog, and understanding. Still think he is undeserving?

Jackson Blackface Tribute Flops

Thank You Harry Connick Jr. After a group of Australian doctors performed a Michael Jackson "tribute" in blackface, Connick correctly showed his outrage and educated an insensitive Australian audience.

Australians have no moral compass. They attempted to eradicate the entire population of Aborigones through straght up genocide. The Black population of Australia has been reduced to a handful of oppressed souls unable to fight the everyday racism occuring all around them. They barely bother to protest as their oppresors no longer care. Every now and then they trot out an Aborigone as a symbol of racial equality (remember the Olympics) and claim racism no longer exists. This video proves that is not the case.

Thanks Harry. I vcan see why your family name is revered in New Orleans and around the world. Your moral compass is strong.

Janeane Garofalo Calls Teabaggers Racist

OK. I have a new sweetheart. It is Janeane Garofalo. I have always been attracted to women with brains and who can appreciate humor.

Risking her career and the ostracism of closet racists everywhere, she boldly called the teabaggers racist, joining Jimmy Carter as the only white person brave enough to do so. She has stuck by her comments and repeated them on Bill Maher's show on Friday.

She also called out Michael Steele, who is in the Uncle Tom Hall Of Fame. She indicated that Uncle Steele suffers from Stockholm Syndrome, currying favor with his oppresors so that one day he might be free.

Black people are afraid to make these statements for fear of being accused of playing the race card. They stand silently by as brave soles in the white community risk everything to state the truth and call out the racists among them. Our leaders are being exposed as cowards in the face of obvious racism, much like the slaves who tried to discourage others from taking the underground railroad. These people will never be free.

Thanks Janeane! You have gained a fan for life.

U.N. Delays Vote On Goldstone Report-Abbas Under Siege

The U.N. delayed a crucial vote on the Goldstone report on Israeli and Hamas war crimes for six months after pressure from the U.S. and Israel and the tacit approval of the Palestinian Authority.

The outcry in the occupied territories was immediate.

The Israeli invasion into the Gaza Strip resulted in over 1400 Palestinian deaths, with the majority of the casualties being women and children. The Israeli Army reported 10 soldiers killed and 3 Israeli civilians.

Approving the vote delay implies that Abbas is a total lackey to Washington and Israel. Failing to expose Israeli war crimes, and have the nations of the world recognize them as war criminals, severely weakens the cause of freedom and justice for the Palestinian people. Without justice there can be no peace.

The Palestinian people have been subjected to endless injustices by Israel since the states founding in 1948. Palestinians have had their land seized, their leaders isolated and assassinated, their farms and houses bulldozed, and women and children murdered.

Israel has not been sanctioned, embargoed, or even threatened for it's heinous actions by the U.N. or Western powers.

Why?

Saddam Husein, Manuel Noriega, and Hugo Chavez have been hanged, jailed, and ostracized for far less. Our nation is a nation of hypocrites. Justice depends on skin color, ethnic background, and money. The Palestinians are the Native Americans of the middle east. Their culture, religion, and heritage mean nothing to the western powers who are still fighting the crusades.

Delaying the vote was the final straw for the Palestinian people. The protests are just the beginning. Already riots are taking place in Jerusalem as Israel seized the third holiest shrine in Islam so that Jewish pilgrims could pray at a piece of a wall. Abbas will be targeted next. Although Palestinians are rarely assassinated by Palestinians, Abbas just became a prime target. Turncoats and collaborators generally get what they deserve.

Goldstone Defends Israeli War Crimes Report

Richard Goldstone was called upon to defend his report to the U.N on war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during their conflict last year.

Fareed Zakaria, the token Muslim from CNN, tried hard to equate the actions of Hamas with the heinous crimes Israel committed.

While Hamas fired highly inaccurate rockets towards Israel in hopes of hitting a substantial target, Israel responded with phosphorous shell, human shields, and shelling schools, hospitals, farms, and flour factories. Hardly a fair comparison.

No video evidence. No interviews with Palestinians. No body counts. Just a sad attempt to make both parties equally responsible.

Any doubts that the media is controlled by Israeli sympathizers were shot to hell. Even Richard Goldstone, a Jew, has demanded action against Israel, something our nation has refused to do.

Thanks for your efforts Mr. Goldstone. In keeping with the old saying "tell the truth, then leave immediately."

Eight Americans Killed In Afghanistan-Obama's Delema

With the killing of eight more U.S. troops in Afghanistan, President Obama now has hard choices to make about the direction of the war effort.

General Stanley McChrystal has requested 40,000 additional troops to conduct the war,something the President must consider long and hard before sending.

First he must consider the source of the request. General McChrystal, although chosen by Obama to lead the war effort in Afghanistan, is firmly in the pocket of the Republican party. They have been speculating for months that additional troops would be requested, although the 20,000 additional troops Obama authorized have yet to be deployed. General McChrystal also headed up the Pat Tillman cover-up for the Bush administration. Bestowing a Silver Star on a soldier shot to death by friendly fire and fabricating a heroic lie to placate the family and ensure re-election for Bush/Cheney.

Second, he should ask the General what he will accomplish with 40,000 additional troops? Are these troops required to maintain the status quo or will they drive every single Taliban fighter out of Afghanistan? If it is to maintain the status quo surely additional troops will be needed, even if the General gets the 40,000 he asked for. No one wants an indefininate stalemate.

Third, who are we fighting and what are we fighting for? Are we fighting the Taliban, Al-Qeda or both? Although the Taliban sheltered Bin-laden, they had no idea he would attack America. They also had no means to capture him and bring him to justice, even if they wanted to. President Obama will soon learn that an idea is hard to defeat. The Taliban get no wages, health benefits, or education for fighting. They believe in an ideology which encompasses their religion. Our paid soldiers are fighting for revenge only. How much revenge is enough.

Fourth, where the hell is the international community? The rest of the allies are going home or scaling back. Why not ask Great Britian, France, and the other NATO powers for the additional troops? Why are the Afghans not stepping up to defend their own country?

Fifth, how will we know when we have won? Bin Laden will probably never be captured. It has been nine years. Billions of dollars have been spent yet he continues to produce videos mocking us. Mullah Omar is still fighting. What has been accomplished?

Lastly, who is running Afghanistan? Hamid Karzai is a U.S. puppet who will probably be assassinated by his bodyguards at some point. He is not safe outside Kabul and he utilized the Zimbabwe and Iran election models to secure power. You know the model. Stage an election, stuff the ballots, throw away votes for the opposition, declare victory. If the opposition complains, shoot them, beat them, then offer them a Prime Minister or Vice President position.

Obama should call General McChrystal on the carpet. He should tell him that if he gets the additional troops and does not effectively wipe the Taliban off the face of the earth he will not only be fired but executed.

Still want the troops?

Grayson Describes GOP Health Plan-"Die Quickly"

Hooray for Alan Grayson for finally telling it like it is.

The truth is, the Republicans have no plan. The didn't for eight years under Reagan and twelve years under both Bushes. No heathcare bill has ever come out of a Republican controlled House or Senate. They have proven time and time again to be firmly in the pockets of the insurance companies. Obama must realize that he will not get a single Republican vote, regardless of what is in the final bill.

As an Orlando native for the past twenty years, I am extremely proud to call Alan Grayson our Representative. No apology is necessary. Continue to do your job! You will always have my vote.