The movement to End Stop and Frisk was dealt a blow by the Federal Appeals Court. The ‘reforms’ were halted and the sympathetic judge was removed from the case. I was not that invested in the effort to Stop Stop & Frisk because I knew that ultimately it wouldn’t end the police occupation and repression of the Black community. There was no Stop & Frisk law when the police assassinated Fred Hampton. The police never...
Author: Diallo
Felicité, is the wife of Jan-Jak Dessalines, a strong woman who was much older than him. He was her third husband. She was our first nurse. They talk about Florence Nightingale but she was before her. She took care of the soldiers even the French soldiers. She had a strong personality and told Dessalines ‘your enemies are not mine, let me choose mine’. Sometimes, she negotiated with Dessalines to return the French soldiers to France. She...
If, instead of mandating that everyone buy health insurance from for-profit companies that have a long, unbroken history of providing substandard coverage, and skimming billions for profit,… Obama could have mandated that the only individuals who are allowed to earn any money from the delivery of healthcare are healthcare professionals, and those providing support services to healthcare professions. All others should be banned from...
Another Quick Lesson in Propaganda. Notice how this video says nothing about the exploitative economy that allow so many people to live in abject poverty in lands rich with resources. They don’t mention that Jamaica has been systematically exploited and driven into economic turmoil by the large Western Powers. Life and Debt is a movie that will lay some of this history out. These poverty pimps are simply using the plight of the...
cloudyskiesandcatharsis: The Most Important Thing by Brian Sokol
New York-based photographer Brian Sokol captures insightful portraits of Sudanese, Syrian, and Malian refugees who have unfortunately been forced to flee from their homes, grabbing what they could with them, in a series for the UN Refugee Agency called The Most Important Thing. The collection of black and white images present an eye-opening look into the lives of these people who...
You may never eat street food in China again after watching this video
You may never eat street food in China again after watching this videoBlack market dealers turn garbage or sewage into cooking oil. It’s gross.
Note: This ain’t about how nasty the Chinese are, this is about Capitalism. Watch the video and the man speaking at the very end pretty much lays out the fullest and most accurate definition of Capitalism I’ve ever heard. Now for the analysis: China is late to capitalism because it was...
The US has an ongoing undercurrent of Racism and a blatant policy of Black Genocide, but Black folks can only manage to be outraged when that undercurrent bubbles to the surface in the form of some obese Southern Belle getting busted saying what the vast majority of White folks think, or when some powerless White people don some racists Halloween costumes. WTF am I missing here? Listen, if no White person ever utters the word...
Stolen Legacy / Loss Profits: Black Achievement & Invention Under White Domination
On October 29th, in 1889 John Standard patented the Standard Oil Stove. This brother also patented the Standard Refrigerator. Although I’m a student of history, you will find that I’m not keen on sharing “Black Achievement,” type shit for this reason: Everything created, built, invented, cultivated, or even possessed by the Slave is, or becomes property of the Master. Without exception. I’m not saying this because...