Savant on Baltimore

I was there in person. So, I saw the events as they were occurring. As for the angry youth, their erratic conduct is a reaction to the problem. It is not their anger that is the problem, but the causes of their anger--the systemic violence and injustice. Frankly, I am as angry as they are, but I think differently because I'm fortunate enough to be politically better educated and inform. I don't speak to or of them as "thugs" and "animals " as do the white racist and the opportunistic Negro bourgeoisie. But I seek to inform them that there are more effective forms of action than sporadic rioting. I am HAPPY that the Black poor are willing to revolt, to rise up. But I want them to do so more effectively and with a vision of a revolutionary new order which affirms human dignity. My assessment of their action, like that which the Black Panthers once had to the rioting that occurred in the 1960s, is that "the masses are handling the resistance incorrectly." Hence I am involved in creating new sociopolitical forms and institutions to enable the righteous rebellion of the masses to act more effectively to end the evils of police terrorism, structural racism and capitalist exploitation.

-Savant

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Yes, you can see signs of that in Topix all the time. Mostly among whites, but also among some Blacks. I live in Baltimore. And while I don't think sporadic outbreaks of rioting is an effective way of fighting oppression, and indeed is counterproductive, I don't denounced the young Black people who are doing it. I will work with them, seek to politically educate them, and learn effective ways of engaging in politically conscious ORGANIZED resistance and struggle.

-Savant

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Oppression breeds dysfunction (including fratricidal violence among Blacks, or poor whites for that matter). Police are arms of the power structure, enforcing muscle of the system of oppression itself.

-Savant

Conscious words in April of 2015

IMHO the main issue w Attny Pettit's otherwise very important narrative re: 'Killer Cops USA', is he didn't state explicitly [though perhaps implicitly] just how systemically racist this issue is. IMO his term 'the general US public' is a euphemism for most white folks. Thus what Attny Petttit is saying is- Most white people in the US support the cops, even when they gun-down UnArmed Black [& Brown] folks under very 'curious' circumstances- & thus reject eye-witness accounts that refute killer cops 'tall-tales'. This remains so even when it should be blatantly obvious that those cops [or even cop wannabes] are LYING or at-least have glaring 'discrepancies' in their claims [IE: Killer Cop Wilson & Killer ZMan].
Thus when a cop blatantly LIES as in the case of the SC Cop that gunned-down Mr Walter Scott in the back as Mr Scott tried to flee for his life, the 'general public' is 'shocked' that a white cop [Mike Slager] would execute a 50 yr old Black man by cold-bloodedly shooting him in the back multiple Xs [during a routine traffic stop] & then plant a 'throw-down' on him! The US' 'lame-stream' 'general-public' would have bought Slager's LIES had not that video surfaced that proved him a cold-blooded KILLER & LIAR!!!
Also note the 'general US public' generally prefers to avoid the 'R' word [racism] in cases where whites gun-down unarmed Blacks [& Browns], even when there's undeniable proof the KILLER is indeed a RACIST [IE: Mike Dunn who gunned-down unarmed Black teen Jordan Davis]

The DOJ report said the Ferguson Police Dept has a long legacy of racially biased policing- IE: the force is 95% white in a town that's 2/3s Black, issuing excessive traffic tickets & fines vs Blacks & then issuing arrest warrants for those fined when many Blacks are unable to pay those excessive penalties & fines, etc...
But in fact Ferguson's Police Dept's legacy of RACISM goes well beyond that. The DOJ found a series of RACIST Emails [including against Pres Obama himself] going back to at-least Nov 2008, involving the deputy chief [= the 2nd in command, Capt Rank], Killer Cop Wilson's supervisory Sgt [who came to Mike Brown's murder scene & allowed Wilson to remove his squad-car from the scene & keep his gun = evidence tampering], & Ferguson's TOP Court Clerk [a woman]. IMO This is why [ex] Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson really resigned- because Obama's & AG Holder's DOJ found that Thomas' deputy chief & Killer Cop Wilson's supervisory Sgt, were exchanging blatantly RACIST emails vs Obama himself & FLOTUS Michelle O- as well as Blacks in general!!! Never-the-less Obama's & Holder's DOJ refuses to indict Killer Cop Wilson- & in fact regurgitated every 'tall-tale' Wilson told re his gunning-down Mike Brown in cold-blood!!! [Note: CNN did at-least 2 reports on these RACIST emails, noting that 2 Ferguson cops were FIRED & Chief Jackson 'persuaded' to reign- Yet CNN FAILED to say that these were NOT just 2 any ole 'Joe-Blow' cops- but Jackson's Deputy Chief {Capt rank} & Killer Cop Wilson's Supervisory Sgt]
And AG Holder gave Wilson this 'free-pass' despite glaringly obvious 'discrepancies' in Wilson's 'tall-tales' IE: } Claiming 'Big Mike' suckered punch Wilson thru the drivers side window, Yet the pix of Wilson shows what 'MIGHT' be a 'bruise' on his RIGHT [NOT Left] cheek!
- Wilson claims he chased Big Mike about 30 - 40 ft before shooting him, yet Big Mike's body lay some 150 FT AWAY from Wilson's squad-car!
- At-least 15 eye-witnesses [including 2 white guys working nearby] say Big Mike had his hands-up & was giving-up when Wilson gunned him down -vs- just 1 [so-called] 'Witness' who backed Wilson's 'tall-tale' of 'Big Mike' as a rampaging 'Raging Bull'{s___}- Yet that woman's a RACIST cheer-leader for Wilson, who committed PERJURY before the grand-jury & almost certainly was NOT Even IN Ferguson on THAT Day!!! [FYI: they dredged this woman up as a so-called 'eye-witness' {NOT!} in favor of Wilson's 'tall-tales'- about a month AFTER the Fact]

These 'discrepancies' alone [let alone the legacy of racism of Ferguson Cops IE: the Deputy chief & Wilson's own supervisor] should have been enough for Obama's & Holder's DOJ to impeach Wilson for executing Big Mike!!! But in a poly-trickal atmosphere where the 'general US public' generally backs KILLER Cops like Wilson- OH Well!!.. IMO Obama's & AG Holder's [or his Black woman successor] DOJ most likely won't charge Eric Garner's killer cop either- Even Though that Cop Was Caught on Video Choking Mr Garner to Death w an ILLEGAL Choke-Hold!! [PS: There's NO video of Mr Garner shop-lifting cigars, NOR attacking / slugging / charging cops, NOR holding anything in his hands that cops could 'mistake' as a weapon!]!!



-Brother Nixak*77*

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Also see this Interview by Doug Henwood w Jane McAlevey @ BAR:[Obama pick] Dim Chicago Mayor Rahmbo & Repug IL Gov Bruce Rauner On Jihad to Eliminate Unions in Chicago & IL [@ http://blackagendareport.com/d... ]: } US living standards for ordinary working people have deteriorated the last 40 years because Democrats and Republicans have systematically de-unionized the country, says ex-union organizer Jane McAlevey. Illinois governor Bruce Rauner and Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel are on a jihad to kill the last unions in Chicago, to impose more privatizations, cuts in child care, wages, education and more austerity. {
Ms McAlevey also says progressives need to reject the neo-liberal talking-point / 'spin' that there's a real difference between so-called private sector & public sector workers, & she also says that too often traditional hierarchical [trade] unions [whose leadership & rank & file are dominated by white men] have failed to support so-called public sector unions whose constituency is largely Black, Latina & other women of color [IE: teachers' & health care workers' unions, etc].

-Brother Nixak*77*


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Conscious Commentaries

According to Jamal Joseph in his memoir PANTHER BABY, this is a point often emphasized by Afeni Shakur (mother of Tupac), and kinswoman of Assata. Anger and indignation are not enough

-Savant

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Love is revolutionary, or at least can be.

-Savant

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The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness, Eurocentric History, Psychiatry and the Politics of White Supremacy
by Amos N. Wilson great book, great author.

http://www.amazon.com/Falsification-Afrikan-Consciousness-Eurocentric-Psychiatry/dp/1879164027/ref=la_B001K881AM_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424099202&sr=1-2


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Of course, this simpleton freddy the fool knows nothing about me, and apparently nothing about the topic of this thread. In fact, in virtually every thread in which he appears he almost NEVER contributes anything to the THEME of the thread, but prefers to engage in personal quarrels. (Naturally, since he lacks the intelligence to discuss or debate anything). At least I and various others have contributed something RELEVANT to the discussion---even when many of us disagree. And some of us can stay on point for at least five minutes (for heavens sake!). Whether referring to studies, or my personal experiences (and that of friends and kin), professional relations, or my anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s as a student, the discussion is always related to the question of why allegedly Africans and Black Americans don't date or marry. My argument has been that they do, and maybe more often than we think, but that HOW MUCH so is still an unresolved question. Unfortunately, some Africans and Black Americans alike cannot discuss this topic without indulging in mutual recriminations and insults which would often be seen as racist if done by whites. This probably leads to all kinds of misunderstandings. And it's not just interpersonal relations, but also political, economic and cultural relations and exchange that are made difficult by this mutual ignorance, misunderstanding and (sometimes) outright hostility.

-Savant