Sunday, July 31, 2011

Video: Drops Mad Knowledge: Cops Are Trying To Take His Son And He Puts Them in Their Place!

Video: Drops Mad Knowledge: Cops Are Trying To Take His Son And He Puts Them in Their Place!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Why Blacks don't like Herman?

Blacks don't like Herman Cain simply because he is a pawn. A pawn for the GOP as well as a pawn for the racist under-toned rhetoric of the tea party and their fight to, "take their country back." Like Sarah Palin after Hillary Clinton became a legitimate presidential candidate in the 2008 elections, Herman Cain is used by GOP strategists as a counterweight to Barack Obama the winner of those elections. Broadly speaking Herman Cain's policy idea's are on par and to some degree even more radical than the ultra-right and very radical GOP candidates vying for their parties nomination. Black people cannot like a candidate like Herman Cain regardless of political affiliation or skin color because his political ideas, economic plans and personal ideologies are all detrimental to the long term sustained well-being for black people as a whole.  I would like to argue that rather than Mr. Cain being a sign of black progress he is fact the reverse! Mr. Cain does not seem to be aware that today the income disparity between blacks and whites has never been larger. He also fails to contemplate how the incarceration of non-violent blacks has destroyed generations of black families and left unfettered will destroy generations more. Yes, Mr. Cain achieved the "American Dream" but neglects to realize or acknowledge he is the rarest of exceptions within the black community and instead campaigns for Reagan like policies that will only worsen the already gigantic economic and political gap between blacks and other minorities with their caucasian counterparts.

Video: Police Beating Of Kelly Thomas Who Slipped Into A Coma And Died In California!

Video: Police Beating Of Kelly Thomas Who Slipped Into A Coma And Died In California!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Why Ending the War on Drugs is a Social Justice Imperative | Drugs | AlterNet

Why Ending the War on Drugs is a Social Justice Imperative | Drugs | AlterNet

July 4, 2011 - Independence Day & Why We Still Have Work To Do.

The New War of Independence - Against Corporate Politics | Truthout

Today should be a reminder that Independence is still being fought for throughout the globe and even still in the United States. Today, many of us are still not free. Though I'd  like to add that today is also a day to remember how far we have come. The world as a whole has become more free. Communication via the internet and faster travel has allowed humanity to interact with each other almost instantly; and with that comes a blending of new ideas and cultures. Thus this brings about the breaking down of the status quo as the accepted norm. We see examples today in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Oppressed people who are now beginning to taste true independence despite years of oppressive regimes. These people are by no means totally free but they now know that the now overused term of freedom can now be truly their  own ideals and not just a word used to disguise injustice, oppression by theocratic regimes under the  guise of freedom to justify these injustices. In the United States I believe many of us are better off though they are still many who continue to be marginalized. But as we celebrate today on July 4th Independence day, today as we remember the date July 4, 1776; 235 years ago when our founding fathers declared independence we must also remember that declaring independence by no means meant we had achieved any. That deceleration was simply that a declaration that we would work tirelessly and continue to work no matter how long. On that July 4th date over 200 years it would take another 7 years before the British would leave on September 3, 1783. It would not be until May 17, 1954 that the supreme court under Brown vs. The Board of Education that in effect ruled that public segregation was unconstitutional. Additionally it was not till August 26th 1920 that the 19th amendment was ratified by the state's giving women constitutionally protected rights to have their voices heard through having their votes being counted. In conclusion large groups of people have fought to have their voices heard after the U.S. declared independence in 1776. More than 2 centuries later there are still large group of Americans and even larger groups worldwide still fighting for the same voice the same freedom we in the United States rightly cherish, celebrate and hopefully continue to fight for in defense of and for the multitude who continue to be denied it.
Happy 4th America!!!

Tade`