tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post8657748231580146709..comments2008-06-23T16:55:01.782-05:00Carl Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215874972566616424noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-78786930091566199112008-06-23T16:55:00.000-05:002008-06-23T16:55:00.000-05:00Thanks Miss Shona. Have you seen our main site for this work, http://progressivesforobama.blogspot.comCarl Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215874972566616424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-21560567161103424432008-06-23T15:09:00.000-05:002008-06-23T15:09:00.000-05:00Wow Mr. Davidson; a very insightful post. I am one of those young people who moved to Florida -- and has now returned. There is definitely bitterness here -- all of which is not totally unjustified. Keep up the good work.Miss Shonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10887805742474651903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-14884107904118216432008-04-23T02:55:00.000-05:002008-04-23T02:55:00.000-05:00Damn, it's been what? Almost 30 years?<BR/><BR/>Well, I still talk to Harry on the regular and even get the occasional e-mail from Yo.<BR/><BR/>Give me a holler on assaultonblacksanity@gmail.com, I'll send you my cell number. Be nice to talk.Michael Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660845698915286588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-75849998150692565622008-04-23T01:12:00.000-05:002008-04-23T01:12:00.000-05:00Yes, Mike, I've 'retired' from Chicago, and moved back here, to my old home grounds where I grew up. Hardly inactive, though, busier than ever, plus I plan to spend a good part of the year travelling the country in a pickup with an RV camper in the bed, as 'field organizer' for the solidarity economy network.Carl Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215874972566616424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-1856234503027540162008-04-23T00:37:00.000-05:002008-04-23T00:37:00.000-05:00Hey Carl.<BR/><BR/>This is where you are now?<BR/><BR/>Greetings.<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14542253904917878025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-44108270805057975362008-04-20T20:40:00.000-05:002008-04-20T20:40:00.000-05:00'Anon', this doesn't cut much ice here, save for revealing how wimpy and 'left' chauvinist the netizens of IMC are. Bruce Dixon and I have communicated directly about this work, and he's welcome to comment directly on it at any time. But thanks for the traffic. Every little bit helps raise the ratings.Carl Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215874972566616424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-78741325030192423502008-04-20T20:21:00.000-05:002008-04-20T20:21:00.000-05:00Defeat Obama Now!<BR/>Obama is the main danger, because he fools the most people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-24183248180947934502008-04-20T20:20:00.000-05:002008-04-20T20:20:00.000-05:00Petreaus &amp; Crocker, Obama &amp; Clinton: No Matter Who Wins, the War Goes On<BR/>Current rating: 0<BR/>20 Apr 2008<BR/>by Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report<BR/>Reply to this comment<BR/>Both Clinton and Obama get big aplause from Democratic audiences pledging to withdraw combat troops from Iraq. But do either of them intend to end the unjust, illegal and genocidal war in which more than a million have perished? The questions Obama and Clinton asked, and failed to ask of Crocker and Petreaus, America's civilian and military satraps in Iraq, as well as the published statements of their advisors illuminate their actual intention --- to continue the war and occupation under a Democratic administration in 2009. Read more: ( www.blackagendareport.com/index.php )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-48008370111253274402008-04-20T09:54:00.000-05:002008-04-20T09:54:00.000-05:00At least Mumia and I bother to sign our names to our posts and reposts, 'Anon,' so we can be accountable.<BR/><BR/>And with all due respect to Mumia, I don't think it's fair to say of a Black man, under fire from racists, that he's 'trying to prove how Black he isn't.'<BR/><BR/>And for activists who aren't Black, it's not only unfair, it's wrong to do so. In that case, your main task is to aim your fire at those spewing white chauvinist venom, such as Fox-Hannity and crew, however Obama or choses to deal with 'Blackness, and whether it's to Mumia's liking, or that of other minority nationality radicals, or not.<BR/><BR/>It's called the 'division of labor' in dealing with the chauvinism among the 'Great Nation', including its workers, and the nationalism among the oppressed nationalities, including their workers. If you're not familiar with it, Google Lenin on the topic.<BR/><BR/>And as for Mumia and his defense team, who need to unite the many to defeat the few more than most of us, it might help to ponder tactical advice from a wiser source than me: 'Wage struggle on just grounds, to our advantage, and with restraint.'Carl Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215874972566616424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271382.post-53592882011320802172008-04-20T08:59:00.000-05:002008-04-20T08:59:00.000-05:00Brother Mumia exposes the fraud Obama<BR/><BR/>The Politician and the Preacher <BR/>by Mumia Abu-Jamal [written 3/15/08] <BR/><BR/>The recent quasi-controversy over the comments made by the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, retired pastor of the United Church of Christ, to which Sen. Barack Obama (D.IL), both belongs and attends, has shown us how limited, and how narrow, is this new politics peddled by the freshman Senator from Chicago. <BR/><BR/>Although first popularized via the web, the Reverend’s comments caused Sen. Obama to say he was “appalled” by them, and he has repudiated such remarks as “offensive.” <BR/><BR/>Just what were these comments? As far as I’ve heard, they were that Sen. Hilary Clinton (D.NY) has had a political advantage because she’s white; that she was raised in a family of means (especially when contrasted with Obama’s upbringing); and she was never called a n*gger. <BR/><BR/>Sounds objectively true to me. <BR/><BR/>Rev. Wright’s other remarks were that the country was built on racism, is run by rich white people, and that the events of 9/11 was a direct reaction to US foreign policy. <BR/><BR/>Again — true enough. <BR/><BR/>And while we can see how such truths might cause discomfort to American nationalists, can we not also agree that they are truths? Consider, would Sen. Clinton be where she is if she were born in a Black female body? Or if she were born to a single mother in the projects? As for the nation, it may be too simplistic to say it was built on racism, but was surely built on racial slavery, from which its wealth was built. And who runs America, if not the super rich white elites? Who doesn’t know that politicians are puppets of corporate and inherited wealth? <BR/><BR/>And while Blacks of wealth and means certainly are able to exercise unprecedented influence, we would be insane to believe that they ‘run’ this country. Oprah, Bob Johnson and Bill Cosby are indeed wealthy; but they have influence, not power. The limits of Cosby’s power was shown when he tried to purchase the TV network, NBC, years ago. His offer received a corporate smirk. And Oprah’s wealth, while remarkable, pales in comparison to the holdings of men like Bill Gates, or Warren Buffet. <BR/><BR/>Would George W. Bush be president today if he were named Jorje Guillermo Arbusto, and Mexican-American? (Not unless Jorje, Sr. was a multimillionaire!) <BR/><BR/>In his ambition to become America’s first Black president, Obama is in a race to prove how Black he isn’t; even to denouncing a man he has considered his mentor. <BR/><BR/>As one who has experienced the Black church from the inside, politics and social commentary are rarely far from the pulpit. The Rev. Dr. Martin L. King spoke of politics, war, racism, economics, and social justice all across America. His fair-weather friends betrayed him, and the press condemned his remarks as “inappropriate”, “unpatriotic”, and “controversial.” <BR/><BR/>Rev. Dr. King said the US was “the greatest purveyor of violence” on earth, and that the Vietnam War was illegitimate and unjust. Would Sen. Obama be denouncing these words, as the white press, and many civil rights figures did, in 1967? Are they “inflammatory?” <BR/><BR/>Only to politics based on white, corporate comfort uber alles (above all)” only to a politics that ignores Black pain, and distorts Black history; only to a politics pitched more to the status quo, than to real change. Politics is ultimately about more than winning elections; it’s about principles; it’s about being true to one’s self, and honoring one’s ancestors; it’s about speaking truth to power. It can’t just be about change, because every change ain’t for the better! –(c) -08 maj <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>[Thanks to Prison Radio for making this available. Mumia Abu-Jamal's Radio Broadcasts, Higher Quality Audio files available info@prisonradio.org, copyright 2008 Mumia Abu-Jamal/Prison Radio recorded 3/16/08, 1) 3:01 Radio Essay - short - Mp3 2) 3:36 Radio Essay - long - Mp3 Mr. Jamal's recent book features a chapter on the remarkable women who helped build and defend the Black Panther Party: *WE WANT FREEDOM: A Life in the Black Panther Party*, from South End Press (http://www.southendpressAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com