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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE,?

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these anons are like, "can i be racist in the rain? can i be racist on a train? can i be racist in a box? can i be racist with a fox?"

lmfaoooooooooooooo Yes!

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I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now wish for grey skies.

The drones do not fly when the skies are grey. - Zubair Rehman, after his grandmother was murdered by US drone strikes in Pakistan

Zubair’s sister Nabila holds a photo with a drawing she made depicting a drone strike that killed her grandmother.

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That's an even worse answer. "Democracy" exists perfectly well within the dictatorship of the bourgeois. Also, where do your definitions of "socialism" and "communism" come from? Communism is certainly an economic system - characterized by creation based on use-value and common ownership of the means of production.

Do you believe that there's a difference between Socialism and Communism?

While there technically is a theoretical distinction, effectively in common usage today, in the context of such a weak international left, such distinctions are mostly meaningless in a practical sense.

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"Complex" is the word I would use. The Black Panther and New Afrikan movements are important, but they, ultimately, had Maoist goals and aspirations. I find Maoism to be neither communist nor desirable, so this is one of the larger disagreements I have. These goals never saw fruition, however, so they should be judged for the actions they took - rather than the stated goals of the groups.

So, for what they did, I thought that they were pretty good. They emphasized direct action and challenged the standing white supremacist authority with nothing more than their existence. Free schooling was pretty good. Constant resistance to police brutality was pretty good. 

Now, the glorification of race might be the place where me and most New Afrikans would stand in disagreement. The black revolutionary was powerful because of black people's firm placement in the proletariat - not simply because of race. The realization that of class conciousness gave the Panthers/New Afrikans power. I hold that the Black Panthers (or similar groups) could hold the tools to destroy race ITSELF - but instead, they focus on the glorification of race (with Black Power slogans, linking black history to royalty, etc.). The merits of both can be argued, but I believe that race creates a pointless, divisive hierarchy (because it's created by a divisive hierarchy), and the ultimate goal of the movement should have been to destroy race and class itself through the usage of race and class.

If you don’t denounce class you will forever reproduce the logic of capital

sorry not sorry

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there's nothing revolutionary about the glorification of work, whether it's thru "Work Makes You Free" fascist bullshit or "non-hierarchical co-op business" liberal bullshit

If you don’t denounce class you will forever reproduce the logic of capital

sorry not sorry

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Today in Haitian History - June 5, 1862 - The United States of America recognizes Haiti’s Independence.

While Haiti was the second independent country of the Americas (after the United States) the two countries had difficult relations for most of the 19th century as, among other reasons,  the U.S. could not risk the furry of many Souther States by acknowledging Haiti’s Independence. Though both American and Haitian historians debate on the exact motives that pushed president Abraham Lincoln’s (left) decision, more cordiale and diplomatic relations were reached with his Haitian counterpart, Fabre Geffrard (right) and subsequent presidents, after the recognition.  

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I'm sure I wouldn't identify with his politics, but that's perfectly fine. This is an excellent video of a black socialist just demolishing that conservative pig William F. Buckley, and everyone with an interest in radical racial liberation should watch it.

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Rap artist, Philippe Prosper (originally from Port-au-Prince, Haiti) uses RACIALLY CHARGED, daring images and lyrics to attack all stereotypes, calling us all out on how silly and damaging they can be (alluding to Trayvon Martin and pouring skittles (instead of alcohol) in his honor.

IMAGES of BLACK FACE, WHITE FACE, YELLOW FACE intertwined with controversial characters: a white oppressive colonialist, blacks gangsters with fried chicken and watermelon, and  dog eating, martial arts fighting, asian nerds, this video exposes HATE in a satirical, poignant way.

artist: philippe prosper

website: philippeprosper.com

facebook.com/iamphilippeprosper

twitter @philippeprosper

contact: info@wonderusinc.com

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Today marks the 28th Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It also marks 28 years of reducing the legacy of radical social justice and antiwar activist into that of loving quotes on racial reconciliation. Ultimately, think back to what you were taught about Dr. King and you’ll most likely remember…

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This is the rape joke: My best friend was four years old the first time his father came into his room at midnight and tore out his throat. He still has days when I cannot hold him because the memory of a bleeding trachea haunts his doorway. He has not been home for the holidays in many years, but – even now – hands are seen as weapons. This is the rape joke: I have been told by more than twenty people that they have been raped. To all of them, I asked where the rapist was. From none of them, I heard ‘jail.’ This is the rape joke: Once my brother told me that I was so ugly, I would be a virgin forever. Unless someone raped me. But even they wouldn’t come back for seconds. This is the rape joke: I believed him. This is the rape joke: I now look at every woman on the street and wonder if the space between her legs is a crime scene, surrounded by ripped caution tape. The statistics tell me that this is so common that I will never be in a room that does not contain a survivor. Not even if I am in that room alone. This is the rape joke: I was thirteen years old, and he was supposed to be just a friend. This is the rape joke: When his older brother came home, the boy pulled away. He wiped the tears from my face and said ‘we should do this again some time.’ This is the rape joke: When I finally told my parents, they asked what I had been wearing. This is the rape joke: I had been wearing my innocence. My trust. I had worn the love I held for humanity and expected to be treated well. I had never been taught that I would be that girl, the one who keeps a mine of secrets between her legs – that girl was the slut. I wasn’t supposed to be breakable. What had I been wearing? I wore the rape joke, then I became it.

This is the Rape Joke | d.a.s

After Lora Mathis’s poem “the Rape Joke”

(via backshelfpoet)

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Structures of Racism in America

So, I've been less active than normal - that's because I've been engaging in actual discussions with people about the structures of race, racism, and classism in America! It's incredibly interesting to see other people's perspective, but it's also incredibly infuriating to see people ignore the instances of racism in society as they occur.

Let me preface this with a trigger warning, as I'm going a little bit into my history as a black man in America. My last name, Reeves, is English, but I'd sooner identify as Haitian than English. My father's mother was Haitian by blood, and my father's father carried the Reeves name. My great-great-great grandmother and her family were slaves (I don't know where they were from, but they were likely born and raised in the US), and she had, as my father and grandfather described, a "relationship" with my great-great-great grandfather, her slavemaster. This description is a farce and an insult to her legacy - this description of a slave holder and his slave having a "forbidden love." A slave cannot consent - my great-great-great grandmother was raped by the man that owned her, and after she was freed, she gave her children the name. This brings me to my first point, about racism in America: The entirety of my family exists because of rape; my name is taken from the rapist and slaveholder who would have beaten or killed my grandmother had she refused. The light skin that many have complimented me for exists because my grandmother had her agency taken from her. That is racism, at the very lowest level. My family's recorded history, 140 years, begins with her - all the past is shrouded in mystery. 140 years of accomplishments, life, death, and struggle - all with a name and identity created by violation and theft.

I identify more with my Haitian blood because my other option is to identify as English, to accept the history of my family. In this case, I have a luxury that many other PoC in America don't have - to identify with a society not defined by oppression and bigotry, but rather, to identify with a culture created by the rejection of slavery (at some point in this blog, I'll go into racism and foreign relations with Haiti - but not right now). New Afrika, the title of my blog and the social movement of the late 1960's, would have provided a country to black Americans - it would have it legitimized the suffering, oppression, and terror that we, as a people, have suffered through in the past and continue to suffer through. That is a small reason why my blog is named New Afrikan, because New Afrika represents the US's Haiti - the slave revolution in the US that never was. An idea that would have changed the past 50 years of history.

Without a good segue, I'm just going to move into my next point. What's interesting about racism in America, today, is that the effects of the past 400 years have crystallized in such a way that racism and racial oppression can be obvious, legally-enforced, and state-sponsored without ever making a direct reference to race. In some ways, I can see why some white people think racism is 'over,' that we live in a 'post-racial' society - the law doesn't explicitly target brown/black people anymore, it just does implicitly. The effects of racist policy and structuring of society are obvious if you look - 75% of non-hispanic whites own homes, compared to 45% of blacks. Being black will get you a harsher sentence than stabbing someone multiple times. These are just the beginnings of some of the structural hardships black people in America go through.

And yeah, that's it for now - sorry it wasn't as large or in-depth as it could've been. Lemme know if you want anything clarified!

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"Guards oversee prisoners working at the C.Paul Phelps Correctional Center on Aug. 8, 2010, in DeQuincy, La. In Louisiana, 429 people are reportedly serving life without parole for nonviolent offenses."

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/13/3278-americans-are-serving-life-sentences-for-nonviolent-crimes-report-finds

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Charles Ray Crawford

Tonight, another human being and American citizen will be murdered, this time by the state of Mississippi. Charles, now 48 years old, is convicted of kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering 20-year-old Kristy Ray in 1993. The police and FBI, upon arresting Crawford, coerced a confession out of him by denying him medical treatment for what he described as a "broken leg and hurt back," and received a confession without his attorney present. During the trial, two members of the jury admitted that, if found guilty, that no mitigating factors could keep them from giving Charles the death penalty.

Barring any last-minute interventions, Crawford will be executed tonight.

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Destino, a short film from 2003 done as a collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney, which took 58 years to complete. I'm not entirely sure I understand it, but I like it anyways.