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6/23/16

DEMS HOLD A SIT IN ON THE HOUSE FLOOR

the dems finally show some power and demand a vote on a bill, any bill... that addresses new guns laws. lead by rep john lewis, (who marched alongside MLK) with approx. 30 fellow dems- they gave passionate speeches followed by a sit- in! we have seen this since the 60s,,,, fool speaker of the house- paul ryan did everything he could to ignore dems and acted like business as usual. at one point he ordered dems to be arrested.. that didn't happen. then he had the cameras shut off, so the dems took to twitter and periscope to continue a live feed. he then had the air-conditioning turned off, and perhaps the lights. the sit-in went on for 10 hours. meanwhile a bigger protest took place outside the white house lead by former speaker- nancy pelosi with hundreds of citizens in support of the dam sit-in. elizabeth warren brought doughnuts. bernnie sanders stood by.... unfortunately this did nothing. and repubs still refuse to pass any gun bills what-so-ever.

11/15/15

LE BATACLAN THEATRE~ PARIS~ FRIDAY THE 13TH: BEFORE & AFTER

some will disagree with my posting of these images..

i think they need to be seen

6/18/15

AMERICA IS FORCED TO TALK ABOUT RACE.....

once again, there are the deniers and the liars,

but obama says it like it is.. as does john stewart and many others.

of course you can guess what foxnews has to say.... the queens of denial.

will anything change is the big question.

5/1/15

STATE ATTORNEY: FREDDIE GRAY IS A HOMICIDE

baltimore state attorney~ marilyn mosby tells it like it is

12/27/14

MILLIONS MARCH LA

easily over 8000 people march today in solidarity protesting police violence against citizens, in particular black men. the protest started @ pan pacific park and made a large square going down beverly to la brea to Wilshire then up to fairfax.
ALL races ALL genders, ALL age groups, ALL sexual persuasions marched in solidarity in a peaceful~ very powerful display of democracy.
at certain points the crowd stopped and was silent for 4 1/2 minutes in tribute to the 4 1/2 hours michael brown lay dead in the streets of ferguson, missouri. the energy and pride of the crowd was so great i could feel in my old bones that change is coming.
i must congratulate the organizers of this march. they put together a beautiful display of power from the people. BTW- many of the organizers were young black women. there were many young parents and many, many young children. it's been a long time since i've seen such passion on public streets.
and on a personal note, the crowd was very easy on the eyes!

more photos to come.......

12/7/14

POLICE STATE OF MIND HITS BERKELEY

Post by Revolution News.

BTW~ THE MAJORITY OF PROTESTERS ARE WHITE

12/4/14

TIES THAT BIND: THE FALL FROM GRACE

A Black American killed by hanging in a lynching, 1925

TIES THAT BIND

the fall from grace

In the Fall of 2000 I was working at one of the world's leading modeling agencies in NYC. Supermodels floated in and out and I was charged with the task of making fashion's next generation of stars. Till that point, my biggest Fall concern was which one of my girls would walk the Spring collections for Marc Jacobs and what kind of catering was going to be served backstage at the Lexington Avenue Armory.

The Fall of 2000 was also the run-up to the Al Gore vs. George W. Bush contest for President. George W. Bush "defeated" Al Gore by a whisker by being able to disenfranchise swaths of the voter rolls, largely Black and Brown people, in Florida. That defeat left me disillusioned.

That Fall of 2000 I also happened into The Strand bookstore and stumbled upon a book entitled 'Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America.' Until to Fall of 2000 I was always under the impression that lynchings where something that were held in the woods, under the cover of night, by nefarious vigilantes. It had never occurred to me, or should I say, it was never expressed to me, that through the terror and carnage, someone, many times a professional photographer, would carry a camera and take pictures of the events. These lynching photographs were often made into postcards and sold as souvenirs to the crowds in attendance. These images and the horror that they represented left me disenchanted.

The Fall of 2000 is when all the pieces of the puzzle started to fall into place for me.

It was the moment of reckoning when I realized that as a Black man in America, no matter how fancy my surroundings, my position, would always be, one that was tenuous and contingent on the grace of others. Be it either slavery, lynching, Jim Crow, segregation, voter disenfranchisement, or police brutality, there would always be a portion of the American population that would cheer my demise willfully and willingly.

I made of vow to myself, that if in six months time, I was still upset over the election of George W. Bush, I would get one of the images from 'Without Sanctuary...' tattooed to my arm. I would get it as a constant reminder to remain vigilant. Six months passed and with my anger not abated, I followed through.

People are often shocked and ask me why I would commemorate something so awful.

I reply, I have it:*

For Tamir Rice

For Cameron Tillman

For VonDerrit Myers Jr.

For Laquan McDonald

For Carey Smith-Viramontes

For Jeffrey Holden

For Qusean Whitten

For Miguel Benton

For Dillon McGee

For Levi Weaver

For Karen Cifuentes

For Sergio Ramos

For Roshad McIntosh

For Diana Showman

For I am them, and they are me, and this is a sign that we are one.

*the 14 teens killed by cops since the murder of Michael Brown

12/3/14

NYC EXPLODING WITH RANDOM PROTESTS AGAINST THE POLICE STATE OF MIND: OUT OF CONTROL

Post by Kehiana London.

Post by ABC News.

it's been a long time coming and now the new antebellum era is upon us.
for way too long amerikkka has ignored the complaints from minorities against police brutality.
i myself have personal stories about police harassment dating back to the 80s.
the future is now~ POLICE STATE OF MIND: OUT OF CONTROL