BEYONCE: LOUIS FARRAKHAN SAID STAND BACK, THE NATION OF ISLAM WILL PROTECT OUR SISTER

BEYONCE: LOUIS FARRAKHAN SAID STAND BACK, THE NATION OF ISLAM WILL PROTECT OUR SISTER

By Fahim A. Knight-El

The United States of America elected its first African American president in 2008, with the election of President Barack Obama and this was a monumental feat in the history of African Americans, in particular and entire United States in general. Moreover, some social and political pundits early on was suggesting that the election of President Obama represented a post-racial era (and it was being touted as the epitome of equality and social progress); and even some academicians had bought in the notion that America had transitioned into a new age relative to racial politics.

Yet, with the election of President Obama, it appeared to have acerbated internal racial tension (gun sells and ammunition sells had skyrocketed) also it appeared that hate crimes have been on the rise according to American Civil Liberties Union and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the United States Justice Department also verifies that racial motivated violence has been on the increase since 2008. I know there is a breakdown in communication between the old and new generation and this is not meant to omit nor negate the more deeper issues involving the social, political and economic problems, we have in the United States, in particular facing African Americans and other minorities in general. I believe it was President Bill Clinton in 1997 that made an attempt to establish a national race commission called One America Initiative on Race and almost two decades later, we are still dealing with the question of race and justice.

The Black Lives Matter Movement brought the issue of police brutality to national attention and I started to read and closely follow some of the recent events involving law enforcement and innocent unarmed black men being killed by law enforcement officers in various cities throughout America (of course these white racist police officers killing innocent black man had been going on for a very long time but it had been swept under the rug and it was police brutality that gave rise to the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966), it led me to continue to believe that something was still wrong inside of America; racism once again was raising its ugly head in these various police brutality cases and if it were not for social media and citizens having the ability to capture these events in real time via Smartphone technology. Moreover, many of these police brutality cases would have never made it to the public attention and definitely would not have made it to a court of law. I am forever reminded by the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who stated: ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’.

I saw angry young African Americans in Ferguson marching and protesting the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Freddie Gray in Baltimore and I also saw on television and on social media how violent the protests had become between law enforcement and the African American community—we witnessed personal and real property being destroyed—raiding, looting, violence and appeared these two cities were headed for total anarchy. They believed that Brown and Gray murders were racially motivated and they took to the streets and angrily confronted the police in their quest for justice. I am so proud of the young brothers and sisters of the Black Lives Matter Movements for shunning (in defiance) those traditional Negro leadership models who have always just performed and functioned as establishment Negro leaders (it has always been about the economic and social mobility of themselves and their families and not the collective success of our people). Thus, with the right guidance and leadership, we might have a future with these up and coming brothers and sisters. 

The Black Panther Party is celebrating their 50th year anniversary in 2016. Perhaps our greatest female entertainer of recent years Beyoncé who as part of Super Bowl 50th (held in Santa Clara) half-time entertainment show had sisters dressed in sexy leather paramilitary outfits (with Afro style hairdos and in formation of how Blank Panther Party used line up as a paramilitary organization and she has been criticized by the white corporate media for being insensitive towards the police, in particular citing the Panthers antagonism towards the police. Thus, from their perspective Beyoncé was making an unfair political statement—I applaud this young entertainer and we should support her as an artist for having the right to creatively express herself even if was making a political statement.

Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani, a reactionary racist who was part of the internal conspiracy that led to the bombing of the World Trade Center and the restructuring of how the One World Government is being carried out today; he should have been charged with the mass murders of 3,000 human beings in the 9/11 hoax, a front man for Larry Silverstein and the Hidden Hand. Yet, this criminal walked away from this high level deception and crime unblemished. The former mayor of New York just about accused Beyoncé of inciting people against the police and pretty much said she needed to stay in her lane as an entertainer and this reactionary pawn has been leading this negative and critical charge against the entertainer Beyoncé.

I will say this, I do not think Beyoncé understands the political dynamics nor does she understand how the world works (naïve would be an understatement), but her husband Jay-Z does knows a lot about his history and culture and he himself, perhaps is either a closet member and/or sympathizer of the Nation of Gods and Earths (the Five Percenters). Nevertheless, by me understanding the political and theoretical values of this group whom at times have aligned and embraced black nationalist politics and ideologies, it was easy for me interpret where and how Beyoncé’s NFL Halftime show came about. Jay-Z was publically seen wearing the NGE medallion (and there is little doubt in my mind the Black Panther skit probably was orchestrated and came from the mind of her husband Jay-Z who is a lot more politicized than his wife Beyoncé).

Giuliani's type rhetoric is not only reactionary, but it permeates with the mood and present day era of the United States Patriot Act, National Defense Authorization Act and the Enemy Combatant laws (embodied in the long arm of Homeland Security). His reckless commentary stood as an assault on the First Amendment Right and it is meant to further expand the United States assault on our basic civil liberties as American citizens.

I think we need to applaud Minister Louis Farrakhan (the flamethrower who for over 60 years has been speaking truth to power) and the Nation of Islam for vowing to protect and support Beyoncé as she performs throughout America. However, the Nation of Islam patriarch has always been willing to come to the defense of black people when many of us would run and hide, because of fear of the status quo. We should support Minister Louis Farrakhan in this mission by sending him money to defray this expense of assuring that our sister Beyoncé is not harmed or her concerts are not disrupted, because of the lack of security—Farrakhan website is noi.org (they welcome bankcards donations) and send some money to aid the Fruit of Islam (the security team of the Nation of Islam).

How dare do they tell us as Black people what we can say and/or sing about (they want to stifle our creative genre and I have seen and heard spoken word artists who have said things that would make Beyoncé Formation Tour appear as being conservative). But they are fearful that the Queen-Bee would influence an entire new generation of young black people who might awake and become enlightened to the truth about America and its role as being viewed as the Great Satan around the world. Yet, these racist police officers continue to kill our young black men in the streets for nothing other than being black and constantly lie that they were fearful for their lives and these murders become classified as justifiable homicides.

Treyvon Martin was only going to the store to get a drink and some skillets and was murdered by the racist George Zimmerman (whom the courts acquitted for this murder); Eric Garner was selling cigarettes outside on the curb in New York City and was choked to death by white racist police officers--he yelled out I CANNOT BREATHE; Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Hands up shot to death by a racist police officer, Freddie Gray in Baltimore murdered while in police custody; Tamir Rice a young African American teen killed by racist police officers in Cleveland, Ohio, he only had a toy gun on the playground, Walter Scott in Charleston, South Carolina shot in the back by a racist police officer; Sandra Bland killed while in police custody in Waller County jail in Hempstead, Texas; The Chicago police fatally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times.  So I challenge every Black Law Enforcement officers in Raleigh, Durham and across America to not go along with these white officers and take a stand on behalf of your own people (and stand by the oath you took to protect and serve all people).

I equally challenge the black men in the black churches across America to come out of those Sunday School classes, Bible Study classes, choir groups and take a stand and to our brother ministers and pastors to stop this foolishness in the pulpit and use your pulpit power to become a social activist by truly teaching the Gospel of Jesus the Christ and to preach a theology of liberation; Jesus was no punk and took on the Roman Government by himself--he truly had a government on his shoulders. I applaud our black women, they got more courage and fighting power than most of their scared to death husbands and boy friends (sisters help to give us black men some backbone), I thank God for the black woman.

No, we are not going to allow them to publicly lynch our sister Beyoncé, moreover during slavery black men could not defend our black women (this is our duty to defend and protect our black women and children by any means necessary), but in 2016, we have an opportunity to redeem ourselves, because her willingness to educate us with her Formation Tour about the Black Panther Party it is not sitting well with some (but who gives a damn), but her right to be a creative artist is worth our support as black men and black women. They allowed a white armed militia Group in Oregon to declare squatters rights on federal property in which many of the white citizens of that town backed the militia group. No one is entitled to claim their sovereign rights to any lands in North America other than our Native American family. But you have not heard the police say they are not going to defend and protect the citizens of that town, but in spite of their political alliances with anti-government militia they took an oath to serve and protect (this is the double standard and social dichotomy that I am addressing as it pertain to Beyonce).

I can remember the United States Secret Service back in 1984 when Reverend Jesse Jackson ran a strong campaign for becoming president of the United States of America and the secret service refused to protect Reverend Jackson and Minister Farrakhan came to his defense and mandated that the Fruit of Islam would serve as Jackson's security team. Reverend Jackson had thousands of death threats against his life and the Muslim Minister Louis Farrakhan stood in solidarity with his Christian brother. Farrakhan said, "you are not going to kill this brother."

In Monroe, North Carolina there was a bad brother in the 1950s and 1960s named Robert Williams (they eventually ran this brother out of North Carolina and was exiled to Cuba) and he was part of a black Christian organization called Deacon for Defense and he was the president of Monroe's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)--he wrote a book titled, 'Black men with Guns". The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the Black Stone Rangers, El-Rukhns, etc., all evolved as organizations who would become the vanguard of protecting and defending the black community, in particular against white supremacy attacks.

Thus, this precedent that America is attempting to set with the performer Beyoncé is a dangerous slippery slope in which she as an American citizen and artist should be protected by the United States Constitution under the First Amendment Right (freedom of speech and expression); every black college and black public school districts should be using this current event issue to teach and argue the rights of civil liberties and debate the constitutional rights of the First Amendment Right and get this young Hip Hop generation and culture excited about civics and pop culture (this should be an exciting time to be a student and teacher in the classroom); it becomes dangerous for the United States Government to attempt to censor and silence her for expressing her artistic creativity. The litmus test for free speech is not how we receive speech that we agree upon, but how do we act towards speech that we disagree on in which the United States Constitution and its Founder Fathers insured that all speech would be protected under the law regardless of the content? But what the powers-that-be is trying to do is covertly punish Beyoncé and simultaneously deter other social conscious black artist and entertainers from making political statements and force high profile black athletes and entertainers to be apolitical, because if they stand up for a political or social cause they might be publicly ostracized by the powers-that-be for standing up for justice and equality.

They desire to silence our artists who dare to stand with the Black Lives Matter Movement or for any other social cause in which our young progressive black people has taking up such as condemning police brutality and the reactionary goals of the prison industrial complex (and has raised a voice against militarization of the police departments). Police Departments and Police officers work at the pleasure of us taxpaying citizens (interpreted to mean we the people pay their salaries and benefits). If we allow these sworn officers to get involved in determining who they will defend and protect based on ones political views, it will come back to haunt the United States in a bad way. I would like to see us devise and organize a youth based race commission and work in partnerships with law enforcement and the courts and advocate for the victims of racism and police brutality and simanteously work with police departments to implement a plan of strategy that would allow input from the Hip-Hop community (interpreted to mean those that fit the social and racial demographics of victims of racist inspired police brutality) in assisting in writing the cultural sensitive training aspect of the manuals; allowing the youth to sit on community policing boards and give them recommendation power to foster change and allow them to attend community programs along side law enforcement to create a since of visible unity between the police and the community

For example, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson have both said some reactionary reprehensible things against Latinos (the largest non-white minority in the country), against Muslims (who are not involved in terrorism or militant radical Islam) and against African Americans but I have not heard the Fraternal Order of Police talk about removing their security teams from around supporting a racist and religious hate monger as Trump, but what about the oath they took to protect and serve, it did not mention anything about only serving those citizens whom we agree upon relative to their political viewpoints. Beyoncé is an artist and an entertainer and she was not the first artist or entertainer to take a controversial position for a cause that had political implications. I guess when I was listening to old school rap such as Public Enemy, KRS-One, Niggas With an Attitude (NWA), Poor Righteous Teachers, Brand Nubian, DJ Scott La Rock, etc., they perhaps would have been arrested because their lyrics and political genre was off the chain relative to militancy.

Fahim A. Knight-El Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolism and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-El can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.
Stay Awake Until We Meet Again,
Fahim A. Knight-El

 

THE BLACK MAN: AND THE WHITE SUPREMACY MODEL OF CULTURE

THE BLACK MAN: AND THE WHITE SUPREMACY MODEL OF CULTURE

By Fahim A. Knight-El

African people were subjugated to 310 years of, perhaps the worst oppression that has ever been recorded in recent world history and endured the most dehumanization process to be found anywhere in the annals of time called Chattel Slavery (and European people could always disguise their religion and ethnicity and fit in with the dominant culture and society). Africans were kidnapped from their native lands and as stated above, robbed of their rights to their lands, robbed of their language, stripped of their names, denied a right to have a culture and heritage (was not permitted to embrace their rites, sacraments, relics, rituals, etc.), our women were raped and black men were lynched and castrated (reference: Without Sanctuary:Lynching Photography in America);forced to adopt the slave masters religion (we cry out for Zion). Some scholars have maintained that over 50-100 million Africans were displaced during the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Middle Passage.

Thus, African Americans over 150 years removed from Chattel Slavery have never received reparations nor have our grievances been addressed in an International Court of Law within the United Nations as a people who were subjugated to war crimes (America became great off the black human commodity of free slave labor and this gave them an economic head-start to the determent of the 100 millions victims that became human rights casualties). We built the United States of America including the Ivory Towers such as Duke University and the United States Capitol and did not have the luxury to be apart of white privilege and receive the political, economic and social advantages as other immigrants who received a royal welcome upon entering the United States of America through Ellis Island. No, my ancestors arrived to the shores of the United States by way of the slave ports of America—Charleston, Jamestown, Savannah, Mobile, Wilmington, Rhode Island, etc., in chains as slaves (and by way of the Door of No Return at Elmina Castle in Ghana and Goree Island in Senegal)—this was the greatest crime ever committed in human history. Moreover, even after slavery ended white supremacy continued to raises its ugly head with the Plessy versus Ferguson (1896) United States Supreme Court decision, which ushered in another 58 years of Jim Crow laws and legalized racial practices aimed at African American people.

This was the Black Holocaust that has been overlooked; this is my people’s history and I will always write and represent our legacy unapologetically and present the facts with candor and passion. The blood of my ancestors runs deep in me and it encompasses my DNA makeup (as well as the millions of other black people of African descent) and in every fiber of my being my ancestors speak to me through the elements and every black soul that were kidnapped, enslaved, murdered; it is their kindred spirit that has called for the universe to turn on America and Europe—my people from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, those buried in the cotton fields (America’s southern tobacco and cotton belt), those buried in the sugar cane fields of the Caribbean, Central and South America are still weeping for justice and those survivals like myself and other Diaspora Africans only remain as a reminder of the injustice. Now, this is our experience and the history that all the descendants of African people stand on.

The above social phenomenon is rooted in a complex social and political dilemma, because African people who were victimized by 310 years of Chattel Slavery (caused almost irreparable psychological damage, it robbed us of the knowledge of self and kind—in this vicious process, we lost of our land, names, religion, cultures, customs, folkway, mores, etc., in which I have mentioned in the above two paragraphs). Perhaps no other people in modern world history has been dehumanized to the extent of the African and the affect Chattel Slavery has had on the psychological development of African people for generations both past and present (reference: Joy Angela Degury: "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome" published in 2005). 

Dr. Naim Akbar books: Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery,  Know Thyself,  Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery, Visions for Black Men, who holds a Ph.D in psychology and was a professor emeritus at Florida State University and is a trained mental health expert; wrote about the post-traumatic affect that the slavery dehumanization process had on the present day African ancestral victims even in 2016 and there are other books that Dr. Akbar has published as well (Visions for Black Men ; Light from Ancient Africa and From Miseducation to Education by Naim Akbar). Thus, we cannot be fearful to call it for what it is (We have been up against the power of white world domination), which is white supremacy and it has been this mindset that has dominated the planet for last 6,000 years and within the last 500 to 600 in this modern context of the African historical slavery experience and the victimization of the indigenous people of the new world and the planet has created the present social paradigm relative to the systemic impact it continues to have on people of African descent. Thus, African people were systematically made blind, deaf and dumb to the knowledge of self. I advise my blog audience to read the works of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Book titled, The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors (she recently made her transition back to creator and the ancestors at age 83) this book is a must read in order to understand white supremacy as a genetic and political ideology and lastly Michael Bradley's book titled, The Iceman in inheritance: Pre-Historic of Western Man's Racism, Sexism and Aggression.

So I research and write about greats truths, that have been hidden and denied by the Caucasian or white man from our people of Nubian and so-called African descent; with the intent to transform our thinking in order to intellectually and philosophically empower ourselves to reclaim the knowledge and expertise of our Kemetic ancestors (the original master builders) who built the pyramids. We are truly at war for the minds and hearts of our people. I will continue to say and repeat over and over again, that they have systematically made us blind, deaf and dumb to the knowledge of self, but those who have taking up the mantle to be conscious must be applauded for attempting to throw off the shackles of self-hatred, dependency, miseducation, etc., and we must continue to work to educate and liberate the minds of our people from mental slavery (this condition is much more dangerous than physical chains, because the mental oppression and imperialism is invisible). For example, we all have the job, duty and responsibility to reform and re-determine the paradigm by first being engaged in institution building and advocating unity above all else. What is the duty of the civilized man and woman? It is to teach the uncivilized.

The challenges no doubt would be great, but they could be overcome. I think that most young people (but not just young people but 85% of the masses) have been systematically dummied down due to the power of false propaganda and disinformation in which pop culture has had the greatest negative influence, in particular on shaping the ideals, minds and defining the paradigm shift in abstract terms and downplaying the seriousness of the present world and society that we now are living under. Serious critical thinking conversation about history and world events are not taking place—nor are highly charged conversation related to dissecting white supremacy is taking place and we as a race of people of African descent are not reclaiming our past glorious civilizations prior to be being made slaves and we are not revisiting the programs, stances, and political theories of our past Black Nationalist leaders who dared to confront the social models that have been rooted in white supremacy.

We can only begin to counter this by possessing a willingness to accepting the teachings of the knowledge of self and embrace the fact that Nubian people of Kemet—gave the entire world civilization and enlightenment (Kemet or ancient Egypt) taught the Greeks and Romans civilization. The solution of attempting to dismantling white supremacy must start by reintroducing global truth and work to remove the lies, half-truths and historical distortions about the role dark skinned African people have played throughout human civilizations—lets eradicate the false notion of white superiority and black inferiority. This is the first step to dismantling the idea of white cultural and historical superiority, which has created social and political racial antagonistic contradictions in humanity’s quest and pursuit to have better global human relations. We all must be willing fight white supremacy on all levels (and lets us start there in correcting the wrong and yet I do not think that any action of political or legal consequences will ever make black people whole thus only God has that power).  “White supremacy is a historically based, institutionally perpetuated system of exploitation and oppression of continents, nations and peoples of color by white peoples and nations of the European continent; for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and defending a system of wealth, power and privilege”. (Definition by Mickey Ellinger and Sharon Martinas).

Many of you now know that the white man's history only goes back six thousand (6,000) years and he is a newcomer on the planet, but it was black people who invented medicine, architecture, engineering, mathematics, religion, etc., and to hail the Greek culture as superior and supreme is a historical contradiction and outright lie. I advise my reading audience to purchase a book titled, First Word authored by Kwaku Person-Lynn; the book consist of some serious Afrocentric and revolutionary essays authored by a few of our greatest revolutionary intellectuals of the late 20^th and early 21^st Century. The book consist of 13 essays, which stand as some of best Afrocentric writings ever compiled in one volume and written on-behalf of people of African descent and I strongly consider this valuable work as necessary readings to properly formulate the ideological and philosophical bases of reclaiming our history. These intellectual warriors layout the historical, psychological, political, religious, social and economic tools needed to alter our mis-education process and lead us to seeing the importance of totally embracing our culture and heritage. Lastly, Dr. Ashra Kwesi is one of our master teachers has done yeoman's work in the area of taking so-called African Americans back to Kemet (Egypt) and re-tracking the Egyptian Mystery Schools that predated the neophyte learning and initiations established by the Greeks under Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

White Supremacy and Eurocentrism has set false historical standards in order to make European culture appear superior to Nubian people's culture and history. They desired for us to believe that Greece and Rome were the citadel of learning and civilization, which in reality, the Kemetic (Ancient Egyptians) had a far superior history and it was Kemet and Kush that gave the world civilization. Culture is learned behavior, but it is the transformative and represent a syntheses of ones collective and individual traditions, rites, rituals, sacraments, customs, folkways, mores, etc., which builds the foundation for personal and community values. It serves as the connector of the past, present and future and it ties a people's DNA history (civilization) to every unborn generation. Moreover, culture is the sustainable life blood for a people's success and serve as their collective memory bank, which will always remain as the single most important component to a people's continued survival--it inculcates the historical linkages to past generations and serve as the roadmap to a people's collective empowerment. Culture should always be interpreted as a living document, which is always evolving within time and space. culture is the most necessary social dynamic to building and strengthen family—there is good book titled, Tribes: How Race, Religion and Identity Determine Success in the Global Economy that speaks to the importance of the culture piece, which establishes and reinforces values, mores, folkways and even lays the foundation for morality and ethics (this also lends to establishing the internal and external laws that would be use to govern).Yet, any definition we attach to family must be based somewhat on an African model.

Our spiritual world is empowered by thoughts as well as all reality, but not many human beings are willing to allow themselves to move beyond what they can see, feel, taste, hear and smell on the physical plain and not allow themselves to experience the five senses on a much deeper level. All of the senses are manifestation of thought and human reality exists, because of an inclination to create a world and society that is geared towards mastering physical reality. The ancient civilizations such as the ancient Kemites (Egyptians), Mayas, Native Americans, Dogons, Druids, Chinese, Indians, etc., had evolved 10,000 to 20,000 years ago to a higher form of civilization and most ancient societies shared certain social threads in which they saw themselves as miniature microcosm Beings that were connected to the larger macrocosm universe in which they were not afraid to embrace the divine laws of the universe. Western man/woman has continued to ignore this holistic approach to life and view the universe as though it functions separate and independent and without direct or indirect bearing on our physical survival—the universe is the only true sovereign entity—if the two most important laws that governs the universe, which is motion and order, ever becomes compromised our insignificance and vulnerability as human beings (lower species) would be exposed and there wouldn’t be anything we could do alter our ultimate demise.

Values (this is our moral compass) are those norms that governs persons, family, community and society attitudes, as they are closely related to the social, spiritual, political and economic outlook of our being. Thus, that is weighed into how we view at ourselves and the world, and often it determines things ranging from how we raise our children, how we view marriage, friendship, how we exercise authority, how we view religion.  And often we allow values to become the driving force of how we critically view others and often it is a challenge to be less judgmental to people who are different and may not share your culture (the best example and/or model of a structured system of values is encompassed in the so-called 42 Negative Confessions). Also, how we determine what is good and bad is rooted in learned behavior and I think values are interchangeable and predicated on the foundation of culture (it is one of the connective components of culture), which teaches and affirms what is dear to a person and people's understanding and acceptability of the principles of MAAT these divine lessons allows us to tap into our own humanity and we should use them to build solid relationships that are principle based.

Humanity is suffering because of the absences of love and it has created an imbalance on the planet. Love does not allow for starvation, poverty, and want--it should move us to fight and challenge wealth disparities in order that all of humanity can share in the bountifulness of mother earth. There is no selfishness associated with love it meets everyone with open arms. We were taught self-hatred and were robbed of the ability to love ourselves, women and our children--so we the people of African decent and in particular, those living in the diaspora must first be taught how to love ourselves; moreover, this love must be taught through our history, culture and heritage in which to eventually get us back to the principle of universalism that encompass love. Our love in this day and time must be RACE FIRST. Raise the RED, BLACK AND GREEN.

Destiny: Is when a person and/or collective group embraces a conscious prescribed route and it determines where a people are headed (which should be determined outside of the Mystery God concept and fulfilled by the God inside of us). It is built around past, present and future potential that often will encompass the economic, social and political aspirations of people (for better or worse). And is tied to ones personal and collective preparation, which translate into the potential of success and/or failure. If we desire to have a certain destiny outcome than our collective work should reflect a model built around a vision that lays out what our future will look like beyond rhetoric.

I wrote an article on Kemetic Symbolism a few years ago, because I desired to show and prove that there were some in depth sacred geometry that needed to be explored, talked about and reveal that came out of Kemet, which has been adopted by New Age movements and secret societies and most of the visible and not so visible symbolism were shrouded in mystical and mythical coded allegory, which went beyond what meets the naked eye. I had the privilege to set under Brother Ashra Kwesi some years ago and I see him as one of my teachers. He used to live in Los Angles and was the facilitator of a powerful and enlightened Afrocentric study group; thus, truly one of our master teachers. This world's order is being manipulated and the Hidden Hand is being empowered by those variables that cannot be readily deciphered by the masses. I do not think that it was coincidental when people are led to my site and articles, because of where we are in space and time (there is absolutely nothing coincidental or even incidental about space and time) is where we ought to be—this is led by the Creator and is ultimately outside of our control. The 'dumbying' down process is so vast in America and wide spread amongst the masses in general our ultimate duty is to work tirelessly to break the bonds of mental slavery and work to moving us more towards liberation.

I was a serious student of Afrocentricity, and at that time there were two big major African-centered organizations one was called Association for the study Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC), which included a whose who relative to our revolutionary warriors and intellectuals and the second organization was called the Melanin Conference and I linked up with these two research associations early on, because of the African research that was being conducted in which they viewed Africa as a subject rather than an object this was cutting edge African-centered studies: the Clarkes, Jochannan, Asante, King, Carruthers, Amos Wilson, Na'im Akbar, Mualana Karenga, Marimba Ani, Leonard Jeffries, Ivanvan Sertima etc., were some of my teachers in which these scholars were writing and publishing books dealing with African contributions to world civilization in which a lot of emphasis was being placed on Kemet (ancient Egypt)—Cheikh Anta Diop called it African Origins of Civilization: Myth or Reality. So I actually joined both of these African centered associations and would travel to various cities attending conferences and constantly purchasing materials to enhance my knowledge (I worked to become a student of the knowledge). These great enlighteners gave me enough to fly out of the nest and develop and grow, because of the nurturing they provided me with. I also had very good relations with the Nation of Islam and I would go to the temple and hear the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad (and must tell you this: the Nation of Islam's teachings and Elijah Muhammad's theology and philosophy, perhaps have had the greatest impact on my life and I would not be where I am to day in my thinking, if were not for Muhammad's Life Giving teachings). Dr. Ben-Jochannan who was serious critic of Islam, but before he got sick an incapacitated and made his transition he turned his entire and extensive library over to Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam.

Dr. Yosef A.A. Ben Jochannan first published the Book titled, Black man of the Nile and His Family in around 1973. Here is the first point of clarity; the Arabs did not arrive or invade Kemet (ancient Egypt) until the 8th Century A.D. which means the greatness of Kemet and the Egyptian Mystery Systems were not destroyed by the Arabs, because they did not arrive into Kemet until much later A.D. within the modern era. The Greeks were there thousands of years before the Arabs. These so-called Arabs were a mix and miscegenated people who originally were dark skinned, broad nose and kinky hair "Negroids"—you can still find these Afro-descendent Arabs in Yemen and Oman and living in the Desert of Saudi Arabia (the Saud family and the Wahhabi Muslims are imposters who stole and pushed the original African people off much of the Arabian Peninsula), but through race mixing the Arabs in which Saudi Arabia used to be geographically connected to the original continent of Africa (what Dr. Ben called Akebuland) was separated and geographically placed in the so-called Middle East (they were not Asiatics in the truest sense of ethnic-race classification, but Elijah Muhammad and Noble Drew Ali both called us the Asiatic black man). However, the Arabs did not destroy the mystery system most of this was done prior to their arrival in the late 600s-700s A.D. But like the European Christian missionaries the Islamic missionaries too had a devastating affect on the continent of Africa--North Africa, East and West Africa relative to plundering, raping and robbing which led to culture disruption and negatively affected political continuity. Their main objectives was also black slavery during the Trans-Sahara Slave Trade and imposing Islam (missionaries) on the indigenous people of that region and exploiting the commercial interest, they had in these black lands, which were rich in both in human and natural resources. Mansa Musa of Mali in 1324 made an Islamic Hajj to Mecca and took hundreds of thousands of tons of gold as a gift to the Arab Muslim ruling class. This gave the Muslim Arabs a glimpse into the wealth and riches that were part of the western African empire.

But Egypt had been under external assault by the Semites (Jews in particular) Phoenicians, Greeks, etc., (long before Arab colonist and enslavers arrived). Yet that is not to say, that upon the Arabs arrival that they did not desecrate the sacred temples and claim the history of Kemet as their own and simultaneously and erroneously claimed kinship to the original Nubians who occupied Kemet and all of North Africa. The great Pyramid of Giza and the pyramids in general, should be the eight and ninth wonders of the world (in my mind these sophisticated black people and their science should place them number one on the list based their high tech culture). Now, when I speak of Egypt lets be clear I do not mean some Mediterranean mulatto people who are light skinned with Caucasian features—these are imposters.

George G.M. James in his book titled, Stolen Legacy gives us the Egyptian Mystery Systems (he attributes the greatest esoteric, occult and Gnostic schools of thought as being indigenous to Egypt in which all of humanity owes a debt of gratitude). These neophytes that were taught in the Egyptian Mystery Schools could run circles around the Eurocentric trained Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts, and Master Masons who received the sublime degrees in Europe and the United States and even around us after moving upward to the honorary 33rd degree; they taught and understood that true knowledge is found in the unbreakable circle of 360 degrees Cipher (which makes up of all the points on the square and compass). The quest and search for knowledge is infinite (it has no beginning or ending). The beauty of being enlightened, it allows us as Free Thinkers to tap into the power of the Third Eye and ignite the power of Pineal Gland—and lead to a melanin explosion, which expands mental peripheral vision of thought, which to explore and question, as well as build on the knowledge and wisdom of our ancient ancestors, that has been presented as empirical evidence and I view their truth and knowledge as being irrefutable.

Fahim A. Knight-El Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolism and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-El can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.

Stay Awake Until We Meet Again,
Fahim A. Knight-El

MULTI-DEMENSIONAL POLITICAL AND GLOBAL OUTCOMES

MULTI-DEMENSIONAL POLITICAL AND GLOBAL OUTCOMES

By Fahim A. Knight-El

I think that enlightenment and awakening are the highest forms of human evolution and these two lofty positions of elevations challenges us to be able see ourselves and the world from multi-dimensions and not allow propaganda and disinformation to lead us to the slaughter and hopeful obtaining truth will further move us as individuals and as humanity beyond our Sheepel status, which has been preordained by the forces of evil. Humanity must awake from their slumber and challenge this recklessly political, economic and social course that is being driven by those bent on creating a new rulership (or slavery). I found a paper in my library on the Club of Rome, it was an analysis pertaining to the mindset of Dr. Aurelio Peccei and I do not know, if these words that I am going to quote from this paper were words and thoughts extracted from one of his written books  titled, Human Quality (Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering and social studies) that was published in 1977 and/or his book titled, Chasm Ahead , published in 1969.

Peccei stated: “The solution to these crises can be developed only in a global context with full and explicit recognition of the emerging world system and on a long-term basis. This would necessitate, among other changes, a new world economic order and a global resources allocation system. . . The futility of narrow nationalism must be appreciated. . . Global issues can be solved only by global concerted action. . .A world consciousness must be developed  by which every individual recognizes his role as a member of the global community. . .A keen and anxious awareness is evolving to suggest that fundamental changes will have to take place in the world order and its power structures, in the distribution of wealth and income, in our outlook and behavior.”  

The invisible chains have already been put in place in which they are using social media, music, education, religion, pop culture, GMO nutrients and various dummying down processes to master and control the thinking of the entire globe. Someone has to be willing to speak truth to power (when we awake from our slumber, which pill are we going to take, the red pill or the blue pill). Some of us have come to see the light and have chosen enlightenment over darkness. Enlightenment comes about not just through books and/or obtained intellect through life experiences, although these variables do play apart, but the path to enlightenment is rooted in the universal order of good and it becomes a way of life (is humanity willing to surrender to something greater than our fragile egos).

Humanity is suffering, because of the absences of love and it has created an imbalance on the planet. Love does not allow for starvation, poverty, and want—it should move us to fight and challenge wealth disparities in order that all of humanity can share in the bountifulness of mother earth. There is no selfishness associated with love, it meets everyone with open arms. We were taught self-hatred and were robbed of the ability to love ourselves, women and our children—so  we the people of African decent and in particular, those living in the Diaspora must first be taught how to love ourselves; moreover, this love must be taught through our history, culture and heritage in which to eventually get us back to the true principles of universalism that encompass love. Our love in this day and time must be RACE FIRST. Raise the RED, BLACK AND GREEN.

I know that Minister Louis Farrakhan does not agree wholeheartedly with Donald Trump. But Minister Farrakhan was interviewed by Alex Jones a few weeks ago in Chicago and did make some conciliatory political statements towards Mr. Trump, but we should not take nor view those comments out of political context. Minister Farrakhan likes the fact that “the Donald” is not a life long politician and although, he has said some offensive things towards Latinos, African Americans, Muslims, etc., Farrakhan sees Trump as the lesser of the many evils embraced by the Hidden Hand agenda candidates on stage—Democrats and/or Republicans. He took a similar position when Ross Perot ran for president (1992 and 1996).

Farrakhan knows that all these candidates are controlled (pawns) by the Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission. Minister Farrakhan also knows that our vote and the electoral process doesn’t mean a damn thing in which the president of the United States is SELECTED AND NOT ELECTED and the next commander-in-chief has already being chosen by the Roundtable and he/she has taking their oath to never betray the Invisible Rulers and only to serve as a front-man to keep the 1% Dynastic Family rulers hidden and empowered (these things are oblivious to most Negro leaders, but the followers of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad know these things). Farrakhan likes the raw unadulterated approach that Donald Trump brings to the campaign and not necessarily endorsing the 'Donald' for president or supporting Trumps overall political planks.

Donald Trump being elected to the office of president is not the answer to our problems as black people and most white people do not understand that his wealth is only an extension of Henry Kissinger and the Hidden wealth holders; Trump will continue working in the interest of the superrich and the wealthy and he will only acerbate the wealth disparity that exist between the ‘Haves and the ‘Have nots.’ Thus, he is an Elitist billionaire and will continue cutting deals with those hidden entities that rule America and control the Globe. Hillary Clinton, former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State, a life long Democrat, who along with her husband William Jefferson Clinton has been very good low Level Operatives to the Invisible Rulers and have also catered to big business and Wall Street (all the presidential candidates are tied to Wall Street). It has been reported that Goldman Sachs has paid Mrs. Clinton over $650.000 in one honorarium to deliver a speech (perhaps that is the going rate for these calibre low-level operatives), but the logical questions has to be what has she signed on to and promised these type international bankers for this type hefty money (I will tell she has signed on to be the best lobbyist in shielding the bankers and putting forth and passing public policy that supports the international bankers interest, if selected to sit in the Oval office). 

Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Bernie Sanders, Mark O’Malley, etc., all of them are low-level operatives and pawns. It was President Bill Clinton and his public policy that helped dismantled America’s corporate sector by destroying the United States workforce and markets by creating cheaper international markets and outsourcing business opportunities to so-called “Third World” and “Developing Nations” (he also destroyed programs that were geared towards aiding the poor). He lobbied to get the North American Free Trade Agreement passed and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) passed designed to manipulate and exploit Latin American labor and export American jobs and business South of the Boarder (they also have had their eyes on oil found on Mexico sovereign territory and Canada has found more oil further up in North America). Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton are premier political opportunist, if she becomes president, she will only use the Oval Office as a big bully-pulpit to foster her and Bill’s self-interest, thus creating more economic opportunities for the former President Clinton’s Global Initiative project.    

We now live in a society that has entered into a new political, economic and social paradigm, which has evolved along side globalism and the age of information. This transition somewhat had its beginnings with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, which brought an end to the Cold War and ultimately led to the changing of world orders. “A cold war or cold warfare is a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates. The surrogates are typically states that are "satellites "of the conflicting nations, i.e., nations allied to them or under their political influence. Opponents in a cold war will often provide economic or military aid, such as weapons, tactical support or military advisors, to lesser nations involved in conflicts with the opposing country” (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_war_(general_term) .

This research topic will not focus on the Cold War (1945-1989), because, this writer did not find it necessary to review the history of the historical events of World War I and World War II. Historians would agree that Europe had experienced a lot of social, political and economic strife since World War 1 (1914-1919) and World War 11 (1939-1945), but to understand what brought us to the Cold War Era one must glimpse at the prior history of Germany, in particular and Europe in general. Most historians have blamed Germany as the main cause of World War 1 in which this war had a devastating affect on people and the economy, in particular the loss of human life and the drainage of resources on European societies. The big Allied Nations such as Great Britain, France, Italy and the United States after the war and Germany’s defeat; these superpower desired to create a new Europe by implementing a new international diplomacy course that would be rooted in non-war treaties designed to put forth peace initiatives over war. They were more interested in creating new European societies that would coexist without the threat of military intervention of neighboring European nations and allowing disputes to be heard pursuant through diplomatic channels.

This writer thinks this era between 1925-1936 became once again heightened and volatile with the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party (actually properly called the National Socialist German Workers' Party) being voted into office in 1933 and also reentering the international scene was the Italian Fascist Benito Mussolini. These warmongers were moved by the quest of patriotic nationalism and quest to recreate Europe, in particular Germany and Italy in general, as dominant military forces. Many Germans felt that the Treaty of Versailles had unjustly robbed Germany of its sovereignty and its right to self-determination.

Fast forwarding, but after the Cold War ended in 1989, it left the United States and Europe in an international and political flux; this would eventually lead to the establishment of the European Union (the first step towards creating white global nationalism), which was created to booster the European Common Market and, the Bank of England and the United States Federal Reserve Systems realigning themselves to recreate global markets (designed to control and value world currency--these alliances back fired because China has emerged as a world superpower) that would plicate the One World Government agenda in which Islam would become the new patsy. They needed to create new enemies in order to sustain and expand Capitalism, because the truth of the matter is Capitalism was a dying system. They systematically initiated the war of propaganda against Islam—mischaracterized Islam as a terrorist faith bent on destroying the West and used propaganda and disinformation to create a new enemy in the minds of the American people and the world. They staged 9/11 and the bombing of the World Trade Center and staged the so-called collapse of the United Stated and Global economy in 2008. This was used to only intensify the War on Islam and create a new level war economy. 

The United States entered into a series of wars and conflicts in the early 1990s, in particular in Desert Storm and Desert Shield and with the Afghanistan (2001) and two years later the Iraq War (2003) these invasions have led to many of us into believing that the U.S. and her European Allies (France, United  Kingdom, Spain Germany and Israel) had ulterior motives other than national security interest such as taking over these nations natural resources and establishing themselves as permanent occupying military forces in these vital strategic regions of the world. Most Americans believed that Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin-Laden posed an eminent danger and threat to the United States national security interest. This culminated with the attack and bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (President Barack Hussein Obama has been more dangerous to world peace than both George W.H. Bush and George W. Bush). Yet, they awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize for nothing other than being the first black president.

Thus, after living through the 9/11 hoax and critically studying this event, which killed of over 3,000 American citizens and our ongoing conflicts with so-called radical Islam and Muslim extremists, it was this event that led me to begin to think deeper about being an American and the question of patriotism. This writer believes that patriotism is rooted in ones loyalty to something greater than themselves. It first must be tied to a theory and belief that there is nothing greater to uphold than a willingness to pledge allegiance to a God, people, nation, flag and causes in which one is even willing to live by and/or die by. This theory also must built around past, present and future potentials that will often encompass the economic, social and political aspirations of people (for better or worse). And is tied to ones personal and collective preparation, which translate into the potential of success and/or failure. If we desire to have a certain destiny outcome than our collective work should reflect a model built around a vision that lays out what our future will look like beyond rhetoric. This disposition should be undergirded and supported by one also embracing nationalism and are willing to up hold the values, standards, principles, laws, codes of conduct and all that governs our jurisprudence system without compromise. There is no room for treason and betrayal, if our sovereignty is rooted in the fundamental principles of Freedom, Justice and Equality.

Aurelio Peccei and Alexander King stated: "The solution to these crises can be developed only in a global context with full explicit recognition of the emerging world system and on a long-term basis. This would necessitate, among other changes, a new world economic order and a global resource allocation system. . . The futility of narrow nationalism must be appreciated. . .A world consciousness must be developed by which every individual recognizes his role as a member of the global community. . . A keen and anxious awareness is evolving to suggest that fundamental changes will have to take place in the world order and its power structures, in the distribution of wealth and income, in our outlook and behavior".

Here we are that lost sheep of Israel; thus, you can find that true lost tribe right here living in America and scattered throughout the Disapora, who were cut off from their true Hebrew Israelite heritage and land over 4,000 years and went in bondage in a strange land that was not theirs for over 400 years ago (the true biological linage to King David and King Solomon, you are speaking to one). Who were kidnapped robbed from their homeland, cut off from ethno-family linage, robbed of their language and culture, and still remain displaced in a foreign land and has been unjustly prosecuted and afflicted for 400 years. If you are connected to this lost original Nubian Hebraic tribe and you can prove that you are a descendant of mine and then we must be family.

But no other people fit that historical and biblical description, but so-called American Negro in America (there are some imposters out there). Our culture is transformative and syntheses of our traditions, rites, rituals, sacraments, customs, folkways, mores, etc., which builds the foundation for personal and historical values. It serves as the connector of the past, present and future and it ties a people's DNA history to every unborn generation. Moreover, culture is the sustainable life blood for a people's success and will always remain as the single most important component to a people's continued survival—it inculcates the memory bank and roadmap to a people's collective empowerment (culture should always be interpreted as a living document, which is always evolving within time and space).

This writer thinks that for real patriotism to exist in America 2016 there must be a level of tolerance that is taught on the primary school levels in which young impressionable minds are exposed to the diversity of cultures, races, nationalities, religions, etc. Also alleviate the negative stereotypes and propaganda about people who may differ from us and allow the American people to have a dissenting voice and create more avenues where ideals, thoughts, opinions, beliefs and differs of philosophy and views can be freely and openly debated not just in the ivory towers, think tanks, corporate media, but on the grassroots level. People need to know and understand why we should and/or should not back our government foreign policy agenda and is it worth risking our lives in the name of false flag waving by suiting up militarily and going to foreign battle fields to fight for causes that are in the interest of the super Elite and those who control systematic tentacles of Western Capitalism)—many U.S. soldiers are haunted upon returning home their patriotism is shattered and brought into question after witnessing the injustices being inflicted on innocent civilians in the Middle East and Central Asia (wars are never fought in the interest of the poor and have ‘nots’). The teachings of civics and social studies have to be improved to reflect that paradigm shift that has taking place and we have entered into a New World Order, that is more dangerous and volatile than when Americans fought the Revolutionary War, Civil War and when the Founder Father set down in 1787 and finalized framing the United States Constitution.

The so-called war on terror and terrorism have to be an intellectually engaging conversation (and critically assessed and critically evaluated) thus when there is objective critical analysis being rendered (not persuasive propaganda or disinformation giving to mislead the American people and the globe). It allows for the American people to determine whether, we can embrace and/or trust that our government and nation has provided us with all the facts relative to the true motives behind these induced wars and conflicts, as well as any other matter (foreign or domestic). Until the U.S. Government does this, they do not deserve to have our un-daunting loyalty, which to uphold, defend and protect the United States Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies.

This can only take place, if we begin to truly educate the American people on matters of Homeland Security, U.S. Patriot Act, Military Commission Act, National Defense Authorization Act, Anti-Terrorism Act, etc, (and remove the cloak of secrecy) and how the U.S. Government has created a police state (with the militarization of local police departments) in the name of national security interest in which has absolved it citizens of civil liberties (these are truly dangerous times). They have rendered the U.S. Constitution as a worthless and useless piece of paper. It is our duty to re-inspire our citizens to study the brilliance of the Founding Fathers and the framers of the U.S. Constitution—this possibly will reinvigorate a new generation of patriots that will have no interest of becoming an enemy combatants or joining onto America's enemies. They will be more interested in upholding the freedoms that were initially guaranteed to all so-called Americans base on law and constitutional jurisprudences. Thus, there will be no more need to administer oaths and swear-ins but our loyalty and patriotism will forever be rooted in our hearts.

Many dissident voices such as Bloggers (conservatives and liberal agendas), public intellectuals, theologians, activist, academicians, etc., are under constant government surveillance (perhaps many of you have demised the warnings from Edward Snowden about the illegality of National Security Agency (NSA) and its operations of wiretapping and illegal gathering intelligence on ordinary citizens, but this former Central Intelligence Agent was not protected under the Whistleblowing laws, rules and policies. His case represents that no one is safe or immune--the revised recent laws have been carefully crafted and constructed to entrap by attempting to engage dissident voices in conversations about ISIS, radical militant Islam, terrorism, etc.,(the First Amendment Right to freedom of speech does not exist anymore). Yet, we still must always work within the law and be conscious about the long arm of U.S. law; these agent provocateurs and government instigators are working in cyberspace and are using the wide and long brush stroke of Homeland Security (counterintelligence and surveillance) to serve as coercers and paid informants (no I am not an ISIS sympathizer nor am I apart of any anti-United States Government group) are infiltrating certain groups and organizations. They are seeking ways of how they could arrest those who dare to speak truth to power—the federal government already has sealed indictments and grand jury’s in place (in order to arrest many of us and handout long term prison sentence and destroy ones credibly through lies and false allegations) aimed at those who dare to raise dissident voices (not that any of us would have broken any laws).

Nevertheless, some of us do understand the complexity of the world in which we now live to that extent of not trying to overly simplify our present space and time relative to the Fascist world we live under today (no one will be allowed to challenge the New World Order and the One World Government Agenda). They have established clear precedents of how they are going to deal with us: International law will not apply, Hague Convention will not apply, U.S. Constitution will not apply, international courts will not apply, etc (mass incarcerations and concentration camps are already in place and prisons camps like Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have been set up all over the world). May be some of us are just that naïve and do not understand the new global rules and order. In the United States, we have to deal with the U.S. Patriot Act, National Defense Authorization Act, Military Commission Act, Anti-Terrorism Bill in which they can declare any dissident voices such as: David Icke, Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan and many others as an Enemy Combatant and could be placed in prison today and unjustly incarcerated for speaking the truth. These are truly dangerous times that we are living under.  Big Brother has his eyes on all of us.

Fahim A. Knight-El Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolism and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-El can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.

Stay Awake Until We Meet Again,
Fahim A. Knight-El

ANGELA DAVIS: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

ANGELA DAVIS: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

By Fahim A. Knight-El

I wanted to share with my Blog audience my recent thoughts on meeting the former Black Panther Angela Davis and give you all an update on a most powerful event that took place at North Carolina Central University (yes my wife and I alma mater) in Durham, North Carolina on February 10, 2016.  NCCU made us as alumnus very proud last night by inviting Dr. Angela Davis one of the most provocative Black Power theoretician and revolutionaries of the 20^th Century (her militant and revolutionary credentials speaks volumes about her social activism and her rise to become one of best known faces and voices of Black Power Movement in the 1960s and 1970s). She was once a political prisoner charged with many capital offenses in the state of California and was facing death row; her political experiences with the state, police and the judicial system was no different than the type of persecution that George Jackson (Soledad Brothers) and Geronimo Pratt experienced as militant and radical freedom fighters.

Davis speech gave us a brief glimpse into her mindset; she stated that she became radicalized at age two. The North Carolina Central University students are putting on a speaking series that is called Rock-the-Mic (Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway a student activist is an example of how good our future looks like) and perhaps it is taking place in conjunction with Black History Month in which they hosted the former Black Panther Revolutionary sister Angela Davis as one of the premier keynote speakers for this month.

She reminded us that the Black Panther Party is celebrating their 50th year anniversary in 2016. Perhaps our greatest female entertainer of recent years Beyoncé who as part of Super Bowl 50th (held in Santa Clara) half-time entertainment show had sisters dressed in leather and in formation of how Blank Panther Party used line up as paramilitary organization and she has been criticized by the white corporate media for being insensitive towards the police, in particular citing the Panthers antagonism towards the police. Thus, from their perspective Beyoncé was making an unfair political statement—I applaud this young entertainer and we should support her as an artist for having the right to creatively express herself even if is making a political statement.

Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani, a reactionary racist who was part of the internal conspiracy that led to the bombing of the World Trade Center and the restructuring of how the One World Government is being carried out today; he should have been charged with the mass murders of 3,000 human beings in the 9/11 hoax, a front man for Larry Silverstein and the Hidden Hand. Yet, this criminal walked away from this high level deception and crime unblemished. The former mayor of New York just about accused Beyoncé of inciting people against the police and pretty much said she needed to stay in her lane as an entertainer and this reactionary pawn has been leading this negative and critical charge against the entertainer Beyoncé.

I will say this, I do not think Beyoncé understands the political dynamics nor does she understand how the world works (naïve would be an understatement), but her husband Jay-Z does know a lot about his history and culture and he himself perhaps is either a closet member and/or sympathizer of the Nation of Gods and Earths (the Five Percenters). Nevertheless, by me understanding the political and theoretical values of this group whom at times have aligned and embraced black nationalist politics and ideologies, it was easy for me interpret where and how Beyoncé’s show came about. Jay-Z was publically seen wearing the NGE medallion (and there is little doubt in my mind the Black Panther skit probably was orchestrated and came from the mind of her husband Jay-Z who is a lot more politicized than his wife Beyoncé).  

Giuliani's type rhetoric is not only reactionary, but it permeates with the mood and present day era of the United States Patriot Act, National Defense Authorization Act and the Enemy Combatant laws (embodied in the long arm of Homeland Security). His reckless commentary stood as an assault on the First Amendment Right and it is meant to further expand the United States assault on our basic civil liberties as American citizens.

Dr. Davis speech allowed my mind to shifted immediately to the founders of the Black Panther Party Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale—who decided early on to make a difference (in my dorm room as a college student most students had pictures of athletes such as Julius ‘Dr. J’ Irving, George Gervin, David Thompson, Wilt Chamberlain, Lynn Swann, Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson, Irvin 'Magic' Johnson, etc., in my room I had huge posters of the Minister of Defense, the iconic picture of Huey P. Newton sitting in that chair with the gun belt and the pump rifle, I also had a picture of Minister Malcolm X with depicting his famous words "by any means necessary", a picture of Muhammad Ali stating hadn't the Vietcong called me Nigger and hell no I will not go to Vietnam" and I had this picture of the black bald headed General of the Nation of Islam Dr. Minister Khallid Abdul Muhammad on my wall.

Yes, I would expose my student peer group by teaching them about the value of revolutionary politics, because these said black leaders changed my mental paradigm and my worldview—as a young college student at NCCU, I no longer was interested in just being an ordinary Negro who was walking around campus lost to the knowledge of self. Newton and Seal were young students when they founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense on the West Coast in 1966 (thus when I was a college student at NCCU, I was considered to have been a radical and militant student activist). 

I and Dr. Reverend William T. Barber (North Carolina President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) were students and classmates at NCCU together; he was the Student Government Association president. Thus, even as a student Dr. Barber was engaged in political and community activism (he loved Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his approach to civil rights and integration and I equally loved Minister Malcolm X—El-Hajj Malik Shabazz who was a fierce revolutionary Black Nationalist). Dr. Barber and I as students would have these political and intellectually engaging conversations about the plight of African American people and even when we disagreed both us believed in social justice and we found common ground around issues involving social justice.

A couple a years ago Reverend Jesse Jackson, a so-called progeny of Dr. King and graduate of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, NC was speaking at NCCU in which my wife and my daughter and I were leaving the program and Brother Dr. William Barber motioned to me and at that time I had not spoken with him in some years and asked who was this young lady with me and I said she was my daughter. He stopped and he started telling my daughter about our political experiences at NCCU as students and he also told my daughter that he wanted to thank me, your father for his militant and non-compromising positions, because his political positions encouraged me and better helped me to redefine my role as a civil rights activist (my daughter said wow, dad I did not know that as a student you were engaged in cultural, political and social agitation). This became a teachable moment and I immediately gave her a charge to stand up for the causes of African American people and told her she has a responsibility to be a drummer major for justice. Lets continue to train our young people and give them the activism tools to stand up against white supremacy and injustice. This also was the essential message of Angela Davis last night (the sad phenomenon is 50 years later in 2016 we are have the same conversation that led her into a movement of activism).

I have digressed a bit, but listening to Dr. Angela Davis speak last night and sitting at B.N. Duke Auditorium the spirit in the room was overwhelming and it was not deja-vu, because no doubt, I had been in this same auditorium many times before as a student, but her message immediately resonated with me, because as she spoke I realized that hadn't to much changed over the years since I sat in this auditorium as a student. She mentioned that she was a by-product of HBCUs in which her father was a graduate of Saint Augustine University in Raleigh, NC and mother was a graduate of Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama.

Davis speech had many themes, but as much as she was one of the prominent political faces and voices of the 1960s and 1970s radical left it was not a total speech of personal historical nostalgia, although, I would have loved to heard more about her relationship with militant revolutionary such as Kwame Ture (Stokley Carchmichael), Huey P. Newton, Elaine Brown, and Eldridge Cleaver, but she kept her talk more on present day relevant themes such as wealth disparity, the impact of the prison industrial complex in which the United States as an industrialized nation has the largest prison population in world.  A little over 2.5 million people according to the United States Justice Department are in U.S. prisons, but there are another 5 million prisoners who are under some type of court, probation and/or judicial restraints. She maintained that large private prison industries have created a Wall Street Market and the United States Government has systematically ‘commodified’ inmates (human beings) and has politically and socially created the environment for mass incarceration of black men.

Dr. Davis at times within her speech, it was evident that her political worldview was shaped by socialist Marxist ideology, in particular when she stated that all public education should be free (I was sitting right behind the chancellor and some of the university staff as she made the statement and I was trying to determine their pulse) and she criticized the U.S. and global class structures as being an antagonistic contradiction and she furthered her Marxist interpretations by hailing labor and describing the present day attack on labor unions as being reactionary and outrageous (the only Marxist language she missed was analyzing history strictly as continuous war between the Lumpenproletariate and the Bourgeoisie).

I said to myself that the Black Panther Party who started out as a Black Nationalist Organization eventually transitioned into a new type of organization in the early 1970s who had moved further to the left by embracing the Socialist model and many of the Panthers leadership begin to use the Mao Se Tung (Red Book), Karl Marx and Frantz Fanon political analysis, which to create a new language and ideological approach in this once Black Power movement in their quest of confronting U.S. imperialism and colonialism. They started to see the world from an economic determinist perspective and even at expanded their political alliances by embracing progressive white allies, which was a clear departure from their initial Black Nationalist disposition.

Dr. Angela Davis embodies these various political experiences and it is understandably that she seems to vacillates philosophical between being once a young activist who came to age to age in the 1960s and 1970s (but not allowing herself to become entrapped totally in the greatness of yesterday’s struggle but realize that we have even more struggles today) and at her age she seems to view the struggle more as an insightful intellectual and academician, but this statement should not be interpreted that she has relegated her struggles against white supremacy, police brutality, state supported racism, classism, etc., to being transformed into some idealist armchair revolutionary. Dr. Davis is a black activist woman who is in her early 70s, but is still very much passionate about the liberation of black people and still has the will to raise a voice of opposition (by speaking truth to power) against the various power apparatus that dominates the social, political, and economic plight of humanity.

She condemned the fact 90% of wealth is the hands of 1% of the population who represent the super elite and understand that humanity's destiny is tied to bankers and capitalist interest in which poverty and the imbalance of resources impacts humanity's quality of life relative to obtaining adequate housing, adequate education, adequate health care, etc. She condemned U.S. capitalism as an evil system disguised as a democracy in which has created societal disparities. She lean and gave a more of political nod towards the political position of the Independent presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, because he understands how devastating the bankers and the U.S. corporate sector has been as parasites. But I think she questions whether not he understands how destructive white privilege and how systemic racism is in America, which has led to the present day racial climate and the police killing innocent black men is a mere symptom of this problem—the people have organized through groups like the Black Lives Matter Movement and she would like know where Sanders stands on matters of dealing with race.

Dr. Davis stated that we have moved towards a very dangerous paradigm and has transitioned us into a police state and she called for a demilitarization of the police departments and she also called for disarming everyone as a solution to ending and curtailing violence (stating there are more guns in our American society than people). She stated that racism and police brutality were the same issues that confronted the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and she challenged the audience to go back and re-read the Black Panther Party "10 POINT PLAN" and stated the points are still relevant today in 2016 explicitly implying that haven't too much changed since the 1960s.  

She continued throughout her speech to connect the present day black youth movements such as the Black Lives Matter movement by viewing these young inspired visionaries as being progressive and represents a continuum of activist freedom fighters who have sought to fight injustices and became organized, which led to a galvanization of a new generation of freedom fighters working in the tradition of Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells Barnett, Fredrick Douglas, W.E. Dubois, Paul Robeson, etc. Black Lives Matter Movement must be analyze and critiqued within the context of today’s political, economic and social climate. Frantz Fanon once wrote and said in his book Wretched of the Earth that each generation has the duty and responsibility to make revolutionary history by reviewing the history before them (they will either confirming it or betray it).

But they are not obligated to use the same strategies and tactics of previous comrades, but they do have an obligation and duty to review the past struggles; either to confirm those principles and tenets as being valid or determine them as being flawed. Only history will provide us with the proof that an organization or movement has met the standards of being classified as progressive and worked in the interests of the people’s revolution. And yet simultaneously, it also, allows us the ability to analyze them to determine if they were reactionary and contradictory and will have a counter-revolutionary affect on the present day struggle and must be dismissed. Time dictates the methods of struggle and as much as the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s taught us, we have to measure its successes and failures relative to how effective those same strategies and tactics would be in organizing progressive movements today.

I commend these young black people for being bold and courageous in daring to confront the white supremacy police state and was willing to sacrifice their lives for the cause of black justice. They took to the streets in Ferguson, Missouri and demanded justice for the wrongful death of Michael Brown at the hands of a reactionary racist police department. Fredrick Douglas once stated, if you cannot do anything, but agitate the enemy, let that be suffice. I like these young brothers and sisters because they did not want to hear anything being said by these sellout and handkerchief head Negro leaders and preacher (they are always sent in by boss to keep the masses calm and under control and toting that Bible).

She applauded those young activist who in Florida who after the murder of Trevyon Martin became organized in order to brining public attention to the police arrest and convictions of black men and the unjust disparities in the criminal justice system that have always been rooted in race and class. Also Davis continued to applaud the black students at the University of Missouri where students, underpaid workers, professors, and the Missouri football team stood in solidarity against systematic practices of racism on that campus, which led to the firing of the university president and she further applauded the young activist in Ferguson, Missouri for their courage (and reminded us that she had just left Spain and there were people in Spain imitating our culture and was inspired by black U.S. Hip Hop artists--cultural and political linkages) and stated that the Palestinians on the West Bank and on Gaza Strip who has been in a 68 year war against Zionist reactionary forces and they were one of the first international group to stand in solidarity with the black people in Ferguson.

The Black Lives Matter Movement represented a new spirit and a generation that wasn’t going to take injustice lying down anymore and most of all, had no ties to the established Negro leadership (interpreted to meaning they could not control the temperament of the movement and make no mistake about it, it was hot). However, Black Lives Matter Movement came about almost like putting the cart before the horse (the political chain of events called them into action i.e. police brutality) and the movement, is in its early infancy stage in which leadership and direction are not well defined and the organizational theoretical and philosophical piece, is a work in progress (it is just to early to be judged and to attempt to determine what its future mission is going to be). I do like their zeal for activism and some of these other things will eventually work itself out. The enemy will always seek co-opt progressive movements in order to control its direction and may be some of this is already happening inside of Black Lives Matter Movement.

She characterized the present day liberation struggle as a continuation of the abolitionist movement and maintained that although we think of this movement as being 18th and 19th century—lynching and slavery transitioned into new forms of oppression and degradation, which is mass incarceration of black men. She gave a list of former Black Panther members who are still political prisoners and have remained incarcerated since the turbulent 1960s and many have languished in U.S. prisons for over four decades. Dr. Angela Davis also cautioned us about the new U.S./Cuba diplomatic initiatives and although she praised this new foreign policy course—she reminded us that our sister Assata Shakur is still considered on the F.B.I most wanted list with a 2 million dollar bounty hanging over her head, she stated we have to find ways to protect and defend Assata Shakur.

The potential of removing Shakur’s protected exile status in which the Cuban Government has provided her with for over four decades would be unthinkable. Moreover, anything other than this position could jeopardize and compromise her international protection from the long arm of the United States Government. This would be a political travesty for the former U.S. prisoner of war by potentially allowing the U.S. government to take international legal custody of Shakur and further allowing her to becoming a political casualty of the new U.S. and Cuba foreign policy. This would be an act of political betrayal and would not represent the long term commitment and relations the nation of Cuba and Castro have had with revolutionaries and political prisoners from around the world. Thus, forty years later, she still would not get a fair trial under the United States jurisprudence system. Lastly, African Americans and all people of goodwill should be lobbying the United States Government and petitioning President Barack Obama to issue Assata Shakur a presidential pardon and commute her sentence.

Fahim A. Knight-El Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolism and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-El can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.

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