Showing posts with label Political issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political issues. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Why African Americans need to wake up and Denounce Capitalism!
http://www.linktv.org/video/8240/richard-wolff-democracy-at-work-a-cure-for-capitalism#.Uvy5Gk2PPUc.facebook Read full post
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Black women - NOT MEN - led the fight to switch from Republicans to Democrats in 1930
" A decade later, as memories of the war faded, the U.S.government offered to send the mothers and widows overseas, all expenses paid, to visit the graves...With one caveat. The trips would be segregated, with white women given higher classes of transportation and lodging, an arrangement sadly not that unusual in the america of that era. Most black women went, many of them grudgingly overlooking the racial unfairness. But 23 refused..."
Dear friends,
Having been born into an activist family, I learned at a very early age, from direct experience, that, in our centuries-old liberation struggle, it was often African American women who led the fight against our oppression as a group - NOT men! A case in point regards an incident that occurred back in 1930, when "Martin Luther King was still an infant", the Republican president Herbert Hoover insulted the mothers and widows of African American soldiers who died in World War 1, by asking them to take a second-class, segregated trip to the grave sites of their departed relatives overseas, in Europe.
In a 2002 article, "Poignant Protest, by Richard A. Serrano, an LA Times staff writer, it was pointed out that, "Their sons and husbands had been killed in World War I and were buried in Europe, black soldiers, alongside white, in new cemeteries honoring those who died before the Great War ended in 1918. A decade later, as memories of the war faded, the U.S.government offered to send the mothers and widows overseas, all expenses paid, to visit the graves...With one caveat. The trips would be segregated, with white women given higher classes of transportation and lodging, an arrangement sadly not that unusual in the America of that era. Most black women went, many of them grudgingly overlooking the racial unfairness. But 23 refused. They wouldn't tolerate such conditions to visit the resting place of the sons and husbands who had made the same sacrifice as whites. Those 17 mothers and six widows, most of whom rarely traveled far from their hometowns, passed up the trip of a lifetime." Actually, I disagree with the author on his last point, when he insisted that the protesting women had " passed up the trip of a lifetime". To me, it was the other women who missed out on a chance to not only stand up for themselves, but for their dead husbands, fathers, and sons, because the discriminating insult was directed towards the latter as well.
In any case, the protest by these African American women here-to-mentioned has everything to do with, not only the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, then later, the Black Consciousness Movement, but, also, shows why African Americans, almost unanimously, do not support the Republican Party ticket today. It's a genuine cultural repulsion that has been passed on, rightfully so, for the past few generations.
"Liberation!" - Dr. Barbara Love
G. Djata Bumpus
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/15/magazine/tm-moms37
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Dear friends,
Having been born into an activist family, I learned at a very early age, from direct experience, that, in our centuries-old liberation struggle, it was often African American women who led the fight against our oppression as a group - NOT men! A case in point regards an incident that occurred back in 1930, when "Martin Luther King was still an infant", the Republican president Herbert Hoover insulted the mothers and widows of African American soldiers who died in World War 1, by asking them to take a second-class, segregated trip to the grave sites of their departed relatives overseas, in Europe.
In a 2002 article, "Poignant Protest, by Richard A. Serrano, an LA Times staff writer, it was pointed out that, "Their sons and husbands had been killed in World War I and were buried in Europe, black soldiers, alongside white, in new cemeteries honoring those who died before the Great War ended in 1918. A decade later, as memories of the war faded, the U.S.government offered to send the mothers and widows overseas, all expenses paid, to visit the graves...With one caveat. The trips would be segregated, with white women given higher classes of transportation and lodging, an arrangement sadly not that unusual in the America of that era. Most black women went, many of them grudgingly overlooking the racial unfairness. But 23 refused. They wouldn't tolerate such conditions to visit the resting place of the sons and husbands who had made the same sacrifice as whites. Those 17 mothers and six widows, most of whom rarely traveled far from their hometowns, passed up the trip of a lifetime." Actually, I disagree with the author on his last point, when he insisted that the protesting women had " passed up the trip of a lifetime". To me, it was the other women who missed out on a chance to not only stand up for themselves, but for their dead husbands, fathers, and sons, because the discriminating insult was directed towards the latter as well.
In any case, the protest by these African American women here-to-mentioned has everything to do with, not only the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, then later, the Black Consciousness Movement, but, also, shows why African Americans, almost unanimously, do not support the Republican Party ticket today. It's a genuine cultural repulsion that has been passed on, rightfully so, for the past few generations.
"Liberation!" - Dr. Barbara Love
G. Djata Bumpus
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/15/magazine/tm-moms37
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
A must-hear video by Senator Bernie Sanders on "Immigration Reform"
"While he covers the usual issues of illegal immigration at the southern border of the U>S, he also makes note of the attempt by both Democrats and Republicans to sneak in legislation that will allow multi-national corporations to bring Eastern European and Asian workers to do entry-level white collar work that millions of our currently unemployed college graduates can do..."
Dear friends,
On the link below is an important 20 minutes-long presentation by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, regarding the upcoming "Immigration Reform" legislative issue where the Independent politican delivers a concise analysis.
While he covers the usual issues of illegal immigration at the southern border of the U>S, he also makes note of the attempt by both Democrats and Republicans to sneak in legislation that will allow multi-national corporations to bring Eastern European and Asian workers to do entry-level white collar work that millions of our currently unemployed college graduates can do. Are the Democrats, Republicans, and their multi-national corporate sponsors/bosses trying to lower wages? This is "God's country", after all. Please have a listen.
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/media/view/?id=abff86a1-5056-a032-524a-56c06d0c8574 Read full post
Friday, May 31, 2013
Armstrong Williams on "Women" in Politics?...About what'sis all of that?
"What does belonging to either the Democratic or Republican Party have to do with insuring that citizens are protected against the greed of corporations and the “market” that that body so affectionately controls?"
Aside from the fact that the US is one of the only advanced nations on this planet that refuses to sign the International E.R.A. Treaty, why are women, whether “conservative” or “liberal”, African American or non-African American, Republican or Democrat, being any less exploited, by agreeing with men who don’t even give women the respect of allowing them to speak about, much less endorse, E.R.A. being law in our own country?
That’s equivalent to praising Clarence Thomas for being on the US Supreme Court, when he has consistently voted against any measure that promotes human progress. Sometimes the vote is 8 – 1, where he even snubs his master Anthony Scalia. So what good is a Black man on the Supreme Court, if he’s like Clarence Thomas? It’s, at best, a hoax.
A few years ago, Uncle Armstrong Williams wrote that the Democratic Party platform promotes equal social and economic outcomes with an emphasis on women’s rights and liberal social policies. These policies are designed to appeal to the disenfranchised members of society, which formerly included most women.
Huh?
What does belonging to either the Democratic or Republican Party have to do with insuring that citizens are protected against the greed of corporations and the “market” that that body so affectionately controls?
When we live in a society where women are raised to have a “sense of self” and are not compelled to behave according to the whims of men, and, consequently, are not so disrespectful towards themselves that they have no self-esteem whatsoever, and buy books with insulting titles like, “Act like a lady – Think like a man”, then we’ll have legitimate political and social organizations. THen the world won’t have to experience the likes of Armstrong Williams or any of these other clowns that the rulers use as their mouthpieces.
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.baystatebanner.com/Opinion58-2010-09-02 Read full post
Aside from the fact that the US is one of the only advanced nations on this planet that refuses to sign the International E.R.A. Treaty, why are women, whether “conservative” or “liberal”, African American or non-African American, Republican or Democrat, being any less exploited, by agreeing with men who don’t even give women the respect of allowing them to speak about, much less endorse, E.R.A. being law in our own country?
That’s equivalent to praising Clarence Thomas for being on the US Supreme Court, when he has consistently voted against any measure that promotes human progress. Sometimes the vote is 8 – 1, where he even snubs his master Anthony Scalia. So what good is a Black man on the Supreme Court, if he’s like Clarence Thomas? It’s, at best, a hoax.
A few years ago, Uncle Armstrong Williams wrote that the Democratic Party platform promotes equal social and economic outcomes with an emphasis on women’s rights and liberal social policies. These policies are designed to appeal to the disenfranchised members of society, which formerly included most women.
Huh?
What does belonging to either the Democratic or Republican Party have to do with insuring that citizens are protected against the greed of corporations and the “market” that that body so affectionately controls?
When we live in a society where women are raised to have a “sense of self” and are not compelled to behave according to the whims of men, and, consequently, are not so disrespectful towards themselves that they have no self-esteem whatsoever, and buy books with insulting titles like, “Act like a lady – Think like a man”, then we’ll have legitimate political and social organizations. THen the world won’t have to experience the likes of Armstrong Williams or any of these other clowns that the rulers use as their mouthpieces.
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.baystatebanner.com/Opinion58-2010-09-02 Read full post
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Elmer Smith on Republicans fighting "illegal immigration" with the US Constitution
."The 14th Amendment has been challenged by people who wanted to create second-class citizenship for freed slaves and for Chinese immigrants. It's old business." - Andrew Hoover, of the American Civil Liberties Union
Dear friends,
Considering the fact that Republicans, especially, will use the issue of immigration to flare up the racist feelings of so many of the citizens in this country, I felt it, perhaps, instructive for us to peruse a piece that was written a year and a half ago, by the now-retired, legendary journalist Elmer Smith, formerly of the Philadelphia Daily News. Enjoy!
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/elmer_smith/20110107_Elmer_Smith_.html?viewAll=y Read full post
Friday, October 23, 2009
John Baer on Politics 101 conflated with Biology 50
"WE OUGHT to start sending sheep to the Legislature. I know you think we already do, but I mean for real. Hear me out..."Dear friends,
It is amazing, at least to me, that Americans keep putting inept and uncaring politicians in office, term after term.
On the link below, John Baer of the Philadelphia Daily News makes light of the subject (pun intended).
Enjoy!
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20090923_John_Baer__Send_in_the_sheep__put_the_lawmakers_out_to_pasture.html
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Friday, February 27, 2009
The GOP has an uphill battle courting African Americans
"Although Lincoln gets credit for freeing the slaves, he was more interested in saving the Union than in making sure African Americans were treated fairly..."
Dear friends,
The recent appointment of Michael Steele, an African American, as chairman of the Republican Party represents the acknowledgement of the fact that the African American vote cannot be taken for granted as it has been by the GOP since the Sixties.
On the link below, in his usual brilliant fashion, veteran columnist George Curry who is now with the Philadelphia Inquirer takes us on an historical tour of the relationship between Blacks and the GOP, from Lincoln until today.
Cheers!
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/george_curry/20090219_Beyond_the_Spin__How_the_GOP_lost_blacks.html
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Roland Martin on Political Corruption in Illinois
The fact is, the vast majority of politicians in the Land of Lincoln are well-meaning people who truly care about the public trust and don't sell their office to the highest bidder. But when you have future politicians raised in the "Chicago way" or "Illinois way" of how to be a politician, it is reasonable to expect to see this kind of stuff.Dear friends,
With all of the recent talk of corrupt politics in Chicago, along with the "tale-no-prisoners" mentality of media hype from Ann Coulter-types, it is refeshing for me to be able to share (if you have not read it yet) an informative and thoughtful piece by the very formidable Roland Martin, regarding the aforementioned controversy. Cheers!
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/martin.chicago/index.html
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