Friday, March 06, 2009

A Tribute To A Silent Giant: Sis. Beatrice Young a.k.a. Ma Bea

Note: The Late Great Sis. Beatrice Young Was The Mother Of Civil Rights Legend & Dear Friend Of W.E. A.L.L. B.E. News Dr. Gene "Jughead" Young.

"And Flights Of Angels Sing Thee To Thy Rest" - William Shakespeare

Sis. Beatrice Young a.k.a. Ma Bea and Medgar Evers, 1955, Hawkins Field, Jackson, Mississippi

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers in the passing of our mother, Beatrice Young - "Ma Bea". Any memorial contributions may be sent in Memory of Sis. Beatrice Young to Cherry Grove M. B. Church, 1296 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Jackson, MS 39203.

To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8


OBITUARY

On the day that Dr. Carter G. Woodson initiated the observance of Negro History Week, Mrs. Beatrice Watkins Young, affectionately known as Ma Bea, one of fourteen children, was born to the late James and Zella Hopkins Watkins on February 7, 1926 in Hinds County, Mississippi. She departed this life on January 29, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. in the Regency Hospital of Jackson, located in the St. Dominic Hospital.

Mrs. Young received her early education in the schools of Hinds County and as a young woman, she worked as a food server at Home Dining Room on Farish Street. Following her marriage to James I. Young, she resided on Banks Street in West Jackson. A few years later, she would reside in the Jackson Apartments at 1129 West Maple Street and then she would move to 525 Campbell Street, living here for almost sixty years. She became a member of the Cherry Grove Missionary Baptist Church during the tenure of the late Reverend Jesse Redmond.

In her book written with Dr. Manning Marable, The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters and Speeches, Mrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams chronicles an account of a courageous Mrs. Beatrice Young being assaulted by a member of the Hinds County Sheriff's Department and filing a complaint with the NAACP. Medgar Evers would champion her cause and take her to Washington, D.C. to meet with national leaders of the oldest and largest civil rights organization and with members of the United States Department of Justice. In another book, Coming of Age in Mississippi, the authoress Anne Moody writes about Mrs. Beatrice Young bringing food to civil rights workers in Canton, Mississippi in the summers of 1963 and 1964. In April of 1968, along with her friends, Mrs. Georgia Bailes, Mrs. Ivory Jones, and the late Mrs. Earlene Stutts-Pettaway, Ma Bea went to Atlanta to view the body of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. In the aftermath of the May, 1970 campus murders of Phillip L. Gibbs and James Earl Green on John Roy Lynch Street, Ma Bea provided food and housing for the family of Phillip Gibbs when his family came from Ripley, Mississippi during those traumatic times.

Mrs. Young and her husband were invited to attend one of the annual Garrett Week Programs at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and it was there she met, Dr. Romeo Benjamin Garrett, a native of Natchez, Mississippi and the first African-American to serve on the faculty at Bradley University. Dr. Garrett was an alumnus of Straight College (now Dillard University) and he knew Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander when she resided in New Orleans. In 1995, Ma Bea would attend the investiture of the Honorable Eddie L. Hardaway, Jr. as circuit court judge in Livingston, Alabama. During his school high years, Judge Hardaway attended band camp at Jackson State and Ma Bea would feed him whenever he came to visit and play with his cousins in the Georgetown community.

ADHIAMBO-The Learning Institute for Children acknowledged Ma Bea for being an outstanding grandparent in recognition of her manifold acts of support and service to this outstanding educational institution. Her friend and civic leader, Mrs. Mirtes Gregory also expressed her heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Beatrice Young for supporting the Medgar Evers Statue Fund. On his last visit to Jackson, Tom Brokaw of NBC came to 525 Campbell Street and he and Ma Bea joked about being born a day apart.

Mrs. Beatrice Young will, perhaps, be remembered most for never-ending, selflessness, and giving spirit to all who came to know her. Blessed with a great sense of humor and sagacious mind, this ordinary woman was an extraordinary individual who was able to touch the lives of countless people in this community and across the country. During times of bereavement, her friends and neighbors would always receive some of her culinary delights, which she lovingly prepared in her kitchen. With her brutal honesty and often times colorful language, Ma Bea was a caring source of guidance and constant inspiration to many who lived in the Georgetown neighborhood.

Mrs. Beatrice Young was predeceased by her husband, James I. Young and three sons, Jerome, John and Michael Stanford. This remarkable woman leaves to cherish her memory, her brothers, James and Ealie Watkins; her sister-in-law, Fannie Watkins and her cousins, Willora "Peaches" Ephram and Floyd Hopkins. She will be missed most by her daughters Jackie and Jennifer and her sons, James, Gene, Dudley Joe, Jimmy, Jerry, Jeffrey, Willie Ray Magee and Joseph Echols. In years to come, Ma Bea will be remembered, too, by her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family members near and far.

"But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant."

Mark 10:43-44

More Dr. Gene Young On W.E. A.L.L. B.E. News...

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http://weallbe.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obamas-installation-is-end-of.html

In Remembrance of Virgil Ware - Before the September 11 Attacks...
http://weallbe.blogspot.com/2008/09/in-remembrance-of-virgil-ware-before.html

Dr. Young Gives Food For Thought On What It's Like To Be A Civil Rights Pioneer...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Mumia Speaks: Running Backwards...

Running Backwards
[col. writ. 2/26/09] (c) '09 Mumia Abu-Jamal


Few sciences are more complex than economics, for despite the plethora of formulas claiming to define its workings, economics remains a bedeviling mystery that confuses and confounds the best minds time and time again.

That's often because our economic ideas are formed not only by our experiences but by our beliefs, and as such, we defend our ideas based not on evidence, but on our theoretical constructs -- again, what we believe.

We are free marketeers, or Keynesians; we follow the theories of Adam Smith, Henry George, David Ricardo or Karl Marx the way we follow our favorite basketball team, win or lose.

Sometimes those theories blind us to the bigger game of life outside our doors.

Much of the current economic crisis is the direct result of the economic theory of deregulation, made, not under George Bush alone, but in the waning days of the Clinton administration. For it was in 1999 that Clinton's treasury secretaries, first Robert Rubin, and later Larry Summers, advocated the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, a 1933 law which prohibited commercial banks and investment banks from functioning in the same house.

The reason? None other than ole FDR. President Franklin D. Roosevelt explained as much in his famous "Fear Itself" inaugural speech of 1933, when the nation was reeling in the grips of the Great Depression. Roosevelt said,"...there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money..."*

In November 1999 President Bill Clinton signed into law the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, essentially repealing Glass-Steagall, by tearing down the brick wall between commercial and investment banks. The securities industries went on a tear, making millions, billions and then tens of billions on speculation with other people's money-- until the house of cards came crumbling down in November 2008.

The speculation business didn't just become toxic. It was poison in the 1930's, and came back to life in the late '90's more poisonous than ever.

By then, both political parties were parties of deregulation, for both were instruments of corporate power, and both were the authors of today's Great Recession, if not the Depression to come.

--(c) '09 maj

[*Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1st Inaugural Address, 1933 ("The Only Thing to Fear Is Fear Itself" speech), repr. in Labour & Trade Union Review (No. 194: Feb. '04), p.6]
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The Power of Truth is Final -- Free Mumia!

Audio of most of Mumia's essays are at: http://www.prisonradio.org

Mumia Abu-Jamal's new book -- JAILHOUSE LAWYERS: PRISONERS DEFENDING PRISONERS V. THE USA, featuring an introduction by Angela Y. Davis -- will be released soon!
It will be available from City Lights Books at a 30% discount weeks before you can get it at any other bookstore, or from Amazon.

Sign up for an email alert and when the book becomes available for sale you'll receive an email letting you know: http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100448090

In support of Mumia and the publication of JAILHOUSE LAWYERS, organizations around the country will be holding "More Than a Book Party" events on or around Mumia's birthday, April 24, 2009.

If you are planning to organize an event or would like to order in bulk, you can also receive a 45% discount on any bulk orders of 20 copies or more. The book retails for $16.95, for orders of 20 copies or more the discounted price would be $9.32 per book, plus shipping and handling. Prepayment would be required and books are nonreturnable. If you or your organization would like to place a bulk order, please contact Stacey Lewis at 415.362.1901 or stacey@citylights.com

Let's use the opportunity of the publication of this brilliant, moving, vintage Mumia book to build the momentum for his case, to raise the money we desperately need in these challenging economic times, to get the word out – to produce literature, flyers, posters, videos, DVD's; to send organizers out to help build new chapters and strengthen old ones, TO GET THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS … all the work that we must do in order to FREE MUMIA as he faces LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE OR EXECUTION!

Please make a contribution to help free Mumia. Donations to the grassroots work will go to both INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL and the FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL COALITION (NYC).

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'Wonderwoman' Sounds Wonderful...


Then

&

Now...

AP – Actress and singer Lynda Carter is pictured in New York, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)

Lynda Carter Loses The Hero Suit, Picks Up A Mic
By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press

NEW YORK – Lynda Carter peers at the ultrasleek stereo in her hotel room, trying to find the right button — any button, really — that will get it to accept her CD.

"Now, where would Play be?" she asks.

"Is it Enter?" she wonders. "That's not it."

"CD? Does that say CD?"

Carter played Wonder Woman on television, someone who stopped bullets with her bracelets or hopped in an invisible plane. On this day, she's more human — more alter ego Diana Prince — stumped by an unfamiliar stereo.

But not for long.

"OK!" she says with delight as the right button is pressed and the squeal of a saxophone signals the beginning of Sam Cooke's torch song "You Send Me."

The voice that emerges, though, isn't Cooke's. It's Carter's. And, while walking over to a sofa, she can't help but sing along with herself, a grin plastered to her face.

"I didn't realize how much I missed music until I came back," she says, her tall frame swaying. "It's just a blast. It's so much fun."

That's right: Long before she donned her famous star-spangled one-piece, Carter was a singer. She's getting back to it now with a new CD and a cabaret tour, proving that the 57-year-old is still something of a wonder woman.

"She's really a very incredibly talented singer," says drummer Paul Leim, the leader of her band who has worked with Carter since her "Wonder Woman" days and also with the likes of Lionel Richie, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers and Faith Hill.

"Hopefully, everybody will get a chance to experience the real Lynda Carter instead of the actress from the cartoon," says Leim by phone from Nashville, Tenn.

The album contains covers of standards like "Cry Me a River," "Blues in the Night" and "Summertime," as well as playful torch songs such as "Million Dollar Secret."

Carter even covers the Etta James' classic "At Last," a song that also lends the CD its name. "It was 'At Last' for a long time before I knew it was the president's dancing song," she says, slightly chagrined.

Listeners might be startled at the strength of her voice and the soulful coloring of her songs, backed by top-notch studio musicians.

"I don't think I work for surprise, but I think I'm surprising," she says.

Carter has lost little of her head-turning looks. On this day, she wears a short embroidered jacket, tight silk shirt and black leggings, a look few women decades her junior could pull off as well.

Besides being a powerful charity fundraiser, she turns out to be a news junkie, able to talk about presidential line-item vetoes or Tom Daschle with ease. She also embraces her inner goofball.

"I'm really kind of a corny person," she says. "I think I am so funny. I do — I crack myself up. I consistently, at least according to my children, make a fool of myself. I am a completely flawed person. It is what it is. I'm happy with it."

She'll be appearing this month on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard and then at Lincoln Center in New York. In April, there's a fundraiser in Washington and a one-night stand in Modesto, Calif. And, in June, she'll be at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

"I like to make people laugh and feel comfortable with me," she says. "I work just as hard for 100 people as I do for 1,500 people. They deserve it."

Carter, who grew up in Phoenix, got her first professional singing job at 14. At 17, she was on the road, playing the Catskills, clubs in the Reno-Tahoe area, and made her debut at the Sahara Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in a band called The Garfin Gathering.

"I thought I was living the dream. Being paid to sing was unbelievable for me. When being paid to sing no longer felt right, that's when I quit," she says.

She won the Miss World-USA title in 1972 and four years later landed the iconic role of Wonder Woman, which she played until 1979. She says its success was due less to the skimpy outfit than her focus on making Diana Prince feel real.

"People forget that I spent most of the time on television playing an alter ego," she says. "That's how I allowed people to really understand her."

Carter, who released her first album in 1978 and sang in several prime-time specials in the 1980s, has returned to performing of late, as her two children with her second husband, attorney Robert Altman, become young adults. She's appeared in "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Sky High" and the TV series "Smallville."

She recently played a sociopath on "Law & Order" and loved it. "People like me don't get those opportunities very often," she says. "My daughter called it creepy. So I thought I'd hit a home run."

Carter returned to singing and performing in 2005 in a London performance of "Chicago," and a year later was part of the musical's 10th anniversary show on Broadway.

She dipped her toe in cabaret in 2007, playing small venues in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Leim is working on a live CD of a show that she did in front of a nine-piece band at Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

Despite the new work, she knows that she'll never fully escape the legacy of Wonder Woman. Perhaps only when someone new steps into her old suit.

"It needs to be done again," she says. "I think they should. I'm the first one to pass that baton and I hope it makes a bizzilion dollars."

___

On the Net:

http://www.lyndacartersings.com

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.
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The True Audacity Of Hope: U.S. Presidential Hopeful Barack Hussein Obama And Civil Rights Legend Dr. Gene 'Jughead' Young

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Update!!! The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword: Civil Rights Ignorance Runs Amuck

UPDATE!!! Civil Rights Ignorance Runs Amuck @ The National Civil Rights Museum...


“I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.”~Fidel Castro

“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”~Mohandas Gandhi

"In The End, We Will Remember Not The Words Of Our Enemies, But The Silence Of Our Friends."~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Greetings Family,
I just wanted to share with you all an update on the “Civil Rights Ignorance Runs Amuck @ The National Civil Rights Museum” letter I wrote last week…Never underestimate the power of one to initiate change by any means necessary…Everything adds up and everything counts when you fight the good fight and keep your eyes on the prize…This is just a small start of course but I wanted to share the good news and remind/tell everyone that all change and politics are local…Barack Obama had to become known in his community first before he was known to all of us… Remember that…

And finally never underestimate the power of the pen and the written word…Revolutions were/are started with words and ideas…Remember Bro. Thomas Paine & Common Sense; Remember Bro. David Walker & The Appeal; Remember Sis. Harriet Beecher Stowe & Uncle Tom’s Cabin…I have tried for several years to get in touch with these folks at the National Civil Rights Museum through phone calls and e-mails…All to no avail…However, it finally took a well intentioned letter, e-mail forwards (thanks to TN State Rep. Sis. Barbara Cooper) and some internet exposure to get the job done...Like Bro. Teddy Roosevelt said “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

So I urge you my fellow comrades to meet the challenge and be the change that you seek because we all need some change in mind, body & spirit...May the higher powers and the ancestors continue to bless us all bountifully as well as with purpose…Remember what you do is not for you, but it is for us, the living and the soon to be….

Your freedom loving & fighting comrade in this creative battle of wills,


Tha Artivist
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P.S.
Within 24 hours of my letter being sent out I also received a phone call from the head of the tour guide training at the museum… He insured me that they are starting re-training/refresher workshops/courses for their tour guides as I write and send this letter…

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Friday February 27, 2009

Hello Mr. Herd,

Your email note was forwarded to me as well as to the museum president. Thank you for writing to let us know about your experiences at the museum. Please accept our sincere apology for the quality of the tour you and your guests received.



I have met with our interpretive staff including the trainer(s) and together we have initiated an immediate refresher course with all guides. Customarily, the refresher course is offered once annually. However in light of your very significant experience, the course will now be offered every six months. Additionally, we will monitor and evaluate more closely the presentations with increased frequency.



The museum is fortunate to attract an amazing core group of interpreters who go through an intensive training period that includes practice and shadowed tours, public speaking instruction, class discussions, film screenings, customer service, quizzes including a final exam, and reading assignments.



We regret that you had two unsatisfactory experiences but are most grateful that you have brought this matter to our attention. You may be assured that future visits will meet our shared expectations.



Prior to your next visit, please give me a call so that I may come down and meet you. The next visit you make will be complimentary on us. Thank you again. BA





Barbara Andrews

Director of Education and Interpretation

National Civil Rights Museum

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Thursday February 26, 2009

Mr. Ronald Herd II,

I received a copy of your email from State Representative Barbara Cooper and read with interest your email regarding

two tour experiences you had at the Museum. First of all, please allow me to apologize for any misinformation

you may have received while here on tour. There is clearly no excuse for what happened and I can assure you

that we have an internal review underway to determine exactly who you are referencing in both instances.

Please be assured we have an extensive training process that guides go through. I don’t know if this was a new

guide or one under the supervision of a more seasoned guide, but whatever the case, we will identify the people

referenced and the necessary actions will be taken to ensure that this does not recur.



I noted that your experiences occurred in November and December of 2008. Is there any reason you did not

Come forward to inform me sooner of your experiences??? It would have be great if you had let me know the

same day or soon thereafter so corrective action could have been more immediate. We hire people, train them,

they research and read other resources and we try to equip all staff for the jobs that they

do. All members of the staff are committed to providing accurate information through an engaging tour

experience and moreover to building a world class museum. However, I recognize, all of us are human and

as humans, we are fallible. Are we perfect? No. Do we strive to be? Yes. Sometimes we make the mark

and sometimes we miss, but if we know, we can certainly try to fix the problem.



I also noted that I was not copied on an email that referenced something that occurred at the National

Civil Rights Museum. I would appreciate it if you would call, email or speak with me directly about

Any experiences you may have at the Museum; good or bad. Hopefully, we have the same goals …

to deliver the very best experience…with the most accurate information possible to all those who visit.



I look forward to meeting and speaking with you.



Beverly Robertson
Executive Director Of The National Civil Rights Museum

An Untold Backstory Of The Founding Of The National Civil Rights Museum...

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. News & Radio Special: February 18, 2007~"We Shall Overcome"-The Henry Hampton Collection (Creator of the Award Winning Eyes On The Prize Documentary)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe/2007/02/18/tha-artivist-presentsmaking-b

It Was All A Dream: Tigers' Connection To 68...


Find A Civil Rights Veteran Today!!!


Eye-Witness To The Crucifixion: The Last Days Of MLK...

Show:
Topic: If Memphis Could Talk Part 4~April 4th, 1968, Another Perspective...


Listen To The Exclusive 'Heating Up The Civil Rights Cold Case Files With Bro. Jerry Mitchell' Interview Only On...

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. News & Radio Special: We Decide 2008:


Dr. Young Gives Food For Thought On What It's Like To Be A Civil Rights Pioneer...
http://weallbe.blogspot.com/2008/04/dr-young-gives-food-for-thought-on-what.html
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

From The Honorable Sis. Cynthia McKinney: Ruminations on President Obama's Tenure Thus Far and "Acceptable Punditry"...




March 2, 2009

I have played around with this idea for hours now, on whether or not to write this piece. But the events of the last few hours, I believe, mandate that I raise my voice once again.

I have read and re-read President Obama's Joint Congressional Address. All of the "acceptable punditry" have spoken and given the President glowing reviews. And so, to them and the population that still believes in them, "All is right with the world." But for the rest of us, who refuse to swallow the pill that puts us into the Matrix, a good dose of reality is strongly called for.

But reality is not what we're getting, not even from one of the national columnists whom I've met, Maureen Dowd.

I think Maureen Dowd characterized it as "Spock at the Bridge." Now, being the Trekkie that I am, that headline grabbed my attention. I nearly gagged, however, when I got to the line supposedly from President Obama calling President Bush to proclaim, "'I’m ending your stupid war.' Mission Relinquished."

Why write things like this now that it is clear that the Obama Administration is continuing the Bush policies for missile strikes inside Pakistan; torture; rendition for torture; public release of Bush Administration e-mails; illegal wiretaps; status of prisoners at the U.S. base in Bagram, Afghanistan; and workplace immigration raids?

For the record, President Obama is also pursuing Bush policies on Iran and Israel. As recently as yesterday, President Obama's Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, responded when asked whether Iran was capable of building an atom bomb. Admiral Mullen replied, "We think they do, quite frankly."

Dowd concludes her “Spock” piece by imbuing the President with "a Vulcan-like logic and detachment." But I think the detachment of “acceptable” political punditry from the real world is what is totally lamentable. In the process, they render themselves irrelevant.

So, it's clear. I'm about to step into marshy soil here, by noting that I found 19 questionable Obama policies or statements in his Joint Congressional speech delivered three days before his announcement that upon the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, up to 50,000 U.S. troops could remain through 2011, after the "pullout."

And while various "mint" operations are peddling Obama "Change" coins for purchase, complete with a certificate of authenticity, I wade further into the muck by noting that the President continues the giveaway of our hard-earned coins to an economic team intent on keeping mismanagement structures in place, serving economic ends that do not constitute the common good. I would refer readers to the many statements that I issued during the final days of our Power to the People Green Party Presidential campaign about re-creating an economic system truly and finally owned by the people, operating in our interest. It is possible to do that. All it requires is enough political will.

But what forces me out into the open marshland of "non-mainstream" political punditry has to do with the latest Obama "pullout:" the decision to withdraw from the April 2009 Geneva United Nations World Conference Against Racism, dubbed Durban II.

We heard the same palaver in 2001 from the same forces inside our country, basically that a discussion of Zionism, in the context of such a Conference, would be anti-Semitic; therefore all the world's dispossessed and marginalized people must continue to suffer and sacrifice while muting their grievances so that no discussion of Israel would take place on the world stage in this context.

Well, in 2001, upon hearing this line of reasoning, I went to then-Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairwoman, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and asked if I could be appointed as the CBC Task Force Chair on Durban. The non-participation argument was also a handy "peg on the track" with the potential of derailing many conversations, including a real discussion about the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the issue of reparations. Respectful of the excellent preparatory work that had been done, I wanted to avoid that outcome.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson made the appointment and I led a delegation of 5 Members of Congress to Durban.

The current Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Barbara Lee, was a member of my delegation to Durban. From my position on the International Relations Committee, we successfully argued for U.S. participation in that Conference at a Hearing designed to quash our effort. We not only met with then-United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, we also presented her with the untold story of COINTELPRO and the remaining unsolved deaths of its Black Panther Party member victims, commissioned by me and written by Kathleen Cleaver and Paul Wolf.

Our CBC Chairwoman made a beautiful statement of why it was imperative that the United States join with our Native American and Latino brothers and sisters and with oppressed peoples all over the planet and not only make our statement of solidarity, but also institute policies at the Congress that recognized their needs. It is incorrect to say that the United States was not present at Durban. We were there and only when the duties of Congress pressed us to return to Washington, DC did the Bush Administration make a big deal about anti-Semitism and then staged its phony walk out. The United States delegation of Congressional Black Caucus Members was there to support the phenomenal work of U.S. activists and the African and Caribbean delegations, in particular. I think everyone in Durban was moved by the plight of the Dalits in India and understood better the surging political power of Afro-Latinos.

Durban was a clear victory for the world's marginalized peoples, including those of us who reside inside the United States. But, when the Congressional Delegation returned to the U.S., there was no time for celebration because the tragedy of September 11, 2001 unfolded.

What has happened in the interim has devastated the very people that Durban was designed to address, unfortunately, much of it due to U.S. policy. Now is not the time for the United States to shrink from this call.

In order to prevail in Durban, I had to go toe to toe with the Anti-Defamation League and Members of Congress Tom Lantos and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen who, among many other Members of Congress, vociferously denounced Durban. This was something that I did because I felt it was the right thing to do. Given Israel's recent actions in Gaza that have brought upon it the world's opprobrium, I can imagine that this is the last point in time that Israel might want to revisit Durban. Israel has said that it will not attend the Conference in Geneva.

Early last year, a government official announced Canada's decision to not attend Durban II after deeming the Conference to be anti-Israel. Shortly afterwards, France followed suit with French President Nicolas Sarkozy stating that the "excesses of 2001" transformed the Conference "into an intolerable platform against the State of Israel." I would note also that France must be particularly loath to discuss racism now with what is happening in Guadeloupe and Martinique as I write this piece. And remembering that Paris, itself, was literally on fire just a few years ago.

The UK, which has been under severe racial tests with Asians rebelling openly in the streets since Durban 2001, and the Netherlands have both threatened to withdraw their support for the Conference if a "negative spiral" of events takes place. Interestingly, these remarks came at the same time as the release of a European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance report which found that the tone of Dutch political and public debate on immigrant integration, racism, and other issues relevant to ethnic minorities, had experienced a "dramatic deterioration."

So, we shouldn't be surprised that the racism stress test is revealing cracks and fissures in human relations. But the United States and President Obama should not shield them or this country from these stresses. This Conference gives us the opportunity to get the issues out in the open and to deal with them. That's the way to put them to an end. The world might have changed because of events occurring in September 2001, but it wasn't because the United Nations successfully convened the World Conference Against Racism.

And now that I am as completely in the middle of the marsh as I was as completely in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea when my boat was rammed by the Israelis, let me make an observation about one aspect of marshes. I have witnessed the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets on the Savannah, Georgia marshland. And the most beautiful rainbows. Being away from the glass and concrete can give one a better perspective.

I observed last year that I thought U.S. voters went to the polls in large numbers to try and regain a bit of dignity lost during the eight years of outright banditry played out in our names, with our resources, against our interests. But I was reminded at the recently adjourned Transpartisan Alliance convention in Colorado that dignity will not come without first an acknowledgment of the truth: with truth we can have justice; and with justice we can have peace; and it is only with peace that we can truly have dignity. Something as easy as a vote, alone, is not going to be enough to wrest us from this mess that has been wrought.

This morning, I sent the following message to the White House:

‘Mr. President, it was with great disappointment that I read of your decision to pull out of Durban II. Even the Bush Administration, under pressure from the Congressional Black Caucus, provided some funding for the United Nations effort and sent staff to support the Congressional delegation that attended the Conference. I was there. I was head of the Congressional Black Caucus Task Force that negotiated Congressional and Administration engagement on this issue. There is still time for the U.S. to participate. Your decision is not irrevocable. I would encourage you to please reconsider this decision and not only attend the Conference, but also provide funding to ensure its success.”

I implore the Members of the Congressional Black Caucus to spearhead the participation of the United States in the United Nation's World Conference Against Racism: to boldly go where we have gone before. Dr. King reminded us that "the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." On this issue, President Obama has shown us his measure. I hope that the Congressional Black Caucus and the Progressive Caucus and the Democratic Caucus can show us, oh, so much more.



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Beware: "Koobface" Worm Resurfaces on Facebook, MySpace...


Brian Krebs on Computer Security
Washington Post





Security experts are warning users of Facebook, MySpace and other social networking communities to be on guard against a new strain of the "Koobface" worm, which spreads by tricking users into responding to a message apparently sent from one of their friends.

The latest version of Koobface arrives as an invitation from a user's friend or contact, inviting the recipient to click on a link and view a video at a counterfeit YouTube site. Visitors are told they need need to install an Adobe Flash plug-in to view the video.

The bogus plug-in instead installs a Trojan horse program that gives Koobface author(s) control over the infected user's computer, according to security firm Trend Micro, which documented the new strain on its blog.

In addition, the worm also hijacks the victim's social networking account, by sending out additional invites in order to spread the worm to the victim's friends and contacts. The worm currently is spreading across multiple networks, including hi5.com, friendster.com, myyearbook.com, bebo.com and livejournal.com.

Trend also reports at least two different bogus Facebook apps being used to harvest users' personal data. Last week, a rogue Facebook app called "The Error Check System" quickly spread among Facebook users, arriving in a notification that told users that one of their friends "has faced some errors when checking your profile." Hours later, Trend spotted another rogue Facebook app, which urged recipients to click a link to find out why they had supposedly been reported to Facebook for violating the site's terms of service.

It's important to note that practicing basic online street smarts can save you from falling for these types of attacks, regardless of the medium. As always, be extremely cautious about clicking on links in unsolicited messages, even if they appear to have been sent by a friend or acquaintance. Also, don't install applications or programs if you didn't go looking for them. Before you install anything, take a few minutes to research the program and its vendor first. If you decide to install the application, make sure to download it directly from the vendor's Web site, if possible.
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Enjoy The Recession While Living Laid Off...

"Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood."
~H. L. Mencken



Tha Artivist Writes:
As you go through the daily grind of living your life like the theme song from Good Times please do yourself a favor and read a blog that’s worth your troubles. Actually it’s not worth your troubles because it’s priceless. Whatcha talking bout Willis you may be asking??? Well I am talking about enjoying Living Life Laid Off…the blog that is!!! The Wizard of Oz behind this brainchild is Sis. Mariam Williams a.k.a. The Pink Slip Girl out of Louisville, KY, the same place that brought you the Original Louisville Lip a.k.a. The Greatest Muhammad Ali…Well Sis. Mariam is the Louisville Lip 2.0 because she delivers knockouts with her savvy word play and astute social observances. This is what newspaper journalism must have been like in the days of the H. L. Menckens & George Schuylers of a bygone golden era. With her unique literary skills and inspirational musings this sister won’t be laid off for long. Eventually yall be picking up her best sellers from Barnes & Noble and seeing her at Oprah’s next Legends Ball. Remember Tha Artivist told ya first.
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Have Courage.

HAVE COURAGE.


If any race of people on this earth need to have courage, it is the Negro.

Have the courage to say "No" when you are tempted to drink.

Have the courage to wear the old suit of clothes, rather than go in debt for a new suit.

Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance when asked about something of which you do not know.

Have the courage to pay a debt when you need the money for something else.

Have the courage to be polite, though your character may be assailed.

Have the courage to speak the truth, remembering the command: "Thou shalt not lie."

Have the courage to own that you are poor, and thus disarm poverty of its sharpest sting.

Have the courage to own that you are wrong, when convinced that such is the case.

Have the courage to be good and true, and you will always find work to do.

Have the courage to say your prayers, though you may be ridiculed by man.

Have the courage to tell a man why you will not lend him money instead of whipping the devil around the stump by telling him that you haven't a cent "in the world," calling one of your pockets "the world."

Have the courage of your convictions. "According to a man's faith, so be it unto him." This is true on every plane of life, from the lowest to the highest. A man's power in everything is measured by his convictions. The statesman who has the profoundest convictions is surest of bringing others to see as he sees on any question which he discusses before the public. The minister who can most completely identify himself with his people, if he has the courage of his convictions, is the one who is most likely to be successful. (Afro-American Encyclopedia.)

Note: Poem Is From 'Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading
A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions
that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every
race-loving man, woman, and child.'

COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY
JAMES T. HALEY.
Nashville, Tenn.:
J. T. Haley & Company, Publishers.
1897.

You can find the book at the following link:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22256/22256-h/22256-h.htm
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett: “Our Women”...



The following is an article written by Ida B. Wells-Barnett. This article offers very revealing insights into her thoughts and feelings about the issues concerning Black leadership and gender equality of her day, many of which still affect us to this day! Her peers often cited Ida as being a brilliant writer but a dangerous revolutionary and foe in terms of her philosophies and straightforwardness in which she presented them. You decide. Ida’s pen or nick name was Iola. (This article and more can also be found reprinted in the Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells a book which I highly recommend anyone interested in Ida, Black History, U.S. History and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement read. If you want to access some of Ida's powerful works of writing online for free click here.
Bro. R2
“Our Women”
New York Freeman, January 1, 1887
(Reprinted from the Memphis Scimitar)

Dr. Georgia E.L. Patton (1864-1900), Memphis,Tn: Ex- Slave & The First Licensed Black Woman Doctor in the state of Tennessee

Among the many things that have transpired to dishearten the Negroes in their effort to attain a level in the status of civilized races, has been the wholesale contemptuous defamation of their women. Unmindful of the fact that our enslavement with all the evils attendant thereon was involuntary and that enforced poverty, ignorance and immorality was our only dower at its close, there are writers who have nothing to give the world in their disquisitions on the Negroes, save a rehearsal of their worthlessness, immorality, etc.

While all these accusations, allowed as we usually are, no opportunity to refute them, are hurtful to and resented by us, none sting so deeply and keenly as the taunt of immorality; the jest and sneer with which our women are spoken of, and the utter incapacity or refusal to believe there are among us mothers, wives and maidens who have attained a true, noble, and refining womanhood. There are many such all over this Southland of ours, and in our own city they abound. It is this class who, learning of the eloquent plea in defense of, and the glowing tribute paid Negro womanhood, by G.P.M. Turner in the speech he delivered in the Bowden case, return him their heartfelt thanks and assure him as a gentleman, a lawyer and a far seeing economist is inexpressible. Our race is no exception to the rest of humanity, in its susceptibility to weakness, nor is it any consolation for us to know that the nobility of England and the aristocratic circles of our own country furnish parallel examples of immorality. We only wish to be given the same credit for our virtues that others receive, and once the idea gains ground that worth is respected, from whatever source it may originate, a great incentive to good morals will have been given. For what you have done in that respect accept the sincere thanks of the virtuous colored women of this city.
IOLA

See Also...
A Powerful And Wise Voice From Beyond The Grave: Ida B. Wells-Barnett On The "Functions of Leadership”
http://weallbe.blogspot.com/2006/04/powerful-and-wise-voice-from-beyond_09.html
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Monday, March 02, 2009

Tales From Tha Artivist: When Psychological Size Goes Wrong....


Note: Psychological size deals with interpersonal relationships/arrangements and how people function or don't within these relationships. It's all about knowing where you stand or what the pro-wrestler Rock used to say "knowing your role" in regards to what is expected from the individual as well as from the collective as a whole from these relationships/arrangements.

I can give a great example of when psychological size becomes dysfunctional. Four years ago I was working my second straight year as a visual arts teacher at an arts summer camp in Memphis. I actually worked the inaugural year of the summer arts camp and thought it to be a very rewarding experience. Although there were difficulties both with the students as well as with the administration, the good definitely outweighed the bad. So when the founder/director asked me back for a second year I was very much thrilled to once again share my enthusiasm with kids who in many instances are not exposed to any arts education in their regular schooling.

However, one thing that cut my motivation some was the fact that I although I made a commitment to come back (some didn’t) that I wasn’t offer a true incentive to come back. I thought that the director could have at least offered a raise for coming back as a show of gratitude (after all, she was grossly underpaying me in terms of experience and expertise, but nevertheless I saw the importance of the program).

There were also a communication problem between myself and the administration that became more pronounced as the days turn into weeks. Special needs kids as well as kids with certain learning disabilities were put into some of my classes without the administration informing me. I felt this was dishonorable and a true disservice because I basically was kept in the dark about some of the emotional and psychological issues that some of my kids had. If I have known certain things about certain students I could have handled certain situations that arose better and in a totally different light (for example, class disruptions and exceptional difficulties grasping certain assignments).

One day I had a very disruptive and unruly young girl student act a fool in class (more so than normal). I ended up disciplining the young lady by taking away the assignment she was working on and making her stand in a corner. When she really started to cut up, I lead her by the arm out of the classroom into the hallway for a talk. The director of the program was present for most of this interaction and even herself reprimanded the young lady for her outrageous behavior. At the moment it felt good to finally have the administration show some backbone in handling this situation. I thought this would be the turning point in letting the inmates run the asylum. Needless to say I was proven wrong in less than 24 hours.

The next morning when I came to work I was summoned to the director’s office. There waiting for me was the director along with the mother of the rude child the day before. Before I could say anything the mother verbally tore into me, claiming that I inappropriately touched and verbally abused her daughter and saying that I have no right to touch or verbally abuse her daughter. I was shocked, dusted and disgusted. I am being accused of exaggerated claims of physical and verbal abuse while the director who was present for most of my interactions with the young lady and who verbally reprimanded the girl herself said absolutely nothing in my defense. The mother even went so far as to threaten me with an arrest and jail time (her husband was allegedly a Shelby County Sheriff or Memphis Police Officer). After she settled down, she stated that she realized that her daughter could be a hand full and hyper. After taking that verbal lashing I could “takes no mo’”. I told them both that I was resigning; their body language told me they were shocked.

In reality I did not want to go because I knew I was doing well. The real victims in this were the kids who wanted to learn. But for me I knew that the low pay without administrative support wasn’t worth it. I felt that with weak leadership like that, there would be many internal and external problems that an organization like that wouldn’t be able to overcome. Needless to say within a year’s time the organization was out of business.

Remember The Revolution Won't Be Televised But It Will Be Blogged, Podcasted & Now Broadcasted Online!!!

Artastically, Communally & Revolutionarily Yours,

Tha Artivist
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Founder and Minister of Information
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