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Parable of the black brotherhood

Posted by Marvin X on April 17, 2010 at 10:39pm

Parable of the Black Brotherhood

The brotherhood is in shambles, from hood to hood, coast to coast, sea to shining sea. It is as Walter Rodney described in his monograph West Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade: brother is against brother. There is no trust, only hatred, only the desire to kill at the drop of a hat, the glance of an eye. And sometimes it is on purpose, for the hatred is solid and unequivocal, based on religion or ideology or class or color. Christians hate Muslims, and the revers

Parable of the Ash Cloud

Posted by Marvin X on April 17, 2010 at 11:24am

Parable ofthe Ash Cloud

"When the earth is shaken to its utmostconvulsion
And the earththrows up its burdens from within
And man cries distressed, 'What is the matter with it?....
--Al Qur'an, Surah 99, Al Zalzalah

(TheEarthquake)

The calamity!
What is the calamity?
And what will make thee know how terrible isthe calamity?
The daywherein men will be as scattered moths.
And the mountains will be as carded wool.
Then as for him whose measure (of gooddeeds) is heavy
He willlive a pleasant life.
And asfor him w

Marvin X and Rashidah Sabreen on KPFA radio, Monday, 9pm (www.kpfa.org)

Posted by Marvin X on April 16, 2010 at 9:25pm

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MarvinX and Rashidah on KPFA Monday, 9pm

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Marvin X will be interviewed and perform on the Greg Bridges s

Parable of Iraq

Posted by Marvin X on April 16, 2010 at 11:54am

Friday, April 16, 2010

Parable ofIraq

The war in Iraq has not begun. It shall beginwhen the Americans leave--now what day might that be? They are still inGermany, Japan, and elsewhere. They ain't in Vietnam, ha? But in Iraq,they have merely opened Pandora's box. As they draw down, the spiritsshall dance in the desert winds.

The Shia have power they'venever had before, not since before the martyrdom of their imams afterthe death of the prophet. The Shia say to hell with the democraticprocess, there

Parable of Desirelessness

Posted by Marvin X on April 16, 2010 at 2:30am

Parable ofDesirelessness

During his life, he'd hadeverything, money, dope, women, more love than any man could handle. In short, he was spoiled rotten. Now he was bored to tears. Maybe he was just an ungrateful bastard, since his cup had run over with goodness and mercy.

While on drugs, he discovered he needed very little,although he desired much. As a dope addict he survived on nothing but dope. No woman, no sex, food, clothes, bath, place to stay. Nothing but dope. For a time he lived in a card

Parable of the Old Lovers

Posted by Marvin X on April 15, 2010 at 1:00pm

Parable of the Old Lovers

They met in their twenties. Shecelebrated her 21st birthday with him, making mad love in his room on Page Street in San Francisco. It was the 60s, around the time of that great Summer of Love. Haight Street was full of hippies in love. These lovers were among them, black hippies. Smoking weed. Dropping LSD. Spreading black nationalism. Studying Islam. Black Arts West Theatre. Black Panthers. Black Student Union. Huey, Bobby, Eldridge, Kathleen, Angela. Malcolm. Elijah. M

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Republicans and Adult-ery

Posted by Raynard Jackson on April 15, 2010 at 12:33am

Republicans and Adult-ery

April 15, 2010Raynard Jackson

Now that I have everyone’s attention, let’s talk about the one way the Republicans can negate the momentum they have gained heading into the fall elections.

Political analysts all agree that this fall’s elections will be a referendum on the Obama administration and the Democratic controlled Congress. If the elections were held today, in all likelihood, the Democrats would be handily defeated in both the house and the senate (not enough to take

Parable of the Elephant

Posted by Marvin X on April 15, 2010 at 12:30am

Parable ofthe Elephant

An African elephant lived in a zoo and oftenperformed in a circus doing tricks. His keeper dominated him, oppressing his natural desire to be free. The trainer made him do tricks he had no desire to do, but he went along with the program.

One day theelephant got tired of following commands. He no longer wanted tostand on his hind legs or on one leg.

He rebelled and stomped his trainer. Whenhis master came to the rescue, the elephant stomped him too. He broke from the circus a

Parable of the Girl Ignut of Men

Posted by Marvin X on April 14, 2010 at 2:48pm

Parable ofGirl Ignut of Men

There was a girl who didn't knowmen. Her mother and father were too busy doing drugs, so they didn'thave time to teach her about men or anything else. In fact, theyabandoned her, so she grew up in foster care.

She was diagnosedmanic depressive but went faithfully to her therapist, even though itwas a white person located in a rich area of town. But most of the timethe girl seemed to stay balanced, although there were times when shetalked out of her head.

When she was on

Parable of the Witch Doctors

Posted by Marvin X on April 13, 2010 at 1:50pm

Parable ofthe Witch Doctors

Witch doctors fromaround the world are in Oakland for the 40th anniversary of theAssociation of Black Psychologists at the Marriott. As in the case ofHarry Belafonte’s Gathering a few months ago, hardly anyone in Oaklandknows of the event. I was able to attend as a journalist for theOakland Post, even though I must be considered a lay psychologist withthe publication of my manual for a Pan African Mental Health PeerGroup: How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supr

Fable of the Donkey

Posted by Marvin X on April 12, 2010 at 4:24pm

Fable of theDonkey

In memory of Ali Sharif Bey,
my teacher

Theso-called Negro is the donkey of the world, everybody rides him tosuccess. If you need a free ride to success, jump on the Negro's backand ride into the sunset. He will welcome you with open arms. No saddleneeded, just jump on his back and ride him to the bank.

Theso-called Negro lives in Negroland, and the whole world is welcome,free of charge. He claims it as his turf, but not really because he runswhenever popocomes. Why would he run i

Now Available: The Wisdom of Plato Negro: Parables and Fables by Marvin X

Posted by Marvin X on April 7, 2010 at 11:00pm

Now Available from Black Bird Press

The Wisdom of Plato Negro
Parables/Fables
Marvin X

“Is Marvin X a parable or fable? We doubt a Marvin X exists! We double doubt there is a Plato Negro!”

—Amiri Baraka

"He's the USA's Rumi!"

--Bob Holman

"Jeremiah, I presume! I am sure these parables are a first in America exploiting this literary category. People will wonder where to place these parables and fables. You have expanded contemporary literature. I suspect there is nothing like them in post-modern Ameri

Parable of the Heart

Posted by Marvin X on April 6, 2010 at 5:30am

Parable of the Heart

There was a man who loved God. He went to churches, mosques, temples in his search for God. He married, had children, a good job, yet still didn't feel he knew God. He prayed day and night until
his knee caps had sores. He called out for God to make Himself known in
his life. Hearing nothing from God, he balled his fists at God, in anger
and frustration. Why won't God talk to me, he wondered?

He loved his family and they loved him. He gave them all the material comforts,
yet he w

Parable of the Poor Righteous Teacher

Posted by Marvin X on April 5, 2010 at 2:30pm

Parable of the Poor Righteous Teacher

for Haki Madhubuti (Don L. Lee)

Sooner or later, they always come for the teacher. After all, the more popular, the more dangerous. The more
serious and sincere, the more a threat to the bourgeoisie whose
philosophy is do nothing, say nothing, know nothing. Thus, the serious
teacher has no seat at the table. Yes, he is tolerated for a time, maybe
a long time, but the plot was hatched the first day he arrived to
teach, when the contract was signed, his doom was seal

Parable of the Parrot

Posted by Marvin X on April 5, 2010 at 5:00am

Parable of the Parrot

for Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and the Pan African Revolution

The king wanted parrots around him. He wants all his ministers to wear
parrot masks. He said he had to do the same for the previous king. He
only said what the king wanted to hear, nothing more, so he advised his
ministers to do the same. In fact, they must encourage the people to
become parrots. Yes, he wanted a nation of parrots.

Don't sayanything the kings does not want to hear. Everything said should be
music to his ears. And

Parable of the Man Who Loved His Mama

Posted by Marvin X on April 4, 2010 at 11:10pm

Parable of the Man Who LovedHis Mama

Motherlove turns to smother love....
--Nietzsche

Heavenis at the feet of your mother.
--Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

There was a man wholoved his mama and his mama loved him, even though she called him theghost of her husband, who many years ago abandoned his family of fourchildren, and died in the dirty South of alcoholism. The man who lovedhis mama was only four years old when his father left. For a long timethe boy would stand in the doorway waiting for his father t

The Journal of Pan African Studies Call for Poetry

Posted by Marvin X on April 4, 2010 at 3:30pm

The Journal of Pan African Studies Call for Poetry

CALL FOR POETRY

December 2010 edition of

The Journal of Pan African Studies (JPAS)
in honor of
Dingane Jose Goncalves,
founder
Journal of Black Poetry

The Journal of Pan African Studies is pleased to announce a special literary arts edition devoted to poetry edited byguest editor Marvin X, poet, playwright, essayist, activist, one of the
founders of the Black Arts Movement ,called the USA's Rumi (Bob Holman)
and the father of Muslim American literature (

Parable of the Madpoet

Posted by Marvin X on April 3, 2010 at 12:00pm

Parable of theMadpoet

And I'm the great would-be poet. Yes. That's right! Poet. Some kind of bastard literature...all it
needs is a simple knife thrust. Just let me bleed you, you loud whore, and one poem vanished.
A whole people of neurotics, struggling to keep from being sane. And the only thing that would
cure the neurosis would be your murder...
--Amiri Baraka, The Dutchman

He was a man who lived on the razor's edge,like a tight walker about to fall into the chasm, a false step, a
slight loss of

Parable of the Preacher's Wife

Posted by Marvin X on April 2, 2010 at 6:15am

Friday, April 2, 2010

Parableof the Preacher's Wife

Parableofthe Preacher's Wife

There was a preacher who had amost beautiful wife. She used to come pass Plato Negro's street academyon da corner of 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland. She was sobeautiful Plato Negro had to stop teaching whenever she passed. Her skinwas clean and glowing. Her clothes were of fine cloth. Her legs werewell shaped, her shoes expensive.

At first she would take Plato'swritings home to read. But she came one day to tell h

Parable of the Rabbit

Posted by Marvin X on April 1, 2010 at 4:30am

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Parable ofthe Rabbit

There was arabbit that laid chicken eggs. People were so impressed with this rabbitthey went hunting for rabbit eggs. The eggs were of different colors,beautiful red, green, yellow, purple and blue colored eggs. What amagical rabbit this was.

Somehow the people made a strangeconnection between this rabbit and a man who was crucified, resurrectedand ascended to heaven. According to this fantastic story, the man arosefrom inside a cave with a big rock at t

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Parable of the black brotherhood

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Marvin X and Rashidah Sabreen on KPFA radio, Monday, 9pm (www.kpfa.org)

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Parable of Iraq

Friday, April 16, 2010

Parable of Desirelessness

Parable of the Old Lovers

Republicans and Adult-ery

Parable of the Elephant

Parable of the Girl Ignut of Men

Parable of the Witch Doctors

Fable of the Donkey

Now Available: The Wisdom of Plato Negro: Parables and Fables by Marvin X

Parable of the Heart

Parable of the Poor Righteous Teacher

Parable of the Parrot

Parable of the Man Who Loved His Mama

The Journal of Pan African Studies Call for Poetry

The Journal of Pan African Studies Call for Poetry

Parable of the Madpoet

Parable of the Preacher's Wife

Friday, April 2, 2010

Parableof the Preacher's Wife

Parable of the Rabbit

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