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Parable of Man, Beasts, Ancestors and Nature

Posted by Marvin X on March 23, 2010 at 1:16pm

Parable of Man, Beasts, Ancestors and Nature

The Tsunami in South Asia (and the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti and Chile) is only the most recent tragedy in that part of the world.... The Tsunami proved that Nature is the master of all things, for it spared no one and nothing in its path of destruction. The people on one island were spared only because they recalled the ancestors had warned them to head for the hills whenever there was an earthquake because a Tsunami was sure to follow.

On another

Book Review: We Will Return in the Whirlwind

Posted by Marvin X on March 23, 2010 at 5:00am

We Will Return in the Whirlwind:
Black Radical Organizations 1960 – 1975
By Muhammad Ahmad (Maxwell Stanford Jr.).
(Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 2007. Pp.378, Notes, Appendix, $18.00)

This book is a participant – observer investigation into four of the main radical black organizations in America between 1960 – 1975: the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the League of Revolutionary Black Wo

Parable of the Drunk Man

Posted by Marvin X on March 23, 2010 at 4:00am

Parable of the Drunk Man

Marvin X in Harlem, NY

1968. Photo by Doug Harris

One night a drunk man came by the house singing a song, "Boy, they comin' ta git ya in da mornin. Boy, dey comin ta git ya in da mornin. Ya bin down here preachin dat black power, and da comin fa ya in da mornin."

My wife and I just laughed at the old drunk outside our house and wished he would go away, but sure enough when I got on the boat for the five hour ride through the jungle to the main town to reup on food, I noticed

Chicago-Midwest

911 - STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING - LISTEN UP

Posted by Enoch Mubarak on March 22, 2010 at 3:24pm

My name is Enoch Mubarak and I am not going to lie to you.FORGET ABOUT IT!Listen to me! If you want to live and not starve to death get off the chitterlings circuit. Forget about THE COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA, WE COUNT - THE BLACK AGENDA IS AMERICAS AGENDA and THE RESURRECTED BLACK WALL STREET INITIATIVE. They were all conceived out of fear, born on a dead end premise and pronounced dead on arrival for the benefit of Black America.If you want to live you better seek shelter now!MARCH 2010 – RE

Parable of the City of God

Posted by Marvin X on March 21, 2010 at 1:00pm

Parable of the City of God

You have destroyed the City of God, turned it into a hell hole wherein brother is against brother and sister against sister. The City of God has become the habitation of devils who kill at will the children of God who are slain in the streets while no action is taken against them and the so-called good people are silent in the night, hiding in their mansions in fear and terror, knowing for a certainty the devils shall invade their homes, it is only a matter of time, sim

AAPDEP Cell Phone Drive - Donate your old/used cell phone

Posted by TheBlackList on March 20, 2010 at 10:08pm

Announcing the kick-off of a cell phone drive to benefit The All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) and the environment you live in!

Come donate your used cell phones to be reused or recycled. For each cell phone donation, you will support AAPDEP in our effort to build community garden projects in St. Petersburg, Houston, and Washington D.C. and an infant and maternal mortality clinic in Sierra Leone.

Many Africans suffer from food insecurity in the US. The gardens are

Parables, Fables, Musings of Plato Negro--A Hustler's Guide to the Game Called Life

Posted by Marvin X on March 20, 2010 at 10:00pm

Parables,

Fables,

Musings of

Plato Negro

by

Marvin X

Contents

Part One: Parables and Fables

Parable of the Hustler

Parable of the Woman at the Well

Parable of the Gambler

Parable of Letting Go

Parable of the Bar

Parable of the Table

Parable of the Bitter Bitch

Parable of the Weather

Parable of the City of God

Parable of the Sick Soul

Parable of the Criminal Society

Parable of Monks and Ministers

Parable of the No People
Fable of the Black Bird
Parable of the Real Woman
Parable of the Cell Phone
Parable of the Man With

Two Poems for Marvin X Madpoet

Posted by Marvin X on March 20, 2010 at 12:51pm

Marvin X and Dr. J. Vern Cromartie--a Marvin X Scholar. This photo is from the celebration for Amiri Baraka's 75th birthday, produced by Marvin X at the San Francisco Jazz Heritage Center in the Fillmore District. Photo by Kamau Amen Ra

Street Spirits

(For Marvin X)

under a red sky
you have roamed
the streets of San Francisco
rapping about homeless blues
in your poetry
in your life
in your spirit

under a red sky
i saw you
once selling the Poetry Flash
to rich tourists and wondered
whether you would bec

FBI Entrapment: Personal Stories of Preemptive Prosecution

Posted by SendMeYourNews on March 19, 2010 at 8:00pm

Thursday March 25th at 7:00 p.m.

40 Washington Square South

New York, NY 10012

Vanderbilt Room 220, New York University

The Fort Dix Five. Yassin Aref. The Newburgh Four.
"Homegrown terrorists" stopped dead in their tracks, or victims of FBI
entrapment? A panel of speakers will discuss these cases in light of the FBI's
campaign since 9/11 that includes preemptive prosecution, the targeting of
Muslim communities and the use of agent provocateurs and informants to entrap
innocent people.

A Street Named Rashidah Muhammad

Posted by Marvin X on March 19, 2010 at 9:00am

A Street Named Rashidah Muhammad

There is a street in Oakland
nobody knows
hardly sees
they pass it going downtown on 20th Street/Tom Berkley Way (A Black Man)
Rashidah Muhammad intersecting Tom Berkley
how nice
a black man's street intersecting a black woman's street
how nice
but who knows this Rashidah Muhammad
how many women or men or children
black or white, Muslim, Christian
but there it is
Rashidah Muhammad Street
named for a little warrior woman
midwife community organizer mother wife lover
who fought an

Parables and Fables of Marvin X

Posted by Marvin X on March 18, 2010 at 7:00am

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Parables and Fables of Marvin X

Parables and Fables of Marvin X

Contents

Fable of the Black Bird

Parable of A Real Woman

Plato Negro on the Cell Phone

\Parable of the Man With the Gun in Hand

Parable of the Gangsta

Fable of the Rooster and the Hen

Parable of the Pit Bull

Parable of Black Man and Block Man

Fable of the Sleeping Lion

Parable of the Baby Carriage

Parable of the Woman in the Box

Parable of the Fire

Parable of the Basket

Parable of the Man Who Wanted to Die

Plato Negro on Suic

DMV

A Healthy Debate

Posted by Raynard Jackson on March 18, 2010 at 2:48am

March 18, 2010

Raynard Jackson

As the debate over healthcare finally comes to an end, I have been amazed and almost embarrassed at how the Republicans have responded to the Democrats creative maneuverings to get the bill up for a vote. The Democrats have decided to use a parliamentary rule called reconciliation.

So, the Republican’s response? To whine and complain about how unfair the Democrats are being to the minority party. Republicans, STOP IT!! Grow a pair. Elections have consequences. So, if

I Am John Coltrane

Posted by Marvin X on March 17, 2010 at 1:15pm

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I Am John Coltrane

I am John Coltrane
not with horn
but pen
beyond words to silence
not sound
words sacred
profane obscene
no proper politically correct
beyond bourgeoisie culture police
revolutionary puritans

who say
don't say nigguh but kill nigguhs at every turn
turn holy in prison doing push ups after killing all nigguhs in the hood
don't say motherfucker
but fuck their mothers, daughters, sons and anything else under the sun
but don't say motherfucker
don't say bitch

while they are t

Chicago-Midwest

2010 CENSUS FORMS - FORGET ABOUT IT - DON'T BE A DEAD DUCK

Posted by Enoch Mubarak on March 17, 2010 at 11:30am

Benjamin Jealous President of the NAACP is asking black Americans to fill out the arriving 2010 U.S. CENSUS FORMS - FORGET ABOUT IT!
Remember the past or repeat it

In the first Bush election they never acknowledged your vote or your participation and this time will be not different. When time arrives to vote step out of the shadows cast your vote and when Obama wins again they will feel your presence without knowing your location, exact numbers or stronghold.

Forget the hype of receiving more money

Parable of the Baby Carriage

Posted by Marvin X on March 17, 2010 at 3:03am

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Parable of the Baby Carriage

There was a young couple arguing on the street, downtown Oakland. Two young girls were with them, one in a baby carriage and the other tagging along in silent terror. As they crossed the street, an old white woman was shouting at the young man to stop talking so disrespectfully to the woman who appeared to be his wife or partner, she was obviously the mother of the children, but it is not clear he was the father, more than likely he was the fat

Parable of the Man With the Gun in Hand

Posted by Marvin X on March 16, 2010 at 4:00pm

Parable of the Man

With the Gun in Hand

Once there was a man with a gun in his hand; he came to a land and made the native people slaves. The natives had lived on the land since the world began, but now they were slaves. "And," said the man who came to the land, "they shall be slaves 'til they are in their graves."

The land was ripe with everything: diamonds and gold, wealth untold--the land was fit for Kings and Queens. But the man with the gun in his hand wanted everything.

The natives did not k

Plato Negro on the Cell Phone

Posted by Marvin X on March 16, 2010 at 12:09pm

Plato Negro on the Cell Phone

We have come to the death of speech. The era of high spiritual consciousness shall make speech unnecessary because we shall be keen enough to read thoughts up close and from afar. We shall understand as we understood not so long ago the glance of an eye from mama when we were misbehaving.

There was no mistaking what mama's eyes were saying to us: straighten up and fly right or face the consequences.In the old days, lovers and friends of long time could communicate

Zionism and National Insanity

Posted by Marvin X on March 15, 2010 at 1:26pm

Monday, March 15, 2010

Zionism and National Insanity

Zionism And National Insanity

Recent events in Israel such as the planned building of 1,600 housing units in Arab East Jerusalem, lead us to the conclusion the Zionists are headed down a national suicide path that will surely take America, if not the world, with them. What makes their suicide a foregone conclusion is the fact they are surrounded by nations with populations more suicidal than they. The Saudi Arabian brand of Islam promoted by Al Q

Public Hearing: Protecting Harlem's Historic African Burial Ground

Posted by SendMeYourNews on March 15, 2010 at 1:00pm

Public Hearing:
Protecting Harlem's Historic African Burial Ground

Friday, March 19

> official website

Friday, March 19th, 2010, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Location:

Elmendorf Reformed Church
171 East 121st Street
Between Lexington and 3rd Avenues
New York, NY, 10035-3588

Dates:

Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 2:00 pm

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Music Preview: Language of Love by Marvin X and Rashidah Sabreen

Posted by Marvin X on March 15, 2010 at 2:52am

Music Preview:

Language of Love by Marvin X and Rashidah Sabreen

Language of Love is the title of a forthcoming CD by Black Arts Movement poet Marvin X with Rashidah Sabreen's lyrics and vocals. Of Marvin X, Bob Holman of New York's Bowery Poetry Club says, "He's the USA's Rumi. He's got the humor of Pietri, the politics of Baraka and the spiritual Muslim grounding that is totally new in English--the ecstasy of Hafiz, the wisdom of Saadi...."

Of Rashidah Sabreen, Marvin X says, "Her original lyrics

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Parable of Man, Beasts, Ancestors and Nature

Book Review: We Will Return in the Whirlwind

Parable of the Drunk Man

911 - STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING - LISTEN UP

Parable of the City of God

AAPDEP Cell Phone Drive - Donate your old/used cell phone

Parables, Fables, Musings of Plato Negro--A Hustler's Guide to the Game Called Life

Two Poems for Marvin X Madpoet

FBI Entrapment: Personal Stories of Preemptive Prosecution

A Street Named Rashidah Muhammad

Parables and Fables of Marvin X

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Parables and Fables of Marvin X

A Healthy Debate

I Am John Coltrane

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

2010 CENSUS FORMS - FORGET ABOUT IT - DON'T BE A DEAD DUCK

Parable of the Baby Carriage

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Parable of the Man With the Gun in Hand

Plato Negro on the Cell Phone

Zionism and National Insanity

Monday, March 15, 2010

Zionism and National Insanity

Public Hearing: Protecting Harlem's Historic African Burial Ground

Public Hearing:
Protecting Harlem's Historic African Burial Ground

Music Preview: Language of Love by Marvin X and Rashidah Sabreen

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