Justice Isn't Just A Piece of Paper or A Kind Word of Comfort: It's An Act!

So, no prosecution of the police officer who unjustifiably (as ruled so by the Seattle Police Department) killed John T. Williams, but Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn will dedicate tomorrow as "John T. Williams Day"; which is also William's birthday.





Oh Jeezus, so much to speak on I don't know where to begin. So, in no particular order....

First, my community (us so-called "African-Americans"), already went down this road when the local knee-grow misleaders--t begged King County to change its name to "Martin Luther King Jr. County". As another example of the Civil Rights slogan of the 1960's going from "We Shall Overcome Someday" to today's current reality of "We Shall [Swallow Our Oppressor's Cum All Day]", Dr. King's image can now be found painted on the trunk of most King County Sheriff's vehicles. These knee-grows were so lame, they couldn't get their symbolism uniformly distributed amongst all King County department vehicles; nevermind their willful disruption of genuine grassroots iniatives in the community, specifically those being led by known black progressives and revolutionaries!

Meanwhile, as these knee-grows negrotiated with the County for this, we were under attack by the city and their knee-grow minons as we attempted to hold on to and build the African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center. This culminated in a Seattle Police Department SWAT raid in the summer of 1999, at the specific request of many of these same knee-grows; including those who are still in the King County government...people who some of the activists in and around the Williams family have warm relations with in the midst of all of this.

It is no mystery as to why they oppose both the participation of youth organizers, including Native youth; as well as the anarchists. They seem to be pro-imperialist and anti-indigenous, despite their words and colorful, public displays of cultural nationalism.
 
Actions, and the results of those actions, speak louder than any amount of tough rhetoric.

To The Stateworkers of Wisconsin.

Patriotism, national chauvanism, and participation in the current exploitative, parasitic global economy is a violation of the 1st three of the ten commandments. And now, a message from Reverend Wright...

RIP Frosty Freeze: Original Break-Dancer ("B-Boy, God Dammit!").

Props to Popmaster Fabel, another original NYC b-boy, for arranging this video. "Zu-LU!"

Reply to Swaneagle: The amerikkkkan majority are imperialists and will never change. Ever.

An exchange from Facebook, bsed upon a previous article I posted before the friday night march at Westalke is support of punishing Ian Birk for the murder of John T. Williams. Italics are Swaneagle.

"I read what you wrote. What concerns me are blanket statements about great swaths of people who have limited exposure to information. When they do, it makes a great difference. First of all, those who walked into the streets Wednesday night are the best people to give further access to facets of healthy information. I do not believe those who showed up were sheeple. Once people understand the interconnectedness of issues and how media manipulates us, it becomes easier to participate in solution. All who feel the importance of resistance has facets of understanding to contribute. Respect for each voice is vital. We are all leaders and must treat each other as such."

Sheeple is as sheeple does. Ignorance due to lack of a particular type of information may color the way one acts within the kkkapitalist superstructure, but the net consequences remain; since the way one acts (especially when facing economic challenges) are more influenced by an individual's actual material interests more so than their self-professed ideological orientation (with a relative handful of noteable exceptions). The majority of amerikkkans, so-called 'white' people in particular, willingly support imperialism at this time, and have no problem doing so. Those who do so out of ignorance or habit call it "obeying the law", others do it out of "patriotism" and "duty to country".

And why not? The immigrant from the 3rd world is grateful for the consistant electricity and indoor plumbing in his/her moldy-but-air-conditioned-apartment. And the settler-occupier, chillin in his/her "castle" with a two-car garage and a lawn the size of half a football field, is grateful for not only that, but also for the fact that "his" or "her" country (ha!) is not whatever "shit-hole" that 3rd world immigrant is from!

By virtue of living in a highly technologcally advanced, first world country (who has the largest, most globally-involved military in the world) both parties are 15% of the world's wealthiest. They/we are a GLOBAL petit-bourgeoisie economically and politically, even with the [often racialized] class stratifications and a small-but-vocal minority of radical activists and outright revolutionaries (who I call "the 5%"; not to be confused with the 5%'ers) within the borders of amerikkka itself. Regardless, the net effect is the same: the parasitic economic relationship between amerikkka and the world helps to keep workers within amerikkka largely supportive (even if its mostly 'passive') of kkkapitalism/imperialism/oppression in all forms. This has been true for a very long time. This is not opinion, it is a FACT. I have the research to back up what I have said.

Go here for one small example, of many, of this fact:
http://allpowertothepositive.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-real-amerikkkan-thinks.html

Respect for each voice is indeed vital, and yes we are all leaders. But some voices are in fact the voices of "business as usual" who have decided to go "slumming" it amongst the most directly affected. As one of those who is directly affected, who to this day walks around with the Seattle Police Department rifle scope on his back 24/7/365 (regardless of whether I get directly involved in this particular struggle or not), I will not have those voices threatening my life in their current and historic role as agents of repression, or counter-revolution, or social-imperialism; be they Obamabots, oppressed nation pork chop/micro-nationalists, settler-nation leftists/mother-country radicals, or str8 up republikkkons.

Some voices who seek to lead lack experience, foresight, or a coherent analysis of this issue (let alone world around them). I have more patience for those voices, since they make it abundantly clear that nothing short of fundemental change from top to bottom (as in dig up the weed and plant something else) will satisfy them. I agree. I stay disatisfied; good enough never is; especially when we're talking about ending all forms of exploitation and oppression on the planet, not just in amerikkka, or Seattle. Those of us who know and understand, who are closest to the source(s) and transmitters of the empire's power, have a special duty to assist in its suicide.

Even kkkapitalists bear witness that its collapse is inevitable. Keyesian economics are designed around this principle. Take note that the New Deal of FDR had the components of both job creation and mass incarceration; beginning with radicals, including many Native peoples who struggled against the forceable repossession of their land for the war effort; including the construction of internment camps for the Japanese, who were dispossesed before being locked up. Sadly, having no other place to go, many Native people joined the U.$. military; fighing and dying for the very demon that helped usher them into that situation.

I believe it is up to white skinned privileged americans to lay their lives on the line to effectively resist genocide. A million people who are deeply committed and understand the structure of colonialism, capitalism, militarism; the place that the isms that divide us have in keeping trust from ever developing and recognize the power of privilege utilized to stand for those who have been downtrodden for centuries, which includes many of the very poor of all races. I believe some of us are deeply called to life and death resistance utilizing soul force way beyond what Gandhi and MLK accomplished. They laid groundwork for what MUST be furthered.

I agree. If the peace activists are willing to risk death and incarceration, they should be applauded. But, so should the anarchists. Indeed, anyone who is a genuine revolutionary should receive a standing ovation.

So easy to dismiss nonviolence, but i back all i say up with my very life. Imagine if millions of white people were to confront the military machine with all their hearts. It has not been done on such a massive scale nor has it had the full chance it deserves.

I am a materialist, not an idealist. Contrary to popular belief, I am also an optimist. Really. But I am a SCIENTIST, not a spook-worshipper.

Pacifism as Pathology by Ward Churchill was a very damaging piece of propaganda. Have you read it? The mocking tone was inaccurate in it's assessments. I work closely with some of the people he mentioned.

I have read it. Twice. Who are you speaking of that he mentioned? Can you factually disprove his thesis?

I am not out to convince people to think like i do, but i am interested in sharing what i know about cross cultural bridge building, alliance formation, hearing and heeding direction from traditional Indigenous elders. They have a sophisticated knowledge of what is going on in the world having suffered the consequences of colonialist genocide for centuries in the context of still hanging on to traditions that have a deep relevance in these times.

That's why I was glad to meet you and I'm glad you took the time to reply. Many of the so-called 'revolutionaries' haven't even read what I wrote, let alone what you have written here.

I believe that some of the best anti oppression resources are available at School of the Americas Watch online website. Excellent information that is accessible. As long as we cannot listen to each other deeply enough to form alliance based on trust and understanding, then those who do not grasp what a cultural context is will continue running rough shod over traditional peoples who few truly understand. Their ways are crucial to solution. Land based peoples all over the earth are crucial to getting us out of this mess.

I agree. "Absorb what is useful, discard what is not; use no way as a way." - Bruce Lee.

This debate goes on amongst indigenous forces all over the world. For every Communist Party of India-Maoist (The Naxals), there are several Indigenous, faith-based, and str8 up social-imperialist NGOs, all of whom uphold and proclaim "non-violence" as an ideology.

I believe in forming communities of resistance based on trust, respect and cooperation much as the Zapatista communities have done as well as Indigenous resisters in many parts of the world who live out authentic equality.

There is a qualitative difference between the non-violence of the EZLN support bases and that of Ghandi-inspired movements. That difference is imperialism. One is fighting it, like our EZLN example; the other is a product of it, designed to crush both the armed wing and non-violent support sections of groups like the EZLN; which is the 'hidden' mission of the majority of NGOs abroad and non-profits in amerikkka. Many are CIA or U.$. State Department creations.

As part of the PATRIOT Act, all non-profits face increased scrutiny, especially if they are based in the Middle East or Africa; which right off top greatly reduces their revolutionary capabilities, regardless of the actual ideological orientation of those who run it and lead it.

Or they find a religious organization to infiltrate, a was done to an NGO in Venezuela. Funny story, especially because its true: at the grand opening ceremony of a rural literacy and well-water project, Chavez included the seizure of the NGO staff's passports and a 48 order-to-leave-the-country-or-go-to-jail-as-spies (based on information he received from Venezuelan intelligence), as part of his "thank you" speech to the organization. Lol. (No, seriously).

Indeed, wouldn't you agree that one would be a privileged, junior imperialist hypocrite, based upon your own ideological line, as you have defined it for all to see, if one were to uphold the right and methodology of an ARMED group like the EZLN (example: the temporary seizure of power in Chiapas, via armed struggle, on the eve of NAFTA going into effect), even if it was considered "self-defense" by the most directly affected? Keep in mind, the EZLN advanced and took territory as they went.

Yes, it is their ancestral lands, and yes they have a right to it, but based upon their methodology, their armed methodology, and your stated support for the non-violent support bases that the EZLN was created to protect, the non-violence you espouse would then be tool of duplicitous sophistry, deceit, and dereliction of duty as a self-professed settler-nation supporter of self-determination for oppressed peoples, would it not!?

One could ask what right do you have to state what you THINK these elders would say; especially without a clear-headed assessment of "who's who" amongst them politically? This a parallel problem to the settler-left in the cities, with their decidely social-imperialist practice of reaching out to knee-grow preachers who aid and assist in keeping the majority of Black people docile and mentally dead, and conspire against genuine revolutionary forces within that oppressed community.

This is a lot of stuff, getting long. I think it would be wonderful to have an open dialog about building such community inclusive to all who feel moved to go further than temporary protests or actions.

Yes, Yes, YES! Absolutely. It's important.

I believe the style of the Brown Hoodie Block is dangerous for those who are left behind once they hit and run.

No more dangerous than let out in Pioneer Square or Belltown at 2am. You're more likely to get beat up or shot on a normal friday or saturday night than you are at a rally such as this one. Have you actually been in actual riot/rebellion before? I have. You had more to worry about from the police than the anarchists, I guarantee you.

Indeed, ask the older gentleman I PULLED TO SAFETY at wednesday night's parade when he was about to be RUN OVER BY A SEATTLE KKKOP ON HIS GOD DAMN MOTORCYCLE RACING UP THE MUTHAF---KING SIDEWALK w/o lights or sirens!

This gentleman is the father of promenent Seattle emcee Gabriel Teodros. I doubt the city wants this recording artist's fans to join the fray en masse (tho they should, because the SPD essentially tried to harm Gabe's dad thru reckless endangerment. Attention fans: If you love Gabe and his music, love his family too. And tell the city that you do!).

I have more respect for Rod Coronado than i do for the hit and runners. That style of action lays the portal for infiltration wide open as it is NOT based on mutual trust. The Indians felt sideswiped by the takeover of the march. That is simply wrong as they are furthering the already existing divides.

I have more respect for tactics that come from dialectics, not metaphysics or one-sided "investigation" of phenomenon, based upon prejudiced assumptions and a material interest that is at odds with Indigenous people in Seattle and globally. Rod Coronado was on that, not random acts of property destruction. That's true. I met him. My girlfriend at the time was part of his support committee when he was inside.

But he also disagreed with referring to anarchists as "cops", "hooligans", "provacateurs", "nazis", etc as you have done. Jesus Christ, you sound like a TEA-party activist with all that nonsense.

And the line you espouse does not gel with his. In fact, it is the exact polar OPPOSITE. So, please take his name out of your mouth immediately. Mutual respect also means not slandering other activists by not demonstrating a clear understanding of their espoused political line and observed practice. You do not understand neither his nor that of the anarchists: "No investigation, no right to speak." -Mao.

For too long, activists like Starhawk have been treating the black block with kid gloves whereas Medea Benjamin called the cops on them during the WTO. Interestingly she was ignored by said cops. Wonder about that.

Medea Benjamin is no friend of the oppressed or the exploited. Nor is Starhawk. The police are not liberals ("friendly fascists"), they want to see infighting amongst the forces of progress. Benjamin is "friendly fascist"; specifically a non-profit profiteer. It is her actual material interests to call the police on forces that genuinely oppose her Obamabot/demokkkratic party masters. Read up on her right here: http://llco.org/archives/5650

Nonetheless, I think whatever direct action is taken on, it must examine the overall consequences. Telling people it is time for the to go home so the self appointed warriors can wreak havoc is not the answer. We all have courage to utilize and needed. How we get there is the question.

And the self-appointment misleadership of charlatans, pharasees, and pharoes magicians surrounding the family, waiting for crumbs from master's table is somehow a better alternative?

There is not one male dominated way to do it. As long as it is based on patriarchal style, it is not egalitarian. Sexism, classism, racism, elitism, ablism, etc. all are means for infiltrators and the enemies of all life to keep us divided. THAT must be overcome.

Absolutely. And this requires SCIENCE, not sophostry! Genuine analysis, not knee-jerk emotionalism. Truth, not lies.

Peace is the absense of all confusion.

Ending Police Terrorism in Seattle: It's A Question Of Power: Who Has It...and Who Does Not! I Feel Like I Wrote Something Like This Before.

Police line on Pine; one block west of East Precinct.

Tonight and tomorrow there are protests happening to express our collective outrage that now-former Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk (who, wisely, resigned) is NOT being charged with murder in the shooting of First Nations woodcarver John T. Williams.

According to the law, regardless of what a jury may think, or even what the judge himself may think (who has no say over the outcome ultimately), a police officer cannot be charged for a fatal error in judgement unless 'malice' is proved to be involved.

Tonight, the festivities jump off at 6pm at Westlake Park (4th Ave and Pine St.). Tomorrow, at John T. Williams Memorial Park (what should be formerly known as "Victor Steinbruck Park"; Western Ave and Stewart St.) at 1pm. Both are 'family friendly'; as in wait for the women and children, liberals/Obamabots, and others who seek to lead us around in circles to go home before you and yours put on your 'business suit black' and 'go THERE(!)'.

If the reformers genuinely seek to stem the tide of the inevitable (namely, another person of color seriously injured or killed by Seattle Police), then every concrete demand they make must erode the power of the police (and the power of the political and economic structures they are hired to protect), not reinforce them by giving the whole stinky package a new 'shine'. "Fair, friendly, and firm" does not negate the reality that they have been ordained by the state to take on the great responsibility of life and death over anyone and everyone within their jurisdiction who is within range of their service weapon.

Every demand must also bring people together in the direction of creating a situation in which the power of the people is at least on par with that of the city, county, and state governments in a real and tangible way, as soon as possible. Anything else is bulls--t, just like that guy in the tie said at the Stranger/City Hall Police Accountability event.

In addition, any concrete demand must be mindful of who all and what all is involved, and what is at stake.

2-16-2011.  "Die-in" at site where John T. Williams was killed.

One cannot speak honestly and completely to the narrowly-focused issue of "police brutality" without dealing with the realities of 500+ years of genocide and discrimination. And when I say this, I include my people, the descendants of slaves brought to amerikkka from Africa. I also include those who come here from the 3rd world. The whole of amerikkka robs the whole of their countries, forcing them to chase the wealth back to where the consumer goods are sold the cheapest, where income levels allow for most to obtain those goods, and still have enough of imperialism's crumbs of benevolence (wages earned in the 1st world/amerikkka) to send back home to their families.

Now, let me speak to the various factions/ideological trends I have encountered since joining this particular fray. "WAKE UP, GOD DAMMIT!"

First, ALL of us must be able to laugh at ourselves; and be able to give and take criticism, without being asshats about it.

Next, NO ONE is to point fingers at ANYONE and say "he/she's a kkkop!" unless you are willing to offer proof; and willing to end your own life immediately, and publically, if you are wrong; out of respect to the accused and the movement. That kind of talk, especially without hard evidence, gets people killed, thus such a high standard is required.

Take careful note of how genuine infiltrators are found out after the fact. The 'game' is not to run around and try to catch every single one. Part of COINTELPRO and counter-insurgency strategy generally, is to heighten distrust amongst the resistance. You will do nothing but chase phantoms at the expense of the work and those who constitute the most directly affected persons/most often targeted in relationship to the "issue".

2-16-2011. At the site where John T. Williams was killed.

The 'game' is to create an enviroment where our conduct towards each other, albeit sometimes heated, is still courteous enough that folks keep their hands to themselves and don't abandon comrades from other groups when they are in need: First Nations, anarchists, communists, socialists, revolutionary national liberationists, quakers, etc.

This also means that if one commits this particular act of asshattery, and does not perform his/her duty if proven incorrect after further, intensive investigation, ALL others have carte blanche to issue a severe penalty to the offending asshat(s) as they see appropriate. Again, that kind of talk, especially without evidence, gets people killed, thus such a high standard is required!

I have video from a demonstration which shows a 'progressive' activist from a prominent organization in Seattle engaging in that very activity. You know who you are. Do NOT let it happen again. Really.

No, I won't say who "they" are. I will not be party to sectarianism and infighting. And yes, I realize I am also subject to the "law", as I have presented it above.

Third, this current struggle may bear his name, but it is not only about John T. Williams! Tragically, he is currently the guest of honor and a focal point of our collective anger around this latest outrage, in addition to his cold-blooded murder at the hands of a descendant of the oppressor nation, in the name of the law of that very same oppressor nation. For more on this point, refer back to my quick note to Rick Williams on this subject.

Fourth, a word of advice for each...

Anarchists/Black Bloc: If you do not have a coherent strategy, nor the numbers to carry it out, let alone the numbers to simply pack the jails, playing "mask-up/f--k s--t up" and "duck, duck, PIG!" does nothing but drain people's financial resources and keeps militants in jail, in court, in the emergency room, [sometimes] in hiding, ...and off the streets! Consider actions that involve fewer people and are designed for greater impacts with smaller numbers. Come with an array of options for when the women, children, and sheeple finally leave. Actual training between actions would be helpful.

To the newbie who asked me "why are you telling me what to do?" I'm not. I'm telling you how I did what you do now, lived to tell about it, and how I was NEVER arrested for ANY of it (no, I went to jail for the first time trying to save a car accident victim)!

Keep coming with the short and sweet statements of vengeance (listen to epsiode #7), they will always have a home on All Power To The Positive! Got audio?



Maoist militants in Nepal.

 Marxist Vanguards: I appreciate the brisk, fat-burning walks around the city. As a fitness professional who has studied the issue of obesity, you are to be commended for helping our growing movement get in shape for what is to come. Audio of your leaders speaking truth to power will also find a home on APTTP, as long as its 'radio friendly' and less than 4 minutes (we can edit some stuff). Omali Yeshitela of the African Socialist International (ASI) was on episode #9. I thought I was doomed when my camera died at Jesse Hagopian's (of the International Socialist Organization) talk on Haiti at Town Hall. Guess what? Found it! Watch for the audio. Revolutionary Communist Party Chairman Bob Avakian's "All Played Out" is being remixed by a 'top secret' 206 producer right now. Stay tuned.

Non-Profit Poverty Management Industry: Thanks for providing the permits for the gatherings that have happened. I also appreciate the brisk, fat-burning walks around the city that you all have hosted. You too are to be commended for helping our growing movement get in shape for what is to come.


  It is also important that First Nation traditions are practiced bodly and openly; not only to perserve those traditions, but also in defiance of amerikkka. The current "save your soul/carve a totem pole" line coming from your camp is a great opportunity for cultural preservation and cultural exchange to help foster the growth of mutual understanding.

However, in its promotion it has been stripped bare of the "...little matter of genocide", in the name of pandering to the tourists specifically, and the largely fascistic amerikkkan majority in particular, who will gladly buy a totem pole or a dreamcatcher, and then promptly support legislation and policies that negatively effect Indigenous people!

In Indian country, supporters from the settler-nation are a relative few. In the cities, non-natives and settler-supporters usually outnumber Indians in rights groups.

The reason for both phenomenon is simple, yet complex: most amerikkkans, especially so-called 'white' people, are reactionaries politically and petit-bourgeois materially; one aspect helps lay a foundation for the other. Their descendants wiped out most of those they found here upon their arrival from Europe or the east coast of the U.$. Today, the majority remain arrogantly, and unaplogetically, ignorant and fascistic on questions of treaty rights in the context of U.$. domination, let alone reparations, self-determination, and national liberation; so a dedicated minority from the larger settler-nation travels to places like Big Mountain and Sun Peaks to lend aid and assistance to those oppressed peoples.

Demonstrating ones will and determination to die for the cause of human rights for oppressed people is commendable, sadly it will probably be in vain as ones display of non-violent fortitude is ignored, ridiculed, or attacked militarily by the amerikkkan majority.

Displays of what Dr. King called "redemptive suffering" have no effect on those who have no conscious. Indeed, self-emulation would probably bring scorn from these "people" since they may feel one did not suffer enough, or die fast enough, for them to make it to their dinner reservations on time. Lol. (No, seriously).

For this reason alone, if not for any other, be eternally grateful for the support you do have from the non-Native communities, including the anarchists.

Food for thought as we hit the streets tonight. Be safe. Be easy.

Door To Door Atheist.

Real Solidarity with the Revolutionary Peoples of Africa, the Middle East, and the Few of Us in Your Neighborhood Means Confronting Both The Obamabots and The RepubliKKKons! Hell is their 'Final Destination'!

 In Egypt, U.$.-backed dictator Muhammed Hosni Mubarak has left office. He follows the former U.$.-backed dictator of Tunisia, who left his office after mass protests in the streets and a general strike.

The people of Algeria, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Iran, Bahrain (one of the STRONGEST economies in the Middle East), and Palestine are taking to the streets now and facing down police and military personel; who respond with tear gas, heavy clubs, and live ammunition. Collectively, hundreds of demonstrators have been killed and thousands more badly injured.

These folks are experiencing state-sponsored police terrorism at its most extreme.
Here's one small example reported on Democracy Now! Take note of the not-so-subtle example of our collective complicity in 3rd world suffering:

"In Yemen, anti-government protests have entered their fifth day. Protesters are marching from Sana’a University toward the city center, calling for the end of the authoritarian rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled Yemen for three decades. Human Rights Watch has condemned the Yemeni security forces for using tasers against the peaceful protesters...Meanwhile, President Obama is proposing to increase ties to Yemen by sending nearly $200 million in aid to Yemen next year including $75 million to double the size of a special Yemeni counterterrorism unit."

And it gets worse: President Barack O-Bomb-Yuh has proposed a budget that cuts over 200 federal programs, including home heating help for the poor and Pell Grants for first-time students. He also promised no increases in domestic spending for 5 years (except for the military; he seeks a 3% increase per year, over a period of 5 years for them. This is in addtion to the regular war loans from China. Still believe he will end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and close Gitmo?).

Keep in mind that he has already extended tax cuts for the wealthy. And, with help from the GOP/Republikkkon-dominated house, extended the PATRIOT Act (again) to keep us quiet when oppression and hunger finally move in permenently into every black/brown/Indigenous household. Ironically, with all of O-Bomb-Yuh's talk of "freedom" and "democracy" for the Egyptian people, O-Bomb-Yuh continues arms shipments to Egypt and has proposed an internet kill-switch for the U.$., similar to what the now-former Mubarek dictatorship used when the state security forces realized demonstartors were using facebook and instant messaging to coordinate their actions.

In the U.$., governor-elect of Wisconsin Scott Walker has signed in law a bill that strips state workers of the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike. Here's the kicker: he has said that if any of the 120,000 workers state-wide engage in any protest activity he would call out the National Guard. He has already put them on alert. Wow. Talk about a true iron-fisted, dogmatic, authoritarian "communist"/"fascist"/"Islamic" boogeyman that the GOP/TEA-kkklaners like to get on Fox News and tell us to watch out for! Taken on face value, one would think they would be the first to call for a "2nd Amendment solution" for Gov. Walker (Lol. Yeah, right)!

Police terrorism is now rampant in the U.$. Even lily-white 'liberal' Seattle's Police Department is under U.$. Justice Department investigation. Keep in mind Seattle HAS an "Office for Professional Accountability" to monitor police activity. Needless to say, it is all mere symbolism without substance; more liberal posturing designed to put the most directly effected persons in a place of submission and political powerlessness. And the majority of both police terrorism victims and advocates alike are o.k. with that. They limit their minds to delusions of "justice" that end when the victim has cashed the last settlement check and paid the last of the bills with it.

And then the pattern starts all over again with the next assault or death at the hand of U.$. law enforcement. And those same political forces step up to run their polished and rehearsed shell game.

Thankfully, a few of us see through all of that. Both wings of the two-party corporate/christian/imperialist dictatorship are the enemy, along with anyone who upholds their political line and practices.

The message from those of us who know both must be clear (and our follow up actions even more clear): "Get with anti-fascist/anti-imperialist/anti-capitalist forces, get out of the way, or get with the undertaker...and then Satan (since hell is your final destination)!"

Word it however you want. As humanitarians, we must offer them a choice they would NEVER offer us (certainly not as 'equals'; and not without signifigant ideological conversion); as materialists, we must bear witness that it's "us or them"; especially as conditions globally worsen (including in the 1st world) and the Obamabots and RepubliKKKons feel both more threatened, and more emboldened, to impose repression upon those of us who know, understand, and act against them.

"January 25th: Egypt" - Omar Offendum, The Narcicyst, Freeway, Ayah, Amir Sulaiman (Prod. by Sami Matar).

What A REAL AmeriKKKan Thinks...

From the blog Imperialists Owe Universally (I.O.U.)...

I'd like to start off by debunking the common mythology of the Amerikan "left" that most of the U.S. population is basically progressive-minded. Many "leftists" in this country believe most of the population borders on radicalism simply by virtue of supporting more funding for health care and education, ever higher minimum wages, etc. They have discovered the amazing fact that *gasp* Amerikans support their own further enrichment. There's a shock. Who would've thought? They likewise often point to polls suggesting that most Amerikans might oppose a particular war they're losing. But here's the bigger point: what are the broader views of Amerikans that combine to make up the psyche? Examining even just a handful of these, we can easily see through the myth. More here.

The Victims of Police Terror Are Way Past DONE! We Have Seen and Heard Enough! We're Walkin' Like Egyptians and About To "Go Naxal!"

Sigh. As predicted, The Stranger/City Of Seattle-sponsored Police "Accountabilty" (ha!) forum was "dog and pony show". It's always nice to see the weak and wicked squirm under intense political pressure and sustained, venomous, deeply personalized ridicule from the crowd; plus loud protestors outside in the hallway. But dont' sell this kkkrap as an actual venue for seeking real "solutions".

For all the whining about our "lack of civility" from some of these backward, amerikkkan, liberal sheep/kkkattle/asshats on the panel (the two notable exceptions being Nicole Gaines, president of the Loren Miller Bar Association; and Jennifer Shaw, the ACLU of Washington Deputy Director) and in the audience, who made themselves known when folks started verbally blasting Seattle Police Department (SPD) chief John Diaz and the president of the Seattle Police Officer's Guild Richard O'Neill.

Everyone, especially city leaders and the stoopid liberals ("friendly fascists") need to be eternally grateful that UNLIKE the TEA-kkklanners in Arizona and elsewhere, we did not show up ARMED to this thing. Despite the heavy police presence, I observed no searches of anyone on either side of the "issue". Clearly, they know us well and are chillaxed and comfortable in our presence; which speaks volumes...about US!  Lol.

By the way let me say right now to  John T. Williams brother, Rick: With all due respect, this is MUCH BIGGER than just you and your family's loss. I have 'been there' and 'done that' as a victim, defendant, and plaintiff. In addition, this most recent inquest is the FOURTH one that I have personally attended. I can almost GUARANTEE you that you and your family will NOT get any more money than what the Harris family got for their family member's life-changing injuries at the hands of SPD. I also seriously doubt Satterberg will prosecute Ofc. Birk (as if that really changes anything fundamentally; emotional closure aside).

Let me give it to you str8, no chaser, brother: Those of us who remain among the living and are STILL targeted by SPD are NOT waiting on you, your family, any of the attorneys, city leaders, Barack O-Bomb-Yuh, or an invisible mystery spook that may, or may not, exist to save us from continued oppression. Lead, follow, or move out the way; the REAL vanguard leadership waits for NO ONE! 

If you are going to assume that we are all gathered here with you as window dressing for "your issue" exclusively, you better wake up, clear out the mental cobwebs, neatly stack the emotional baggage to the side for second, and inhale a deep whiff of the fascism in the air.

If you do not, it will be YOU who finds yourself experiencing further isolation, alienation, and manipulation at the hands of the city, the legal system, the non-profit industrial complex (both "Indian" and "non-Indian"), and [yes, even some of the] numerous revolutionary anti-kkkapitalist factions if you do not do your part to forge your support base (again, both Native and non-Native) into a disciplined army that's about taking power; as opposed to yet another an angry mob driven by knee-jerk emotionalism and demagoguery, who finds itself being led around in circles by a petit-bourgeois bureaucratic clique whose sole function is to go around begging for crumbs and concessions from the powerful; while at the same time making themselves rich from your labor and tragedy, while you and yours remain broke, busted, disgusted, disempowered, still not free, and still without "justice"! 

Reforms do NOT put power in the hands of the people! The Office For Professional Accountability (OPA) exists; I was part of the struggle to first force the city to reveal the name of the Civilian Reviewer (a corrupt retired city prosecutor named Terrence Carroll) and then to establish the OPA. Talk about an exercise in futility. Shortly after that, there was the little matter of the physical and financial punishment I had to unleash upon the SPD when one of their officers attempted to kill me in front of a crowd as I attempted to help save a life. The lawsuit is titled "Allah v. City of Seattle"; go look it up.

Despite all of that, here we are mourning another death, witnessing more terrorism at the hands of law enforcement across Seattle, the U.$., and the world; and now a federal investigation is coming to Seattle, the police chief and union president steadily dance around the root causes and declare that everything is fine, because of the upcoming investigation! Even worse, when something like this happens again, which it will, the majority of victims and supporters will be 're-inventing the wheel' as far as organized struggle for somekind of justice is concerned.

In this place and time, YOU now have a unique opportunity to positively change this pattern of ongoing decit and further disempowerment of both the Native and non-Native. But the time to act is short. Think beyond your own individual interests. If you do not, your individual interests will NOT get met; and all of this, including and especially your brother's death, will have been for absolutely NOTHING.