Saturday, June 07, 2014

70 Years After the Historic D-Day Invasion


It has been over 70 years since D-Day or during the date of June 6, 1944. D-Day occurred before both of my parents were born. My grandparents lived during that time. It was the date that when the Allied forces came into Normandy to fight the German Nazis. Also, it is important to note that the Soviet Union ironically enough made a huge contribution in defeating the Nazis. Many Soviet forces died in Stalingrad, Moscow, Kursk, and in other cities. Yet, the Soviets continued to fight and ended the Nazi advance in Europe. The Nazis were pushed back in the eastern front. Many human beings died during D-Day. It was a massive amphibious invasion of Nazi conquered territories. The Nazi regime was evil and unparalleled in its barbarity. The Nazis killed six million Jewish people and millions of other human beings of numerous backgrounds. WWII ended the powerbases overtly of many European Empires. Yet, America grew in its Empire internationally more after WWII. We have to know that many Western capitalists originally supported Hitler including the Nazis plus Mussolini. They did so, because the Western elite wanted the Nazis to be used as a buffer against the Soviets (who was formed after the Russian Revolution). Many of the Allied nations still exploited the masses of the world, especially people of color via their Empires. If the British leadership, etc. really wanted democracy, then they would immediately end their Empires during World War Two. D-Day was a brave action that many took to fight the fascist Nazis. Black people fought in WWII courageously and with bravery. Yet, back then, black people faced lynching, massive discrimination, and degradation by the white racist power structure. America was heavily built on black slavery and capitalism. D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in human history. General Dwight Eisenhower was heavily involved in the invasion. General Dwight Eisenhower reported by cable to General Marshall at 8 a.m., that the operation was going well. That day President Roosevelt led the nation in prayer. Eleven months later, with the Eisenhower-led forces crashing in from the west and Soviet forces sweeping into Berlin, the Nazis surrendered to the Allies. The Allied soldiers during D-Day risked their lives in fighting a real enemy. Also, the French Resistance was involved in fighting Nazi oppression too. Their story should be told too. Many men died during and after the D-Day invasion. Their memories ought to be acknowledged and respected. The memories of the heroic Soviet peoples in the liberation of Stalingrad and Kursk ought to be respected too. Even with the legitimate overthrow of Nazism in Europe, we still face the evils of Western imperialism and totalitarianism in the world today. Humanity should utilize the D-Day invasion as a means to fight back against the pernicious evils of the world. We should follow righteousness and truth.





The bigger threat is how corporate executives actually making billions of dollars of the exploitation and degradation of black men, black women, and yes black children. This multinational corporations pay entertainers to promote anti-black rhetoric, misogyny, and unjust violence. The foolishness of Justin Bieber should surprise no one. His racism ought to be condemned (Justin has no respect from me and anybody justifying his words is completely wrong. Likewise, we should continue to oppose the usage and glamorization of the N world. I want to be made clear on that point), but we have to do more than condemn his evil words. We have to battle back against the system that makes profit off the suffering of our people. One documentary on YouTube entitled, "Hip Hop, White Supremacy & Capitalism" talks about this issue in amazing detail. White supremacist views have infiltrated our society and we have the right to fight the evils in our world. We must continue to condemn the false stereotypes that many ignorant people hold about black people. We have to expose the evils found in the US prison industrial complex, which legalizes mass incarceration/enslavement of African/black men and women. Unjust laws ought to be abolished. We ought to set an example too. We should not use the N word, we should take care of our families, we should live our lives morally, we should defend the interests of our people, and we ought to condemn the evil white supremacist power structure too. There are many programs dealing with cooperatives in communities, and other community based programs that I agree with too. We are a diverse people and our diverse talents ought to be expressed fully in society. Some of our people want reactionary views to embrace. Yet, many of our people are enlightened and seek to look beyond the distractions. Many black people see the truth and want a revolutionary change in the Earth, so we should not worry about laws that violate our human rights (if we were truly free). We should not experience legal disparities in the judicial system (if we truly have total justice in the world). We should not experience discrimination and racism by virtue of our skin color (if this society was truly fair). These cowardly crooked police have beaten our people too with weapons like cowards. As the late Dr. Martin Luther King has said, we have to condemn monopoly capitalism. Yet, we do have an opportunity to fight back and express real respect for our Brothers and our Sisters. This fight is not easy, but we fight not because things are easy. Demanding real change is not whining. It is common sense.  Black people have every right to make their voices and interests heard in the world. We should never relinquish our right to speak truth to power at all. We have a long way to go when we witness how murderers, rapists, and other sick people receive time than him. George Zimmerman claiming that it was God's will to do what he did is beyond sick. We should continue to defend truth and defend justice. Every human being has the right to have their basic human rights preserved. We fight, because things are hard and when we are victorious, the victory will be so much more rewarding.



There has been the mainstream media dealing with the release of the POW Bowe Bergdahl. Many in the corporate media have shown propaganda and the reactionary conceptions about this incident. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and his father have been vilified by reactionary forces. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was released in May 31 in Afghanistan in a prisoner exchange with Taliban members. Some want Bergdahl to be killed by a firing squad since they accuse him of desertion. The column (form the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday) quoted Article 85 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: “Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.” Many of former members of his platoon in Afghanistan accuse Bergdahl of desertion. Many reactionary forces in the Republican Party are against him too. They include people like: Richard Grenell, a former aide to then-US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, who went on to work in 2012 for the Mitt Romney presidential campaign, has been identified as the main go-between for the former soldiers and their media publicists. Some media reports have quoted snippets of email message sent by Bergdhal to his parents. This was during the months before his capture by the Taliban. They outline his increasing disillusionment with the war in Afghanistan. There are long extracts of these emails shown in the June 21, 2012 issue of Rolling Stone. The title of the article is, “America’s Last Prisoner of War.” Bowe apparently reached the breaking point on June 25, 2009, after a young officer he knew and liked was killed by a roadside bomb. Two days later he wrote his parents, “... I am ashamed to even be American. The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in. It is all revolting.” “I am sorry for everything here,” he continued. “These people need help, yet what they get is the most conceited country in the world telling them that they are nothing and that they are stupid, that they have no idea how to live.” Referring to a particularly gruesome incident he had witnessed, he added, “We don't even care when we hear each other talk about running their children down in the dirt streets with our armored trucks.” Later, Bergdahl left his unit. He had only a knife and he apparently wanted to walk to Pakistan or China. He was soon captured by insurgents. According to the Rolling Stone account, he escaped at least once, in August or September 2011, but was recaptured. He has been smeared as being responsible for the deaths of American soldiers, because supposedly they were searching for him in eastern Afghanistan (and ran into IEDs or Taliban ambushes). Wednesday’s New York Times, however, in a front-page report citing evidence from the Afghanistan war logs leaked to WikiLeaks by Army private Chelsea Manning, acknowledged that there was no evidence of a connection between these deaths and Bergdahl. Perhaps the most apt response came from Thomas Ricks, former Washington Post reporter and author of several books on the Iraq war, who wrote on Twitter, “Re Bergdahl: If we’re trying people for causing the deaths of soldiers, I know of a lot of people more culpable than a depressed private.” Many Western political leaders are responsible for the deaths of folks in the war on terror. We see that the campaign against Bergdahl is used as a means to counter his accurate anti-war views. His views represent majority American opinion. The mainstream media continues to support the criminal and neo-colonial character of the war on terror. This situation ignores the war crimes done in our name in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries. As far as the media apologists for imperialism are concerned, a soldier who is horrified by crimes against humanity and refuses to participate in them is a criminal, while those who obediently carry out atrocities are heroes. It should be recalled that the defense of “just carrying out orders” was flatly repudiated by the Nuremberg Tribunal into the crimes of the Nazis during World War II.  So, we should end this war on terror, so even greater crimes will not exist.



We don’t know who the next President is now. Yet, the elite would not complain if Hillary Clinton would be the next President. Hillary Clinton supports warmonger for the bankster elite. The same banks and corporations that supported Bush and Obama ally with Hillary Clinton too. The U.S. government’s mainstream media have not been fair and balanced. Hillary Clinton has supported the military industrial complex’s goals and we are still fighting for a better society in the world. It is easy to witness that we have an authoritarian plutocracy run for the sake of the mega rich and the powerful global internationalists. If Hillary Clinton will become the Democratic contender for President, then he will receive a wide spectrum of support. Jeb Bush could run for President. The Bush-Clinton dynasty can continue. Hillary Clinton’s aggressive views on foreign policy are respected by the establishment. We have witness over 10 years in this century of bombing small helpless nations and bailing out transnational banks. Hillary Clinton running for President possibly in 2016 could be more effective in carrying out the American Empire, because she can appear to more constituencies than a reactionary Republican can. The imperial agenda is wicked as history has shown. There has been a great collaboration between Democrats and Republicans in terms of economic and foreign policy endeavors that have a detriment to the American populace. It is not just Hillary Clinton that is elitist. We know that the current administration has militarized Africa, propped up the prison state, privatized education, slashed social programs, supported NATO led wars in Eurasia including Africa, dropping drones, eroded civil liberties, bailed out Wall Street, etc. Democrats support all of these policies, so they are just as wrong as the Republicans on many issues. Much of the Occupy Wall Street has been harmed and some in the U.S. anti-imperialist movement has been harmed. Yet, the good news is that the anti-imperialist movement is still here. We have to take a stand. We need to support the interests of the oppressed people of the world. Hillary Clinton supported the extrajudicial murder of Muammar Gaddafi by US/NATO-backed terrorists. She agreed with the NATO overthrow of independent Libya, NATO involvement in Syria, and the U.S. engineered illegal coup in Ukraine (when fascists have power in Ukraine). She is like Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton, when he was President, eliminated welfare, passed the three strikes law, supported NAFTA, and had many economically regressive policies.


Their own website mentions information on their non-discrimination policy that prevents discrimination on the basis of religion. Therefore, Sister Dalisha Barnett has every right to wear the religious hijab in the classroom. The SCLC is doing the right thing in this affair to defend her religious liberty rights. The right to religious expression and Pro Way Hair School’s own policy (of forbidding discrimination on the basis of religion) trumps a request. Also, a hijab has nothing to do with her performance in handling human hair. Muslims in America have suffered assault, ridicule, scapegoating, slander, and other injustices. There are numerous progressive Muslims who believe in human rights, dignity, and respect. Muslims are not monolithic and most Muslims in the world don’t reside in the Middle East. Indonesia is the nation with the highest Muslim population in the face of the Earth. Many Muslims have been killed by Western imperialism in the world too. So, I wish for Dalisha Barnett to continue to defend her religious liberty rights. Such Voter ID laws deal with more things than just IDs. Many of such laws restrict the amount of days people can vote on. Many of such laws restrict the types of IDs folks can use. Many GOP folks have explicitly said that they are using such laws to prevent non-Republican voters from voting in the world. Voter suppression occurred decades ago, in the 2000 election, and today. Even a 93 year old man has been disenfranchised by the Alabama voter ID law. Mims wasn’t even offered the chance to cast a provisional ballot, as the law requires in that situation. We follow the truth not based on polls, but because it is right. As Dr. Martin Luther King have said in 1967: "...On some positions a coward has asked the question is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question is it right? And there come a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right..." I like the word selflessness. We should be selfless. In other words, we should be motivated to work in the advancement of our community while realizing that we can't embrace some social Darwinism. We care for ourselves by helping our neighbors. Nothing changes unless we help our neighbors. We should promote the interests of our community as African Americans, but our people don’t just exist in America. They exist globally and we should have an understanding of the culture, history, languages, etc. of our people in the four corners of the world. We should follow just laws and not unjust laws. One lesson of the civil rights movement is that we have every right to reject unjust man-made laws. Our strength is about discernment too and too many people embrace reactionary rhetoric about men, women, and others in the human family. We should not only promote black culture. We should be concerned with workers' rights, the environment, our civil liberties, and other functions of a real society. We have to comprehensive in outlook, but keen on focusing on advancing righteousness in the world.


By Timothy

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