Picture in Chokwe Lumumba's Malcolm X Grassroots Movement 2012 newsletter*
This picture is on page 3 of the Spring 2012 issue of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement newsletter. Jackson Mayoral candidate Chokwe Lumumba is a member of this group. He is not just any member but rather is one of their stars. See for yourself on the website. MXGM held fundraisers for Chokwe all over the country this year. The Jackson chapter of the "movement" uses the same phone number as...... the Chokwe Lumumba campaign headquarters. Don't take my word for it. Look below:
Now compare it to the campaign Facebook page:
Now that we have established Mr. Lumumba is part of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, perhaps its time to tell you about this group and the picture in the newsletter. Simply put, the "movement" is one of Black Separatism. A neo-segregation of sorts. They are just as secessionist as was the Confederacy. Just a different side of the same coin. The movement is anti-American. It considers Barack Obama and Martin Luther King to be sellouts. Such was Malcolm X's view of Dr. King. "Free the Land by any means necessary" is not some abstract concept but rather a goal. The mission statement. The "movement" states on its website:
"Free the Land!” … is the battle cry of the New Afrikan Independence Movement (NAIM).
The NAIM is part of the Black liberation Movement in North Amerikka that wants independent Black Nation on land in north amerikka. The land identified by the New Afrikan Independence Movement is primarily known as South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, as well as other areas of what is now called the Black-Belt South, where Afrikan people are in the majority or have a historical/economical/socio-cultural relationship to. When we say “Free the Land” this is the land we are talking about freeing. Malcolm X once stated:“Revolutions are fought to get control of land, to remove the absentee landlord, and gain control of the land and institutions that flow from the land. The Black [Nation] has been in a very low condition because [it] has no control whatsoever over the land.” He later stated:“A true Negro revolt might entail, for instance, fighting for separate Blacks states within this country…”
New Afrika- South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and other areas of the ‘Black-Belt South”- must be free. Afrika is the homeland of all Afrikan people, but We have no realistic plan to transport 40 million captive New Afikans back to Afrika.
We recognize the claims of Native Americans to this land, and we will struggle side-by-side to help them regain their land. At the same time, since out captivity in the western hemisphere, progressive Native Americans have recognized that We have nothing in common to north amerikkka and the majority of us have no realistic way to get back to Afrika."
Haven't heard Chokwe renounce any of this, have you? Kind of hard for him to do so when he advocates black separatism at conferences:
MXGM posted the video on its channel and said this about Mr. Lamumba:
"Chokwe Lumumba, chair of the New Afrikan People's Organization (NAPO), member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), and Jackson, Mississippi City Council member speaking at the Southern Human Rights Organizers Conference (SHROC) VII in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, December 12, 2010."
Some nice quotes:
"You can't have justice without revolution"
"We have an empire here which is a prison-house of several nations" (Indians and Africans)
"We are occupied"
"We still got the Dred Scott decision working actively in the courts"
The Jackson media failed to ask Mr. Lumumba about his Black separatist views. They didn't ask him if he supported secession. No one asked the candidate why it was treason for the Confederates to secede but not for Lumumba's Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. Its no surprise Mr. Lumumba attacks whites for supporting Mr. Lee as he repeatedly calls them "the enemy" in his videos. My comments are not spin. They are not taking statements out of context. They are not thirty year-old interviews. Read the newsletter and website for yourself. Watch the video. These are statements made in the last few years. The media crucified Haley for merely speaking well of the Citizens Council. They almost tarred and feathered Trent Lott for praising Strom Thurmond. Chokwe is a member of these Black Separatist groups yet the media asks nary a question about his activities in these organizations. He gets a pass most candidates would envy as he enjoys his ride to city hall.
The Black separatist rhetoric is absent from Chokwe during the campaign. Mr. Lumumba is anything but stupid. He's toned down his speech. He's presented a more reasonable version of himself. Don't fall for it. The candidate only changed his ways for the election. If you are white, you are the enemy. If you are a conservative, you are the mortal enemy. If you are a well-meaning black liberal, you are a traitor. Chokwe and his crowd consider Obama to be a corporate tool no matter how liberal the President is. These people are true radicals. Mr. Lumumba has not renounced one word, one newsletter, nay, one ideal promoted by "the movement". He is merely doing what he said he would do in one of his videos: work within the Democrat party to fool the voters. Read the websites. Read the newsletters. This is what you will be getting as Mayor if he is elected.
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Jackson Plan. Read it for yourself.
*This the complete text underneath the picture of the guns:
2011 witnessed the eruption of a world wide wave of revolutionary activity ranging from Tunisia, Spain, Chile, Egypt, Israel, Swaziland, England, Wisconsin, NYC and over a hundred major cities throughout the US empire and more. In many respects this wave of resistance mirrored earlier waves of global anti-systemic resistance to the capitalist world system, particularly the revolutionary waves of 1791 – 1804, 1848–1849, 1917–1941, 1946–1951, and the last great wave of 1968–1969. The massive resistance of 2011 inspired revolutionary optimism and demonstrated once again that the masses do have the ability to liberate themselves and build just and equitable societies. (KF Note: French Revolution? Russian Revolution? So the reign of terror was a good thing? Soviet Genocide was just fine with these people? The enslavement of the Chinese people?)
However, nearly as soon as this revolutionary wave commenced, the forces of imperialism and reaction also kicked in gear to contain and crush it as best they could. The first clear sign of imperialist counter-revolution was the brutal suppression of the uprising in Bahrain by the Saudi Arabian military with the complicit approval of its US imperial benefactors (who have a major military base housed there). This was followed by the illegal overthrow of the Libyan government by the US through NATO, the Gulf States (particularly Qatar) and Libyan proxies under the cover of a United Nations “humanitarian” mission. The reaction then gained ground in Egypt where the military regime stifled the promise of the popular uprising and collaborated with right wing Islamic forces to repress independent worker organization and the ongoing militancy of the youth and popular movement.
And now with a full on regime change proxy operation at play in Syria, and the escalation of assaults on the sovereignty of Iran, US imperialism is going into overdrive to make sure that 2012 constitutes a virtual “winter” for the popular uprisings that were legitimately challenging the neocolonial regimes of North Africa and Southwest Asia, and doing everything within its power to reverse the gains of the popular movements in Nepal, Venezuela, Bolivia and other South American nations, and to utterly crush the people’s wars taking place in India and the Philippines.
Anti-imperialist forces throughout the US empire and the world, like the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, must take a firm stand against US imperialism and it’s lap dogs and allies like the ruling class forces in the states of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the Gulf States, and we must stand in active solidarity with the peoples’ movements fighting for self-determination against the neocolonial regimes and their neo-liberal policies in Haiti, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, South Africa, Senegal and throughout the Afrikan continent and the world.
Free the Land! By Any Means Necessary!
Kali Akuno is a member of the Atlanta
Chapter of MXGM
31 comments:
I'm sure that Tom Head can rationalize all of this.
Troubling,scary, absurd, dangerous, non negotiable are just a few words that come to mind
Now if our local mainstream media would pick this up a d report it.
Do you really think MM could make a different with a majority of the voters in Jackson? Really?
Billy Watkins wrote a lame interview article about Chuckie this morning in the Clarion rag. Not asking specific questions about his past with RNA shows again that questions of substance or conflict asked to the "left" is a no-no. Billy your a woose.
The "informal affinity based bartering networks" proposed in the MXGM Jackson Plan won't pave streets, clean out ditches, pay police, or service municipal debt.
I know Donna Ladd has no interest in Chuckie's racist past.
KF, don't forget to post Councilman Lumumba's April 2013 interview with the Solidarity website (even if it WAS a JFP scoop).
Predictions for 2013
Less will beat Chokwe"Chickenhead" Lumumba by a landslide.
Tom Head will join a freak show and marry a donkey.
Donner Kay will wake up look in the mirror and scream OH MY GOD..I'M WHITEEEEEEEEEEEEE and have to be put in Whitfield.
Trouble is, y'all think the white version of these people are patriots.
Black people with guns! Obviously not what the 2nd Amendment means!
Everything Chokwe Lumumba stands for is a serious problem if you want this city to be run in a professional way. Talking about whether or not George Washington (our first president) was an appropriate role model for black children is not going to get potholes fixed, police paid, people's neighborhoods made safer, economic development and JOBS, or any of the things a mayor is supposed to be doing.
Can you imagine a white attorney running for Mayor of Jackson, that had been disbarred? Will anyone honestly say that no major drive bys would have covered it? A disbarred white attorney would be the lead in for every story.
I see Chokwe Lumumba as a Trojan horse entering the lives of black people with little or no knowledge of his background.
Most have no idea of the truth behind his plans, but foolishly believe he will give them the answer to their prayers just because they heard someone said he would.
I wonder if Chokwe Lumumba's heroes include Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Idi Amin of Uganda, who murdered 300,000 of his own people because they did not follow his lead.
Beware those of you with blinders on- you will have a painful awakening if Chokwe Lumumba becomes mayor.
RESEARCH and READ all you can-if you care about your future and the future and well-being of your children- and Jackson, of course.
perhaps we really do get the Government we deserve.
um, seems like I remember that when Lt. Skinner (JPD/1970's) was murdered/ executed that our very own Chokwe was in the house when it happened. They just couldn't pin it on him ( or would't ?)
I truly hope that 2:41 posted in satire. Otherwise, 2:41 is a complete dope.
Chokwe's background is well known by the black voters and many want him as mayor.
I am outraged by Billy Watkins white wash of lumumba's lifetime of hate and racism
Give Chuck a chance!
There's an attempt to portray one of the characters as Chinese by dressing him in a pointy-hat and there's a Chinese inscription under the English one. What's up with that? In the Delta, many a Chinese family gained wealth operating grocery stores and the engineering schools across the nation were populated with their good-student-children.
Chinese culture is the antithesis of the reparations movement portrayed by this small group of anti-American shakedown artists. The Malcolm X-ers and Chicken-Heads could all take a lesson from Chinese culture if they actually wanted to pull themselves up and become relevant. Mexicans portrayed in the cartoon speaks volumes too….another group wanting something for nothing.
Who are you trying to persuade Kingfish? Certainly not the Hallelujah Chorus reading here.
I'm not worried.
1) The odds Lumumba will win are slim to none.
2) If he won, we still have a State and Federal government of laws with police and military powers. The idea that he could become another Idi Amin is paranoid thinking.
I am worried that Congress passed a bill and Obama signed it that gives Monsanto immunity from being sued even if they knowingly poison all living things with their chemicals.
Instead of being scared about what conspiracy might exist, how about worrying about the fact that members of Congress in both parties are for sale to the highest bidder.
How about looking at what YOUR party of choice is actually DOING instead of what they say the other party is doing!!!!
Hold YOUR party accountable!
I canvassed for JL on Saturday afternoon and to say that I encountered more than a few scared people, black and white, about the prospect of Chewbacca as mayor is an understatement. Many educated blacks are out campaigning for Lee because he scares them too. I think a lot of realtors in Jackson are worried as probably no one will want to move to JX and no one will be able to sell their homes. Me? I'm moving to New Orleans if he get elected. At least there will be a job somewhere in the city for me.
So why did the pawn shop in Pearl host Seth Gold a few months ago? Could it be he was checking out the "Gold Coast" for their latest pawn shop enterprise? 8 mile road in Detroit or Highway 80 in Pearl? The new leader from Detroit? They call Memphis "Little Chicago"....could Jackson become "Little Detroit"? It's like a James Burke' "Connections" gone all wrong!
The fact that Lumumba is in a runoff is a shame on our city.
Who is Seth Gold?
I think he's the brother in law of Larry Flynt.
9:56 am Cut and run and to a city and state that's been known for political corruption
ROFL
In 2009, MXGM (Malcolm X Grassroots Movement) and the People’s Assembly were able to elect human rights lawyer and MXGM co-founder Chokwe Lumumba to the Jackson City Council representing Ward 2.
from the MXGM website. Didnt realize Chokwe was a co-founder of MXGM. Also, I see there were fundraising efforts in Sanfran Bay area as well as NYC
So, Kingfish and company,
What's clear so far is that you don't like Lumumba, or his ideas, or those of the Malcolm X Grassroots movement. You have re-posted them here for others who also do not like them.
As a (non Black) Lumumba supporter, they are no news to me. I am fully aware of these ideas, and I support Lumumba because I agree with them.
I am pale pink (also knows as "white") in phenotype, have interacted many times with members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and have never once been treated like an "enemy" by even a single one of them, even in situations in which I did not disclose the fact that I agree with their ideas.
So, now that someone who doesn't already agree with you is entering this conversation, how about you explain to me what it is about their program that you think is a bad idea for the continent we live on, and why you think it is so bad?
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