i made the decision
to be whole
i made the decision
to be loved
i made the decision
to envelop myself
i made the decision
to fight
i made the decision
to cry
i made the decision
to know
i made the decision
was worth the blood
Treatment of Haitian migrants in Del Rio memorialized on coin | Miami Herald
A controversial moment captured last fall on the U.S. southern border of an officer on horseback corralling a Haitian migrant in Del Rio, Texas, has been memorialized on “a challenge coin.”
— Read on www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article262498842.html
go on
no tell me more
about how i need
to vote for this
clown who sends
billions to arm
and train the
global right wing
tell me the
potential
consequences of
not voting for
this sham
this shame
this lie
this game
tell me tell me
tell me tell me
so i know where
you stand when
the shit hits
the fan
Its Time For Us to Reclaim Juneteenth – Hood Communist
The militancy of the Black Power movement and the overall emerging militancy of African and other colonized people signaled a change in our enemy’s approach. If you’ve been paying close attention to the tactics of the capitalist system over the last 25 years, you can see the trend. The mass movements of the past taught the capitalist system that their go-to reliance exclusively upon brutality and ironclad control is no longer a viable strategy. Make no mistake about it, of course, they still utilize brutality, and they always will, but they have made adjustments. They have learned the meaning of Sekou Toure’s axiom that “Truth crushed to earth will rise a thousand times.”
— Read on hoodcommunist.org/2022/06/16/its-time-for-us-to-reclaim-juneteenth/
signs and signals i
PLS
DON’T
BLOCK
YOU CANNOT AFFORD
CHOOSE LOVE
WE BUY CARS
UPGRADE IT
HOUSE
the tentative lover
the tentative lover
waited for
the tentative schedule
of her tentative lover
on the tentative shore
of the tentative land
to maybe
perhaps
become concrete
DJ Harrison – I Gotta Go To Work!
Patricia Rodney on the 42 years since Walter Rodney’s assassination
Ralph Gonsalves: “Latin-Caribbean integration is necessary, but it has been discontinuous” | MR Online
The small island countries of CARICOM have given a demonstration of dignity and sovereignty, maintaining firm positions on the U.S. interference policy against Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
— Read on mronline.org/2022/06/08/ralph-gonsalves/
see-saw song
Dear dear
you know
i do
dear
i know
you know dear
okay
see-saw?
see-saw.
okay
sightseer!
my silly sightseer
no fear
no fear
no walls or bricks
or stones to throw
no fear not here
no there no fear
no bones in snow
SHADOWS
make madness
meadows where
we
rest.
the inevitable
alas
that pulls you back
lei lo lai
lei lo lai
la la la
la la la
la la la
la la la
ay ay ay
oy oy oy
ya ya ya
um um um
ma ma ma
om om om
ey ey ey
yo yo yo
la la la
ta ta ta
to to to
ti ti ti
te te te
Aida Rends 