I
penned this poem of not so random thoughts, in recognition
of the shameless hypocrisy and tragic betrayal of everyday
Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people, by so many
supposed �liberals� and �progressives� who make claim
to being a part of the so-called political �left� in the
United States, even as they support this nation�s systemic
misleaders who are emaciating the people economically,
politically, and constitutionally. These persons are neither
�progressive� or of any kind of principled �left.� They
merely serve to give political cover to the ongoing
atrocities being committed around the world in our name
by the current Obama / Biden regime. And in so doing,
they perpetuate these internal and external horrors
and the fake left/right paradigm, as well as the de facto
two-party dictatorship by the corporate Democrat and Republican
parties. They are betrayers of humanity. That�s what this
poem is all about.
That Left Has Left
Langston
spoke of a dream,
Deferred.
John
Brown and Harriet Tubman gave their
All,
For
that dream�s
Fruition.
Crazy
Horse, Tecumseh, and Chief Seattle
Tried to warn us.
Mother
Jones, Rosa Parks, and Viola Liuzzo put their
Bodies
on the line,
For
the poor, the exploited, and
The downtrodden.
Malcolm
and Martin were the
Recipients
of bullets,
Trying
to bring our dreams to
Fruition.
So
many unknown and unnamed
From
humanity�s vast color
Collage,
Labored
and died for us.
Do
we not know?
Can
we not see, even now?
We
have been divided and
Our
histories distorted.
The
insatiable greed
Of
the gluttonous rich,
Is
ravaging us and our
Mother
Earth.
But
Alas! Where is the Left
In our hour of need?
Are
we yet blind?
They�re
busy,
Keeping
the system of the rich
Intact.
Consorting
with the
Vipers
of the phony left/right
Divide.
Sitting
on their pedestals
With
airs of
Superiority,
Perpetuating,
in the name of progress,
The
misery of the
People.
They
consort with the
The
evil of one or both
Of
the lessers,
To
keep the realization of
Our dreams in hock.
Oh,
but what of the Left?
Surely
they will tell us
The truth.
No, my friend.
That Left,
Left
the people
Long ago.
It�s
up to you and me.
And
that is
Exactly as it should be.
BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Larry Pinkney,
is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister
of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political
prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored
his civil / political rights case to the United Nations
under the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. In connection with his political organizing activities
in opposition to voter suppression, etc., Pinkney was
interviewed in 1988 on the nationally televised PBS News
Hour, formerly known as The MacNeil / Lehrer
News Hour. For more about Larry Pinkney see the book,
Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and
Thinker,
by William Mandel [Introduction by Howard Zinn]. (Click
here
to read excerpts from the book.) Click here to contact Mr. Pinkney.
