Larry Pinkney

It is with one unified and heavily laden heart that everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow conscious people of goodwill, world-wide, mourn the gigantic loss of, and pay tribute to, Elmer ‘Geronimo Ji-Jaga’ Pratt, whose mortal body departed from us on June 2, 2011, in Tanzania, East Africa. The passing-on of Geronimo Ji-Jaga, who…

“Historically, the most terrible things – war, genocide, and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” -Howard Zinn “If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.” – Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara In recent days the sad news of the passing-on of the politically conscious musician and poet…

In 21st century ‘America,’ the political pimping [i.e. the intellectual dumbing-down and economic exploitation] of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people has reached systemic epidemic proportions. The result of this is that corporate-government lying, obfuscation, subterfuge, political repression, and perpetual U.S. wars abroad have become the norm rather than the exception. Biologically black…

A woefully uninformed and/or a perniciously misinformed populace will, in the distorted name of ‘patriotism,’ repeatedly commit the most horrendous atrocities. Such people do not recognize the precariousness of their own existence, the fleeting nature of their own humanity, or the preciousness of Mother Earth and the rest of the global human family. Such people…

“We have guided missiles and misguided men.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Unfortunately, when it comes to many ‘Americans,’ virtually any corporate-government/military distraction will suffice to keep this nation from owning up to its own self-induced policies of hypocrisy and endless bloodshed, and reversing them. Today’s Orwellian and fascistic policies at home, combined with corporate/military…

– Dwight D. Eisenhower [Farewell Speech] Ah… Here we are in the 21st century, mindlessly basking in the warm rays of de facto bloodsucking U.S. corporate domination combined with at least four ongoing bloody U.S. wars and military interventions abroad, an impotent and hypocritical Democrat and Republican Congress, and a “peace” prize toting- predator drone…

When it comes to the study of history, we have the choice of actively learning from it or being relegated to infamy by it. Everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people have many s/heroes who have risked life and limb in the pursuit of justice and human rights. More often than not, their…

“I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of…