pri n
I
('I,ill i("" , ;(",., i
- - ----_- - ----- ------ - ___j
",""'_rv_v)
to P
loyalty of t
to pro
r cial pri by __ ,Dt"P_
t B too,
t th i
proud ith i 0 ng
history, t dition, and culture,
d nequally mtingfutureto
be on through cial solidar­
ity."
In an era h Afri and
African people lay p tra ,
ad nd ruined after centu­
ri of rape, pilla and de
tion at the hands of Europe and
Europea , it Garvey ho
arrived on the to proclaim:
"Up you mighty race, you can
accomplish hat you will . , , You
ere once gr t, you '11 be
great gain."
Garvey w calling on th
ho had come from the conti­
nent that fathered/mothered the
earth's first peopl those ho
gave humanity and the orld i
first taste of cienoe and mathe­
matics, tho e who produc d
some of the worlds grea an­
cient civilization and king-
, of
ovi from
niza 'on to an-
hall oontinu
thoroughly lifted
o 1 into th organizatio
of GOVERNMENT."
In Garvey opinion, f-gov-
ernment and nationhood re
the only meaningful optio for
a people uffering under the
yo of European domination,
"Independence of nationality,
independence of government, .
the only mea of protecting not
only the individual, but the
group.
Nationhood i the highest
ideal of all p ople ." Henc
Garvey firmly believed that M­
rica, t an tral home of Afri­
can people the world over, must
be lib r t d from Europ n
domination. unified and become
the economic and political po
for the Pan-Afriam world:
"Europe for th European, Asia
for the Asiatic, Africa fur the M­
rican, at hom and abroad"
THE organiz
go rnm nt comple with
a flag. A flag' generally t
primary symbol of a nation, and
so Garvey p nted t African
Dl8!� with flag with the red,
bl and green colors the
symbol of the African Nation.
and the embodiment of African
aspirations.
In addition to the flag the
UNIA had a President-Gen ral
in the person of Marcus Garvey,
and other officials deemed ap­
propriate for a If-goveming
people.
The UNIA also bad a military
wing with an African Legion,
Motor Corps, and Black C
N . And the organization
tablished a number of ind
pendent echoola to provide an
education auitabl to peep!
wh aelf-governm8Dt
Yes I understand the need for couples to adopt Black
children, but I m sorry I but we had to reject your
appticatron because your income was $10 short of what
we required
Mr White, your 3 o clock appointment IS here. And I
must say, I think he's going to be the perfect
candidate
o
y Mumia Abu-Jam.al
As the night sky over
Mogadishu explodes into blaz­
ing light, UN/U.S. armed forces
clash with Somali irregulars in
the Horn of Africa.
The East African nation, al­
ready ravaged by famine and the
di integration of the fallen
Barre r gime, is now the setting
for war.
So-called "Peacekeeping
Fore "of the UN hoot live
round into crowds of demon-
tr ting Somalis killing nd
wounding scores of them, and
furth r defaming the d d by
calling them "shields" f�r Somali
gunm n.
uriously, only th "shields"
- Somalian women and chil­
dren for the mos part - are hi
by gunfi ,no gunmen. .
Curious too, how troops kill
unarm demonstra 0 , mostly
women, as part of "P 00 p­
ing" mission.
The U. .) lthough not y in­
volved in ground activity, has
unl h ated air a cks
on the capitalcity, makingPresi­
dent Clinton's first use of arms
as Commander in Chief (if one
excludes the Waoo Massacre) in
East Africa, against a small So­
mali militiaman commanding a
minu squad of what appears to
be armed (with small arm ) chil­
dren).
WORLD where small
wars and ilent holocausts ap­
proach normalcy, where
S rb/Mu lim intergroup hatred
h p wn d concentration
camp ,m rape and "ethnic
cl ing" of beleaguered Mus­
lims, the United ations can
only drop leaflets nd MRE food
packa . But that is Euro
wh re we re told centuries of
old hat make military inter­
vention ill-advised.
Whe U. S. air forces chopped
food reli fto Bosnia- erzegovia,
they drop bom in Mogadi hu,
E. Africa.
To "send a m ge" to a So-
mali gen ral, his home, offi
and supporters were bombarded
by .u.S. air fire. Bosnian and
Serb "cleansers," we can as­
sume, do not need any "mes­
sage."
In truth, however, every act,
even non-action, has a message.
The so-called "International
Community" (actually a minor­
ity of th world's people) have
used force in an attempt to hum­
ble an African militia leader who
has sought to control his own
homeland.
v
nd
e vital of nomi
, finance, ind tcy
nd commerce - t go m-
ment and tion in formation
not only h d th c lebrated
BI Star Steamship Li , but
number of 0 r nterp'
hich included, fa , cann -
i , food markets, and laundri
to m tion a f . Not to I
any area unattended, Garvey
also provided for a ligion,
declaringthat, "God i a Negro,·
h organized the Universal Afri­
can Orthodox Church.
The � ne�aper, th
Negro W�rld the mo t
widely circulated and d Black
ne per of its tim ·thereby
insuring that the philosophy and
opinions, pl'Oj and programs
of the UNIA and the Honorabl
Marcus Garvey the ubject
ofma.. COD tion among the
Black everywh reo
Last but not least, the UNIT's
Negro People' Conventions
were a kind of Congress of Afri­
can People that brought to­
gether representativ of the
African masses from around the
globe, to assess the status of the
race and discuss plans for the
elevation, uplift and self-deter­
mination of African people.
AT THE HEIGHT of the
UNIA's power in the early
1920's, upwa of 25,000 Q
gates would attend tb
ventions; a testimony to the
enormous popularity and influ­
ence of Marcus Garvey and the
nationalist/pan-africanist pro­
gram of the UNIA.
Millions of ordinary Africans
from the U.S., the Caribbean,
Central and South America and
Europe belonged to the UNIA .
And, perhaps the most amazing
fact of all is that the administra­
tion, projects and programs of
the UNIA were entirely sup­
ported by the human, material
and monetary resources of Afri­
can people exclusively .
Marcus Garvey's vision of a
government and nation in for­
mation captured the imagina­
tion of the African masses in his
day, and galvanized their sup­
port for the program of the
UNIA
Given the current state of the
African masses in the U.S., and
the world, Garvey's vision -and
program are as relevant troday
as they were in his own time. It's
still Nation Time!
•
From
Death
Row
&.
-
....
." ...
o
ByJa
E. I b
als are Black, White, hetero or
homo, male or female: They
T E U /U. . serve the interests of this sys-
fo has refused to raise a fin- tern. '
ger where European militias Nor does it matter if the
have virtually razed cities and P sident is D mocratic or Re­
scattered countless numbers of publican - They fight to pre­
Muslim familie to "ethnically serve th ystem.
cleanse" Bosnia-Herzegovina. Is it coincidence that Clin-
To my mind, that's quite a ton's first military strike - into
m ge. . the Horn of Africa - comes days
It is also illustrative of the after his low t poll readings?
way the UN has become the The American people, if they
henchman of imperialist power. have hOWD anything in 2 eentu­
It doesn't matter if the gener- ri of existence, have shown a
passion for war.
e
. Black �p'le or African Americans - take your pick - are a
mmority tbat mus� not be confused with any other minority.
us consider some very ttmely qu tions and ers:
Qu icns; What is a minority?
Answer: A minority is a quantity containing I than one-half
of a total group membership.
• Question; What are some examples of minorities?
Answer. Easily distinguishable minorities include prostitutes,
ministers, Irishmen, Congressmen, cardinals, murderers, war
heroes, saints, sinners, teachers, bandits, Blacks, physicians,
homoeexuals, police ofiicers, street cleaners and others who do not
constitute one half of a specific population. Every person is a
member of various minorities.
• Question: Why do people through the world disapprove of
certain minorities?
Answer: Most people disapprove of certain minoriti because
of the .behavior of persons constituting these minorities. Th
determining factor is not what a robber or killer looks like - it is
the ACT he did, his BEHAVIOR.
• Question: What responses do people and the general society
make to the objectionable behavior of some minorities?
Answer: To response usually takes one of two forms and is
determined by the 'nature of the offense. The first form of public
response is incarceration, the act of putting offenders in jail or
prison. Incarceration is used (a) to restrict the offender's ability to
commit further offenses, (b) to rehabilitate the wrongdoing person
or (c) to punish him and cause him to be sorry or penitent - hence
the word "penitentiary. "
The second form of public response is that of "shunning" - the
expressing of disapproval by ignoring, isolating or avoiding social
contact with the objectionable or allegedly immoral person or
group.
Question: Can various law breakers along with shunned and
rejected outcasts I the time and pla of their allegedly
anti-social and repugnant behavior?
Answer: Yes. They plan their activities ca fully and have
control over wh nand whe they take objectionable action.
Qu tion: Can Black people plan their activities by taking
into account when and were they will become Black or cease to
become Black? Can they "turn off' at will their skin color, hair
texture and other African features as you turn off water or a light
bulb?
Answer: You know the answer! Absolutely Not!
Question: Therefore, can Blacks be reasonably or logically
categorized with other minorities who can and do control the time
and place of their actions that constitute anti-social behavior like
robbing or killing or other revulsion-provoking actions' such as
prostitution, sex crimes or arguably deviant sex behavior? .
Answer: One cannot reasonably or logically put people who are
guilty only of being m mbers of a certain race in the category of
persons guilty of criminal havior or others guilty ofBEHA VI OR
commonly perceived to be pugnant, disgusting or h tile to the
cherished values of family and community.
Question: Why would any stigmatized or hunned group
work 80 hard and spend so much mon y' to join th Armed Fo ?
Answer: Beam a' ptanee into the armed fo would imply
approval or aceeptan of the allegedly eviant group's lifestyle,
values and practices. It would imply acceptance by a cherished,
crucial and opinion-leading national tablishment. Demands for
acceptance at all levels would follow.
Question; Why would the presid nt of the U . ted Sta k
to incorporate into th ann for persons wh BEHAVIOR
a majority ap r to consider "d viant" or "degrad "?
Answer: Because th millions of dollars con ribu by th
people to his p identi I camp ign enormously helped his drive
toward th Whi Hou
• Question: What I n hould Black peopl learn from this
. ?
oomrno Ion. .
Answer # 1: Big money "talks" nd makes strange bedfellow.
Answer #2: Some Blacks in high pia are guilty of sloppy
thinking.