From: "Clifford Duffy" <cwduff-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Fwd: "Cincinnati Fires" By Mumia Abu-Jamal Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 01:57:53 -0400 >From: "Marpessa Kupendua" <nattyreb1-AT-home.com>(by way of >galupchi-AT-pangea.org) >Reply-To: a-infos-d-AT-ainfos.ca >To: a-infos-en-AT-ainfos.ca >Subject: "Cincinnati Fires" By Mumia Abu-Jamal >Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 17:32:12 -0400 (EDT) > > ________________________________________________ > A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E > http://www.ainfos.ca/ > ________________________________________________ > > > >CINCINNATI FIRES > >Col. Writ. 4/17/01 > >Copyright '01 Mumia Abu-Jamal > > > >"The government is only as lasting as > >your understanding of administration. > >The Army is nothing without people, > >the Air Force is grounded without > >your endorsement, the ships of the > >Navy could never have sailed if > >your leaders didn't have you sail > >'em, and the brutal depravity of > >police would be non-existent if > >you didn't wear the uniform." > >John Africa, On the >Move, (1975) > > > > Black youthful rage explodes in Cincinnati, > >Ohio, and several nights of fire, rebellion > >and pain reminds us that the much-maligned > >and heralded '60s, were really not so very > >long ago. > > > > For like the riots that rocked the nation in > >the 1960s, the precipitating event was an act > >of brutality and violence by police against > >black folks. Police violence against blacks > >has sparked rampages of rebellion from > >coast to coast, costing hundreds of millions > >of dollars in destroyed property, and hundreds > >of lost lives. > > > > Over 30 years have passed, and in the > >intervening years we have seen the emergence > >of the black political class, and the entrenchment > >of the black poor in inner cities, projects, and > >ghettoes more desolate, more isolated and > >more hopeless than the 1960s. We have seen > >the explosion of the Prison Industrial Complex, > >at rates that would've been unthinkable in the > >1970s, with upwards of 2,000,000 men, women, > >and juveniles in American jails. The U.S., with > >only 5% of the world's population, has <underline>25%</underline> of > >the world's prison population! > > > > And for black young men and women, the > >horror of prison has become a perverse rite of > >passage, marking one's transition from youth > >to adulthood. > > > > So, while things have gotten better for some > >African-Americans since the 1960s, things have > >gotten demonstrably worse for millions of other, > >poorer blacks. Public schools, never quite > >outstanding in the first place, have gone into > >decline. City services have declined. Industries > >have fled cities for the South and the suburbs, > >leaving cities with less employment, and with > >remaining jobs paying for less money, while > >costs have gone up. > > > > Cincinnati, sparked by the police shootings > >of a black man, could have happened anywhere > >in America. The social ingredients are all there, > >in every major city in America. > > > > In every major city is economic and social > >despair, mixed with a militaristic police force > >that targets black life and liberty. In every > >such city are black politicians who function in > >the role of keeping the restless natives in > >check; keem them suffering in silence. > > > > Cincinnati represented the eruption of youth > >who see their position in grim, hopeless > >situations. Cincinnati is a harbinger of things > >to come. Cincinnati is the fire next time. > > > >Mumia Abu-Jamal, Copyright '01 > >==================================> > > > > >PLEASE CONTACT: > >International Concerned Family & Friends of MAJ > >P.O. Box 19709, Philadelphia, PA 19143 > >Phone - 215-476-8812/ Fax - 215-476-6180/ > >E-mail - <<mailto:icffmaj-AT-aol.com>icffmaj-AT-aol.com /www.mumia.org > >AND OFFER YOUR SERVICES! > > >Send our brotha some LOVE and LIGHT at: > > Mumia Abu-Jamal > > AM 8335 > > SCI-Greene > > 175 Progress Drive > > Waynesburg, PA 15370 > > >!! PEOPLE GET READY !! > > >Afrikan Frontline Network ~~ <<http://www.afrikan.net>www.afrikan.net > ></smaller> > > > ******** > ****** The A-Infos News Service ****** > News about and of interest to anarchists > ****** > COMMANDS: lists-AT-ainfos.ca > REPLIES: a-infos-d-AT-ainfos.ca > HELP: a-infos-org-AT-ainfos.ca > WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ > INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org > >-To receive a-infos in one language only mail lists-AT-ainfos.ca the message: > unsubscribe a-infos > subscribe a-infos-X > where X = en, ca, de, fr, etc. (i.e. the language code) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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