Speak Your Mind (con't)!

Speak Your Mind!

The Poverty of Philosophy - Immortal Technique

Most of my Latino and black people who are struggling to get food, clothes and shelter in the hood are so concerned with that, that philosophising about freedom and socialist democracy is usually unfortunately beyond their rationale. They don't realize that America can't exist without separating them from their identity, because if we had some sense of who we really are, there's no way in hell we'd allow this country to push it's genocidal consensus on our homelands. This ignorance exists, but it can be destroyed.

Niggas talk about change and working within the system to achieve that. The problem with always being a conformist is that when you try to change the system from within, it's not you who changes the system; it's the system that will eventually change you. There is usually nothing wrong with compromise in a situation, but compromising yourself in a situation is another story completely, and I have seen this happen long enough in the few years that I've been alive to know that it's a serious problem. Latino America is a huge colony of countries whose presidents are cowards in the face of economic imperialism. You see, third world countries are rich places, abundant in resources, and many of these countries have the capacity to feed their starving people and the children we always see digging for food in trash on commercials. But plutocracies, in other words a government run by the rich such as this one and traditionally oppressive European states, force the third world into buying overpriced, unnecessary goods while exporting huge portions of their natural resources.

I'm quite sure that people will look upon my attitude and sentiments and look for hypocrisy and hatred in my words. My revolution is born out of love for my people, not hatred for others.

You see, most of Latinos are here because of the great inflation that was caused by American companies in Latin America. Aside from that, many are seeking a life away from the puppet democracies that were funded by the United States; places like El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Republica Dominicana, and not just Spanish-speaking countries either, but Haiti and Jamaica as well.

As different as we have been taught to look at each other by colonial society, we are in the same struggle and until we realize that, we'll be fighting for scraps from the table of a system that has kept us subservient instead of being self-determined. And that's why we have no control over when the embargo will stop in Cuba, or when the bombs will stop dropping in Vieques.

But you see, here in America the attitude that is fed to us is that outside of America there live lesser people. "Fuck them, let them fend for themselves." No, Fuck you, they are you. No matter how much you want to dye your hair blonde and put fake eyes in, or follow an anorexic standard of beauty, or no matter how many diamonds you buy from people who exploit your own brutally to get them, no matter what kind of car you drive or what kind of fancy clothes you put on, you will never be them. They're always gonna look at you as nothing but a little monkey. I'd rather be proud of what I am, rather than desperately trying to be something I'm really not, just to fit in. And whether we want to accept it or not, that's what this culture or lack of culture is feeding us.

I want a better life for my family and for my children, but it doesn't have to be at the expense of millions of lives in my homeland. We're given the idea that if we didn't have these people to exploit then America wouldn't be rich enough to let us have these little petty material things in our lives and basic standards of living. No, that's wrong. It's the business giants and the government officials who make all the real money. We have whatever they kick down to us. My enemy is not the average white man, it's not the kid down the block or the kids I see on the street; my enemy is the white man I don't see: the people in the white house, the corporate monopoly owners, fake liberal politicians those are my enemies. The generals of the armies that are mostly conservatives those are the real Mother-Fuckers that I need to bring it to, not the poor, broke country-ass soldier that's too stupid to know shit about the way things are set up.

In fact, I have more in common with most working and middle-class white people than I do with most rich black and Latino people. As much as racism bleeds America, we need to understand that classism is the real issue. Many of us are in the same boat and it's sinking, while these bougie Mother-Fuckers ride on a luxury liner, and as long as we keep fighting over kicking people out of the little boat we're all in, we're gonna miss an opportunity to gain a better standard of living as a whole.

In other words, I don't want to escape the plantation I want to come back, free all my people, hang the Mother-Fucker that kept me there and burn the house to the god damn ground. I want to take over the encomienda and give it back to the people who work the land.

You cannot change the past but you can make the future, and anyone who tells you different is a Fucking lethargic devil. I don't look at a few token Latinos and black people in the public eye as some type of achievement for my people as a whole. Most of those successful individuals are sell-outs and house Negros.

But, I don't consider brothers a sell-out if they move out of the ghetto. Poverty has nothing to do with our people. It's not in our culture to be poor. That's only been the last 500 years of our history; look at the last 2000 years of our existence and what we brought to the world in terms of science, mathematics, agriculture and forms of government. You know the idea of a confederation of provinces where one federal government controls the states? The Europeans who came to this country stole that idea from the Iroquois LEAGUE. The idea of impeaching a ruler comes from an Aztec tradition. That's why Montezuma was stoned to death by his own people 'cause he represented the agenda of white Spaniards once he was captured, not the Aztec people who would become Mexicans.

So in conclusion, I'm not gonna vote for anybody just 'cause they black or Latino they have to truly represent the community and represent what's good for all of us proletariat.

Porque sino entonces te mando por el carajo cabron gusano hijo de puta, seramos libre pronto, viva la revolucion, VIVA LA REVOLUCION!

Americanization

Often times, we subjugate ourselves to believe that simply because we live in the industrialized world, that we must conform and attest to all of the values and ethics that this society possess. A notion of Americanization, has some what confounded the world, everyone wants to be like America, wants to adopt American ideals and standards. But why? Who the fuck is America and who the fuck cares what their ideals are? What do they stand for? Liberty, truth, freedom, equality?

The truth, is that it is all a fucking lie. America does not stand for truth, it does not stand for freedom, or equality, or for liberty. Rather, America is the worlds largest conglomerate whose major selling product is its false ideals and beliefs. We are told that America is the home of the free. But freedom at whose cost? At the cost of the lives of innocent people in Iraq, of Afghanistan? Please, this is not freedom but rather just another way for this multi-national devil to keep control over the world.

Look at the irony of it all. The United States advocates for most countries to comply with the orders of the United Nations, but when the UN deemed that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and determined that the war in Iraq was unjustified who was the one country who opposed them? America. Yet, did the world do anything? Did we call for sanctions and embargo's be placed on the bastard country? No. Why? Are we afraid of the great nation of America, or is it because we feel that we owe America for the values that they have bestowed upon our society?

What are the values that this society has blessed us with? Apart from security and good education and in the case of Canada medical support the ethical framework of these countries is based largely over monetary gains. That's right, the world revolves around money doesn't it? No, it doesn't.

We need to stand up and stop conforming to what these societies want us to be. If you wanna be a punk ass mother fucker who wants to go into work wearing fucking earings and have tattoos all over you who the fuck is the big conglomerate CEO to say you cant work for him? If I want to say fuck you to the police, why should I be arrested? The reason, is because they want to maintain power.

As Immortal Technique so beautifully said: "destroy the image and the enemy will die" I urge all of you, to say FUCK YOU to Americanization and to the conformity of American society, to stand up and destroy the image so that these bureaucratic bastards burn and eventually die, so that they realize that it is not they who rule the people, but rather that the people rule them.

If you down join me for the G-20 protest in Toronto. HOLLA.

Until next time.

Peace.

The Inevitable Rift

"And we have vested everything into the manifest Imam" - Qu'ran. Sura 36; Ayat 12.

The Utter Pit of Despair

Hey,

So it is about 5.30 am and I can not sleep. I think it is because I have been hit with multiple panic attacks starting from about 2.30 am. Why you ask? On Tuesday I was diagnosed with Myasantia Gravis, a neuromuscular autoimmune disorder. It is driving me insane because I can not do a lot of the things I enjoy doing anymore as a result of it.

I guess partially I feel like it is my fault because of the life I was leading. I am not saying that I was a bad person, well actually that is exactly what I am saying. I turned my back on so many people, who were really good friends of mine, because I acted like a dick and a complete asshole. I think that ultimately we are all a product of our actions and although it may seem absurd and bizarre, I think that in some strange way this condition which has hit me is a lesson for me.

There are various reasons why I say this. In the past I always felt like crap, emotionally and physically I was not happy. There were times when I would allude myself into believing I was happy but it was not the contentment that most people feel, rather it was a superficial happiness driven from the belief that I needed to be happy or people would not want to be around me. Recently however, I don't care about that as much because I feel that if I am sad than I am going to show that to people, and if you cant deal with it then so be it.

It is my conviction however that this emotional downfall of mine was due largely to the fact that I treated everyone around me like crap, mainly by trying to impugn the intelligence of others around me. This juvenile act of mine resulted in me loosing many people around me as well as leaving me with a never ending feeling of despair. Why did I do it? Mainly because I felt like I was going no where in my life and that this was the only way for me to assert my intelligence over others - realizing now that it was the wrong way to go.

Recently however, I have embarked on a new journey, that is trying to be nice. It was an awkward juxtaposition of events which leaded to this venture. One night after coming home I spent some time talking to my dad, who informed me that he has had several people (within the family and outside of it) who have raised their concerns about the way I talk to people, and how they are afraid sometimes to say things around me in fear of being judged or being shot down as stupid. He told tried to appeal to my rational faculty as well as my emotional one but mainly played on my religious faculty.

As Muslims, or and much more as human beings we are all governed by a cosmopolitan ethic, rule number one of which being treat others how you would want yourself to be treated. Playing on this sentiment my father tried to explain to me that although he knows I do not mean any harm with what I am saying I can poise my words in such a manner that they do not offend others, and when in doubt keep your mouth shut. While I was hesitant to try what my father had said he proposed an argument to me to further cement his opinion.

It is believed that man is made up of body, mind, and soul all of which are interconnected and interdependent on one another. Which ideally means that if one facet of these three is not "functioning" properly it will adversely affect the rest. A simple example is your body of physical state. If an individual does not sleep properly, or eat properly, it goes without saying that mentally this individual will not be able to function properly. As a result, the brain and body would both be fatigued and malnourished thereby inhibiting the brain to properly "decode" signals sent by the mind(note the difference between mind and the brain), the result of which could be lack of concentration, or lack of focus.

This type of thinking really appealed to me and after our conversation we decided to watch some tv. As we were browsing through a list of programs we could watch, we came across a presentation by Dr. Wayne Dyer, on the way of the Tao, which encapsulated and elaborated on everything my father told me. My jaw at that point literally dropped, and it seemed to me like it was a sign.

All be it I have tried to reconcile past relations with people, and am trying not to be such a dick to everyone, I feel better. I feel more and peace and more content with myself. I have found also that things have started getting a lot easier for me and the doors of opportunity just keep swinging themselves open for me.

I guess in the quest for knowledge rule number one would definitely be to treat others as you yourself would want to be treated as it engenders a somewhat sense of peace, contentment, and respect, something which I feel a lot of people lack these days, me being one of them.

Anyways, it still doesn't solve my problem of not being able to sleep. I guess I am afraid that the disorder will spread even more and that things will get a lot worse. I know it is weird but I guess I can't help but feel this way considering this has been going on for the past two months now. I can't smile, chew, swallow my food or any drinks, have cases of diplopia and can barley keep my eyelids open, not to mention that my speech is now slurred. As a result, I have not been able to eat properly and have lost almost 20lbs and currently weigh in at 95lbs.

Well, this is all that I want to write about right now. I just wanna say thank you to everyone who has helped me out there especially Tony and Rehaana, and obviously my parents. But Rehaana and Tony you guys are like the anchors who weigh me down and keep me sane, thank you for being there for me!

Till next time... keep reading and keep smiling.

- SF