Black Community News Service

Ministry of Information

Arinze Ture, Managing Editor

Volume 1

Issue 1

January 1, 2026

Newark, New Jersey

Serve The People (STP) Programs of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party

Food Program

Our Food Program provides nutritious food to individuals and families in need. We provide essential support to individuals facing food insecurity, ensuring that no one goes hungry in our community.

On Wednesday, our People's Free Food Program distributes food at 373 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ (Corner of South 10th Street & South Orange Ave.) between the hours of 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (EST).

Clothing Program

Our Clothing Program provides free clothing items to individuals who struggle to afford necessities. We accept donations to ensure everyone has access to clothing.

Shelter Program

We currently have our sights on creating a Shelter Program that provides temporary housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. We want to offer a safe and supportive environment for those in need.

National News

Fifty-Sixth Anniversary Of The Assassination Of Fred Hampton

By Arinze Ture

Chicago, Illinois

In commemorating the assassination of Comrade Fred Hampton, who was the Chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, I would like us not to focus on the dreadful details of his murder by the Chicago PIGS, the FBI, and Edward V. Hanrahan (Cook County State’s Attorney) but instead on the life lessons that Chairman Fred taught us in a speech that he delivered during the last year of his life.

On the one hand, Dr. Huey P. Newton was a brilliant intellectual, strategist, visionary, and revolutionary par excellence. The Minister of Defense could cogently communicate the complex philosophical concepts of Marxism-Leninism, revolutionary nationalism, and other irrefutable ideas to the Intelligentsia, but not so much so when it came to breaking down these concepts and conveying them to the average Brother and Sister in the hood, according to Assata Shakur, Bobby Seale, and others in the Black Panther Party (BPP) at the time.

On the other hand, Chairman Bobby Seale, Honorary Prime Minister Kwame Ture, and Fred Hampton could conclusively convey the complicated theoretical conceptualizations of Marxism-Leninism, revolutionary nationalism, and other cognitive concepts to Academia and also to the average Brother and Sister in the hood. In fact, Chairman Bobby Seale instructed others in the Party that if anything ever happened to him while he was the Chairman, he wanted the Party to make Fred Hampton the next Chairman of the National BPP. That’s how on-point Comrade Fred Hampton was.

In his speech entitled “Power Anywhere Where There’s People,” which was delivered at the Olivet Church in 1969, the oratorical genius of Chairman Fred was demonstrably demonstrated as he made five majestic moves in the chess game of revolutionary communication before crushing this speech with a checkmate.

In the first majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred schooled the audience in regard to Pedagogy via the concepts of Observation and Participation. He said, “Let me give you an example of teaching people. Basically, the way they learn is observation and participation. You know a lot of us go around and joke ourselves and believe that the masses have PhD’s, but that’s not true. And even if they did, it wouldn’t make any difference. Because with some things, you have to learn by seeing it or either participating in it. Because you can have as many degrees as a thermometer. If you don’t have any practice, then you can’t walk across the street and chew gum at the same time.”

I agree with Chairman Fred. And let me state emphatically that holding a degree or holding multiple degrees alone does not make one an effective leader or teacher. In fact, there have been and currently still are many people who hold no academic degrees who can intellectually run circles around people who hold PhDs. Malcom X, Marcus Garvey, Fred Hampton, and James Baldwin were Brothers like that. They held no earned academic degrees. However, what they lacked in academic credentials, they more than made up for by voraciously reading every book they could get their hands on to advance their knowledge so they could push the struggle forever forward. And their contributions to the global struggle for Black liberation, as leaders and teachers, outweighed those of many people who held academic degrees.

Chairman Fred said, “Let me tell you how Huey P. Newton, the leader, the organizer, the founder, the main man of the Black Panther Party, went about it. The community had a problem out there in California. There was an intersection, a four-way intersection; a lot of people were getting killed—cars running over them, and so the people went down and redressed their grievances to the government. Huey Newton went and got Bobby Seale, the chairman of the Black Panther Party, on a national level. Bobby Seale got his 9mm—that’s a pistol. Huey P. Newton got his shotgun, got some stop signs, and got a hammer. Went down to the intersection, gave his shotgun to Bobby, and Bobby had his 9mm. He said, “You hold this shotgun; anybody messes with us, blow their brains out.” He put those stop signs up. There were no more accidents, no more problems. Next time, there was a similar situation, another four-way corner. Huey went and got Bobby, went and got his 9mm, got his shotgun, got his hammer, and got more stop signs. Placed those stop signs up, gave the shotgun to Bobby, told Bobby, “If anybody messes with us while we’re putting these stop signs up, protect the people and blow their brains out.” What did the people do? They observed it again. They participated in it. Next time, they had another four-way intersection. Problems there; they had accidents and deaths. This time, the people in the community went and got their shotguns, got their hammers, got their stop signs….”

In the second majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred taught the audience concerning the Politics of Revolution. He said, “A lot of people get the word 'revolution' mixed up, and they think revolution’s a bad word. Revolution is nothing but like having a sore on your body, and then you put something on that sore to cure that infection. And I’m telling you that we’re living in an infectious society right now. I’m telling you that we’re living in a sick society. We’re involved in a society that produces criminals, thieves, robbers, and rapers. Whenever you are in a society like that, that is a sick society. And anybody who endorses integrating into this sick society before it’s cleaned up is a man who’s committing a crime against the people. Political power does not flow from the sleeve of a dashiki; political power flows from the barrel of a gun—it flows from the barrel of a gun! Politics is war without bloodshed, and war is politics with bloodshed. If you don’t understand that, you can be a Democrat, Republican, you can be Independent, you can be anything you want to, you ain’t nothing. We ain’t gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we’re gonna organize and dedicate ourselves to revolutionary political power and teach ourselves the specific needs of resisting the power structure, arm ourselves, and we’re gonna fight reactionary pigs with INTERNATIONAL PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION. That’s what it has to be. The people have to have the power—it belongs to the people.”

In the third majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred enlightened the audience regarding Economic Systems by differentiating them through the lens of their personal experience. He said, “The pigs would come up to women in the community and say, 'You scared of communism?” And the Sisters would say, “No—scared of it, I ain’t never heard of it.” The pigs would say, “You like socialism?” The Sisters responded, “No, I ain’t never heard of it.” The pigs they be crackin’ up, because they enjoyed seeing these people frightened of these words. Then, the pigs would ask, “You like capitalism?” The Sisters responded, “Yeah, well, that’s what I live with—I like it.” Then, the pigs asked, “You like the Breakfast For Children program?” The Sisters said, “Yeah, I like it.” And the pigs would say, “Oh-oh.” The pigs would say, “Well, the Breakfast For Children program is a socialistic program. It's a communistic program.” And the women said, “Well, I tell you what, boy. I’ve been knowing you since you were knee-high to a grasshopper. And I don’t know if I like communism, and I don’t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast For Children program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast For Children program, I’m gonna come off this can, and I’m gonna beat your ass.”

In the fourth majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred illuminated the audience as to the concepts of Theory and Practice. He said, “A car came in making a whole lot of funny noise. This Brother who knows Theory goes to get his book. He’s on page one, he ain’t got to page 200. I’m sitting here listening to the car. He says, “What do you think it is?” Another Brother who knows Practice says, “I think it's the carburetor.” The Brother who knows Theory says, “No, I don’t see anywhere in here where it says a carburetor makes no noise like that.” And he says, “How do you know it's the carburetor?” The Brother who knows Practice said, “Well, with all those degrees—as many as a thermometer—around 20 years ago, 19 to be exact, I was listening to the same kind of noise. And what I did was I took apart the voltage regulator, and it wasn’t that. Then I took apart the alternator, and it wasn’t that. I took apart the generator brushes, and it wasn’t that. I took apart the generator, and it wasn’t that. After I took apart all that, I finally got to the carburetor, and when I got to the carburetor, I found that that’s what it was. And I told myself that—fool, next time you hear this sound, you'd better take apart the carburetor first.”How did he learn? He learned through Practice. Chairman Fred stated, “I don’t care how much theory you have, if it doesn’t have any practice applied to it, then that theory happens to be irrelevant. Right? Any theory you get, practice it. And when you practice it, you make some mistakes. When you make a mistake, you correct that theory, and then it will be corrected theory that will be able to be applied and used in any situation. That’s what we’ve got to be able to do.” The old folks in the Black community used to put it this way, “Experience is the best teacher.”

In the fifth majestic move in the chess game of revolutionary communication, Chairman Fred took the audience to church while in the church by giving them Hope. He said, “We in the Black Panther Party, because of our dedication and understanding, went into the valley knowing that the people are in the valley, knowing that our plight is the same plight as the people in the valley, knowing that our enemies are on the mountain top—our friends are in the valley, and even though it’s nice to be on the mountain top, we’re going back to the valley. Because we understand that there’s work to be done in the valley, and when we get through with this work in the valley, then we've got to go to the mountain top. We’re not going to the mountaintop because there’s capitalism on the mountain top. We’re going to the mountain top because there’s a motherfucker on the mountain top that’s playing King, and he’s been bullshitting us. And we’ve got to go up on the mountain top, not for the purpose of living his lifestyle and living as he lives. We’ve got to go up on the mountain top to make this motherfucker understand, goddamnit, that we are coming from the valley!”

In commemorating the assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton, let us focus on these life lessons that Chairman Fred taught us.

All Power To The People!!!

• Sources

1. "Power Anywhere Where There’s People” by Fred Hampton, Speech delivered at Olivet Church / Pamphlet printed by the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, 1969 - https://www.marxists.org/archive/hampton/1969/misc/power-anywhere-where-theres-people.htm

Wakiesha’s Law Passed In California

By Kwame Maduka

Los Angeles, California

Wakiesha Wilson, a 36-year-old Black woman, died in an LAPD jail cell in Los Angeles on March 27, 2016. The LAPD and District Attorney ruled her death a suicide by hanging. However, this finding was disputed by her family who cited inconsistencies, lack of transparency, and the fact that they were not notified for days of the death of Wakiesha by the LAPD or any of the other municipal entities who had knowledge of Wakiesha's death. Wilson’s death sparked protests in the streets of Los Angeles, the termination of an LAPD detention officer for failing to monitor Wilson and provide medical aid. In addition, Wakiesha’s death led to the passing of Wakiesha’s Law.

Lisa Hines, the mother of Wakiesha, stated that the agony of looking for her daughter represented the most difficult days of her life. Wakiesha’s aunt, Sheila Hines, echoed that feeling as she reminisced about the havoc and chaos her family endured while searching for her niece. She indicated that they traveled from hospital to hospital and to multiple jails without receiving any answers as to the well-being of Wakiesha.

Los Angeles Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D–Los Angeles) stated, "No one called her family. No one from the city, the county, the coroner, or the courts. They showed up to court expecting to see their loved one, only to learn she had died days earlier. That is trauma no family should ever endure.” (1,1)

Nine years after Wakiesha died, while in police custody, a law named after her (Wakiesha’s Law / AB 1269) was passed in California that provides families protection and repose that was not afforded to her family. The legislation was written by Assemblymember Bryan, passed by the California State Assembly, and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 13, 2025. The law requires city, county, and municipal jails to advise families within 24 hours if an incarcerated family member is hospitalized or dies while in custody.

On December 11, 2025, Wakiesha Wilson’s family, community leaders, and elected officials assembled for a press conference outside the LAPD Metro Detention Center, which was the site of Wilson’s 2016 death. The press conference was hosted by Black Lives Matter–Los Angeles (BLMLA) to recognize the passage of Wakiesha’s Law. Dr. Melina Abdullah, who serves as lead organizer of BLMLA, emphasized that “Wakiesha’s Law is the first law in the state of California named in honor of a Black woman, and that while Assemblymember Bryan carried it across the finish line, it was conceived through the relentless organizing and love of this family.” (1,2) L.A. Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado (CD 14) asserted that the legislation had significance for downtown Los Angeles and the at-risk populations she represents. Jurado stated, “For too long, families have been left not knowing where their loved ones are, whether they’re safe, or even if they’re alive. Wakiesha’s Law is a step toward transparency and accountability—values that have too often been ignored in public safety.” (1,3) Representing the family, Lisa Hines expressed her appreciation to Assemblymember Bryan, the BLMLA organizers, and the community members who supported her family throughout the political hurdles leading up to the passing of the legislation.

The press conference was hosted by Dominique DiPrima of KBLA, with additional remarks and support from clergy and community leaders, including Pastor Cue of Church Without Walls / Clergy 4 Black Lives. As part of the program, the family was formally presented with the official bill language, cementing Wakiesha Wilson’s legacy in California law.

The message that resounded from the press conference was unequivocally clear: Wakiesha Wilson's family’s pain has been metamorphosed into policy that will prevent other families from enduring the agony they suffered.

The lack of monitoring, the absence of medical aid provided to her, the dearth of transparency and accountability in the Wakiesha Wilson case was reprehensible. However, this case represents the lived experience of many incarcerated Black prisoners across amerikkka. This was certainly the case with Imam Jamil Al-Amin (aka H. Rap Brown) who recently died in federal prison. It was certainly the case with Mutulu Shakur who served 37 years in prison, who was denied access to adequate medical care while in prison, and who died about eight months after being released from prison. It is certainly the case with Mumia Abu-Jamal and countless other political prisoners.

This is why one of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, “We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!”

• Sources

1. “Wakiesha’s Law Brings Long-Denied Transparency to Families of Incarcerated Loved Ones” by Lila Brown, Los Angeles Sentinel, December 17, 2025 - https://lasentinel.net/wakieshas-law-brings-long-denied-transparency-to-families-of-incarcerated-loved-ones.html

A Black Man Is The Fourteenth Person To Die While In Custody At Rikers Island Jail Complex

By Kofi Bankole

New York, New York

"Aramis Furse has become the 14th person to die in or immediately after NYC Department of Corrections (DOC) custody after he was found “unwell” in his Rikers Island cell. The 32-year-old Black man died on December 7, 2025 shortly after paramedics transported him to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital." (1,1)

In an interview with PIX11 News in New York, William Furse said his son, Aramis Furse "had been on Rikers for the last 10 months." (2,1) In addition, the father of the deceased told PIX11 News "that there were no known health issues or conditions Aramis had in the past. 'None whatsoever,'” (2,2)

In a statement, the public defense organizations, which represented Furse, the Legal Aid Society, and Brooklyn Defender Services, vociferously advocated for the NYC DOC to consider alternative options to locking people up in New York’s main jails, which are in decline.

“Furse’s family, loved ones, and counsel deserve immediate access to all information surrounding his death,” the public defenders wrote. “Full transparency and accountability are essential, particularly given DOC’s repeated failure to keep families and attorneys informed or provide the answers they urgently need.”

The two organizations (i.e., the Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services) also punctuated the recent suggestions made last month by the Board of Corrections (BOC), the independent watchdog overseeing city jails that come from a report scrutinizing five of the previous deaths this year and found instances entailing unsecured cell doors, discoveries of drug paraphernalia, and staff failing to notify medical staff after observing the person in custody “unwell” before their death.

The BOC suggests that the DOC “distribute memoranda and conduct updated trainings on providing prompt medical aid to an individual who is sick, impaired, unconscious, or injured”, with a focal point on obtaining medical assistance. Other suggestions include assigning more staff to the video monitoring unit and preventing cell window obstructions, which often imply that something is wrong.

As the year comes to an end, New York draws closer to a federally appointed receivership over the jail system and the legal deadline to close Rikers Island by 2027. Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams became the frequent fall guy for the current crisis resulting from his pro-law enforcement approach and budget cuts to reentry programming, which drew criticism, in addition to existing issues with COVID-19-related delays and reforms mandated by a settlement over detainee conditions.

"His successor, Zohran Mamdani, will face his first deadline immediately when he assumes office in January — the local Renewable Rikers law mandates that the mayor transfer dormant facilities on Rikers Island from the DOC to the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) every half-year, ensuring the building’s decommission and repurposing the land for environmental causes." (1,2)

The Anna M. Kross Center, once the city’s largest jail, was shut down back in 2023 but remains under DOC charge. The city also closed the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. However, the Adams administration refused to turn the jail over to DCAS via Renewable Rikers in 2022. The facility later reopened, and was where Furse and Edwin Ramos — who died last month just hours before release — were held on Rikers Island.

“The Department is mourning the tragic death of an individual in our custody,” said DOC Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie in a statement. “We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family. The safety of everyone in our care is always our foremost concern, and we will fully investigate this tragedy.”

Although the cause of death of 32 year old Aramis Furse has not been provided yet by the city Medical Examiner, it is suspicious that when William Furse went to Mount Sinai Hospital in Queens to view his son’s body, they would only allow him to view the head of the body; not the rest of his son’s body.

This is why one of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, “We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!”

• Sources

1. "Black man becomes 14th person to die in custody at Rikers Island as facility remains under scrutiny" by Tandy Lau, New York Amsterdam News, December 18, 2025 - https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/12/18/black-man-becomes-14-person-to-die-in-custody-at-rikers/
2. "Family of man who died on Rikers Island demands answers" by Jay Dow, PIX11.com, December 7, 2025 - https://pix11.com/news/local-news/family-of-man-who-died-on-rikers-island-demands-answers/amp/

Racism Revealed In Charlotte's (Mecklenburg County) Homeless Population

By Arinze Ture

Charlotte, North Carolina

"Racial disparities remain a reality in the county’s unhoused community. According to the Crisis Assistance Ministry, 73% of Charlotte’s homeless population is Black, 3% lower than in 2022, when county data counted more than 2,800 homeless people." (1,1) It should be pointed out that not all of Charlotte is in Mecklenburg County. However, the vast majority of Charlotte is in Mecklenburg County.

Karen Pellitier, the Division Director of Community Support Services, stated that the most current data reveals that the number of homeless people in the county is estimated to be around 2,000.

Although the county invests in street outreach programs, convincing the homeless to connect with resources that can help them progress to stable housing is a prime focus.

Jessica Lefkowitz, Executive Director of Hearts for the Invisible Charlotte Coalition, asserts that “our agency’s primary focus is homelessness street outreach. Our staff goes into the community and works with people and families that sleep in places not meant for human habitation. That could mean an abandoned building or under bridges or encampments, even benches downtown. We try to begin formulating that engagement process and get people comfortable with us.” (1,2)

The Hearts for the Invisible Charlotte Coalition attempts to help clients who struggle with substance abuse by linking them with the proper health care to get them back on their feet and off the streets.

In response to the high percentage of Blacks that comprise the homeless rate in Charlotte, Lefkowitz states that “when the school systems fail, when the criminal justice system fails, mental health systems, all the systems fail, the result is homelessness. And so, when we know that people of color are already disproportionately represented in other systems that have failed, this is what happens. We know that we need to be responsive to that, and we know that we need to make sure that particularly people of color are gaining access to our homeless system, that they’re gaining access to the resources that are needed to help them resolve their homelessness.” (1,3)

Another underlying root cause for homelessness is the cost of housing that has risen at a level that exceeds the increase in average salaries in Charlotte. According to statistics from the North Carolina General Assembly, the median cost of a single-family home in 2000 was just over $110,000, and the average salary was around $35,000. In 2025, the average home price is approximately $320,000, while the average annual salary is just under $53,000. The average cost of a single-family home has nearly tripled, while the average salary has not doubled in the last 25 years. In addition, the rise in the price of rental real estate properties in the area has increased at a rate higher than that of average salaries. This has affected people who may either be on a fixed income or not making a livable wage.

Pellitier believes “we need our General Assembly, and we need our federal government to also support policies to help people earn a living wage,” she said, “because people want to work and are working. It is also very expensive to live. This is beyond Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s control in a lot of ways.” (1,4)

According to Charlotte's statistics, 73% of its homeless population are Black people. In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported a record high of 771,480 people experiencing homelessness on a single night, which represented an 18% increase from the previous year. They state that rising housing costs and inflation contributed to the surge. According to 2024 data, Black people make up a disproportionately large percentage of the U.S. homeless population, accounting for around 30% - 32% of all people experiencing homelessness, despite comprising only about 13% of the general population. This significant over representation, highlights deep-seated disparities rooted in systemic racism. Brothers and Sisters, what we can glean from this existential reality is that the system isn't broken, it's just not built for us. It's working exactly as it was designed. It just wasn't designed for people like us. For there to even be homeless people in the wealthiest nation in the free world is a national disgrace and an indictment against capitalism. This is why the capitalist system must be overthrown and replaced with a socialist system. This is why one of our demands in the New Afrikan Black Panther Party's Ten-Point Program is "We want decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings!"

• Sources

1. “Color of Mecklenburg County’s unhoused community” by Cameron Williams, The Charlotte Post, December 17, 2025 - https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2025/12/17/local-state/color-of-mecklenburg-county-s-unhoused-community/

International News

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What's Going On In amerikkka

By Arinze Ture

In 1946, Martin Niemoller, a prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany during the 1920’s and early 1930’s, articulated the analytical assessment of his historical context this way, “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”

A short time later, in 1958, an esteemed African pastor, living in amerikkka, the Right Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. published his book entitled “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”. In it, Dr. King sagaciously stated, “the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”

Black and other oppressed communities of color in amerikkka are living through a precarious and perilous time because of white supremacy, capitalism, and a fascist amerikkkan government that is out of control.

Two out of the three coequal branches of the federal government are failing us, and the third one is standing on shaky ground. The executive and the legislative branches, which are controlled by the Republican Party, are each failing to perform their respective duties under the U.S. Constitution.

The executive branch of the U.S. government is led by a convicted criminal named Donald Trump, who abides in lawlessness and who has an affinity for lawbreakers. Among his closest friends are convicted pedophiles, rapists, thieves, sex traffickers, and hoes. In spite of running on the campaign promise that if elected, he would clean up the swamp of corruption in Washington politics and release the Epstein files, the Trump administration has instead become the swamp of corruption in Washington politics. Trump has utilized his Attorney General Bleach Blonde Barbie Bondi to keep the Epstein files from ever being seen in the light of day by the American public. And the Republican Party has the unmitigated gall to refer to itself as the party of law and order. What they actually are is the party of scoundrels and scumbags who are full of shit. Via racist gerrymandering in the Red (Republican) states, Trump is orchestrating the dilution of the voting rights of Black and other oppressed communities of color in order to maintain Republican control of the legislative branch of the federal government after the midterm elections in 2026. Trump is raising tariffs on nations around the world, which are friends and foes, which will cause U.S. taxpayers to pay more in the form of taxes on parts/products imported from other countries which will further increase the rate of inflation and harm the U.S. economy. Trump is utilizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, employed by the federal government, as his personal “Gestapo force” to illegally harass, terrorize, and deport immigrants in this country without due process.

Trump has bullied media organizations into firing news commentators and late-night TV show hosts whose criticism of Trump and his fascist administration hurt his fragile feelings. The Trump administration has gone to great lengths to repress the First Amendment rights of the citizenry of the United States who dare to speak out against him and his administration’s wicked, authoritarian policies.

The executive branch of the federal government is failing us because of the aforementioned reasons above and because it inches closer each day towards eradicating democracy and inaugurating authoritarianism.

As a result of Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” that was passed by the Republicans in the legislative branch of the U.S. government (Congress), the federal government is slashing the funding to everything that benefits the proletariat (working) class in amerikkka, but has cut the taxes of the bourgeois (capitalist) class in amerikkka. This “Big Ugly Bill” legislation includes deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This means fewer benefits, stricter eligibility, and less emergency allotment support. This legislation will drastically impact the number of poor children getting free breakfast and lunch at public schools across this country. Because Trump has nothing but racist, incompetent, capitalistic PIGS around him, they thought these cuts to SNAP would primarily hurt Black and other oppressed communities of color who live in urban communities. Instead, these cuts to SNAP will hurt more White people who live in rural communities. Ironically, it is the White people in rural communities who voted overwhelmingly to put Trump into the Whacked (white) House for a second term.

On average in fiscal year 2024, about 41.7 million people participated in SNAP per month. That represents about 12.3% of the U.S. population. SNAP is the largest federal nutrition assistance program, accounting for about 70% of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) nutrition-assistance spending. Among the participants in SNAP, 42% are adults aged 18-59, 39% are children under age 18, and 19% are adults aged 60 or older. Thus the SNAP program serves a mix of working-age adults, children, and older adults. According to the USDA, the racial demographics of those receiving SNAP benefits are as follows: 35.3% are White, 26% are Black, 15.1% are Hispanic, 3.7% are Asian, 1.4% are Native-American, and 17% are “race unknown”. Even though non-White groups are overrepresented relative to their share of the U.S. population in many cases as a result of white supremacy and capitalism, White recipients remain the largest single racial group who are participants in SNAP.

The legislative branch of the federal government (Congress) is failing us because it has deferred its responsibilities to the executive branch of the federal government and serves as a rubber stamp to the narcissistic retributive impulses of the Obese Orange Oppressor (Trump).

After the governors of various states in the Disunited States of amerikkka stood up to Trump, as a result of the catastrophic impact to their respective citizens, for the purpose of filling in the gap for the SNAP benefit payments that had been halted by the federal government, the Tangerine Tyrant (Trump) requested that the U. S. Supreme Court stop the governors from aiding the citizens in their states who are about to go hungry because they have no food. Who does that but a Devil from the pit of hell who hates humanity? Punk Ass Bitch!

The phrase "silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon" was coined by Janelle Monáe as a rallying cry against injustice, particularly police brutality. This rallying cry is apropos to Black and other oppressed communities of color in amerikkka during this precarious and perilous time because white supremacy, capitalism, and an out-of-control fascist amerikkkan government is brutally unjust to US.

The question to US is, “What are we going to do about it?” When confronted by precarious and perilous times, intelligent people should always analyze history to discern what similarly situated people in the past did when they were confronted by similarly situated circumstances that mirror the current circumstances of today. And wise people should ask themselves sagacious questions about the experiences of people in the past and the decisions they made when they confronted situations similar to what we are confronting currently. They should ask themselves questions like: What did people in the past do to ameliorate their conditions? How did taking this course of action in the past work out for them? As a result of the outcome produced in the past by them taking this course of action that they took, could they have made a better choice that would have possibly produced a better outcome? In light of the lessons gleaned from this history, intelligent people should finally ask themselves what should we do today?

The history lesson that Martin Niemoller, Dr. King, and Janelle Monáe would have us learn today is that "silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon”. When we see injustice perpetrated against ourselves and others, we have a moral responsibility to call it out and confront it.

Martin Niemoller would remind us that when we see the oppressor come for someone who doesn’t: look like us; worship like us; share the same gender as us; love like us; share the same economic class as us; or identify as we do, and we don’t say anything about it or confront the oppressor about it today, we are behaving cowardly and foolishly because that same oppressor, if not neutralized, will come for us tomorrow.

Dr. King would remind us that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it“.

In her song “Hell You Talmbout”, Janelle Monáe reminds us that we have an obligation to challenge the status quo by giving a voice to the victims of brutality and injustice or we are complicit ourselves.

My beloved Comrades, Brothers, and Sisters, we must organize ourselves to combat white supremacy, capitalism, and an out of control fascist amerikkkan government. Organization decides everything and disorganization decides nothing but guarantees the perpetuation of the status quo. It is the masses that make history not individuals. Therefore, if you’re not in an organization that is fighting for justice, I encourage you to join one. If there are no existing organizations that are in alignment with your values, I encourage you to create a new organization that is aligned with your values and that will be fighting for justice.

Organize, Organize, Organize!

Marinate on that!
Ready For Revolution
All Power To The People!!!

Interview with Kwame Ture

The Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party  

1. We want the freedom and power to determine the destiny of our Black and oppressed communities!
2. We want full employment for our people!
3. We want an end to the robbery by the capitalists of our Black and oppressed communities!
4. We want decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings!
5. We want decent education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society: an education that teaches us our true history and our role in present day society!
6. We want completely free healthcare for all Black and oppressed people!
7. We want an immediate end to police brutality & murder of Black people, other people of color, and all oppressed people inside the United States!
8. We want an immediate end to all wars of aggression!
9. We want freedom for all Black and oppressed people now held in U.S. Federal, State, County, City, & Military Prisons and Jails; furthermore, we want trials by a jury of our peers for all persons charged with so-called crimes under the laws of this country!
10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace, & people's community control of modern technology!