The Ten Point Plan

1: WE WANT FREEDOM. WE WANT POWER TO DETERMINE THE DESTINY OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES.
We believe that Black and oppressed people will not be free until we are able to determine our destinies in our own communities ourselves, by fully controlling all the institutions which exist in our communities.

2: WE WANT FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR PEOPLE.
We believe that the federal government is responsible and obligated to give every person employment or a guaranteed income. We believe that if the American businessmen will not give full employment, then the technology and means of production should be taken from the businessmen and placed in the community so that the people of the community can organize and employ all of its people and give a high standard of living.

3: WE WANT AN END TO THE ROBBERY BY THE CAPITALISTS OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES.
We believe that this racist government has robbed us and now we are demanding the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules. Forty acres and two mules were promised 100 years ago as restitution for slave labor and mass murder of Black people. We will accept the payment in currency which will be distributed to our many communities. The American racist has taken part in the slaughter of our fifty million Black people. Therefore, we feel this is a modest demand that we make.

4: WE WANT DECENT HOUSING, FIT FOR THE SHELTER OF HUMAN BEINGS.
We believe that if the landlords will not give decent housing to our Black and oppressed communities, then housing and the land should be made into cooperatives so that the people in our communities, with government aid, can build and make decent housing for the people.

5: WE WANT DECENT EDUCATION FOR OUR PEOPLE THAT EXPOSES THE TRUE NATURE OF THIS DECADENT AMERICAN SOCIETY. WE WANT EDUCATION THAT TEACHES US OUR TRUE HISTORY AND OUR ROLE IN THE PRESENT-DAY SOCIETY.
We believe in an educational system that will give to our people a knowledge of the self. If you do not have knowledge of yourself and your position in the society and in the world, then you will have little chance to know anything else.

6: WE WANT COMPLETELY FREE HEALTH CARE FOR All BLACK AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE.
We believe that the government must provide, free of charge, for the people, health facilities which will not only treat our illnesses, most of which have come about as a result of our oppression, but which will also develop preventive medical programs to guarantee our future survival. We believe that mass health education and research programs must be developed to give all Black and oppressed people access to advanced scientific and medical information, so we may provide our selves with proper medical attention and care.

7: WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE END TO POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDER OF BLACK PEOPLE, OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR, All OPPRESSED PEOPLE INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
We believe that the racist and fascist government of the United States uses its domestic enforcement agencies to carry out its program of oppression against black people, other people of color and poor people inside the united States. We believe it is our right, therefore, to defend ourselves against such armed forces and that all Black and oppressed people should be armed for self defense of our homes and communities against these fascist police forces.

8: WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE END TO ALL WARS OF AGGRESSION.
We believe that the various conflicts which exist around the world stem directly from the aggressive desire of the United States ruling circle and government to force its domination upon the oppressed people of the world. We believe that if the United States government or its lackeys do not cease these aggressive wars it is the right of the people to defend themselves by any means necessary against their aggressors.

9: WE WANT FREEDOM FOR ALL BLACK AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE NOW HELD IN U. S. FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, CITY AND MILITARY PRISONS AND JAILS. WE WANT TRIALS BY A JURY OF PEERS FOR All PERSONS CHARGED WITH SO-CALLED CRIMES UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY.
We believe that the many Black and poor oppressed people now held in United States prisons and jails have not received fair and impartial trials under a racist and fascist judicial system and should be free from incarceration. We believe in the ultimate elimination of all wretched, inhuman penal institutions, because the masses of men and women imprisoned inside the United States or by the United States military are the victims of oppressive conditions which are the real cause of their imprisonment. We believe that when persons are brought to trial they must be guaranteed, by the United States, juries of their peers, attorneys of their choice and freedom from imprisonment while awaiting trial.

10: WE WANT LAND, BREAD, HOUSING, EDUCATION, CLOTHING, JUSTICE, PEACE AND PEOPLE’S COMMUNITY CONTROL OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY.
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind are most disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long train of abuses and usurpation, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.

[Begin Promo] Angie Stone is back in the mix with a FIYAH new album for your ass. Stone Love hit’s the stores July 6th - Please go out and git you some. America, if you have even an ounce of soul coursing through your veins, you will cop her shit! No downloading please . . . This sister is worthy of our love and support. Click herre and take listen at a what Angie claims to be her most cherished album yet. She was misty eyed just speaking on it. Angie Stone has the skills more artists need in their lives. She truly is a black diamond. [/End Promo]

With that being said, Monday nights concert was a beautiful thang. Van Hunt and Angie Stone graced Minneapolis with the sweet sound of music. All was well, with the exception of a dusty, afro-puffed, earth rat, posted up behind me and screaming in my ear through out the entire show. All - night - loooooong - screaming excessively - “Yeeeeeeaaaaah - Okay - Woo woo! That’s right Angie! ” Even during the slow songs. I’m all about call and response, I get pumped at concerts too. But this was over the top. I swear, I wanted to turn around and smack fire from this chick. She read the look on my face and made sure to scream even louder. Jenky biaaatch! I was quietly wishing Angie would stop the show, step off of the stage and politely bust her upside the head with the microphone. SECURITY!

Anyhoo, Angie announced to the crowd that she is engaged. She’s in love . . . again. Who the mystery man is, I’m not sure. I hope it works out for her. She was wearing a nice and sparkly rock to match the rhinestones embellishing her jeans (they were dope!) She looked gorgeous and the photos I took really don’t do her any justice. Her skin is flawless. She has the most beautiful features. Her hair was on point too; loosely curled and shiny as hell. She sang her heart out and ripped through a large chunk of material from all of her albums, Black Diamond, Mahogany Soul and Stone Love. The band is awesome too. She also had an MC by the name of THC (reppin’ North Carolina) w/ her. He’s sexy and favors D’Angelo. (See pic below) This is the second concert I have attended featuring Angie Stone and I’ll keep going as long as she continues to come through.

After the show I had the opportunity to take a photo w/ Angie and do the whole “Meet and Greet” thing. (My girlfriends husband works for the radio station. I got the hook up!) Unfortunately, the photo blows! Homey didn’t know how to work my camera. Dangit!!! Angies eyes are half closed. I could (but I won’t) post the photo. That would be wrong to do my girl like that for the sake of showing off.

I also had the chance to introduce myself to Roger Guenveur Smith. He was very charming and he smelled good too. Roger is in town for the week to attend the world premier of the new independent film JUSTICE which stars Monica Calhoun [ Best Man, Players Club] as well.

Damn, can my smile get any bigger? Is that my breast rubbed up against Rogers chest? LOL!

“In Justice, Guenveur Smith plays Carter, a lawyer who’s torn between his career ambitions and his commitment to community activism, pressured by competing interests within the African American working class and the bourgeoisie. Carter launches a crusade, funded in part by his dope-dealing cousin, against corruption in the criminal justice system. But he soon falls prey to a political scandal cooked up by racist public officials and a malicious judge.” - Minneapolis City Pages.

The movie was filmed in Minneapolis and I plan to go see it in the near future so I’ll let you know the scoop. Aight? Great!

Van Hunt: what can I say? He’s dripping with funk and soul. I wasn’t disappointed. I loved every inch of his performance. He was sexy and definitely huggable, but them snug azz pants he was wearing had to go! Lol! Nuff said. But uh, I’ll let ej flavors break it down just a tad bit more. Basically, I echo his sentiments exactly. There is no sense in being redundant.

So yeah, that was my Monday evening. I have a feeling this is going to be a great summer.