CRISIS IN VENEZUELA NOW, COMING SOON TO U.S.

The sovereign nation of Venezuela is embroiled in an existential constitutional crisis; and the United States has aggressively intervened to supposedly help them resolve the problem. However, the United States is itself on the brink of what could be an existential constitutional crisis. Maybe the U.S. might learn something from its intervention in Venezuela’s domestic affairs.

CAN AFRICAN AMERICANS MAKE AMERICA GREAT?

This is the title of a book we published at the beginning of 2017. As the situation with the Trump presidency gets more and more messy, our book and its title get more and more relevant.

URGENT RELEVANCE OF OUR BOOK, THE GUNNING DOWN OF MICHAEL BROWN

FRIDAY, OCT 7, 2016 02:30 PM EDT, Ben Norton is a politics reporter and staff writer at Salon, published the piece,

Scathing U.N. report: “Structural racism” endures in U.S., and the government has failed to protect African-Americans’ rights

U.N. group condemns mass incarceration, drug war, "human rights crisis" of police killings; calls for reparations

(http://www.salon.com/2016/10/07/scathing-u-n-report-structural-racism-endures-in-u-s-and-the-government-has-failed-to-protect-african-americans-rights/)

The report of which he speaks was issued by The U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent which visited the U.S. from January 19 to 29, 2016. Norton asserts that:

The report criticized what it called “the epidemic of racial violence by the police.” The U.N. group recommended “urgent action” on the issue, noting, “Contemporary police killings and the trauma that they create are reminiscent of the past racial terror of lynching.” ...............

The U.N. group expressed deep concern “at the alarming levels of police brutality and excessive use of lethal force by law enforcement officials, committed with impunity against people of African descent in the United States.”

The report cited the killings of unarmed black Americans such as Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray and Laquan McDonald, and noted that police officers have rarely “been held accountable for these crimes, despite the evidence.”

Our book, The Gunning Down of Michael Brown: An Afrocentric Response was published in 2014 and addresses precisely these issues. Our book is even more urgently relevant after 8 November 2016 with the consequent institutionalizing of white nationalism

UPPER ADMINISTRATION AT THE CAPSTONE NEEDS TO WAKE UP

On 8 November 2016, “We the People” reaffirmed the commitment to white supremacy by voting to institutionalize white nationalism. The Capstone of Negro Education seems not to have grasped the monumental significance of this event. On page 62 of our latest book, Justice or Else at The Capstone, we (“this author”) report:  

            Fascinatingly, four years after The Capstone accepted unquestioningly the judgment of three white colleagues who were junior in rank to this author that OWP was nothing but a vanity press, the upper administration accepted without question the judgment proffered by the same group of colleagues that a self-published work of fiction (one that had been, indeed, coauthored with a dentist) qualifi­ed as outstanding research. The book in question was published by Virtualbook-wo­rm Publishing, which, according to its web­site, “specializes in print on-demand and self-publishing.” (62-63)

It is time for the upper administration of the nation’s premier HBCU (historically black college / university) to wake up. There must be JUSTICE OR ELSE AT THE CAPSTONE

IT’S NOW 48 HOURS

IT’S NOW 48 HOURS

And the pain is beginning to ease. Remember: “vox populi, vox dei” and “It’s no use crying over spilt milk” and “If you can’t beat them, join them” etc. etc.

By the way, I have been working on a book, CAN AFRICAN AMERICANS MAKE AMERICA GREAT? I plan to finish it this weekend, so I can put it out in e-book format by the end of next week. The print version is scheduled for release on January 15, 2017.

My website ianismart.com is undergoing renovations and will be back up by the end of next week. We keep on doing for self and keeping hope alive.

WHITE SUPREMACY HAS COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS

On 8 November 2016, white supremacy came out of the shadows. The (d)evil manifested itself. And this is exceedingly good, because that kind of darkness cannot survive in the light of day.

It is up to us—We the People—of good will, who are the overwhelming majority of the population of this nation and, indeed, the planet to root out definitively this poisonous weed that has invaded Western civilization since the Enlightenment (around A.D.1776).

We have the tools to accomplish the task. And, certainly, Original World Press is one of those tools.

IT’S TIME FOR SOME COMMON SENSE TO PREVAIL

We the people have just chosen “a sick puppy” who is “uniquely unqualified” to be the most powerful leader on the planet. This occurred because of the long standing practice that in the realm of politics, ideology trumps common sense. Critical thinking is replaced by commitment to ideology. It is taken as self-evident, for example, that the Founding Fathers of the United States created the most perfect political system known to mankind. The discordant fact that the supposed paragon of democracy and beacon of freedom was founded on the two most heinous crimes against humanity is simply excluded from consideration.

            Human beings are imperfect. In the face of this, existentialist philosophers see us as condemned to eternal absurdity. Most would deem this position to be too extreme; most would embrace the fundamental optimism of Jesse Jackson’s signature saying: “keep hope alive.” We Americans commonly claim that our nation is the greatest democracy that has ever existed. Undoubtedly, our democracy is a human institution and is therefore imperfect. However, it might well be the least imperfect political system ever created by mankind. It is difficult to defend this assertion now that the election of President Trump has ripped the mask off the vile underbelly of our cherished democracy.