Brother SHARPTON Remixed

                                                                                                                                           

I love the old Rev.Al, and love the new one, too. Here's a clip of him and our Oprah. He's open, honest, genuine. What's not to love?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_PF8DMuWlUs

IS THIS JOURNALISM IN 2013? Whoa!

In the most shameful same-day FRONT PAGE headlines I've ever seen, our two dailies teamed up in NYC to drag print journalism to an all-time new low today. I'm speechless. Words fail me, and as you Angry readers know, that doesn't often happen! I'll let the hate tandem speak for itself as I prepare my comments that will forecast what the next ten years have in store for the planet. I'm ignoring the idiotic Post and News today. My prediction's gonna be good news and bad. We will be living in decidedly interesting times. The topics below (Nov 11th edition) will be part and parcel of the whole big ball of string. Stay tuned!
Shame on the dailies! Ugh.

#HappyVeteransDay !!! #http://lawanddisorder.org/

#AngryBronx is taking this occasion of national admiration and #salute! to present some unrelated but extremely important issues.

There's a move on at CUNY to anticipate and derail student activism, in contravention to the US Constitutional guarantees of free speech! Links to come...

Did you know that the 2nd Circuit judge that overturned the reasoned stop n frisk order is a cousin of GW Bush? And, as he removed Justice S Schiendlin from the case, in the same reactionary fashion, he inflated attorney #LynneStewart 's sentence from months to TEN years? You can google warrior Lynne's petition for release on age and terminal illness grounds.

The push to subdivide and "in-fill" NYCHA properties with new luxury housing and conveniences for the nearby wealthier tenants is in full effect. More on this in future posts!

Finally, the corporate media scored a success in terms of collective amnesia last week. Even Angry fell for this one. #BlackSolidarityDay , the Monday before Election Day, was completely erased from the mainstream consciousness a week ago! This commemoration was begun in the '70's to highlight Black Power, economic and electoral. Use our vote and our dollars to express our approval or disgust with appropriate institutions and candidates. That's why the day before elections was chosen for remembrance and UNITY. We scored high on the electoral. Whattchoogonna do on the economic front this "Black Friday"? Are you listening Macy*s?

ELECTION DAY! HAVE YOUR SAY. #RocktheVote

One of my faves, the Welfare Poets, say "we didn't vote to get into this crap, we ain't voting to get out." Well, anyone knowing about Angry knows that the Angry attitude was forged in the blood of the fight for African-American suffrage. If my forebears thought this vote was worth dying for, then at the least, I OWE it to THEM to visit the polls and cast my ballot. I can't disrespect our elders so.

Plus, this is an opportunity to voice choice. Don't like the candidates on the ballot? Write someone's (or your own) name in. Angry wants and expects Di Blasio's win for mayor, but that doesn't mean that my man Jimmy McMillan (above) will not get my vote instead. That's Angry's choice. Y'heard?

Don't hate, participate. Angry is willing to debate all comers re: Resolved, it's better to vote than not.

One love. Vote early. Vote often. Peace.   (Heh-heh. #JimmyMcMillan.)

#Journalism Finally!

Big ups to News 12. They are covering NEWS. Keeping me up on things to keep my eye on:

http://bronx.news12.com/news/pyramid-reception-center-in-melrose-sells-to-bidder-for-6-65-million-1.6268192

This is an important local item, completely ignored (so far) by all other newsers. Guess they're too busy rehashing #Kris, #Kimmel, #Rebel, and #Scandal. (See what I've done there?)

ALWAYS RACE? #SadButTrue

Don't always agree with him, but never seen him scared to speak his mind. Almost want to reproduce his entire brief, blunt article right here. It resonated that much, but I'll have you make the jump. Don't need any more litigation than necessary.

STILL THE SAME #JohnLiu

Wanted to follow up on NYC Mayoralty 2013 with Liu versus Verizon. John, your future's quite bright.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gonzalez-liu-saved-taxpayers-millions-article-1.1480228

ANGRY at #NFL Football

We found this article an eye-opener; the book seems to be an excellent read, but on second thought, what response re: negligence would be expected from a multi-billion dollar organization built on big bucks' sweat 'n blood, and the vicarious violence fans experience and love. Gotta admit that there's a lot of plantation in pro football, pro sports in general.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/08/this-book-will-stop-you-watching-football.html
     As always, comments welcome and not forthcoming. Angry.

NAIROBI TERROR DRAMA #WestgateMall #BBC

Not sure how our local news is covering this breaking story, but we doubt the networks are providing what the BBC offers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24199351
                                                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24200990

Above: Kenyan security troops at Westgate Mall had to take cover amid fresh gunfire Monday morning.
Below: More than 170 wounded, 68 confirmed dead, including some internationally prominent folk.

Harry, Malala and #AmnestyInternational

Congratulations to my brother and sister, Harry Belafonte and Malala Yousafzai!!! They have been cited Amnesty International's 2013 Ambassadors







 of Conscience, the London-based human rights watchdog's highest honor. We all know of Harry's activist career, and his entertainment history (who can forget Geechee Joe(?) from the Let's Do It Again film franchise?). Malala, at age 16, should be as familiar to all of us. She is the outspoken schoolgirl advocate for the right of children to receive education. She is the survivor of a brutal Pakistani Taliban assassination attempt. They gave her at least one to the head. She received a portion of her extensive medical attention in the US, I believe.

When you feel that you can't do anything to participate in progressive action; when you feel there's nothing you can do to stem the tide of worldwide reactionaryism, simply understand that if you can inform someone (educate them!) concerning the work and lives of people such as these two, then you are doing some of the work. Or, just tell them about #AngryBronx. Peace, be well and keep your foot to the wheel!

Oh, yeah, don't forget about Danny Glover, and all the hardship he's endured in Hollywood just cause he's stood up, and been a man. And this picture below detracts from that statement not one whit!    Glover and Harry Belafonte--real men of Africa. Don't get it twisto.

WHO DOESN'T LOVE a GREAT CARTOON?

Here's an interesting and timely article about a legend in one of Angry's favorite media, CARTOONS! #HerBlock produced editorial cartoons in the Washington Post for decades; we here remember reading his wonderful output on all relevant subjects of our youth. We daresay his ideas may have been responsible for some portion of AngryBronx's politics today...

This is not just for the sentimental senior, either. You AngryYouth, learn, learn, learn; it's the only thing that will save you, and that will never be able to be taken back from ya. 

FREEDOM '63 REMIXED #freedom63remixed

Dick Gregory was in town last Friday the 16th, still going buck-wild strong at almost 81 years young. You had to be at the Schomburg Center to believe him. Hopefully, the sponsor, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, will post the video record of the event shortly. Til then, photos are here. See if you can locate #AngryBronx in the last photo.

Big Dick Gregory

LIU on DEATH ROW? Part 2 #JohnLiu #DeathRow #CampaignFinance

In line with the news vacuum regarding John Liu's rejected application for matching funds, this site, the Angry One, wants to inform all concerned that the supposed reasoning behind the Campaign Finance Board's decision to strip Liu of financing available to all the other candidates is in a report they (the Board) commissioned back in July. The report's author is a group called Thacher Associates. The tag line on this firm's website: "Thacher helps clients protect and enhance their reputation..." 

Now, I don't know about you, but it would appear to me that the CP Board went to Thacher in order to protect their backs when, and if, the backlash against their Bloomberg/Quinn hatchet job arises. Their reputation was certainly going to suffer after making such an obviously unfair and suspicious ruling. Wonder why the only mention of this report was in the Epoch Times, a free weekly that deals with issues Chinese, and in Politicker, an online newser? The status quo rejects Liu's progressive stances, and their press is willing to cover any potentially embarrassing tracks, that's why.

By the way, that Thacher report (see linked page's bottom) is available to you, if you want to see what six-figures can get you in the way of spin-control. There is a section entitled "Further Investigation is Likely to Reveal Additional Potential Violations..." Wow. #Precrime straight out of the film, #MinorityReport. Potential violations, indeed. After two solid years of Fed investigation, and a paid-in-advance private witch hunt, we got NUTHIN' yet??? How dumb do they think we are? Probably just about as dumb (mute) as we're gonna stay on this outrage, unless you guys get... AngryBronxed.

"DEATH PENALTY" For LIU? This Can't Stand.

 In what has to be the craziest, craftiest ruling in NYC political finance in a while, mayoral hopeful #JohnLiu has been deemed ineligible for matching public campaign funds. This one has Bloomie's prints all over it. Lui is the only candidate who has flat-out stated that stop-n-frisk must go, that community policing and involvement will be a hallmark of his term, that private contractor cash payouts should go to union workers (who have been without contracts, and promised deferred raises by Bloomberg, thereby breaking the budget of any mayoral successor). John Liu has consistently been on the proper, morally right side of the important issues, and despite artificially low poll figures, remains a formidable opponent. People, don't be fooled this time around: JOHN THOMPSON IS A FALSE CANDIDATE, resurrected from the machine mothball room to blunt nonwhite voters' impact in the upcoming election. There, I said it, and now you know.

Here's a news report:   http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/manhattan/downtown

Liu has been never charged with any campaign improprieties, and was investigated for TWO solid years by the Feds. No smoking gun. But the electoral board has said that this candidate is undeserving of YOUR money that the other candidates will be spending. Why? Because he threatens Quinn and Thompson and the status quo. Check Liu out; tell me I'm wrong about his positions.

If the other candidates don't speak up on the double standard here, they are saying all you need to know about THEM. To be continued...

SELF-DEFENSE vs. Stand Your Ground

Wellll, here we go. With all the #Trayvonning of the weeks since the verdict, AngryBronx hesitated to post the obvious, or rehash what's already been well-noted and exposited.

Today though, your attention is directed to a Cornel West interview, and to a Jelani Cobb New Yorker essay, both of which also cover the recent President Obama remarks on the larger subjects: namely guns, fear of the Black man, and self-defense. The latter topic, self-defense, is going to continue to be a touchstone, because it transcends racial and socioeconomic groupings, and is on the mind of everyone living in gun mad America, and indeed, anyone living on our violent planet. I'll give you a while to review the links...

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... Still here, take your time...

Okay. Anxious to read your comments, but here are mine. (1) The myth of the scary Black man must be addressed. I mean, there is something to be said for having a persona that people don't readily want to eff with, but when it's hurting you in wholesale ways, it's time for broadening and humanizing action. Sometimes the Black guy is the one in the black hat, but statistics and anecdotes say that, more likely, he's the guy deserving of the medal, or at least a white hat owner (real life is seldom black-and-white). (2) We love gangsta rap--so? It's cartoon-like, as are Funkadelic, Kiss, LaBelle and countless other musicmakers and their works of pop art. Nothing wrong with art that's only loosely based on reality. Real reality is the fact that #IceCube Incorporated is a fabulously diverse and efficient, American-made money machine. One time nominal cop-blaster is now a beer spokesman! Talk about rehabilitation. Where is the corporate love for the Yasin Beys, EVITANs, Erykah Badus, Dead Prez??? (Oh, we know why they scareda 'Prez.) Conscious Artists move just as many units when similarly marketed. (3) Don't be afraid to talk about legally arming yourself in these #StandYourGround States. Now, I betcha THAT will excite this conversation for sure!

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

Any of you Angry folk that know me understand that I can ride my bike, and you, under the proverbial table (try me). I thought this one is notable: The #TourdeFrance was just won by a Brit named #Froome. Good show, eh what! Congrats! I found out just now, though, about another Brit who's cycling career is kind of historic, heroic, and tragic at the back end. I didn't know until reading this about Tom Simpson, a courageous cyclist that took things, obviously, too far. In 1967 he was pumping his performance envelope with, well, drogas! I enjoyed reading about his drive and attitude, though.

He was def a crazy cat in the mold of AngryBronx! Just say NO to drugs, all you junior AngryPersons. And, yes, those Black Women natural hair photos are on deck, as soon as my photographer gets her little 13 1/2 year old crap together. These kids. Sheesh.

THE OUTRAGE of SANFORD, FL is SYSTEMIC

Once again, the system of justice, incarceration and social control has indicted itself right before our eyes. If Mr. T Martin's family couldn't get a modicum of closure and affirmation of their son's humanity and right to live, what have we? The criminalization of the imagined scary black man now covers not only wholesale police murder, but CIVILIAN profiling, harassment and street justice! Would be unbelievable, except that it is now a crushing reality for our youth. Children! If this doesn't get you motivated to become more politically active, just stay tuned. #Reconstruction2.0 remember? 

AND, JUST LIKE THAT--The AFRO's BACK. ALLELUIA!

Am I the only freelance observer who's noticed the shockingly abrupt return of the "natural look" to the crowns of the African-American queens? Afro-puffs, short do's, half-lockeds, big #AngelaDavis full-blowns; I can hardly believe what this summer has wrought! A beautiful thing. Hey, all you ladies that afford the sixty-dollar plus almost beweaveables each week, I am not hating. It's your head, your dough, and you look fly. That being said, I got a street team out there snapping pics of BLACK haids. Will showcase em here down the road. MARLEY! #TheAfrosBack

Welcome FBer's, welcome. Catch up. Read & play in archives til I'm back. Please comment--don't be on the outside lookin' in.

#TheNewJimCrow ... continued

Well, okay, LET'S REVIEW, indeed: (You read previous post first?) We know that different communities are policed differently, based not on best practices, but based on social control goals and politics. We have discovered that there is certainly a quota system by which cops are evaluated. (See Anthony Schoolcraft, the stop-and-frisk trial, and so much more.) We know that NYPD brass has no problem continually telling the public a bold-faced lie when they claim it doesn't exist; they claim that officer evaluations are way more sophisticated. Sheesh. Why not tell me the moon is part of Pennsylvania, and that crap doesn't smell bad? We further KNOW that if you're non-white in this town, chances are you're going to have more frequent and more devastating police contacts. All of these "we knows" are proven. But I'm supposed to suspend my disbelief when I'm told by the brass and Kelly and Bloomie that the only crime problems in my neighborhood are my teenaged kids and their cousins? No. The PROBLEM is an inequitable system that criminalizes me and mine, that rewards the officers that do this dastardly task best and punishes those cops who simply point the whole mess out. The individual officer driving around typically is a truly decent, hard-working guy who just wants to get back home, like most of us. The PROBLEM is the nature and culture of any organization that continues to believe that its best course lies in continuing to deny established facts. To be a lying Liar! It's unbelievable! I WONDER WHAT OUR MAYORAL CANDIDATES HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION? Stay tuned.