"In a stinging rebuke of Black Lives Matter, the organization’s local affiliate here last month announced that it was severing all ties to a movement it characterized as opportunistic, too invested in liberal, electoral politics and the Democratic party, and ultimately ineffective in fighting state-sanctioned violence against African-Americans."
Sep 17
20160
Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
African Internationalism Ashaunti Bulter and La’Niyah Miller Black Lives Matter Dominique Battle
"The next person to speak was a sister who referenced Dr. King's message of peace and nonviolence. She stated that the police are here 'to protect and serve' and ended almost every statement with 'in Jesus name.' The weak, vague and passive messages came to halt once members of our Movement spoke to the crowd."
Aug 31
20160
Ford Foundation, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology
#BLM Black Lives Matter Branding Capitalism Co-optation Consumerism Deray McKesson Ford MLK New Economy Social Engineering
"Martin Luther King Jr. stood for revolutionary transformation; he is used today to support policies that he fought against." #BLM
Aug 31
20160
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Aspen Institute Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter Fund (BLMF) Deray McKesson George Soros MCON Open Society Foundation The Case Foundation
"Private funding sources were part and parcel counterinsurgent attacks on our movement in the 1960s that lead to the defeat of our movement. We cannot relieve the mistakes of the past."
Oct 28
20152
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Black Lives Matter Haiti Imperialism Jacobin magazine Pacifism as Patholgy USAID
"Capitalism doesn’t assist us in destroying itself. Should we actually become effective in building an anti-capitalist mass movement, they won’t issue us a paycheck. Instead, they will do everything possible to discredit, neutralize, imprison and kill us. Real revolutionary organizers don’t get paid."
Apr 08
20150
""Ferguson...showed they didn't need the celebrities or academics to fuel a movement. Somehow, though, that message hasn't gotten through here in New York just yet. What can the Russell Simmons of the world, all buddy-buddy with the Democrats selling us out, provide other than another token seat at the table?"