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Speaking Fees, Selfies, Sucking Up to Power: How BLM Lost its Mojo

"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."

BLACK LIVES MATTER RESISTS UHURU MOVEMENT’S MESSAGE OF BLACK POWER

"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."

The Continued Branding and Co-optation of MLK

"Martin Luther King Jr. stood for revolutionary transformation; he is used today to support policies that he fought against." #BLM

The “Movement for Black Lives” Unveils Platform Courtesy of $100 million from Parasitic Capitalist Organizations

"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."

Why NGOs and Leftish Nonprofits Suck (4 Reasons)

"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."

The Fight For The Soul Of The Black Lives Matter Movement

""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?"