AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MARXIST DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO KWANZAA
There are some thongs that my grandson should never learns or be taught. Many a teacher has good intentions or they mean well but their efforts scar the soul and forge foolishness unto children of reason. Thus, putting them at odds with God and man. Their futures seared by the prejudices. the ignorances, the Godliness of others. I don't want him to be taught to be "nice". I don't want my grandson to beleve women because they are women not endued with all the faults of being human. I don't want my grandson to make choices based on the color of one's skin and wallet size rather than the content of one's character. "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. (Psalm 20:7)" I don't want him taught the fallacy of Kwaanza: "It may have had dubious origins but its a respective celebration of an ancient African ritual that recognizes our culture and our heritage. While, it has no place for God. He wouldn't mind if we celebrated ourselves." Idolatry is the worship of an idol or physical object as a god, but more broadly, it's giving ultimate devotion, trust, or significance to anything other than the divine, such as power, money, fame, work, or even people, essentially making a creature or created thing function as God. In monotheistic faiths, it's the ultimate sin, forbidden by the Ten Commandments, involving misplaced worship of false gods, though modern forms include excessive attachment to worldly things like careers, social media, or personal achievements, which can become idols taking God's place in our hearts. Idolatry in the Bible is the worship or excessive devotion to anything other than the one true God, defined as putting "God-substitutes" in His place". "I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments (Exodus 20:2-6)" If you have celebrated Kwanzaa because you have been misled, ask God for forgivrcess of the sin. Now it's time to tear down altars to idols.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser supports and acknowledges Kwanzaa, the African American cultural celebration of family, community, and heritage (Dec 26-Jan 1), often through social media messages wishing residents well and highlighting Black culture in the District, though specific large-scale city-sponsored events aren't always tied directly to her office, with museums like Anacostia Community Museum often hosting events, as seen in her administration's promotion of Black-owned businesses and cultural initiatives. Unfortunately. in December 2017. President Donald Trunp offered "Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Kwanzaa" to the Nation writing. "Today marks the first day of Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration of African American heritage and culture. Together, let us celebrate during this joyous time the richness of the past and look with hope toward a brighter future." Political leaders have falsely recognized. acknowledged or celebrated the secular as if sacred.
Kwanzaa did not originate in a specific African country; it was created in the United States in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga. While the holiday itself is Marxist-American, its roots and traditions are synthesized from various "first fruit" harvest celebrations across the African continent. Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 as a cultural alternative to Christmas, aiming to give Black people a holiday to celebrate their own heritage and values following the Watts Riots, though he later adjusted his stance to emphasize it as a supplemental, non-religious celebration of African-American culture, not a replacement for Christmas or other holidays. Secular not Sacred. Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 with the specific intent of offering African Americans a cultural alternative to "the dominant society's holidays, particularly Christmas or Hanukkah. Hollie West of the Washington Post quoted Karenga:
""I created Kwanzaa," laughed M. Ron Karenga like a teen-ager who's just divulged a deeply held, precisions secret.
"People think it's African. But it's not. I wanted to give black people a holiday of their own. So I came up with Kwanzaa. I said it was African because you know black people in this country wouldn't celebrate it if they knew it was American. Also, I put it around Christmas because I knew that's when a lot of bloods (blacks) would be partying!""
Karenga versus Christ? Who is your God?
Karenga’s ideological history is characterized by a shift from Black Cultural Nationalism to Marxism-Leninism, followed by a return to culturalism with a focus on shared social wealth. Karenga initially rose to prominence as a leader of the US Organization, which prioritized African cultural identity over class struggle. Karenga, a secular humanist, challenged the sanity of Jesus and declared Christianity a "White religion" that black people should shun. He founded Kwanzaa in 1966 during this period to reaffirm African heritage. After his release from prison in 1975, Karenga notably dropped his exclusive cultural nationalist views and explicitly converted to Marxism. During this era, he critiqued "Black capitalism," arguing it subverted Black identity and unity. While he has maintained Marxist leanings regarding economic critiques, his mature work focuses on Afrocentricity and Kawaida philosophy, which synthesizes cultural, social, and economic principles.
What is a "Holiday"? The word "holiday" comes from Old English hāligdæg, meaning "holy day," originally referring to special religious feast days like Christmas or Easter, combining hālig (holy) and dæg (day). Over time, it evolved to describe any day off for rest, celebration, or vacation, dropping the strict religious connotation to become a secular term for leisure, though its roots are firmly in sacred observance. God is Holy! Saying "God is holy" means He is utterly pure, perfect, set apart from sin and creation, unique, and majestic; His holiness is His inherent nature, reflected in His perfect commands, demanding justice but also making a way for sinful humanity to approach Him through Jesus Christ, establishing Him as the ultimate standard of goodness. It signifies His complete otherness (transcendence) and moral flawlessness, emphasized by biblical phrases like "holy, holy, holy," as seen in Isaiah's vision. "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (Revelation 4:8)" Is Karenga Holy? Karenga is Ronald McKinley Everett. In 1971, Everett was sentenced to one to ten years in prison on counts of felony assault and false imprisonment. A May 14, 1971, article in the Los Angeles Times described the testimony of one of the women:
"Deborah Jones, who once was given the Swahili title of an African queen, said she and Gail Davis were whipped with an electrical cord and beaten with a karate baton after being ordered to remove their clothes. She testified that a hot soldering iron was placed in Miss Davis' mouth and placed against Miss Davis' face and that one of her own big toes was tightened in a vise. Karenga, head of US, also put detergent and running hoses in their mouths, she said. They also were hit on the heads with toasters."
Jones and Brenda Karenga testified that Karenga believed the women were conspiring to poison him, which Davis has attributed to a combination of ongoing police pressure and his own drug abuse. Karenga has declined to discuss the convictions with reporters and does not mention them in biographical materials. Everett decided to change his name to Maulana Karenga during the time of the riots as Maulana was Swahili for “master teacher.” In 1965 Karenga and Hakim Jamal founded the United Slaves Organization (US). This organization played a key role in the Black Power Movement and Black Culture. I'm a Master Teacher like Jesus, so you can't check me!
Are you Holy, Karenga? No comment.
US Organization, also known as Organization Us or United Slaves, is a Black nationalist group in the United States founded in 1965. It was established as a community organization by Hakim Jamal together with Maulana Karenga. It was a rival to the Black Panther Party in California. African American Registry reported in "The ‘US’ Organization, a story" that "In 1971, Karenga, Louis Smith, and Luz Maria Tamayo were convicted of felony assault. Karenga received a sentence of one to ten years in prison. In 1971, the organization's women continued organizing while Karenga was imprisoned. After his release in 1975, Karenga re-established the organization under a new structure, which continues to operate." The relationship between the US Organization (often derogatorily called United Slaves), its leader Maulana Karenga, and the FBI is primarily defined by the FBI's COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program), which sought to fuel a violent rivalry between US and the Black Panther Party (BPP). The United Slaves Organization (USO) and Black Panther Party (BPP) were distinct Black Power groups that experienced violent clashes, most notably the January 1969 shootout in Los Angeles where USO members killed two Black Panthers, highlighting internal Black nationalist tensions, though both advocated armed self-defense against police brutality and oppression, with BPP known for their "by any means necessary" stance and patrols. Scot Ngozi Brown in "THE US ORGANIZATION, MAULANA KARENGA,AND CONFLICT WITH THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: A Critique of Sectarian Influences on Historical Discourse" reported the comments of J. Edgar Hoover as "The BPP [Black Panther Party] and Us, two Black extremist groups, are currently feuding.. It is important that Black extremist groups be kept divided so that their strength is not increased through united action " The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines domestic terrorism as "Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature". Nothing says unity in the Black community like violence..
While Karenga was not personally tried for homicide, his life and the organization he led were connected to significant violent events: In the 1969 UCLA shootings, two members of the Black Panther Party, Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, were killed by members of Karenga’s US organization during a dispute on the UCLA campus. While Karenga was the leader of the group, he was not the shooter and was not prosecuted for these deaths. Other members of his organization, specifically the Stiner brothers, were convicted of conspiracy to commit murder for this incident. Bruce Dixon of Black Agenda Report in "Why I Don't Do Kwanzaa" wrote, "To my knowledge, Mr. Karenga has never expressed the faintest remorse or regret for these murders, or for his part in furthering the nefarious aims of federal and local police agencies in their assault upon the movement of those times. Karenga was later convicted along with his wife, of kidnapping and torturing two women in his own organization, a crime for which he served 4 years in prison, and one of which he still claims to be innocent. Some of Karenga’s close and credible associates however, like former US chair Wesley Kabaila, maintain Karenga was not only responsible for those women’s torture, but that it was part of an ongoing pattern over the years." Torture should motivate everyone to create a holiday.
Remember, Karenga and his ilk refer to Pan-Africanism in celebration of the feast of Kwanzaa. What is Pan-Africanism? As Kwanzaa has nothing to do with Africa. Pan-Africanism is a global movement and ideology promoting the unity, solidarity, and liberation of people of African descent, emphasizing shared heritage, culture, and common interests against racism and colonialism, advocating for political unification or strong bonds for collective empowerment, with roots in 19th-century diaspora leaders and major 20th-century figures like W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey, influencing post-colonial Africa and modern Black identity. Pan-Africanism and Marxism intertwine as ideologies focused on liberation, with Marxist Pan-Africanism advocating for a unified, socialist Africa free from capitalist-imperialist exploitation, seeing racial oppression as linked to class struggle. Key figures like George Padmore and C.L.R. James blended socialist theory with Pan-African goals, emphasizing international solidarity, while later thinkers like Walter Rodney applied Marxist analysis to understand African underdevelopment, connecting colonialism and neocolonialism to global capitalism. The movement seeks continental unity for collective economic power, ensuring resources benefit the masses, not elites, challenging Western economic dominance. Theo Williams in "Marxism, Pan-Africanism and the International African Service Bureau" writes, "The Pan-Africanist movement underwent a realignment in the post-war years. Many of its members retained a commitment to Marxism, but greater emphasis was placed on building anticolonial movements in Africa rather than seeking alliances with the European socialist movement. This was because of a variety of factors, including the onset of the Cold War and the increasing maturity of African liberation movements. Nkrumah led Ghana to independence in 1957, but both he and Padmore saw this national independence as a prelude to the Pan-Africanist transformation of the continent." Realignment? Realignment comes from the prefix re- (meaning "again, back") + alignment, which itself derives from Old French alignier (to line up), from Latin ad ("to") + linea ("line"), ultimately referring to putting things back into a straight or proper line. The word formed in English, with early uses around the 1860s, applying to railroad tracks before expanding to politics and other reorganizations. Nothing says, "My Marxist Mojo isn't Working" like realignment! The richest African nation depends on the metric: Seychelles leads in GDP per capita (wealth per person), driven by tourism, while Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa have the largest overall economies (total GDP) but with wider wealth disparities; globally, even top African nations lag behind developed countries like Singapore or Luxembourg in per capita wealth, showing a significant gap in average prosperity. Crank up the Mojo, Marxism does not work in Africa.
- Umoja (Unity): Strength in togetherness.
- Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): Defining themselves and their destiny.
- Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility): Shared effort and accountability.
- Ujamaa (Cooperative Production): Shared economic resources.
- Nia (Purpose): Clear revolutionary goals.
- Kuumba (Creativity): Innovative approaches to liberation.
- Imani (Faith): Belief in their cause and people.
The SLA had "Codes of War" that outlined severe punishments, including death, for members who violated their strict rules, highlighting their militant approach to revolution against American capitalism, centered around principles like collective work, self-determination, and unity, alongside their unique symbiosis philosophy and adoption of new names. They declared War, PBS in "The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army" wrote, "On April 21, 1975, four members of the S.L.A. held up the Crocker Bank in Carmichael, California. During the hold up, Emily Harris shot and killed a bystander, Myrna Opsahl. In September, Hearst, Bill and Emily Harris, and a new S.L.A. member, Wendy Yoshimura, were arrested in San Francisco. When asked for her occupation while being booked, Patty Hearst told the officer, "urban guerrilla." In a sensational trial in March 1976, Patty Hearst, represented by well-known defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, was found guilty of armed bank robbery and sentenced to seven years in prison. She served 22 months before having her sentence commuted by President Jimmy Carter. Bill and Emily Harris pleaded guilty to kidnapping Patty Hearst. They served eight years in prison. It was the end of the S.L.A. and its short-lived, dangerous revolutionary dream."
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