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 black lives matter

marched on the trump organizers

they were having a rally

needless despite the jeers and the

boos they were able to stand

up

i like that

despite believing it was a waste of time

i must applaud their bravery

they made a point

the most important one

we are Americans

the Black lives matter spokesman said

on that note

we are not slaves

Kanye are you listening?

6/4/20

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                              I left my body

                                in Detroit

                            all it wanted was

                                to be free

                            I left my mind

                                in Watts

                             because I thought

                                 of freedom

                            I left my soul

                                at Soledad

                               I hope that it shall be

                                  liberated

                            I left my life

                                  at Attica

                               all because I wanted

                                    freedom

                             I left my heart

                                    at Wounded Knee

                              Because that is where

                                  I felt the pains of freedom

                                                                  1973

Dorie Miller ( an apology to the Soviet Union for a mistake i made)

years ago I wrote a letter

                     to the Soviet Union

                        stating that in my belief

                        Dorie Miller, hero of the Great Patriotic War, World War II, Pearl

Harbor

                        had won both the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor

                        I was wrong

                       Though he deserved the Medal of Honor

                       He did not

                       receive it

                       the heroes of battles and wars are not very big

                       they are small men with smaller dreams

                       when will America realize

                          it

                       Pearl Harbor

                       will be remembered

                              for military strategy

                              for the infamous treachery of the Japanese

                              for the evil of Hitlerite fascism

                              for the deaths of sailors and civilians who died in the attack

                              for the sinking of a portion of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

              We, as Americans, should remember this battle

                     As the day the cook came

                        Up from the kitchen

                           To give the help

                             To hold the enemy back

                                        &

hold a nation together

                                                               karamo

                                                                5/28/2001

Fidel Castro (August 13,1926-November 25,2016)

it is not the end

my comrade

it is the beginning of

a long journey

yours continues after

death

ours continues

for the struggle

continues

it continues

forever

Marxism

shall never die

we shall hold

fast to the goal

of peace, for

humanity

the blood the red blood

of those who toil

for a living will

flow for an eternity

and we

      shall

          touch the stars

          may they shine

          forever

we will continue the journey

we will have bread

for every human being

no child will starve

we will end discrimination

based on color

                  creed

                  sex

                  age

                  nationality

                  and gender

we will care for

the land the planet

mother earth

shall never

cease its yield

there will be enough

bread to feed

us all

even after

and until we fill

the solar system

with humanity

until we reach the stars

yours was a small

mission

that began on a

small island

at the Moncada Barracks

on The Granma

the revolution and the revolutionary were both successful

the isle of Cuba

you walked through

the land holding

hands with

Jose Marti

you walked with him

freeing

the land Cuba

the land you gave to the people

Why?

you sought to

liberate

the working class

because of you

and men like you

there will always

be land

you have just begun

your journey

like the rocket

carrying astronauts/ cosmonauts

to the International Space Station

the rocket launched

from Kazakhstan

from the Soviet Union

your soul

your karma

your ethereal being

rose

to reach

the stars

                                  written 11/26/2016- 12/2/16

Love

is it for each other
is it for humanity
is it for the smallest
person in your family
is it for those who
are oppressed
is it for those who have
had a misfortune
in medicine or law
is it for those whose
spirit is empty
and whose heart is
devoid and hollow
if it is
it is


                                      3/26/2011

Save Mumia

Mumia

i usually don't write like this

                 i use a pencil and a pen it

                 flows more smoothly

                  the words come quickly to me

                like the water from the stream

                  as it ran through my fingers

Mumia

you are in prison now

you wait behind bars

for a lethal injection

a dose of humanity's inhumanity

Mumia

i am one of the protestors that stand

in front of city hall

though i know you don't believe in
communism
I do

but at the present time the most

important thing is to save your life

                           

                          End the death penalty!

                                    7/13/95

Abel Meeropol

What can you say?

             To a successful babysitter

              or where you a

              loving father

                 in a time of crisis

             or where you just a Communist Party member

             doing your comradely duty

You raised the Rosenberg

       Children

         After their parents

         Julius & Ethel

         Went to their death

         publicly denounced

         red baited

         jailed

         and executed

         for

         what?

         Communism

         for

         what?

         Wanting to see

          Those that earned a

          crust of bread by

          the sweat of their brow

          rule the world

But this is a poem about Jazz

The poem you wrote

Strange Fruit

The songstress Billy Holiday

    Why did

        you pick

             the strong one

       the one good for a bar room brawl

             the lesbian

                       with  abusive

                    boyfriends

Why?

      Why did you want her to sing your song?