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Dr Umar Johnson: Rich or Poor, Black People Are Still Not Free From White Capitalist System There is a longstanding argument within politically left-wing and anti-imperialist spaces regarding the role of racism in a capitalist system that breeds class stratifications. Many orthodox Marxists argue that economic class is the...

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Oh the dialogue is good, real good. This part of the podcast started off with Antwan "Ish" Marby (Cohost) leading his argument w/ Dr. Umar about how there really is no Democrats v. Republicans because they both don’t care about Blacks and simply use different tactics to garner our votes—which everyone was in agreement with. He then attempted to use that point to connect with the fact that because of this, he believes the bigger issue at hand in America was class not race. Dr. Umar proceeds to quickly deliver a rebuttal to this belief, by highlighting how other races/ethnicities have been weaponized to stifle & undermine Black progression and how White privilege is still an advantage even in the face of poverty or economic inequality. He reiterates that in America, race trumps everything.
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Oh the dialogue is good, real good. This part of the podcast started off with Antwan "Ish" Marby (Cohost) leading his argument w/ Dr. Umar about how there really is no Democrats v. Republicans because they both don’t care about Blacks and simply use different tactics to garner our votes—which everyone was in agreement with. He then attempted to use that point to connect with the fact that because of this, he believes the bigger issue at hand in America was class not race. Dr. Umar proceeds to quickly deliver a rebuttal to this belief, by highlighting how other races/ethnicities have been weaponized to stifle & undermine Black progression and how White privilege is still an advantage even in the face of poverty or economic inequality. He reiterates that in America, race trumps everything.

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The reason they tell you to vote is because the ruling class knows the people cannot vote their way out of a capitalist dictatorship when both parties are completely controlled by capital. The only way to change a capitalist regime like the United States that values profits and property more than human life is to disrupt and take back the one thing the system cares about: Capital. To do this the working class must organize a mass movement to seize the means of production and put the economy directly in the hands of the people, not the oligarchs. A better world that puts people over profits is possible but only if we come together and fight for it!
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The reason they tell you to vote is because the ruling class knows the people cannot vote their way out of a capitalist dictatorship when both parties are completely controlled by capital. The only way to change a capitalist regime like the United States that values profits and property more than human life is to disrupt and take back the one thing the system cares about: Capital. To do this the working class must organize a mass movement to seize the means of production and put the economy directly in the hands of the people, not the oligarchs. A better world that puts people over profits is possible but only if we come together and fight for it!

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DR. UMAR JOHNSON REACTS TO KAI CENAT’S STREAMER UNIVERSITY After seeing the overwhelming turnout and excitement surrounding Kai Cenat’s Streamer University, Loon asks Dr. Umar a difficult question: Why are so many young Black people excited to attend Streamer University—but we struggle to create that same enthusiasm around real education? Dr. Umar says the blame belongs to the Black community for allowing social media, materialism, hip-hop and public attention to be promoted above academic excellence. He argues that many young people are attracted to Streamer University because it offers them an opportunity to be seen—but says it cannot replace serious studying, intellectual development and education. Is Dr. Umar criticizing the youth—or is he holding the adults and the culture responsible for what the youth now value? Watch the full conversation and tell us what you think. #DrUmarJohnson #KaiCenat #StreamerUniversity #ItsUpThere #BigLoon #BlackEducation #SocialMedia #ContentCreators
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You'll notice that there's a distinct lack of 'diversity' in that crowd, just a sea of privileged white faces who hate the UK so much they'll happily destroy it in the name of diversity and inclusion.. These are the same people who stayed silent for decades as hundreds of thousands of vulnerable working-class girls were groomed, raped and trafficked by Muslim gangs.. This is the real divide: disconnected white middle-class virtue-signallers pushing open borders and two-tier tolerance, versus working class people who have to live with the consequences..
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.David Sacks explains how the woke mind virus began in universities, where it infected the professional class who are currently at the helm of our institutions: "It's downstream of the fact that the universities got taken over a couple of generations ago by the far left. The quid pro quo of our civilization is if you want the economic and social advancement that a college degree grants you, you have to go to one of these schools and submit to voluntary reeducation for four years. You're basically indoctrinated in this ideology." "If you look at polling data on virtually any socio-cultural issue, the biggest divide in the country is not between race or gender. It's actually on the single variable of whether you have a college degree or not... There's a 30-point gap roughly in voting patterns in political affiliation based on whether you are professional class or working class." "This explains a huge amount of the sense of conflict and division in our society. Two-thirds of the country is working class. Only one-third of the country is professional class. The professional class holds beliefs and values that are at odds with the working class... So you have a democracy in which most of the people don't agree with the agenda that's being foisted on them by their institutions." "You have to wonder if we had a completely fair and level playing field, if big tech wasn't engaging in censorship on behalf of the elite, and the media wasn't constantly covering for the elite. You'd have to think that maybe these elections go a little differently."
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Every time this MK song is sung, I still feel that deep shiver down my spine. Instinctively, I turn the volume up. And without apology, the tears come. This remains one of my most cherished songs of Umkhonto weSizwe. It connects me to sacrifice, courage, discipline, and a generation that believed liberation was worth everything. But consciousness does not stand still. My conscientisation into the African National Congress was forged through my family background and lived experiences in the farms and in Sada, one of the most neglected townships, pre- and post-1994. It was further sharpened in the Congress of South African Students (COSAS). I loved the ANC so profoundly that I was prepared to lay down my own life for its historic mission. Like millions, I did not sing on the periphery — I was inside, taking risks. What drew me to the ANC was the Freedom Charter, especially its economic demands: that the people shall share in the country’s wealth; that the land shall be shared among those who work it; that the mineral wealth, banks and monopoly industries shall belong to the people; and that there shall be work, security, a living wage, and dignity. This understanding was deepened by Morogoro, which warned that political freedom without economic transformation is a deception. “In our country – more than in any other part of the oppressed world – it is inconceivable for liberation to have meaning, without a return of the wealth of the land to the people as a whole. It is, therefore, a fundamental feature of our strategy that victory must embrace more than formal political democracy. To allow the existing economic forces to retain their interests, intact, is to feed the root of racial supremacy, and does not represent even the shadow of liberation.” That ANC was not defeated. It was stolen — captured by a black middle strata offered shares, boardrooms, and proximity to private capital in exchange for abandoning the historic mission. Class compromise replaced revolutionary purpose. Thus emerged the ANC of GEAR, privatisation, the NDP, and today Operation Vulindlela and GAIN — an ANC of neoliberalism and austerity, protecting monopoly capital and BEE tycoons while the working class suffers. I cannot, in conscience, abandon the working class for this project. So when this MK song is sung, the shiver still comes, the tears still fall — but I cry outside, with the working class, the unemployed, and the precarious. Because loyalty to the working class must always come before loyalty to any organisation. I have learnt to love the working class and the marginalised majority more than the ANC!
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Every time this MK song is sung, I still feel that deep shiver down my spine. Instinctively, I turn the volume up. And without apology, the tears come. This remains one of my most cherished songs of Umkhonto weSizwe. It connects me to sacrifice, courage, discipline, and a generation that believed liberation was worth everything. But consciousness does not stand still. My conscientisation into the African National Congress was forged through my family background and lived experiences in the farms and in Sada, one of the most neglected townships, pre- and post-1994. It was further sharpened in the Congress of South African Students (COSAS). I loved the ANC so profoundly that I was prepared to lay down my own life for its historic mission. Like millions, I did not sing on the periphery — I was inside, taking risks. What drew me to the ANC was the Freedom Charter, especially its economic demands: that the people shall share in the country’s wealth; that the land shall be shared among those who work it; that the mineral wealth, banks and monopoly industries shall belong to the people; and that there shall be work, security, a living wage, and dignity. This understanding was deepened by Morogoro, which warned that political freedom without economic transformation is a deception. “In our country – more than in any other part of the oppressed world – it is inconceivable for liberation to have meaning, without a return of the wealth of the land to the people as a whole. It is, therefore, a fundamental feature of our strategy that victory must embrace more than formal political democracy. To allow the existing economic forces to retain their interests, intact, is to feed the root of racial supremacy, and does not represent even the shadow of liberation.” That ANC was not defeated. It was stolen — captured by a black middle strata offered shares, boardrooms, and proximity to private capital in exchange for abandoning the historic mission. Class compromise replaced revolutionary purpose. Thus emerged the ANC of GEAR, privatisation, the NDP, and today Operation Vulindlela and GAIN — an ANC of neoliberalism and austerity, protecting monopoly capital and BEE tycoons while the working class suffers. I cannot, in conscience, abandon the working class for this project. So when this MK song is sung, the shiver still comes, the tears still fall — but I cry outside, with the working class, the unemployed, and the precarious. Because loyalty to the working class must always come before loyalty to any organisation. I have learnt to love the working class and the marginalised majority more than the ANC!

Zwelinzima Vavi

60,693 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад