I own a small bakery. Business has been slow. Rent is up. I was thinking about closing.
Last Friday, a teenager came in. He looked nervous. He counted out change for a cookie. He was short 50 cents.
"It's okay," I said. "Take it."
He ate it at a table, looking at his math homework. He looked stuck.
I used to be a math tutor.
I walked over. "Quadratic equations?"
He nodded. "I don't get it."
I sat down and helped him for 20 minutes. He got it. He left smiling.
The next day, he came back with two friends. They bought cookies.
The day after that, five kids came.
Apparently, he told the school, "The lady at the bakery helps with homework."
Now, my bakery is the after-school hang-out spot. It's loud. It's messy. There are backpacks everywhere.
Yesterday, I found a note in the tip jar. It was wrapped around a $20 bill.
"Thanks for helping my son pass math. A Mom."
I'm not closing the bakery.
I think I finally found my purpose.
It's not cookies. It's community.
“SAME SYSTEM. SAME STRUGGLE” - AJAMU BARAKA
“Black liberation is inseparable from global anti-imperialism.”
That’s the message from Ajamu Baraka, Editor and Columnist at Black Agenda Report, on an episode of the LSR Podcast with Dr. Layla and Dr. CBS. Reflecting on the Black Alliance for Peace’s June 13, 2025, statement, "The Middle East is On Fire Because Israeli and U.S. Imperialism Lit the Match," Baraka warns against the dangerous illusion that struggles in Palestine, Iran, or Ukraine are "not our fight."
In just one minute, he demolishes the myth of U.S. neutrality. He connects the dots between imperialist wars abroad and suffering at home, from gas prices to food insecurity to the weaponization of poverty.
This isn’t just analysis, it’s strategy. A call to radical solidarity, rooted in the belief that no one is free until all are free.
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In these times of struggle. Cant forget those who are still locked up from past rebellions against the US & their white supremacist forces.Heres 2.
Ferguson uprising was 12 yrs ago & Josh Williams is still locked up.And Malik Muhammad is locked up from the George Floyd Uprising..
Tortuguita was shot 57 times with military-grade assault rifles while sitting cross legged, hands raised. They were the first environmental activist killed by US police in modern history. We won’t stop fighting for them & every other land defender protecting our beautiful planet
there is no 'regular' to go back to. we either goin 2 establish some new systems or the old one is gonna come more vicious than this generation has ever felt