“Frank Talk”

freethinker || book merchant || suggesting books that provide context for the resistance… do you read?

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—the 10 Basic Stops
were originally suggested by
Mr. Neely Fuller, Jr.
in /the Codebook/ and later extended and revised by
Dr. Francis Cress Welsing
in her book /the Isis Papers/ and again slightly revised in the version presented here…

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“…the role of the White progressive was not in Black organizations but in White organizations in White communities, convincing and converting the unconverted to the Black cause.”

—John Henrik Clarke
(Notes for an African World Revolution p155)

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They had no homes for the aged because no one discarded their mother, father, or grandparents.”

—John Henrik Clarke
( Notes for an African World Revolution p81)

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“…Africa built a number of civilizations lasting over 1000 years without a network of jails and without a word in their vocabulary that meant ‘jail.’ They had no orphanages because no one discarded children.

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“The concept of the Talented 10th failed because the Black elite did not assume the responsibility expected of them. They were too busy, imitating the White middle class and retreating from their own people.”

—John Henrik Clarke
(Notes for an African World Revolution p53)

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Edward Onaci
(Free the Land p50)
https://t.co/eKOgNJ4hOF

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“ For the fruition of
Black Power,
For the triumph of
Black Nationhood,
I pledge to the
Republic of New Afrika
and to the building of a better people and a better world,
my total devotion, my total resources and the total power of my mortal life”

—New Afrikan Oath

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and then you start to become strangers and that close-knit fellowship starts to get lost.’”

—Malcolm Gladwell
(The Tipping Point p181)
https://t.co/hvOPRJcpOe

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[Rule of 150]
“‘In smaller groups people are a lot closer. They’re knit together, which is very important if you want to be effective and successful at community life.’… ‘If you get too large, you don’t have enough work in common. You don’t have enough things in common,

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—Malcolm Gladwell
(The Tipping Point p182)
https://t.co/hvOPRJcpOe

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[Rule of 150]
“If we want to, say, develop schools in disadvantaged communities that can successfully counteract the poisonous atmosphere of their surrounding neighborhoods, this tells us that we’re probably better off building lots of little schools than one or two big ones.”

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https://t.co/DVcePcM3JC

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“It is only when the analysis of the oppressive forces which produce various forms of antisocial behavior has been conducted that we can reverse the conceptualization of pathology. The SOCIETY, instead of its members, becomes PATHOLOGICAL.”

—Joyce A. Ladner
(Tomorrow’s Tomorrow)

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large corporations found television uniquely efficient for INGRAINING a way of life that served their interest.”

—Jerry Mander
(In the Absence of the Sacred p3)

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“…TV technology would inevitably be controlled by corporations, the government, and the military. Because of… the astounding power of its imagery, and its ability to HOMOGENIZE THOUGHT, behavior, and culture,

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at first, families watched alone; then soon each INDIVIDUAL was left alone in his or her own room, silently watching.”

—Jerry Mander
(In the Absence of the Sacred p16)

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“…TV had the quality of movie-going: viewing was a GROUP event, with socializing before and after. Soon, however, each family had its own set, or sets. Programming extended to all hours, day and night. A COMMUNITY event was transformed into an ISOLATED experience:

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For a nation to exterminate its neighbors was difficult anyway, since all enjoyed the same level of military technology. Now all this changed.”

—James W. Loewen
(Lies My Teacher Told… p104)
https://t.co/wYia0gSKEm

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“Tribes that were closest to the Europeans got guns first… The result was an escalation in Indian warfare. Tribes rarely fought to the finish, however…

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https://t.co/wYia0gSKEm

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“European powers deliberately increased Indian warfare by playing one nation off against another…
For many tribes, the motive for the increased combat was the ENSLAVEMENT of other Indians to sell to the Europeans for MORE GUNS and kettles.”

—James Loewen
(Lies My Teacher p104)