gon use this week to draft a rootblog newsletter:
a best rootsblog news of the month thing
put it together the last week of every month
have it be a strategic document
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hello world
rootsletter vol 1: may 2006: a strategic document
a work of strategy: the key that opens all locks
last time i did this it was all over the place
try to be more disciplined this time , bear with me
content:
movement news
blackworld crises points
cultural notes
victories and defeats
strategic posture
the geas of rickydoc
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movement news
the covenant and 21st century paradigms of struggle
new orleans and the black belt south
the covenant and 21st century paradigms of struggle
tavis smiley initiates covenant with black america
a manual of activism, sophisticated rollout
very 21st century attempt to manifest new
paradigms of struggle
not comprehensive enuf for my taste but i
will accept what i can get when it comes to struggle
new orleans and the black vote
nagin barely beats challenger landrieu in new orleans mayoral vote
black vote exceeds projections and evidence determination to remain players
forget chocolate city, we talking black belt south
blackworld crises points
somalia and war on the horn
ethiopia and outlaw bloggers
haitis preval on the highwire
rebel conflict in the sudan
war on the horn
war raging in somalia between islamic courts and warlords
the warlords are ravenous beasts and the islamic courts
trying to impose a fundamentalist islam on somalia
warlords losing as well they should, they have been unwilling to govern
and the un backed interim government afraid to venture to mogadishu
likely scenario is victory by fundamentalist islam
move somalia deeper into the islamic conquest
of africa column
ethiopia censors outlaw bloggers
ethiopia trying to censor its bloggers
bloggers using online document from reporters w/o borders
handbook for bloggers and cyberdissidents on how to set up
and maintain an effective subversive blog
apparently bloggers often only independent voices in
many of the repressive governments of the world
outlaws
keeping the faith
haitis preval on the highwire
haitis preval inaugurated and performing balancing act
trying to reconcile calls for aristedes return w/demands of the countries
that exiled him and competing demands of haitis ongoing class warfare
at inaugural party predators and victims shared
rice and beans and chicken
gon be a tough row to hoe
got my hoodoo fingers crossed
conflict between rebels in sudan
(xxx)
assorted victories and defeats (you decide which is which)
shirleaf election in liberia
bush administration domestic policy
dutch somalian sister going to work for AEI
(more later . back to rest . ..)
cultural notes:
vanderbilt university as afroam literary center
vieira and the cameos prize
vanderbilt busts a move
vanderbilt university in nashville making a bid to become
african american literary center by hiring 5 new afroam literary faculty
including houston baker, homegirl hortense spillars and alice randall
must have been offers they couldnt refuse to get houston
out of duke and hortense from cornell
vieira and the cameos
71 year old angolan writer jose luandino vieira
refused portugal/brazils prestigious cameos prize ($128,000)
apparently in order to continue living monkish life on
mountaintop in portugal - im intriqued
ordered his big book, luanda, from amazon
will let you know how it reads
strategic posture:
strategic posture according to sui:
a multifaceted strategic awareness,
attuned to the tactical flow
constantly adapting and calibrating in a multifaceted strategic web
some moves bold and strong, some quiet and hidden, some
waiting silently in the wings
personal note: the geas of rickydoc
i have had a vision
i see the hoodoos of the future
destinyplayers all
with a sense of responsibility for the
well being of tribe and all humanity . .
and the prophetic skilz necessary
to manifest that vision
i am mythmaker and
this is what i see.
rickydoc flowers
wouldbe prophet
of the hoodoo way
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