SUNDAY
israeli apartheid and the imperial presidency
feeling a little overwhelmed
2 days left and so much undone
was reading about the imperial presidency the other day
article in washpost say bush less concerned w/terrorism
than expanding the imperial presidency
didnt say it but his inability to accept the iraq study group
suggestions probably comes out of that impulse also
interesting dustup between carter and israels supporters
almost confirmation of carters position that to criticize
israel is political suicide (and often an act of courage)
the israeli lobby equates criticizing israel with antisemitism
so even sincere folk cant speak
lord knows i understand, blackfolk do it too
at least they try
but that situation w/palestinians does feel like apartheid
looks like apartheid, smells like apartheid
no percentage in getting involved in this, you cant win
but i tend to agree that the onus is on israel is this conflict
lord knows the palestinians have gone dysfunctional under pressure
and are difficult to deal with
but israel is the fulcrum of power here
israel committed the original sin and
israel built the system of oppression now in force
israel the only one can make it right
and the longer it waits the more difficult it will be
israel got to offer the palestinians a real deal
quit crying about what arafat did/did not do back when
cant have all the marbles/land o israel
got to share, children
current hubraic attitude endangers your own survival
and breeds a crises of biblical import on the world
thats how i see it
as sincere a reading as i can make it
shulamit aloni, former education minister of israel, takes it further
"their love of Israel distorts their judgment and blinds them from seeing what's in front of them. Israel is an occupying power that for 40 years has been oppressing an indigenous people. . . ."
and now condi over there doing her bush diplomatic figleaf bit
one of the palestinian advisors complained that all she brought was slogans
well thats their thing, its criminal how slack this been played
and whats with the rightwing putting themselves out there
as defenders of feminism by attacking boxer
or rather why are folk letting them change the subject
why is this being treated like a real complaint
im going back to work
rdoc
SATURDAY
hello world
been me and that novel last couple of days
working that prophetic thread, ive been
inspired by finding that odu
also going to use it as model to do my griotic report
got to revise my holybook structure to reflect new understanding
was supposed to do all sorts of projects
but i decided to stay in the zone and use my last couple of days for that novel
i will deal with school and everything else when i have to
and im not going to let classes take it all this semester
i got to move to a new stage of ruthlessness
ran across an interesting article about us imperial moves in africa
that provide some context on recent developments in somalia
using the pretext of the war on terrorism, the us has moved
aggressively to set up alliances and capabilities in africa and
in particular in north africa
recent moves according to this article:
theyve trained 20,000 'african peace keepers' with 40,000 scheduled in next 5 years
theyve established a secret gitmo on diego garcia in the indian ocean to replace ones closed in europe
theyve established bases in uganda, djibouti, senegal and saotome & principe
theyve established military pacts w/gabon, mauritania, rwanda, guinea and south africa (of all places)
in fact south africa has just joined ACOTA africa contingency operations training assistance
a us imperial op incorporating african armed forces lead by colonel nestor pino-marina,
a cuban exile and vet of the bay of pigs, reagans latinadventures, etc, etc, you name it - a rabid rightwing dirty tricks veteran
theyve sset up a school of the america op for africa called the african centre for strategic studies
designed to train african leaders along the same model school of americas did for latin america rightwing thugs
and so forth and so on, i think you get the point
this is pertinent in terms of whats happening in somalia
my concern is the somalian interim government
losing credibility and being perceived as stooges of the west
which would push somalia even further out of the africanist column
and into the islamic column
thats my concern, will somalia identify africanist or islamic
when africans like the sudan chose islamic identification over africanist its a problem
between imperial islam and the imperial west
africanist countries will have to do some fancy dancing
but there is of course opportunity in this mix
tricks to be laid
got my finger on this pulse
gon consult the conqueror
you may have noticed that me and the conqueror
(highjohn the conqueror for the uninformed)
our relationship evolving
ive always claimed to be a horse of the conqueror
but it was a theoretical claim, lately the conqueror been talking to me . . .
one of my ideological/magical/prophetic goals is to give the
conqueror attributes, like legba got attributes, oshun and so forth
gon mythwork the conqueror in rest for the weary
and perhaps because im working the prophetic thread (that just came to me)
lately the conqueror has taken a higher profile in this work
and my life
its interesting even that i call him the conqueror now
calling him highjohn the conqueror didnt have the power vibrations for me
when i refer to this force as the conqueror
it speaks to me
thats one of the reasons im going to be ruthless about my weekends this semester
im 56 now and i fear everything, strokes, death, gradual mental slowdown, family emergencies
you name it and its all possible in a way now it wasnt when i was 30 or even my 40s
i feel my mortality these days
i got to get my novel done
i say things in this novel aint been said before
i speculate things in this novel aint been speculated
i do things aint been done
theoretically its a work of wonder
theoretically its magic
its like this book length poem and every word got to work
every word got to do double duty, got to work on as many
levels as im capable of handling
but if i were to die tomorrow nobody would know
cause what i got aint prime time just yet
too many holes
this got to be a seamless experience
i cant have not one paragraph, not one sentence
that aint an act of wonder
the literary establishment treat me like i dont exist
this Work will be my redemption
this work will put all the doubters and the haters to rest
and i will have finally lived up to my early potential
if i can just get it done
it wont be what i see in my soul
it never is, you never do quite get it
but you know when youve given it your best shot
when its something you can live with
got to have it - and i plan to get it this year
still have to put the poetry on it, polish it up
but this year will be my money draft
im so close i can feel it, 20 year effort and i can feel it
if i can just find me another gear
and make this the most ruthless noveltime year ever
got to be ruthless with myself
got to be ruthless with the world
ive had a good life you know
been interesting and rewarding beyond my wildest dreams
i dreamed of being a writer, ive become one
i dreamed of being a hoodooman, ive become one
i dream of being a prophet, we shall see
ive been blessed with health, strange friends and good family
ive been fortunate in love
but i can feel closure coming
i can feel winter in my bones
well maybe winter is a tad dramatic
lets say autumn
once read somewhere that living writers are judged by their worst
dead writers by their best
this my best, this my big book, this my baby, this my masterpiece
all i want is for it to be the act of wonder i see in my literary soul
all i want is for it to exist
to be real in the world
and my holybook
got to get my holybook done
clock these two projects and all my fantasies my conjurations of myself
as an historical entity, a hero, of my people and all humanity
will prove to have been justified
(hopefully they will prove to have been justified anyway but lets make sure why dont we)
i hear the clock ticking
got to find me some more gears
got to squeeze me some more hours
got to work harder got to work smarter
rest for the weary and
the hoodoo book of flowers: the great black book of generations
in the name of the conqueror
let it be so
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