Sunday, January 30, 2011

Nommo Presents Deonte Osayande

Has been postponed until further notice because of the impeding snow storm. The new date will be released when it's determined.

Friday, January 28, 2011

World Events

There is a lot that is going on importantly politically in the world during this period in time. I remember a while back I had a conversation with a couple of friends of mine and a respected elder. It was a professor to my knowledge and I don't recall the topic of discussion but we ended up on world issues as they were mentioned in all of our poetry. I remember stating that there will be a point where it boils over and the general population is going to realize that they are larger in numbers than those that oppress them. This prof would go on to call me crazy,lol,to which I couldn't really deny.

This brings me back to the situations of today happening all around the world. As Americans we like to act like we aren't a part of or that we are greater than the rest of the world. In reality everything that happens elsewhere effects the empire here. You could bring up the recent terrorist attack in Russia this month here and people would treat it as if it were so distant. Sure it isn't on our soil, but that is a nation similar in capability and strength to our own.

Back to what's going on in Tunisia, and more recently Egypt. I hope that the protesters get correct justice. Anyone ruling over a nation for close to thirty years is just way too long. Many of us have become so conditioned to just laying down to the powers that be, that the news of uprisings in these nations can be shocking, and to some, fearsome.

I find it interesting. It shows that somewhere people are reaching that point, where they won't just go with something that they disagree with. It can serve as a lesson to the rest of us, that nations, democratic or not, are to some degree run by people. If they succeed in getting a new government in power, it may not just be a victory for themselves, or for their nation, but for oppressed people around the world. What would the future hold for people that are able to invoke such change and revolution?