The media and political pundits are dubbing the recapturing of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate by the Democrats from the Republicans as a so-called “blue wave,” or “blue-nami” (blue tsunami). However, others called it a “Black wave,” due to increased voter turnout by Blacks around the country.

According to the most recent data available, Black women voted for Democrats at 92-94% and Black men at 84%, which was the highest of any other group. The Associated Press reported that, “Polling and the results from Election Day showed an uptick in Black turnout and support compared with re-cent election cycles.”

Many “firsts” included the election of four new Black governors: Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia; David Crowley in Wisconsin; Aaron Ford in Nevada; and Republican Byron Donalds in Florida.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore won re-election to make a total of five Black governors who will hold office at the same time, the most in U.S. history.

Stacey Plaskett won her election, becoming the first woman and first Black woman elected governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Several Somali and Nigerian Americans were elected to state offices nationwide.

The midterms also saw the election of Muslims, Native Americans/Indigenous and Latinos on various government levels, including: Darializa Avila Chevalier, the first Afro-Latina Muslim who will be in Congress from New York; Abdulrahman Mohamed El- Sayed, the first Muslim U.S. Senator, and Aber Kawas, the first Palestinian American Muslim woman elected to the NY State Legislature.

California and Texas elected their first Latino governors, and New Mexico elected the country’s first Native American/Indigenous female governor, Deb Haaland, who served as Secretary of the Interior in the Biden administration.

And Peggy Flanagan was elected as the first Native American/Indigenous woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, from Minnesota after first serving as that state’s lieutenant governor.

However, if this country’s history has shown us anything, it is that politics alone is not the solution to our problems, and there is always a backlash to Black progress and gains.

So, while our people are expressing happiness and celebration over the success of the most recent “blue wave,” our enemies have not stopped plotting and planning against us. Also, once those who are voted in take office, that is only the beginning.

“Folks are celebrating all the blue this morning. Blue wave. Blue tsunami. Historic wins for women, Black and Brown candidates. But do the Democrats really know what to do with power once they have it?” asked Dr. Stacey Patton, a pro-fessor and author in a post on social media.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam, posed the following question in His book, “The Fall of America,” in the chapter titled, “The National Election.”

He writes, “How much have the two parties (Republican and Democrat) done for us for the last century in the way of freedom, justice, and equality? Regardless of what party wins, the die is always set against us (the Black people of America).”

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad also taught on what types of politicians our people should look for. In His book, “Message to the Blackman in America,” in the chapter, “Put Muslim Program To Congress,” He writes in part, “There are many Black men and women who make splendid politicians.

They could accomplish considerable good if they–like the White politician and his people–were given proper and equal recognition and justice for themselves and their people. If our politicians are to serve us, they must have no fear of the White man when they lead our case in the White courts before White judges.”

In the same chapter, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad gives Rep. Adam Clayton Powell as an example of a good politician, even though Mr. Powell was not Muslim.

“A Muslim politician is what you need, but Congressman Powell is not afraid and would not be easily bribed, for he is not ‘Hungry,’” He writes. Later, He notes, “We must give good Black politicians the total backing of our population.”

That backing brings a duty and re-sponsibility not only to those elected, but also to those who voted to put them in office and even those who did not.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan explained the aim and purpose of political power in a May 1, 1996, message titled, “The Rise of the Indigenous Peoples.”

“We lack political power, but together we can shake this racist and oppressive foundation, because all of the rich have built their world on the backs of the poor.

The political parties of this day do not want the Indigenous or poor people to have any benefit from a government that poor people fight, breathe, die and pay taxes to maintain, and we are taken for granted. What we are looking for is a change in our condition,” Minister Farrakhan said.

“If these political parties build their strength on the masses, and yet do nothing for the masses, then we have a legitimate right now to impose our will on a government that is not moral. We have to send a serious message, followed up with strategies that can force change.

You have more power than you even realize that you have, and that power is not from outside yourself; that power is from within yourself,” he added.

Just because a new party will be “in charge” come January 2027 with the swearing-in of the 120th U.S. Congress, we should be under no illusion or delusion that the conditions of the masses will change. However, we have more power than we re-alize, with Allah’s (God) help and through our unity to “force change,” as Minister Farrakhan noted.

American politics is not the salvation of or the solution to the Black man and woman.

Minister Farrakhan has taught us that politics is a tool we can use, but he also cautioned that politics without economics is symbolism without substance.

It is not enough to have Black, Latino, Indigenous, or Muslim faces in high political places if we do not simultaneously work together in our individual communities to “do for self,” while working and pushing to hold our elected leaders accountable.

No one is coming to save us but us.

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In scripture, the Prophets and Messengers of Allah (God) were questioned, judged and attempts were made on their lives. Yet, for all the opposition they faced, these men held on to the rope of Allah (God).

Their faith and resolve enabled them to withstand the arrows (slander, gossip, lies) shot at them. They were mocked and ridiculed for the message they brought from Allah (God) to the people. Yet, they did not bend, bow, or buckle.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam, and His National Representative, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, have walked and are walking a similar path.

For nearly 100 years, the Nation of Islam has withstood attacks from the highest levels of the U.S. government, media, other organizations and other so-called leaders. Yet, by Allah’s Grace and Mercy, despite their machinations, we are still standing!

For decades, the corporate mainstream media machine has been non-stop in its attacks against the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Minister Farrakhan and the Nation. So-called critics have gotten on television, radio or have utilized newspapers or magazines to spout their misguided and shallow opinions on these Divine Men, their history and Mission.

Most people would more than likely crumble under the pressure of being bombarded with constant attacks year after year. But not Elijah and Farrakhan! Why is that?

When Minister Farrakhan was asked about how he and his teacher handled opposition, he answered without hesitation. In an interview he gave to Brother Askia Muhammad, the late Editor-in-Chief and senior editor of The Final Call and former Editor of Muhammad Speaks, published in Vol. 23, No. 5, November 4, 2003, of The Final Call, he asked Minister Farrakhan the following question:

“There has been very little publicity overall about the Nation of Islam. Is that because the Nation is not doing anything worth mentioning in the public or because of some other motive to ignore the works of the Nation and separate the Nation from you?”

Minister Farrakhan responded, “The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said no matter how much they attacked him and the Nation of Islam under his leadership, they only helped the Nation to grow.

So, the more they attacked me and the more I withstood that onslaught, the more thousands of people came out to, at least, hear a man that was being so vilified in the media.

When they recognized that they were not hurting but helping me, they decided they wouldn’t say anything except to continue to discredit. So, there is a conscious effort not to publicize anything that the Nation is doing of value.”

Minister Farrakhan continued, “But we are not a creature of the media, so we are not depending on the media publicizing us to make us successful. The media can if they will, and they don’t have to if they don’t wish to.

Our work is the work of resurrection and reform of our people and we will continue that work, in the light of the media or out of the light of the media. Our success depends on us, our unity, and our willingness to submit to the will of Allah (God).”

That was 23 years ago. Today, with the growing use of social media, people use their platforms to push and promote their views. The pursuit of validation through “clicks,” “likes,” “shares,” and the accumulation of “followers” has become a validation for folks.

Some so-called “influencers” are picking up where corporate mainstream media hacks and critics left off, and “keyboard critics” and “online trolls” are spewing the same tired rhetoric online against the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, and the Nation of Islam.

What Minister Farrakhan said in 2003 applies today. Every knock is a boost. And you do not have his assignment, given to him by Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

However, understand this: Your efforts to malign and discredit these Divine Men also align with what is ordained.

“Allah (God) has ordained opposition for His Prophets, Messengers and Servants in the establishment of Divine Revelation. Although Allah (God) has allowed His Prophets to suffer at the hands of the wicked.

It never was the intention of Allah (God) that the wicked would win in their struggle against Him and His Messengers, particularly the last one, Muhammad,” Minister Farrakhan said in a message published in The Final Call in Vol. 13, No. 26, titled, “All Opposition To Truth Will Be Destroyed.”

The fact is, for those who use their platforms to speak ill of, slander, or lie about the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, and/or the Nation of Islam—show the results of your work among our people and the despised and rejected of the Earth, from the last day, let alone from the last nearly 100 years.

The Holy Qur’an, Surah 2, Verse 23 states, “And if you are in doubt as to that which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a chapter like it and call on your helpers besides Allah if you are truthful.” What results have you gotten from your so-called “mission” and influence? Have you made the blind see, the dumb speak and the deaf hear? Elijah and Farrakhan have!

So, for all the critics, naysayers, hypocrites and enemies—continue doing what you feel you must do. Throw down your rod like Pharaoh’s magicians and watch the rod of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan swallow up what you spew.

We are fighting for Islam, and we will surely win!

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Thirty-one years after the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan called Black men to Washington, D.C., for the Million Man March, Haitians are embracing its message as a summons to rebuild our communities.

In Jacmel on October 16, Deputy National Coordinator for Southern Haiti Dieukifer Saint Juste delivered that message, supported by local coordinators Evens Samedi and Lauture Joseph, Joachin Sylvera and others. In the North, Deputy National Coordinator Jean Claude Simon spoke on the same theme.

Despite the stormy weather that day, Brother Dieukifer reported that participants were rain-soaked, yet they remained to commemorate this historic occasion. “The rain did not frighten us,” he said. They thoroughly enjoyed the celebration despite their discomfort. Their perseverance gave visible expression to the responsibility people gathered to affi rm and observe.

The gathering’s lasting measure will be what follows: neighbors checking on neighbors, adults guiding young people, families repairing relationships and people sharing resources to sustain community life. Atonement must leave evidence of how we live.

Haiti’s crisis of gang violence, displacement, hunger and institutional failure makes this message urgent. Personal responsibility does not excuse public offi cials, powerful economic interests or foreign actors from answering for their conduct.

Those who exercise power must account for the people entrusted to their care. Those who finance or profi t from violence must answer for the injury they cause.

We who lead organizations must practice the transparency, discipline and respect we ask of the country. We cannot preach unity while humiliating colleagues or spend collective resources without accounting for them.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s October 16, 1995, address outlined the eight steps of atonement toward union with God and one another. For Haiti, each carries a practical obligation, from my perspective.

1: Someone must point out the wrong: Speak honestly about violence, corruption, and injuries within households and organizations; 2: Acknowledgment of wrong: Titles cannot exempt anyone from correction; 3: Confess the fault first before God and those harmed: Instead of assigning every failure to somebody else; 4: Repentance (Through sincere remorse and changed behavior); 5: Atonement: Make amends, return what was taken, correct false accusations and honor neglected obligations; 6: Forgiveness (Work toward forgiveness, without demanding that injured people abandon protection or justice); 7: Reconciliation and Restoration (Do this with relationships through truthful agreements and conduct that earns trust; and 8: Perfect union with Allah (God) and with each other.

Reconciliation must never mean returning someone to abuse or granting impunity to continuing wrongdoing. For Haitians, a people gathering before God to reclaim their destiny has deep historical resonance.

Imam Dutty Boukman led the original Bois Caïman Ceremony in August 1791, near Cap-Français, uniting spiritual commitment with organizing against slavery. Imam Boukman was shipped from what became known as Jamaica to Haiti to eventually make history.

He and Cécile Fatiman are central to that memory, where they called thousands of enslaved Blacks gathered on a hill called Bois Caïman (or Bwa Kay Imam nan) to assert their right to live free or die trying.

Accounts diff er on dates and ceremonial details, but its enduring signifi cance lies in a collective commitment to freedom. The prayer associated with Boukman appeals to the God who sees the suffering of the enslaved.

I honor him as an imam in the sense of a spiritual leader guiding his people before God, while recognizing that histories commonly describe his leadership within the Vodou tradition.

Before Boukman, François Makhandal embodied resistance to the plantation order. Among many languages, Makhandal spoke Arabic and was revered by some as a“Black Messiah.”

Haitian memory carries his example as a prophetic assurance that the enslaved would become masters of the land where they labored. I understand the Haitian Revolution’s triumph as the fulfi llment of that hope.

Years of sacrifi ce culminated in victory at Vertières on November 18, 1803, and independence under Jean- Jacques Dessalines on January 1, 1804. Dessalines subsequently became emperor. Spiritual commitment demanded sustained organization and work.

On October 16, 1995, Black men assembled on the National Mall facing the United States Capitol Hill (another hill) in response to Minister Farrakhan’s call.

I understand that call as coming from God through His servant: accept responsibility for our destiny. We must also work to make our communities safe and decent places to live as Minister Farrakhan has instructed.

The historical circumstances diff ered, yet I see a spiritual parallel: people treated as powerless gathering before God, recovering their dignity and accepting freedom’s obligations. Liberation requires a new mind, changed institutions and freedom from destructive appetites and inherited habits of domination.

That connection became personal during Minister Farrakhan’s visit to Haiti, December 11–15, 2011, when I served as his interpreter. I recall Ati Max Beauvoir, then Caribbean tour, recalling Boukman’s association with Jamaica. Beauvoir identifi ed Minister Farrakhan as “The Modern Boukman.” I off er this as my testimony from that encounter.

His words expressed a continuity of spiritual service: awakening people to their worth, drawing them together across diff erences and calling them to responsibility. They help explain why the Million Man March speaks so powerfully to Haitians.

As a servant and a member of the Nation of Islam, I believe Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, whom we recognize as the Messiah of the Christians and Mahdi of the Muslims. Our teaching looks toward a divine order grounded in freedom, justice and equality: the Kingdom of God and of His Christ expressed through a righteous, peaceful people.

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,” states Philippians 2:5. Ephesians 4:22–24 calls us to put away the old self and receive a renewed mind. Our conduct must grow into the dignity we proclaim.

Our October 16, observance in Haiti also honored the life of Emperor Dessalines, assassinated on October 17, 1806. These adjacent dates invite us to examine the liberation we inherited and responsibilities we have neglected.

In both North and South, effort must be organized, resources accounted for and results reviewed.

Haitians’ freedom is bound to the freedom of Black people in America and worldwide. Haiti’s Revolution expanded humanity’s understanding of freedom. The Million Man March renewed a call to moral reconstruction that crosses borders.

I hear Boukman’s call to dignity renewed in Minister Farrakhan’s appeal. We honor Dessalines by protecting life, defending freedom and building our capacity to sustain ourselves. Thirty-one years after the Million Man March, our answer must be visible in the communities we build.

Yon nouvo Ayisyen pou yon nouvo Ayiti—a renewed Haitian people for a renewed Haiti. Konbit se fòs nou: Konbit (Cooperation) is our strength.

Brother Yusef Makhandal Muhammad (Joseph Makhandal Champagne, Esq.) is the Haitian Representative from the Nation of Islam. He is also an immigration attorney and the former mayor of South Toms River, N.J.

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“This is not us,” or “This is not who we are.” However, to America, it is quite the opposite: It is exactly who you are. Violence is as “American as apple pie,” especially when it is directed toward Black people.

This country was established on violence—from the killing, torture, genocide, and rape of the Indigenous people who already lived in this land—to the kidnapping, enslavement, and brutal treatment of Black people snatched from Africa and deposited in America for a life of slavery, suffering and death.

For the 470-plus years since Black people have been in this country called the United States of America, the pattern display of violence has been consistent. So, it should come as no surprise to people in a country founded on bloodshed that this pattern continues.

Additionally, since our sojourn in this country, Black people have consistently come out on the losing end of employment, educational opportunities, income, housing, health, and other categories that often measure the progress, or lack of progress, of a people.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad warned, in His book, “Message to the Blackman in America,” in the chapter, “Not Your Brother,” of the consequences of trying to continue to integrate into a country and people who will never see or view us as “equals” with them.

“If you understood that which you are seeking to be accepted into and if you understood the nature of those whom you are seeking to integrate with you would, instead, be seeking your own people’s society or building one of your own on some land or territory separate from the American Whites.

“We need land wherein we can build our own society free from the tension, hatred and violence that have accompanied our race relationship with the White race of America,” the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad wrote.

“When you learn that the White man is not your brother, you will readily begin to see and accept the Divine Plan that Almighty Allah (God) has in the working for our people. Who has been our aggressors and murderers ever since we have been in America? Who, by nature, was made quick to shed blood—even his own?” he added.

The more we seek to integrate into what the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called “a burning house,” the more we could see an increase in violence and bloodshed aimed at Black people.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad warned us to separate from our open enemy. Our brothers and sisters in the Civil Rights Movement have advocated for integration and have tried mightily for decades to try and win White people over for them to “accept” us.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad warned us that “integration is a hypocritical trick.” In fact, in Point No. 9 of “What The Muslims Believe,” from “The Muslim Program,” printed on the inside back page of The Final Call, He states in part:

“WE BELIEVE that the offer of integration is hypocritical and is made by those who are trying to deceive the black peoples into believing that their 400-year-old open enemies of freedom, justice and equality are, all of a sudden, their ‘friends.’

Furthermore, we believe that such deception is intended to prevent black people from realizing that the time in history has arrived for the separation from the whites of this nation.”

He continues: “If the white people are truthful about their professed friendship toward the so-called Negro, they can prove it by dividing up America with their slaves. We do not believe that America will ever be able to furnish enough jobs for her own millions of unemployed, in addition to jobs for the 20,000,000 black people as well.”

With each passing day in this country, it becomes increasingly clear that fighting for integration is futile.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, National Representative of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, explained the importance of examining and looking more deeply into “integration,” “segregation,” and “separation.”

“Today, we have to look at the terms ‘Integration,’ ‘Separation’ and ‘Segregation,’ and behind these words discover meaning, and behind the meaning discover the intent of the parties who are advocating either way,” Minister Farrakhan explained in a July 20, 1980, message titled, “Integration and Separation.”

“If the intent of the Government in advocating integration is to trick us into believing that our 400-year-old enemy has now become our ‘friend,’ and that we should forgive and forget and be glad to take part in this great American way of life, then the intent is evil. So, the result of such evil intent can never bring justice to a people who are aggrieved,” Minister Farrakhan said.

Many people misunderstand segregation and separation, a point Minister Farrakhan cleared up masterfully in the same message. “Now, ‘separation’ is a little different from ‘segregation.’

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has said to us that separation is a voluntary act done by two equals who realize that they cannot get along in peace, so they come to a decision that it is ‘best for us to separate: You go your way, I’ll go mine.’”

Brothers and sisters, we have been aggrieved and continue to be aggrieved. For decades, we have done anything and everything humanly possible to appeal to White people and the U.S. government to treat our people with decency and fairness, but to no avail. Is it not time to consider a different approach and decide what is best for us and our future?

It is separation or death. Which one will you choose?

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His call for the Million Man March in 1995 spawned additional mass gatherings in Washington, D.C. The Minister called and the people came for the Million Family March in 2000, Millions More Movement in 2005 and Justice or Else (10.10.15) in 2015, which commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March.

The subsequent gatherings attracted Black people, Latinos, Indigenous/Native Americans, Asians and Whites. The Minister’s call also influenced innumerable other gatherings, like the Million Woman March, the Millions Youth March, the Million Mom March, and other “Million”-themed gatherings worldwide.

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How do I become the “best” me?  I must get “better” every day. Every day that we wake up is a blessing and another opportunity to love and improve ourselves.  Take a moment to be honest and write down what you would like to improve in yourself, starting with your thoughts. We start with thoughts because every action is preceded by a thought. 

If my goal is to lose a few pounds and have more energy, what am I consuming mentally?  Am I reading material or watching videos or social media that is negative or draining?   How much time am I wasting over-consuming social media? Do I need to change what I am consuming to something more positive?

I enjoy listening to Final Call Radio or enlightening podcasts when I am working out. Today, many sisters and brothers have positive podcasts or videos about the Teachings. Why the Teachings?  Because high-level thoughts lead to high-level communication, and high-level communication can lead to high-level activity.  

In “Closing the Gap: Inner Views of the Heart, Mind & Soul of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan,” by Minister Jabril Muhammad, on page 321, Minister Farrakhan states, “… the highest form of communication is to speak on, ask questions about, argue over what God has revealed to His servant. Perfecting our understanding of what God reveals increases the level of energy. Hearing it, knowing it, and believing it, is one level, but understanding it and applying it, is the highest level of activity.”

What high-level activities can we engage in? Small deviations can eventually add up to big problems and pounds. I have gained unnecessary weight in the past by being disobedient and eating what I wanted to eat because I was stressed about something. Even though I was working out, the pounds did not come off. Remember, you cannot “outrun a bad diet.”

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said, “Get away from those fattening sweet pies two or three times a day,” (How to Eat to Live, Book One, page 25). Notice He used the word, “fattening” in reference to sweets. I admit that I didn’t want to let go of my everyday cookies and sugary coffee drinks, but I saw a huge difference when I did. Not only did I lose a few pounds, but my thinking sharpened, my energy improved, and my discipline grew stronger.

In the “Teachings 2.0 Volume 3B, Twitter Sayings of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan,” on pages 58-59, someone asked Minister Farrakhan: “Is getting physically strong very important to having a strong spirit? Minister Farrakhan answered, “Getting physically strong will give you more energy for your life, and that is good. But the real strength and power of the spirit that the scripture is talking about is the power that is bound up in the truth; that you are in harmony with the truth, then the spirit of the truth becomes the power that guides your life, and governs your activity, and gives you the strength to overcome the impediments that are in the pathway of progress. A strong body should lead to a strong spirit—but you can exercise, you can eat well, and have a strong body, but if you don’t know the truth and live in accord with the truth: You won’t have that spirit, or the power of that spirit that the scripture is talking about.”

May Allah bless us all with the spirit to eat well, exercise, and embrace truth so that we can all have peace, health, wealth, love, and happiness.

Sister Dr. Audrey Muhammad is an educator, aerobics instructor, and author of “Get Fit to Live: Be Your Best You!” Contact her at audrey.a.muhammad@gmail.com and for more information, visit, www.virtuetodaymag. com. Please consult a physician before beginning any new exercise or dietary program.

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The above statement by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is a statement all of us should consider. As the genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank continues, governments and people around the world are most certainly being tested. Whether we pass or fail, this particular test will ultimately be determined by Almighty God, Allah. This puts us all in the valley of decision.

Lines are clearly being established: people who are outspoken in their support of the Palestinian people and condemn the genocidal actions of Israel, and people who, in their blind loyalty to Israel, attempt to silence these outspoken voices with the false label of “anti-Semitism.” For what? For simply having compassion, being sensitive to human suffering, and having the nerve to express sympathy for Palestinian suffering? This support often comes with a cost to those who dare speak out: smears by the media, threats to careers, livelihoods, or fines.

Those who fail to see the suffering of the Palestinian people are willing to use their money, influence, and power to try to silence and punish these voices for freedom, justice, and equality due to a blind loyalty to Israel and to certain members of the Jewish community.

But strong voices and actions from entertainers and athletes are continuing to join the chorus of others around the world who are standing up for Palestine and condemning the atrocities perpetrated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli regime.

Recently, Grammy-winning rap and pop artist Macklemore was removed from multi-platinum artist Ed Sheeran’s tour for simply expressing his support for Palestine. During an early September stop of the tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Macklemore said in part: “I said Free Palestine. I want those words to be loud and clear, so the people from Gaza, all the way to the occupied West Bank, know that we have not forgotten them.” He also stated, “To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you. My message is for peace; love for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality. So, I say Free Palestine, I say Free Lebanon, I say Free Cuba, I say Free Congo, Free Sudan, I say free all people in America living in fear of this terrorist organization, ICE. None of us will be free until we are all free.”

It was later reported that Robert Kraft, the Jewish billionaire owner of the NFL’s New England Patriots and owner of Gillette Stadium, and friend of Prime Minister Netanyahu, contacted Ed Sheeran. According to Macklemore, Kraft told Sheeran that he had contacted other NFL owners and would not allow the rapper to perform at their stadiums.

Macklemore was subsequently removed from the tour. However, in a sign of solidarity, other artists withdrew, including Finneas, who posted on Instagram, “Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed. I have decided to withdraw from my upcoming tour dates with Ed Sheeran. I stand with Palestine and its people.” 

Azeez Al-Shaair, a pro-bowl linebacker with the NFL’s Houston Texans, also continues to take a stand. He was recently fined $11,492 for wearing “Hind Rajab” on his eye back during the first game of the season. Hind was a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza City in 2024 along with other family members when Israeli troops fired multiple shots into their vehicle.

NBA star Kyrie Irving offered to pay his fellow athlete’s fine, posting on social media, “I’ll take care of his fine.” Last season, Al-Shaair was fined for wearing “Stop The Genocide.”

The topic of Israel and Palestine has been a volatile one for decades. In the 78 years since the State of Israel’s establishment in the Middle East, world sentiment has firmly been on the side of the occupier state for the most part. However, since its inception in 1948, which led to the expulsion and displacement of 700,000-750,000 Palestinians from their homeland, those left behind have been under an apartheid system. The Israeli government, with the help of the United States, has made daily life and conditions unbearable for the Palestinian people.

The U.S. government continues sending billions of dollars to Israel. The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming $2.8 billion arms package which, according to Associated Press, “includes 40,000 of the bombs, made up of 20,000 Mk84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, according to two U.S. officials and a person familiar with the plan who spoke Sept. 15 on condition of anonymity to discuss the package, which is not yet final.” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and his counterpart Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) placed a hold on the package, expressing concerns about more civilians being harmed, according to reporting from various news outlets. “All of us share concern about what Israel is doing,” Senator Shaheen told CNN.

America and Israel seem determined to continue their warmongering. But the opposition and pushback is getting stronger.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam, warned of what would unfold in the Middle East, which is now unfolding today. In pages 171-172 of His landmark book, “The Fall of America,” in the chapter, “The Destruction and Fall,” the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad writes, “America and England deposited their little brother, Israel, on foreign soil, Palestine, which is Arab land. They deprived the Arabs of their own land and sent them into exile.” He then warns, “This injustice against the Arabs is now costing America the power and authority that she once exercised in the East. She is on her way out of the Near East. This means bloodshed and plenty of it.”

There have been nearly 73,000 deaths and 174,900 wounded in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

As Minister Farrakhan noted, we cannot and must not turn a blind eye to the plight of what the Palestinians have and continue to suffer under an apartheid regime.

“If you could look at their suffering, and it don’t move you, you have lost your humanity.  If you can see a dog suffer and have compassion … . If you can see your favorite horse suffer, where you’ve got to put him down, you feel pain!  Palestinian mothers are crying over the loss of their children!  I watched them cry; I watched them touch their babies that are dead, and don’t want to let the baby go to be buried,” Minister Farrakhan said during his 2024 Saviours’ Day message.

“That’s not a barbarian feeling, that’s a human feeling.  I saw Jews that were suffering, too, burying their dead, and weeping as the Palestinians are weeping.  These are not barbarians!  They have suffered from Israel’s presence in Palestine,” Minister Farrakhan said.

Are we on the side of freedom, justice, and equality for all, or on the side that chooses to remain silent, acquiesce, and compromise for comfort, while others suffer? The choice is ours. Today, we are all in the valley of decision.

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When it comes to Messengers and Servants of Allah (God) whom He has raised and commissioned as a Warner and Guide to the people, scriptures are full of examples of people who were skeptical of what they taught and brought.

Noah, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them) were ill-spoken of and mocked. But what these men taught, through the revealed Word of God, came to pass or was confirmed.

We will soon mark three years since the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel, which has subsequently led to the genocide, slaughter and displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli regime.

Western media outlets were swift to condemn Hamas and paint Israel as innocent victims while uttering the familiar refrain that “Israel has a right to defend itself.”

Yet there was one voice, above all others, that revealed to the world that, despite what was being portrayed and reported, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew what Hamas was planning before the events of Oct. 7 unfolded.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, National Representative of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, spoke to the world on February 25, 2024, at the Nation of Islam’s Saviours’ Day Convention in Detroit. His message: “What Does Allah, The Great Mahdi and The Great Messiah Have To Say About The War In The Middle East?”

During his address, Minister Farrakhan explained that his Teacher ordered him to be quiet while He revealed to him what came to pass. With no trepidation or hesitation, Minister Farrakhan revealed the truth before the world.

“While I was being quiet, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad did something. And I’ll start telling you about it now. In the middle of the night, I received a picture of the prime minister of Israel. A big picture! And he wanted me to study that man. Down in the corner of the picture …

He was there with some of the members of his war cabinet—but I didn’t know what they were talking about or whatnot. So, a day passed, and he brought back the picture, but enlarged it that I could see the prime minister talking with members of his war cabinet. 

They had drinks in their hand, wine; they were toasting the Jews that live near Gaza who would die a few days later on October the 7th when Hamas broke through and a lot of killing started,” Minister Farrakhan stated.

“Mr. Netanyahu knew all about it. Listen to me good! I let the media in because I want you to hear it! He already knew what Hamas was going to do because he sanctioned it. I want you to pay me good attention! And they were proposing a toast to the Jews who lived outside of the walls of Gaza that separated the Gazans from the Israelis.

They were toasting the innocence of Jews that on the 7th of October would be martyred. They were being martyred because he knew their plans, and he used their plans to help Hamas do what it did because he had in his mind a second Nakba,” Minister Farrakhan revealed.

Nakba, or “catastrophe/disaster” was and is the ethnic cleansing and displacement of the Palestinians from the land where the State of Israel was established in 1948.

Minister Farrakhan is not a man who speaks idle words. His very revelation on what Mr. Netanyahu knew in advance is being uncovered. Recently, Haaretz, the Israel-based media outlet, published what some may consider a “bombshell” article, titled, “Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn’t Brief Israel’s Security Chiefs.”

Although the embattled prime minister has reportedly threatened to sue Haaretz for defamation, the publication stands by its reporting. The outlet alleges that Mohammed bin Zayed, president of the United Arab Emirates, warned Israel’s Shin Bet agency and then Prime Minister Netanyahu about a possible attack by Hamas 10 days before the events of October 7, 2023.

But that both dismissed the warnings. Haaretz also reported that Hamas offered to release all of its civilian captives they had captured and demanded nothing from Israel in return, but that Israel rejected that offer.

How many lives could have been spared over these past nearly three years had Mr. Netanyahu listened to and obeyed divine guidance? For decades, Minister Farrakhan has warned about what was in the mind of previous Israeli leadership up to and including Netanyahu.

“The first Nakba or ‘catastrophe’ on the Palestinians was done in 1948 when Israel became a state. And they exiled 700,000 Palestinians and made them like vagabonds in the Earth.

But Netanyahu had in mind that he was going to use the pain of their loss to destroy the whole Palestinian community not only in Gaza but the West Bank, East Jerusalem. It was a genocidal attack that he knew would preserve his place as a ‘great Jewish leader,’” Minister Farrakhan said during his Saviours’ Day message in 2024.

“People do strange things when their hatred is so great of the people that they are killing; that their intention was to cleanse Gaza of every Palestinian that lived there and cleanse the West Bank and East Jerusalem so that Israel would not be bothered with Palestinians anymore,” he continued.

The book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 18, Verses 21-22 state: “You may say to yourselves, ‘How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?’ If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.”

Minister Farrakhan is not a prophet; he is so much more than that. And he is most definitely not a madman, despite the slander and lies hurled at him for the last nearly 50 years.

What this recent reporting by Haaretz clearly confirms, and bears witness to regarding the actions of Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli regime, is that Allah (God) and His Exalted Christ are speaking through and guiding the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to reveal that neither God nor His Anointed Servant are to be mocked.

As it says in Surah 68, Ayat 7 of the Holy Qur’an: “Surely thy Lord knows best who is erring from His way, and He knows best those who go aright.” Minister Farrakhan is that warner from Allah (God) who goes aright.

The Final Call encourages our readers to review and study the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s Saviours’ Day 2024 message, “What Does Allah The Great Mahdi and The Great Messiah Have To Say About The War In The Middle East?” on Watch.NOI.org.

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This clip that he also shared on his social media platforms reminded me of my studies into the example demonstrated by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.

Our study of Minister Farrakhan is a study of not only his teaching, but also a study of him as the teacher of “the Teachings” of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam.

The Minister’s words are often studied as they are frequently the subject of controversy, which all paradigm changing truths are in their beginnings.

But from my vantage point, the motivation and personal example of Minister Farrakhan deserve more study. There is a rich ample supply of wisdom and leadership principles found within a study of the sterling personal example of Minister Farrakhan.

The clip that Charlemagne posted on his Instagram page included the following profound and timely words from our beloved Minister from the message, “Exposing the Christmas Myth,” from December 22, 1985.

Consider the following words by Minister Farrakhan: “I’m just telling you straight up; you can take it or let it alone. I am from a teacher that loves you. I wasn’t prepared like this in college. College don’t prepare Black folk to be loving and patient to Black folk.

God has to prepare your heart—number one, to love your people. Because your own people are going to envy you, your own people are going to try to kill you, your own people are going to hate you, your own people are going to misunderstand you.

But you can’t give in; you’ve got to love them more than they hate you. That’s right. And that’s why there aren’t too many people who can stand up in front of you and have any longevity—you wiped them all out.

“But you didn’t wipe out my father, and you won’t wipe out his child, because I’ve got enough love in me for you to conquer every vestige of hate in you, for yourself and for me. Look, there isn’t anything you can say against me, about me, to me, to turn me around from my love for you.

You could attempt to kill me; the only thing that could stop me is that you killed me, but I would go to my death loving you, because I know that you are a better person underneath all the rubbish. I know that you are the people of God. And because I know that, I will continue to work until I see God coming to the surface. Do you hear me?

God is in you. But if you don’t work with Black people, you can’t bring God to the surface in Black people. You’re going to make somebody try to kill you because you’re just that ornery… . The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said that he was told by Master Fard Muhammad to ‘take plenty.’…”

Troublesome conditioning belies righteous nature

The profound words spoken by Minister Farrakhan in the clip played by Charlemagne Tha God help offer guidance to a burgeoning group of young and talented brothers and sisters within the Black community, and whose talents and rising profiles is helping to catapult them into leadership positions.

Many who observe cultural trends within the Black community recently witnessed the public and on-air venting by Invest Fest founder Rashad Bilal, reacting to some members of the Black community who offered criticisms of certain aspects of the popular Atlanta conference known as Invest Fest.

On The Blackout Podcast, Mr. Bilal stated: “I’m not even on the Black thing no more. I never was on the Black thing. ‘Not a Black event.’ I seen somebody say, ‘Oh there was White people …’ yeah, they’re qualified to be there.

You think I’m going to just cater to Black people just to get torn down by Black people? You’re out of your f**ing mind. It’s gonna be even more White people next year. And the Spanish and the Filipinos. I’m done. It’s been real. All you’re gonna do is criticize and tear it down and not pay and want to get in for free anyway.”

After viral negative reactions to his statements flooded the social media platforms, Mr. Bilal offered an apology for his words said in frustration over the criticisms coming from within his own community, the Black community.

As a student of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, I have found that it is helpful to follow the character and leadership profile of the Minister and not just his words.

To assist me in being a better emulator of my beloved teacher, in seeking to love my people more than they hate themselves, I have sought to familiarize myself with the conditions of my people that cause us to oftentimes criticize and tear down our own leaders.

My study of history helps me to see that we are not naturally so dysfunctional in our relationship with our leaders. My study of history helps me to appreciate the fact that distrust of our leaders and general distrust of one another was insisted upon by those who enslaved our fore-parents and ruled over us as oppressors.

Consider some of the insightful observations of a man who is recorded in history to have been the leader of the largest mass movement of Black people in American history. He offers this candid admission of the Black community’s criticism toward our own leaders and organizations.

The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey stated: “The Aptitude of the Negro To Disobey Orders Coming From Himself”—The Negro in Western civilization, because of his environments that force upon him a complete inferiority, is the most stubborn individual to discipline within the race.

He has but little, if any, respect for internal racial authority. He cannot be depended upon to carry out an order given by a superior of his own race. If the superior attempts, in his presence, to enforce the order he is undermined and accused of ‘putting on airs.’

If the order is entrusted to a lieutenant, he, in turn, changes the order to suit himself and endeavors to constitute himself the superior individual. In my experience, as head of the largest serious Negro organization in the world.

I have found that to every hundred orders given to be executed for the absolute good of the organization and the race, not two percent of them have been carried out in their entirety. This lack of obedience to orders and discipline checkmates the real, worthwhile progress of the race.

This accounts for the Negro’s lack of racial nationalistic ideal. The only cure for him is his removal to an atmosphere entirely of his own, where he would be forced under rigid civil and other discipline to respect himself and his own racial authority.”—Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Volume II, Part 1

Mr. Garvey’s observations might be explained by considering the insights of Black History Month founder Carter G. Woodson, who stated: “Living in an environment where the actions of almost any colored man were suspected as insurrectionary, Negroes were frequently called upon to tell what they knew and were sometimes forced to say what they did not know.

Furthermore, to prevent the slaves from cooperating to rise against their masters, they were often taught to mistreat and malign each other to keep alive a feeling of hatred. The bad traits of the American Negroes resulted then not from an instinct common to the natives of Africa.

But from the institutions of the South and from the actual teaching of the slaves to be low and depraved that they might never develop sufficient strength to become a powerful element in society.”

—The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861: A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War

Further important explanations of how our people seemingly overtly criticize Black leaders and each other include Dr. Alvin Poussaint who stated: “Most psychiatrists and psychologists would agree that the Negro American suffers from a marred self-image, of varying degree, which critically affects his entire psychological being.

It is also a well-documented fact that this negative self-concept leads to self-destructive attitudes and behavior that hinder the Negro’s struggle toward full equality in American life.

The Caucasian American socialized the Black man to internalize and believe all of the many vile things he said about him. They encouraged and rewarded behavior and attitudes in Negroes that substantiated their indicting stereotypes.

Black men were happy go-lucky, lazy, stupid, irresponsible, etc. Our mass media disseminated these images with vigor on radio, in movies, etc., and like unrelenting electric shocks conditioned the mind of the Negro to say, ‘Yes, I am inferior.’

Not only have Black men been taught that Blackness is evil and Negroes ‘no-good,’ they have, in addition, been continually brain-washed that only ‘White is right.’…Black men were taught to despise their kinky hair, broad nose, and thick lips.”—Black-on-Black Homicide: A Psychological-Political Perspective

Master W. Fard Muhammad: ‘Take plenty’

The root of Minister Farrakhan’s very powerful demonstration of unconditional love for Black people in America, and all of those who struggle for justice throughout the human family can be found within the noble demonstration of Allah in the Person and The Great Mahdi Master W. Fard Muhammad.

Master W. Fard Muhammad wrote in a September 7, 1933, letter to the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad the following: “I have hard labor to go through with misunderstanding on the part of my people in this part of the planet. However, I have treasured all my life love for the lost-found Nation of Islam … .”

This root of love for a people who at times misunderstand that love, is what has caused Minister Farrakhan to be able to shout publicly at what so many are afraid to whisper or even think privately. Theology professor Andre C. Willis has noted Minister Farrakhan’s long career of defending our people in the following words:

“There is simply no Black person in the world that has—over so many years—been as consistent, as unrestricted, and as forthright in defending the humanity of Black people throughout the world against its attackers.”

Love, specifically “perfect love” is according to the scripture the main ingredient for courage. For the Bible in 1 John 4:18 states “perfect love casts out fear.”

It is this love that is the “fuel for Farrakhan.” The Minister’s extraordinary love for us is something that has been given to him from Allah (God) and it has been nurtured by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

Studying Minister Farrakhan is studying a man who has a divine anointing on his life to love a people who are at times difficult to love. The anointing on the Minister inspires his ability to defend us.

He boldly stated his position regarding defending Black people in his message “The Case For Separation,” delivered March 11, 1990.

“Defend your people. Yes, sir. Defend them. Yes, sir. With all the truth that you know, defend your people. Yes, sir. Even in their apparent wrong, I say defend your people. Never, never take the White man’s side. Never take the White man’s side against your people.

Never take his side, even if it appears that our brother is wrong, don’t take the side of the enemy. You see one of your brothers switching down the street, and some White man says, ‘Look at that.’ Don’t you say, ‘Yeah, look at that.’ You say, ‘Probably if he hadn’t met your fathers, he wouldn’t be that way.’

“If they say, ‘Look at that nigger snatching” pocketbooks,’ say, ‘Yeah, maybe if he had the right kind of education and a job opportunity, he wouldn’t have to snatch no pocketbook.’”

I believe that all who seek to serve as leaders within the Black community should study the example and way of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and adopt him as the pattern for our leadership. As the old saying goes, “You can’t lead the people, if you don’t love the people.”

And Minister Farrakhan proves that we must be willing to love our people, in spite of the lingering residue of self-hatred that the enemy socially engineered among us.

Brother Demetric Muhammad is a Memphis-based author and student minister in the Nation of Islam and a member of the Nation of Islam Research Group. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter @BrotherDemetric. Read more at www.researchminister.com.

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This country has a history of unjustly locking up Black men and women who dare critique, criticize, or point out the injustices perpetrated against our communities. While the U.S. government is often quick to point to other countries in its accusations of holding “political prisoners,” and others who have been incarcerated abroad, it fails to look in the mirror at its own injustices.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad understood the wickedness of the U.S. government when it came to unjust imprisonment of Black people and spoke to this in “The Muslim Program,” which is published weekly on the inside back page of The Final Call.

Under “What The Muslims Want,” in Point No. 5 it states in part: “We want freedom for all Believers of Islam now held in federal prisons. We want freedom for all black men and women now under death sentence in innumerable prisons in the North as well as the South;”

and in Point No. 6, it states in part: “We believe that the Federal government should intercede to see that black men and women tried in white courts receive justice in accordance with the laws of the land—or allow us to build a new nation for ourselves, dedicated to justice, freedom and liberty.”

America has held many Black political prisoners who have languished behind bars for decades, have died while still incarcerated or after being released while sickly, in old age, and die soon after. Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Kamau Sadiki, and Sundiata Acoli are just a few of the names.

Also on this list is Mumia Abu Jamal. He and his supporters, including the Coalition to Free Mumia, have been fighting for his freedom for decades. This December will mark 45 years of his imprisonment. The former journalist, activist and Black Panther was convicted in 1981 of killing a Philadelphia police officer.

He and his supporters have always proclaimed his innocence. His trial was fraught with inconsistencies and observers argue he did not receive a fair trial. While behind bars, Mumia has suffered many health issues, but his resolve remains, despite these conditions.

He is serving time at Mahanoy Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania, on a life sentence with no chance of parole. His original death sentence was overturned in 2011 after federal courts ruled his original 1982 sentencing instructions were unconstitutional.

Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have appealed for his release or, at the very least, for a new trial. Recently, the UK-based, The Guardian reported that Mumia “is taking his claim that he has been subjected to arbitrary imprisonment for a crime that he did not commit to a new tribunal: the United Nations in Geneva.”

On July 28, according to theguardian.com, “… Abu-Jamal, 72, lodged a petition with the UN’s working group on arbitrary detention, a body within the Human Rights Council. It marks the latest attempt by the internationally renowned prisoner and prolific author of 15 books to seek relief, having exhausted all domestic channels through state and federal courts.”

The cruel and unusual punishment of Mumia’s incarceration speaks volumes about the U.S. “injustice system.” In the 20-page petition to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, it states:

“Mr. Abu-Jamal’s mandatory sentence of life without parole (LWOP), also known as Death by Incarceration (DBI), is inherently arbitrary because it is indefinite and contains no meaningful periodic review of necessity or reasonableness;

it is also unreasonable as applied to Mr. Abu-Jamal in light of his advanced age, declining health, and the lack of any risk he poses to the public, rendering his continued detention arbitrary under the Working Group’s Category I.

“Mr. Abu-Jamal has been continuously targeted for his political expression and associations, prior to his arrest, at trial, and over the course of his incarceration and appeals, raising questions as to violations of this Working Group’s Category II;

his judicial processes and the decades-long repression of his political speech have also been influenced by discrimination on the basis of race, raising questions as to violations of this Working Group’s Category V.”

The petition was submitted by the Abolitionist Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Center for Constitutional Rights and the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign.

The fight to free Mumia is not over, and it is important that we continue to advocate for him and other brothers and sisters who continue sitting in prisons and jails in U.S. correctional facilities for crimes they did not commit.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has also been one of the strongest voices speaking out on Mumia’s plight and fight.

“My dear brothers and sisters, right now as we speak:  Mumia Abu Jamal is absolutely a prisoner of conscience.  A ‘prisoner,’ that if they get their way, they will sentence my brother, and order his death.  But in a hearing, they wanted to give him a new trial, where his attorneys could produce evidence that might lead to Mumia Abu Jamal’s freedom! 

But those that oppose it are seeking, now, to overturn the lower court ruling, and sentence my brother to death.  Mumia Abu Jamal is a political prisoner,” Minister Farrakhan stated, during part 24 of this 2013 lecture series, “The Time and What Must Be Done.”

“What is a ‘political prisoner?’  According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a ‘political prisoner’ is ‘a person who has been imprisoned for holding or advocating dissenting political views,’” Minister Farrakhan continued.

So, while the U.S. points its fingers at other countries for the treatment or mistreatment of their political prisoners, it is hypocritical for those in governmental authority to ignore what is happening in America’s own backyard.

We must not forget! Free Mumia Abu Jamal and all political prisoners unjustly locked up in the prison capital of the world!

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