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CROSSROHDUOL. 11, #2 Jan - Mar 2003

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CROSSRORD/SSP, VOL. 11, #2 - 2 -NEW AFRIKAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

WE, New Afrikan People in America, in consequence of arriving at aknowledge of ourselves as a people with dignity, long deprived of thatknowledge; as a consequence of revolting with every decimal of ourcollective and individual beings against the oppression that for threehundred years has destroyed and broken and warped the bodies andminds and spirits of our people in America, in consequence of our rag-ing desire to be free of this oppression, to destroy this oppression wher-ever it assaults humankind in the world, and in consequence of inex-tinguishable determination to go a different way, to build a new andbetter world, do hereby declare ourselves forever free and indepen-dent of the jurisdiction of the United State of America and the obliga-tions which that country's unilateral decision to make our ancestorsand ourselves paper-citizens placed on us.

We claim no rights from the United States of America other thanthose rights belonging to human beings anywhere in the world, andthese include the right to damages, reparations, due us from the griev-ous injuries sustained by our ancestors and ourselves by reason of UnitedStates lawlessness.

Ours is a revolution against oppression—our own oppression andthat of all people in the world. And it is a revolution for a better life, abetter station for all, a surer harmony with the forces of life in theuniverse. We therefore see these aims as the aims of our revolution:

_• To free black people in America from oppression;• To support and wage the world revolution until all people every-where are so free;• To build a new Society that is better than what We now know and asperfect as We can make it;• To assure all people in the New Society maximum opportunity andequal access to that maximum;• To promote industriousness, responsibility, scholarship, and service;• To create conditions in which freedom of religion abounds and thepursuit of God and/or destiny, place and purpose of humankind inthe Universe will be without hindrance;• To build a Black independent nation where no sect or religious creedsubverts or impedes the building of the New Society, the New StateGovernment, or achievement of the Aims of the Revolution as set forthin this Declaration;• To end exploitation of human beings by each other or the envi-ronment;• To assure equality of rights for the sexes;• To end color and class discrimination, while not abolishing salubri-ous diversity, and to promote self-respect and mutual understandingamong all people in the society;• To protect and promote the personal dignity and integrity of theindividual, and his or her natural rights;• To place the major means of production and trade in the trust of thestate to assure the benefits of this earth and our genius and labor tosociety and all its members, and• To encourage and reward the individual for hard work and initiativeand insight and devotion to the Revolution.

In mutual trust and great expectation, We the undersigned, forourselves and for those who look to us but are unable personally toaffix their signatures hereto, do join in this solemn Declaration ofIndependence, and to support this Declaration and to assure the

success of the Revolution, We pledge without reservation ourselves,our talents, and all our worldly goods.

Jan - Mar 2003The

New Afrikan Creed

1. i believe in the spirituality, humanity and ge-nius of Black people, and in our new pursuit ofthese values.2. i believe in the family and the community, andin the community as a family, and i will work tomake this concept live.3. i believe in the community as more importantthan the individual.4. ibelieve in constant struggle for freedom, to endoppression and build a better world, i believe incollective struggle; in fashioning victory in concertwith my brothers and sisters.5. i believe that the fundamental reason our op-pression continues is that We, as a people, lack thepower to control our lives.6. i believe that fundamental way to gain thatpower, and end oppression, is to build a sovereignBlack nation.7. i believe that all the land in America, upon whichWe have lived for a long time, which We haveworked and built upon, and which We have foughtto stay on, is land that belongs to us as a people.8. i believe in the Malcolm X Doctrine: that We mustorganize upon this land, and hold a plebiscite, totell the world by a vote that We are free and ourland independent, and that, after the vote, We muststand ready to defend ourselves, establishing thenation beyond contradiction.9. Therefore, i pledge to struggle without cease,until We have won sovereignty, i pledge to strugglewithout fail until We have built a better conditionthan the world has yet known.10. i will give my life, if that is necessary; i willgive my time, my mind, my strength, and mywealth because this IS necessary.11. i will follow my chosen leaders and help them.12. i will love my brothers and sisters as myself.13. i will steal nothing from a brother or sister, cheatno brother or sister, misuse no brother or sister,inform on no brother or sister, and spread no gos-sip.14. i will keep myself clean in body, dress andspeech, knowing that i am a light set on a hill, atrue representative of what We are building.15. i will be patient and uplifting with the deaf,dumb and blind, and i will seek by word and deedto heal the Black family, to bring into the Move-ment and into the Community mothers and fathers,brothers and sisters left by the wayside.

Now, freely and of my own will, i pledgethis Creed, for the sake of freedom for my peopleand a better world, on pain of disgrace and ban-ishment if i prove false. For, i am no longer deaf,dumb or blind, i am, by inspiration of the ances-

tors and grace of the Creator — a. New Afrikan.

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C R O S S R O f l D / S S P , VOL. 11, #2

9 Cabinetmemberslist assetsin millionsBy Thomas B. EdsallThe Washington Post

• WASHINGTON—When VicePresident Dick Cheney and the14 statutory members of Presi-dent Bush's Cabinet meet, 10 ofthem have one tiling in com-mon: They are miliioBaires.

In fact, one-third of the Cabi-net members are in the *10 mil-lion-plus range and anotherthird are in the $1 million to $5million range, according totheir financial disclosure state-ments.

The wealthiest is former Al-_coa CEO PaulO'Neill, the treas-

The numberstell the storyPaying off more than the mini-mum of your credit card debt ev-ery month can make a stunning

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CROSSRORD/SSP, VOL. 11, #2 - 4 -

A Little Story

A man and his son walked from town to town, hop-ing to sell their donkey. At the first town they cameto, people said:

"Look! They have a perfectly healthy animalto ride, and yet they walk! What fools!

The man and his son, not wanting to lookfoolish, mounted the donkey and rode into the nexttown. The people there were no kinder than thepeople of the first town. They said:

"How cruel those two people are. Can't theysee that the donkey isn't strong enough to hold themboth? Theyll kill the poor beast!"

Ashamed of himself, the man got off thedonkey's back and let his son ride. At the next town,the people scolded the son, saying:

"What a brat that boy is! He makes his oldfather while he rides the donkey! Has he no respectfor his parents?"

Hearing this, the man and his son switchedplaces. The man rode the donkey and the boy walkedalongside. But the people at the next town were notpleased either.

"Who does that man think he is?" the towns-people said, "He rides his donkey like a king whilehis young son has to run to keep up! How can any-one treat his child this way?"

There seemed to be no pleasing these people,the father thought, but decided to give it one lasttry. He purchased a long, strong rod and a lengthof rope. The man and his son tied the donkey'shooves to the rod, lifted the animal over their shoul-ders and carried it out of town.

Everyone came out to see the ridiculous spec-tacle of two people carrying a donkey. They laughedand pointed and enjoyed making fun. The boy andhis father made their way through the town, andarrived at the far end.

This town was connected to its neighbor bya narrow bridge that spanned a rapid stream. Theman and his son struggled to carry the donkey overthe bridge, but when they were halfway across, therope that held the donkey came undone — the ani-mal fell into the stream and drowned.

Moral: When you try to please everyone,you end up pleasing no-one.

(taken from Mad Professor'sAfrocentric Dub: Black Liberation Dub Chapter 5)

Jan - Mar 2003

Lift Every Voice And Sing

Lift every voice and singtill earth and heaven ringring with the harmonies of libertylet our rejoicing risehigh as the listening skieslet it resound loud as the rolling seaSing a song full of the faith that the darkpast has taught usSing a song full of the hope that the presenthas brought us.Facing the rising sun, of a new day begunlet us march on, till victory is won.

Stony the road We trodbitter the chastening rodfelt in the days when hope unborn had diedyet with a steady beat have not our wearyfeetcome to the place for which our fatherssighed?We have come over a way that with tearshas been wateredWe have come treading our path throughthe blood of the slaughteredOut of the gloomy past, til now We stand atlastwhere the white gleam of our bright star iscast

God of our weary yearsGod of our silent tearsthou who has brought us thus far on thewaythou who hast by thy might, led us into thelightkeep us forever in the path We pray.Lest our feet stray from the places our Godwhere We met theeLest our hearts, drunk with the wine of theworld, We forget theeShadowed beneath thy hand, may Weforever standtrue to our God, true to our native land.

(James Weldon Johnson)


C R O S S R O f l D / S S P , VOL. 11, #2The Monkey

The monkey speaks his mind

Three monkey sat on a coconut treeDiscussing things as they are said to beSaid one to the other now listen you twoThere's a certain rumour that can't be trueThat man descended from our noble raceThe very idea is a big disgraceNo monkey ever deserted his wifeNor her baby and ruin her life •Yeah the monkey speaks his mind

And you never known a mother monkTo leave her baby causing it to plunkOr pass them on one to the otherTill they scarcely knew who was their motherYeah the monkey speaks his mind

And another thing you will never seeA monkey build a fence around a coconut treeAnd let all the coconuts go to wasteForbidding all other monkeys to come and tasteNow if i build a fence around this treeStarvation will cause you to steal from meYeah the monkey speaks his mind

Here is another thing a monkey won't doGo out at night and get on a stewOr use a gun a club or a knifeTo take another monkey's life

Yes man descended the worthless bumBut my god brothers from us he did not come

Yeah the monkey speaks his mindYeah the monkey speaks his mind

(written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King;taken from Mutabaruka's Life Squared)

- Mar 2003


C R O S S R O H D / S S P , VOL. 11, #2 - 6 - Jan - Mar 2003

The Black* Star Project

Racial Academic Achievement Gap Fact Sheet

Percentage of Illinois students who meet or exceed standards on the Illinois StandardsAchievement Test (grades 3-8) or Prairie State Achievement Exam fGrade 11) in 2002:

Reading

Grade Overall White3 62.2% 76.15 59.1 72.68 68.0 76.811 58.1 66.1Math3 74.2 87.55 62.9 77.38 52.6 64.811 53.6 62.8

Source: Illinois State Board of Education

AfricanAmerican Hispanic34.0 48.133.4 40.548.8 51.031.8 35.9

45.3 66.232.2 46.322.1 33.219.2 287

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2002 Illinois ACT Average Composite Scores

Asian Americans Students 22. 1White Students 21.5Mexican American Students 17.5Puerto Rican/Hispanic Students 1 7 .4Native American Students 16.8African American Students 16.5

•Source: ACT

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2002 United States ACT Average Composite Scores

White Students 21.7Asian American Students 21 .6Mexican American Students 18.2Puerto Rican/Hispanic Students 18.8Native American Students 18.6African American Students 1 6.8

Source: ACT

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The Black*Star ProjectCollege and University Undergraduate Grade-Point Average, 1999-2000

African American StudentsAsian American StudentsHispanic StudentsNative American StudentsWhite Students

Source: U.S. Department of Education - Figures may not add up to 100% because of rounding

Field of Study: 1999-2000

C's.D'sOr lower48.9%32.241.841.830.3

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AsianAmerican6.8502,2051,108

HispanicAmericans3,0991,970

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NativeAmericans326296122

Source: NCESIPEDS Data from Black Issues In Higher Education

Additional Facts

Per f 997 figures: African American Students In US. Colleges

971,000 African American women580,000 African American men

136,798 African American women in Historically Black Colleges and Universities87,097 African American men in Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Source: U.S. Department of Education

African American men in jail or college?

Per a 2000 study: 791,600 African American men in jail or prison with 602,032 African American men incolleges or universities

Per a 1980 study: 143,000 African American men in jail or prison with 463,700 African American men incolleges or universities

Source: Justice Policy Institute

Per a 2000 newspaper article:

66% of African American men who go to college do not graduate in 6 years

Source: Chicago Tribune -10/15/00

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CROSSROHD/SSP, VOL. 11, #2 8 - Jan - Mar 2003AN EXEMPLARY COMRADE RIDES

AHEADWe are saddened to announce and

report the death of Lance Bell, aka SantaBear. Lance was a former member of theIllinois Chapter of the Black PantherParty which was established in Chicago,Illinois in November 1968. Lance wasfounding member of the Pontiac Pris-oner Organization which along with theStateville and Menard Prisoner Organi-zations were instrumental in the devel-opment and growth of a progressive pris-oner movement in the middle of the1970's.

At press time the exact date and causeof Lance's untimely demise are notknown to this reporter. What is moreimportant than when and how he diedis that he believed in and fought forrevolutionary justice. Many comradeshave made the supreme sacrifice andhave road ahead to the revolutionaryhappy hunting grounds. Lance was atrue hero and a living legend. Mao saidthat "death can lighter than a feather orheavier than a mountain" Lance's deathis heavier than a mountain. His storyshould be well-chronicled and and toldoften. In order to win independence andsocialism for our oppressed nation wehave to win the hearts and minds of ourpeople. The story of Lance Bell helps todispel the myth and aura of our enemiesinvincibility.

Lance and Jake Winters proved thata small well-prepared guerilla force canhold off and even defeat an overwhelm-ing force. On November 13,1969 Lanceand Jake were forced to take refuge anddefend themselves in abandoned build-ing at 5801 South Calumet in Chicagofollowing an alleged altercation with aCorrections officer. The Chicago PoliceDepartment responded and immediatelybegan to shoot into the building whereJake and Lance were. What followed wasa fire-fight of epic proportions lasting


C R O S S R O R D / S S P , VOL. 11, #2over two hours. The battle involved over300 police officers vs two members ofthe Black Panther Party. When it endedtwo police officers were slain and sevenlay in the streets wounded, bleeding, andcrying. The pigs and the reactionarynews media at first refused to accept thatsuch heavy damage could be inflictedby solely two men. A bigger mystery anddilemma was how did Jake and SantaBear escape from the building and thepolice encirclement. There is no mysteryto this reporter. Jake and Lance were twoof the best soldiers and guerillas ourstruggle for national liberation has pro-duced and they defended themselveshonorably. They escaped the buildingand the police circle because the policeran and ran as if they had been routedwhen Jake and Lance exited the build-ing in a hail of gunfire. The police be-lieved that they were facing more thantwo people because Lance and Jake hadbeen changing positions the entire time.Jake Winters wounded in the attack andmortally wounded that night told Lanceto get ready he was going to lay downsome cover fire and allow him to get outof the building alive. Jake armed with asemi-automatic m-1 carbine jumpedfrom the second story his carbine blaz-ing and the police scattered and ran.No police officer was ever able to saywhen and how Jake or Lance exited thebuilding.

This battle on 58th and Calumet isimportant and significant because it ispart of the largely undocumented his-tory of resistance of the New Afrikancommunity to brutal repression andnational oppression. This history in-cludes the rebellion on the West andNorth sides in the summer of1966( sniper attacks on the police in K-town and Cabrini Green 1966-1970) thearrest of Yusuf Madyn (s/n Joseph Hurst)1967, MLK rebellion April 1968, TheHenry Horner projects rebellion after themurder of the Soto brothers in one week

9 - Jan - Mar 2003by officers from the 13th Precint August1969, The Woodlawn Rebellion in July1970, Police Ambushes in 1970 (fourpolice officers slain in retaliation for themurder of Fred Hampton, Chairman ofthe niinois Chapter of the Black Pan-ther Party).

Lance will be remembered as anexemplary comrad, your legend andyour example will live on and on as longas New Afrikan people fight against na-tional oppression and for national lib-eration, independence and socialism.Venceremos....A luta Continua

Abdul Shanna

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C R O S S R O H D / S S P , VOL. 11, #2 - 12 -sing this to the tune of "If You're Happy AndYou Know It (Clap Your Hands)?

If we cannot find Osama, bomb IraqIf the markets hurt your Mama, bomb IraqIf the terrorists are SaudiAnd the bank takes back your AudiAnd the TV shows are bawdy,Bomb Iraq

If the corporate scandals are growin', bombIraqAnd your ties to them are showin', bomb IraqIf the smoking gun ain't smokin'We don't care, we're not jokin'That Saddam will soon be croakin'bomb Iraq

Even if we have no allies, bomb Iraqfrom the sand dunes to the valleys, bomb IraqSo to hell with the inspectionslet's look tough for the electionsclose your mind and take directionsbomb Iraq

While the globe is slowly warming, bomb IraqYay! the clouds of war are storming, bomb IraqIf the ozone hole is growing,some things we prefer not knowing(though our ignorance is showing)bomb Iraq

So here's one for dear old daddy, bomb Iraqfrom his favorite little laddy, bomb Iraqsaying no would look like treasonit's the Hussein hunting seasoneven if we have no reason,bomb Iraq

Jan - Mar 2003

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I9S8 Iraqi iwnarthy overthrown in militarycoup W by Abd aJ-Karim Qastm.

<j> 19S9 Saddam Hussein, 22, flees Iraq afternvcl'ement in attempted assassination ol Qasim.

T IMI Qasim claims newly independent Kuwaitas part of Iraq. Kurds begin armed remitagainst Baghdad.

| 19*3 ta'tb rVty«erthr<r*!Q«im, then isedged out of power by alia in coup. Iraqrenounces claim to Kuwait.

1944 Ceasefire between Kurds asdgovernment foras.

1967 Iraq breaks diplomatic relations with theUS after Arab-Israeli war.

1968 Internal coup make) Saddam Hussein vicepresident and deputy head of the RevolutionaryCommand Council.

1970 lagbdaJ and Kurdish Democratic Party

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1986 |i'K Secretary General report, Ir^s use«f Dontard jas and nerve ajents JjaimtInnlii loidien. ., ... ;

1986-87 "linker war' between Iran and Iraq» Persian Gulf,

1981 Anhl operation resells in 50.080-IM,MO deaths in northern lra<). On March 15,Iraq attacks Kurdish town of Halibja with milof poison gas and nerve agents, tilling 5.00D.Ceasefire with Iran on August 20. Iraq reasserts.diim to Kuwait.

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1990 Iraq invades Kuwait on August 2. UNdemands withdrawal by January 15. 1991. andimposes economic embargo. On November 29, UNauthorizes ase of "all necessity means" toliberate Kuwait,

199! Bombardment of Iraq starts OperationDesert Storm on January 17. Ground warbegins on February H and liberation ofKuwait occurs February 27. On Harch 3, Iraqaccepts ceasefire. Iraqi farces suppressrebellions in the south and north, duringHarch and April, creating refugee crisis onborders with Turkey and Iran. Northern no-flyzone established in April. UHSCOK established.

1992 No-fry zone established in southern Iraq.

1993 US cruise missile attack on Iraqiintelligence headquarters in Baghdad, hi responseto alleged attempt on George Bush's life in-. -,Kuwait in April. :

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