I am interested mainly in showing everybody how oppression our government is. Everybody always thinks they are "free." Well let me tell you something people. You have never seen freedom before. The closest we came to freedom was when Thomas Jefferson was around because that man knew what the people wanted! Sadly though, George Washington let Alexander Hamilton have the spoils. Ever since then the pigs have been oppressing the poor black and brown. Other interests consist of current affairs. In fact anything political I find interesting or should I say disgusting?
This should be changed to people I'd like to have met because there aren't many people alive worth meeting these days. The only exceptions I can make for this case are Nelson Mandela, Assata Shakur, and Hugo Chavez. It would be interesting talking to these fighters against oppression.As for people who have either died or been killed by the government, I'm just going to make a list. Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of history will understand why. Malcom X, Nat Turner, Simon Bolivar, Raymond Lee Washington, Bobby Seale, Che Guevara, Huey Newton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Also before I forget, I'd like to meet any capitalist that has the guts to say they care for the people so I can kick them in the rear Bruce Lee style. Ain't no one falling for that lie. President Bush would be first.
Gangsta rap is vile. How anybody from the "hood" could listen to such garbage is beyond me. You want real hip-hop? Try Immortal Technique, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and especially Dead Prez. I'm fond of rock as well. Rise Against, Anti-Flag, and Rage Against the Machine are great.
Most movies these days aren't even worth seeing for free. Occasionally some come around that are unique though. I like "The Motorcycle Diaries" which was all about Che Guevara's trip through South America and his transition from an ordinary man to a revolutionary. It is a very deep movie. "City of God" was great as well. This movie about gang violence in the urban areas of Brazil are very similiar to what happens in our neighborhoods in which we kill ourselves cause we need the paper. We're never going to make progress killing ourselves people! Let me not forget the movie Malcom X. The pigs set him up and tried to blame it on Islam. What a joke. Who they think they fooling?
I hardly watch television these days seeing that most are derogatory and look to bog us down with such trivial matters. The only thing I bother to watch is Free Speech TV since it's the only political station not owned by corporate media. Free Speech TV shows liberal programing. Too bad they don't show it on cable because then people would stop beleiving in the trash they show at Fox News.
Seeing that I don't watch much TV I often turn to books to keep me enlightened about the truth. One of the first real books I ever read was the Autobiography of Malcom X. Truly deep novel. I also enjoyed Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life. That guy may have been the closest thing to a communist since Karl Marx. When I'm not reading politcal works, I enjoy some good stories and poems created by Langston Hughes. I personally beleive that he was the greatest African-American writer ever yet most black people my age don't even know who he is. I don't even think they read except when some rapper like 50 cent makes a book. I didn't even know who 50 cent was until my brother Riley came home with 50's book called "From Pieces to Weight : Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens." I read the book and I just have to say I'm pretty sad that people dig this guy.
Oh the usual. Malcom X, Che Guevara, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Hugo Chavez, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Assata Shakur.