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N.A.T. · (#6 (**permalink**))

~Do you consider yourself and Activist?
Dont know, but I doconsider myself as someone who helps the progress of revolution, I don’t know if I can classify myself as a revolutionary yet though. However, we understand that as an African willing to commit class suicide for the benefit of the working class African’s and I have giving up many financial opportunities which wage the oppression of our people to apply the most of my time to ours peoples struggle, so in a couple of months I think I would be definite if I can call myself as revolutionary

~What is the definition of an activist to you?
Don’t know, but I know revolution means change, and therefore a revolutionary is someone who is dedicated to that change and ready to sacrifise the existence in the name of that change. The question most people are clueless on, is what change they are fighting for, I am clued on what I strive for.

~Whats your inspiration and your thoughts?
I’ve hardly read a book except for that of which I look through quickly for education reason, so most of my inspirations might not come from historical leaders butcomes to me from the day to day African people we see on road. The youths out there spitting garage lyrics, hip hop lyrics, sometimes its not even what they say but the energy the vibes and the intellect style they use to construct it, the power in the voice of our female singers. Even sometimes listening to musical productions that the artist perform on and I think wow, what goes through our peoples heads that gives us the force to do so. The athletes we see on TV, our comedians, the natural style of our people that comes out of our own expression that every body every where tries to copy, slang, music, cloths, everyting. And that’s only before you discover the intellectual history and accomplishments of our people an our past heroes, and communties who got organised for our uprise. Imagine if this is what wedo when we are colonised, imagine what we would be when we become a free and self-determining people. PS: Can’t no body grow afros like we, for some reason, that means quite a lot to me. Dont know why.

~How do you contribute to working towards a better community?
Many things I don’t know where to start. I make music to inspire and reach as many people as I can for starters as correct political education is vital to the rise of the masses. Also in the name of education Im out there on the streets selling Burning Spear news papers on the streets of African communties everywhere I can, Im also involved in building a summer school within the UHURU movement. I’ve set up a musical event for the economical benefit of talented Africans who strive for a platform to express theirselves musically called FREE DA MIC. I design leaflets, flyers, and website for Africans for very cheap prices if I agree with their direction of the struggle. I’m also a member of the A.P.S.P. (African People’s Socialist Party) which is a revolutionary sector of the UHURU movement of which Im the coordinator of the Burning Spear News Paper in the U.K.. The A.P.S.P. is also provide leadership to other sector of the UHURU Movement which includes InPDUM and if you know what we work for you can see their platform at.. And Im in the process of setting up an international record label under the international political movement of which U.K. would be the base, which would give the youngins a chance to spread their word internationally and financially profit from it. The movement is not musically based but it aims to reach those certains goals in the platform and since I agree with them I aim to reach them but I prefer to approach it musically cause that’s my interest, other members and sectors in the movement get involved with work such as fighting court cases, police resistance, writing articles, organising internation trade, etc etc.

~Any good stories to tell?
Too many to think of, many interesting things, the whole experience is like one big story. You see people come and go, people make excuses, real activist turn into sellouts, historical things about eh people you work with that you might have acknowledged sometime in the past. The experience of meeting those that are unaware of the real issues and meeting those that know but just sit down and chat a whole heep of shit but when things are in their face their missing or never present, and the biggest part of all adult activist who don’t appreciate young people showing them where their ideologies are wrong. Actually the most interesting thing is how many people turn to external, spiritual or religious beliefs to giving understanding to their problems and as they get more experienced with understanding world issues they start to come down to reality. Too many stories in there though.

~How can we encourage others to work with love and ambition in the way forward?
You can only encourage other if you real to them and you have true political education and if you as a person can see a light in the goal you fight for. You can never make someone believe something wholeheartedly if you don’t even belief that shyt yourself. People are looking for solutions, going to them and telling them some bullshy like you need to wear an African cloth or you need to eat fufu to experience your freedom could get you shot. Critising people for the sake they hold a gun or sell drugs or steal to live is no way of us moving forward, but exposing the poverty question, education sector and exploitation of the masses is the best way to reach those with the true problems, that way the streets understand you because they can easily recognise the problem you expose to them as they live in it. Its only fake reich black people who think our problem lies in our cultural lifestyle, because no matter how much you change your culture it doesn’t change the fact you are under colonisation. So to get them involved you have to expose the truth to the young black youth, and show them how to identify fake ass .that work in the name of white power.

~any other comments welcome!

The UHURU movement is a mass organisation that fight to put power in the hands of the African working class, this movement is here for us all we need to do is to get involved and speed up the work. We are far more practical than theoretical and that’s the best way to develop your own self theories rather than hearing and reading people yap and yap every second. As long as you for the people bring your ideas, your efforts and your energy and lets get organised. We need to get organised, when Tony Blair attacks you he doesnt come on his own, they come in organised bodies, you have the police, you have souljahs, you have secetaries, you have teachers, you have poisonous scientists, they come orgtanised playing different roles for the same agenda but through organised linsk understanding and order, there best way for us to resist these attacks and defeat imperialist is if the real ones amongst us identify what true courage is and get down to get up.Because for true, if anyone tell you we are going to get FREE running around like little individuals hiding behind some false doctrine or some global movement all they are doing is inviting you to their weekness, be strong get up and lets finish this struggle not for our youths youths etc etc, but for ourselves in this present day, it can happen as soon as you say it should. .

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