Today, August 1, 2016, a coalition of some 60 Black organizations called the Movement for Black Lives <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fpolicy.m4bl.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHo8uhMxYOrttmJUgpNsJ_WMIt0qg> (MBL), which claims to represent "thousands of Black people from across the country," posted a 22-page list of "demands," titled *A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom and Justice*. ----------
It's not Black Lives Matter, but is affiliated with them according to their web site. On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 11:02:59 AM UTC-4, Travis wrote: > > > > Dr. Eowyn posted: " Today, August 1, 2016, a coalition of some 60 Black > organizations called the Movement for Black Lives (MBL), which claims to > represent "thousands of Black people from across the country," posted a > 22-page list of "demands," titled A Vision for Black Liv" > Respond to this post by replying above this line > > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> BlackLivesMatter issues > 22-page demand for reparations & a separate, super-welfare state within USA > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/08/01/blacklivesmatter-issues-22-page-demand-for-reparations-a-separate-super-welfare-state-within-usa/> > by > Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> > > [image: Booker T. Washington] > <https://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/booker-t-washington.png> > > Today, August 1, 2016, a coalition of some 60 Black organizations called > the Movement for Black Lives <https://policy.m4bl.org/> (MBL), which > claims to represent "thousands of Black people from across the country," > posted a 22-page list of "demands," titled *A Vision for Black Lives: > Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom and Justice*. > > According to *A Vision for Black Lives*, there presently is "a war" on > black people in America. To redress that is the purpose of the list of > demands. > > *The demands* are radical, extensive and expansive and, if acceded to, *would > mean Blacks would have their own state within the United States, which > would be self-governing, self-policing, but not self-financing or > geographically separate* because secession would mean Blacks would have > to pay their own way. Instead, the Black state-within-the-state would be > *pockets > of fully-subsidized Black communities and institutions scattered across the > U.S., where Blacks would receive a guaranteed minimum "liveable income"* > (which is really welfare because the income would be "guaranteed" without > Blacks having to work for it), *free lifetime education, free quality > health care, and freedom for Blacks now incarcerated in prison*, because > they are not criminals but "political prisoners". > > How will these demands be funded? -- by taxes, divestments from police and > the military, and reparations from government and business corporations. > > *A Vision* says: > > Together, we demand an end to the wars against Black people. We demand > that the government repair the harms that have been done to Black > communities in the form of reparations and targeted long-term investments. > We also demand a defunding of the systems and institutions that criminalize > and cage us. This document articulates our vision of a fundamentally > different world. > > This agenda continues the legacy of our ancestors who pushed for > reparations, Black self-determination and community control; and also > propels new iterations of movements such as efforts for reproductive > justice, holistic healing and reconciliation, and ending violence against > Black cis, queer, and trans people. > > The demands can be sorted into 6 groups (h/t *ZeroHedge > <http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-01/end-war-black-people-blacklivesmatter-demands-reparations-investments-political-powe>* > ): > > *1. "End the war on Black people"* via: > > - Decriminalizing Black youth by ending zero-tolerance school policies > and arrests of students, and removing police from schools. > - An end to capital punishment. > - An end to money bail, mandatory fines, fees, court surcharges and > “defendant funded” court proceedings. > - An end to the use of past criminal history to determine eligibility > for housing, education, licenses, voting, loans, employment, and other > services and needs. > - An end to the war on Black immigrants including the repeal of the > 1996 crime and immigration bills, an end to all deportations, immigrant > detention, and Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) raids, and > mandated > legal representation in immigration court. > - An end to the war on Black LGBTQs by giving them anti-discrimination > civil rights protections to ensure they have full access to employment, > health, housing and education. > - An end to the mass surveillance of Black communities and the use of > technologies such as drones, body cameras, and predictive policing > software > whicht criminalize and target Blacks. > - The demilitarization of law enforcement. > - An end to the privatization of police, prisons, jails, probation, > parole, food, phone and all other criminal justice related services. > - *An end to* solitary confinement, public jails, detention centers, > youth facilities and *prisons as we know them*. > > *2. Reparations*, via: > > - *Free lifetime education and open admissions* to colleges, > universities, and technical schools. > - Retroactive forgiveness of student loans. > - *A guaranteed minimum livable income for all Black people.* > - *Corporate and government reparations* "for the wealth extracted > from our communities through environmental racism, slavery, food > apartheid, > housing discrimination and racialized capitalism". > - Ensured access and *control of food sources, housing and land*. > - Mandated public school curriculums on colonialism and slavery. > - Funding of Black "cultural assets and sacred sites to ensure the > recognition and honoring of our collective struggles and triumphs." > - Federal and state legislation to carry out all the demands, > beginning with the immediate passage of H.R.40: the Commission to Study > Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. > > *3. Investment and Divestment* via: > > - A reallocation of government funds from policing and incarceration > to fund education, "local restorative justice services" and employment > programs for Blacks. > - The retroactive decriminalization, immediate release, (criminal) > record expungement, and reparations for all drug related offenses and > prostitution. > - Investments in "restorative" and mental health services, and job > programs. > - Quality universal health care, neighborhood comprehensive health > centers, special services for LGBTQs, paid parental leave, and > comprehensive quality child and elder care. > - A constitutional right to a fully-funded (free) education, with high > quality food and free daycare. > - Freedom from unwarranted search, seizure or arrest. > - A divestment from use of fossil fuels and investment in sustainable > energy solutions. > - *Reallocation of money from the military* to invest in domestic > infrastructure and community well-being. > - Financial support of Black alternative institutions, such as > cooperatives, land trusts, and "a culturally responsive health > infrastructure." > > *4. Economic justice*, via: > > - A "radical and sustainable *redistribution of wealth" through a > restructuring of tax codes*. > - Federal and state job programs for Blacks, with "*a living wage*". > - Support for Black-owned businesses which are "accountable to the > community." > - An end to the "exploitative" privatization of natural resources, > including land and water (which suggests *an end to private land > ownership*). > - Restore the Glass-Steagall Act to break up the large banks, and > change policies and practices around regulation to promote black banks and > other financial institutions. > - *An end to the Trans-Pacific Partnership* and a renegotiation of all > trade agreements to prioritize the interests of workers and communities. > - Financial support of Blacks with *low interest, interest-free or > federally guaranteed low-interest loans*. > > *5. Community Control:* > > - "Direct democratic *community control" of local, state, and federal > law enforcement agencies*. > - An end to private schools. > - "Democratic" school boards. > - Community control of curriculum, hiring, firing and discipline > policies. > > *6. Political Power:* > > - An end to the criminalization of Black political activity (riots?). > - *Immediate release of all political (i.e., black) prisoners.* > - Public financing of elections and the end of money controlling > politics through ending super PACs and unchecked corporate donations. > - Right to vote for all people via universal voter registration, > automatic voter registration, pre-registration for 16-year-olds, same day > voter registration, voting day holidays, enfranchisement of formerly and > presently incarcerated people, local and state resident voting for > "undocumented people" (illegal aliens), and *a ban on any > "disenfranchisement laws" (voter ID)*. > - *Increased funding for Black institutions, including Black colleges > and universities, Black media*, and "cultural, political and social > formations" (whatever that means). > > Read the 22-page "Vision" demands here > <https://www.scribd.com/document/319890708/BLM-Vision#from_embed>. > > Movement for Black Lives wants its demands to be part of the Democrat > Party platform. According to the *New York Times* > <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/black-lives-matter-campaign.html>, > > MBL plans to start local campaigns to push for changes in law enforcement > and community programs in cities across the country. > > See also: > > - #BlackLivesMatter is a War on Police leading to complete breakdown > of social order > > <https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/09/08/blacklivesmatter-is-a-war-on-police-for-complete-breakdown-of-u-s-social-order/> > > - The white élites who fund Black Lives Matter > > <https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/07/15/the-white-elites-who-fund-black-lives-matter/> > > - Hacked messages of #BlackLivesMatter leader reveal Obama admin’s > plan for ‘summer of chaos’ and martial law > > <https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/07/05/hacked-messages-of-blacklivesmatter-leader-reveals-obama-admins-plan-for-summer-of-chaos-and-martial-law/> > > - Black activist threatens riots if Trump wins > > <https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/04/03/black-activist-threatens-riots-if-trump-wins/> > > - Obama’s DOJ considers ‘racist’ and ‘anti-government’ Americans to be > domestic terrorists > > <https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/10/18/obamas-doj-considers-racist-and-anti-government-americans-to-be-domestic-terrorists/> > > - Leftwing Lunacy: Trees & national parks are racist > > <https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/05/20/leftwing-lunacy-trees-national-parks-are-racist/> > > - Towson University hosts presentation: ‘white people are a plague’ > > <https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/05/16/towson-university-hosts-presentation-white-people-are-a-plague/> > > > *~Eowyn* > *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | August 1, > 2016 at 7:21 pm | Tags: A Vision for Black Lives > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=a-vision-for-black-lives>, BLM list > of demands <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=blm-list-of-demands>, Booker > T. 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