Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
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Levert III “Sekou” Brookshire
Arizona
Word Count: 258
Celldweller Journal: “Tools Helping Underground Society Inc – T.H.U.G.S Inc Movement Pt. I”
“Black August Essay’s” (Entry Eighteen)
It has alway’s been a vision of mine, to take everything I’ve learning about social ‘resistance’,
and ‘revolutionary’ theory, and pass-it-on. Spreading what was passed-on to me, by those who
came before-me. I, know of many young black men, who haven’t been introduced to George
Jackson or Jonathan Jackson. Several young black sisters who have never heard of Assata
Shakur, or Elaine Brown, even Marilyn Buck. This generation ‘especially’, has no connection
with, the ‘black’ liberation movement at all. ‘Revolutionary’ belief’s, have been replaced by
obtaining ‘bling’, ’bling’ instead. Obsessing about ‘entertainers’, ‘celebrities’, and ‘athletes’,
those, puppetmasters that are controlling the modern day ‘puppet-strings’, advertising, marketing
and promotion of market consumerism, appear, to have gotten an advantage over the
‘revolutiony’ social movements. This, ‘demands’ for adjustments to be made. We are forced to
look at new tactics and new strategy’s to spread our ‘revolutionay’ theory’s, and beliefs if we
intend to stay relavant and current in this new age of ‘saturated’ marketing. One who truly fights
against ‘anti-imperialism’ and ‘capitalism’, must ‘understand’ and ‘study’ these newest cleverly
‘disguised’ (imperialist’s) tactics, being practiced daily. It’s a battle for the heart’s and minds of
our youth. ‘Market consumerism’ vs. ‘revolutionary theory’, one ideology vs. another. Inorder
for our ideology to be competitive in this battle. We had to study the other’s tactics and methods.
Learning how they hold their leading advantage. I’ve come to learn, how they ‘design’ and
‘create’ attractive merchandise, goods and/or products, even services. They use clever
advertising, (mass-media) to draw attention to them, introducing consumer’s to them, exciting
them to buy into them no matter the cost.
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