VOL. 0: Remembering the Remedies
To the Future from the Past is a transition from Present possibilities of Liberation that are transformative into realities that are revolutionary. The Survival of African Diaspora today is testimony to the resiliency of African Spiritual Humanity over the inhumanity of White Supremacist plunder, greed, perverse Religious dogma, and imperial exploitation that collectively has devastated the entire Planet. Indeed,The legacy of Africa's Diaspora survival in and of itself is an unrecognized declaration of victory. Consider: Accross each epoch of racist dehumanization, from Europe's war of Africa's depopulation and dismemberment, the trans-Atlantic Middle Passage that followed, through the Bullwhip Days of Chattel servitude, across the agricultural landscape of Feudal “Sharecrop” subjugation, in the fight to abolish Jim Crow Segregation,
we were victorious (and now the present resistance struggle to abolish the Carceral System of criminalized surplus Black labor while ongoing will too succumb to African Humanity). Remembering the remedies of the African's struggles began with the recollections of the spoken word, to the heartbeat of the Talking Drum, that pulsated our Soundtracks of perseverance, Love, Joy and pain. Because there is no such thing as “Art for Art Sake” and all Artforms are political the African Diaspora found refuge, comfort and expression in spirituals and the Blues. It was the Milestones of African survival that signify the soundtrack of resistance, Love, and shared pain and joy. From the Blues to Urban R&B, Jazz and Discordant Hip-Hop, Black Music is a reflection of our truths - and The Blues ain't nuthin' but the truth…remembering the remedies informs our Souls.
Interview with Queen Mother Audley Moore
Audley (Queen Mother) Moore, a Black nationalist and communist, was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 1898. In 1919 she joined Marcus Garvey's Black nationalist movement, and in the 1920s, moved to New York City to work in Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. In 1936 she joined the Communist Party, was active in its Harlem section, becoming its secretary in 1941, and in 1942, secretary of the New York State Party organization. In the late 1940s she began to assert the African American national question within the Party, and left the Party in 1950. In the 1950s she founded the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women, in 1959 tutored the young Malcolm X, in 1963 she established a Reparations Committee to advocate compensatory payment to descendants of slaves, and in 1968 participated in the declaration of the Republic of New Afrika and initiated its statement of independence.