sunrise in damascus

sunrise over damascus

saul fell on damascus road

became paul

persecutor to liberator

paul's christology mythologized slavery

servants be obedient to your masters

official sermon of black slave preachers

mlk's mentor howard thurman mama told him

boy read me the bible

stop when you get to paul

don 't wanna hear bout obedient servants

yes mama

howard thurman said

mlk plagiarized his mentor in I have a dream

sunrise over damascus

primordial city rich history

down road to Jerusalem

house of peace with no peace

land of Canaan

brother of Egyptians

then came Abraham

Sarah Hajar

Jews Arabs

Isaac Ishmael 

ancient times no peace

no peace now

land of prophets

Jeremiah Isaiah 

told us wickedness

where are the prophets of now

so needed at the gates of Jerusalem Damascus

Lebanon Egypt Iraq Persia

armies near Jerusalem to destroy what

what is not destroyed already

the people are dead souls in the dead sea

cedars of lebanon burn sweet incense of death

frankincense myrrh burn in the holy temple for naught

biblical prophesy

end is near

who is there to see sunrise over damascus

isis

israel

saudi arabia

russia

lebanon

turkey

usa usa 

iran

gulf states

egypt 

turkey

kurds

where is saladin the kurd

who is richard lionhearted

who is not 

neo-crusade

persia rises again

from Tigris Euphrates to Mediterranean

can we stop history

fulfill whose mythology

jewish christian islam

myth is myth

my story his/her story

sunrise over damascus

a million dead

how many poison gas dead

dead is dead

no matter how

blood bones is blood bones

a million dead

bullets bombs poison gas no matter

what mind game is this

dead are dead

no matter how

no matter why

we cry for syria

we cry

sunrise over damascus.

--Marvin X

4/13/18

Poem for Kiilu Nyasha, Revolutionary Woman Supreme

Poem for Kiilu Nyasha, Revolutionary Woman Supreme


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There are those who talk revolution
those who make revolution
With heart mind soul body blood sweat tears
Every ounce of being
Every step revolutionary step
 
Unchain the chained
Liberate captives.from dungeon
Free the global wage slaves
No matter no family
No matter no walk
Crawl revolution
Kiilu
Like Mumia
Chained yet free
what's your excuse
 
Kiilu chained in big yard
Yet free to free unfree
Long live revolutionary sista
Kiilu Nayasha.
Black Panther Woman
Harriet Tubman Woman
Kiilu would have freed more slaves
if they had known they were slaves!
 
--Marvin X
revised 4/13/18

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018

Video: Marvin X reads Driving Miss Libby--the wild crazy ride of the Marvin X Experience!

 "Marvin X is Plato teaching on the streets of Oakland."
--Ishmael Reed
"He's the USA's Rumi! The wisdom of Saadi, the ecstasy of Hafiz."--Bob Holman

FANTASTIC! AS ALWAYS YOUR WRITINGS ARE BOTH SACRED AND PROFANE. HOLY AND UNRIGHTEOUS. LIKE LIFE, LIKE TRUTH, LIKE YOU!--FAHIZAH ALIM, WRITER EMERITUS, SACRAMENTO BEE
 
AWESOME, BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS. AND ON POINT.--P-RA, RICHARD MOORE,BERKELEY
 
DEEP! DEEP! JAMES BROWN DEEP! --SUZETTE CELESTE, OAKLAND
 
FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY. THE LANGUAGE IS VINTAGE MARVIN X!--BERNARD STRINGER, ATL
 
IT MADE ME LAUGH JUST WHEN I NEEDED A LAUGH.--QUITTA KIRK, BERKELEY
 
THIS GAVE ME ALL OF THE FEELS (AND GIGGLES)...AND I AM COMING FOR HER.
SO MUCH RESPECT BABA MARVIN.
XO
--CAT BROOKS. OAKLAND
 
YOUR SEXIST LANGUAGE IS OFFENSIVE AND AS A FATHER OF A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL, I HOPE NOBODY EVER CALLS HER A PUSSYCAT OR BITCH SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN.
--ORSON AGUILAR, OAKLAND
HIS LANGUAGE IS SO STRONG IT WILL KNOCK THE SOCKS OFF OLD LADIES!
--WANDA SABIR, SF NEW BAYVIEW NEWSPAPER

HE IS SEXIST AS ALL GET OUT, IN THE WAY THAT IS COMMON FOR MEN OF HIS GENERATION AND HIS RADICALISM, BUT HE IS REFRESHINGLY AWARE OF THAT AND WORKING ON IT. IT'S JUST THAT THE WORK ISN'T DONE AND IF THAT OFFENDS YOU TO SEE A MAN IN PROCESS AND STILL USING THE 'B' WORD, LOOK OUT.
--DR. MOHJA KAHF, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, FAYETTEVILLE

 

YOUR SCRIPT PUT ME AT A LOST FOR WORDS, BUT IF YOU LET ME, I WILL DIRECT IT!--DR. AYODELE NZINGA
 
 
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photo Jahahara Ma'at Alkebulan

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photo Ken Johnson

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Marvin X and Oakland City Council President Lynette McElhaney

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The Honorable Cat Brooks, next Mayor of Oakland
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cover design Emory Douglas

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cover photo Alicia Mayo
cover design Adam Turner




Marvin X has been ignored and silenced, like Malcolm X would be ignored and silenced if he had lived on into the Now. He's one of the most extraordinary, exciting black intellectuals living today --Rudolph Lewis, Chickenbones.com
 

"WHEN YOU LISTEN TO TUPAC SHAKUR, E-40, TOO SHORT, MASTER P OR ANY OTHER RAPPERS OUT OF THE BAY AREA OF CALI, THINK OF MARVIN X. HE LAID THE FOUNDATION AND GAVE US THE LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS BLACK MALE URBAN EXPERIENCES IN A LYRICAL WAY!"

--JAMES G. SPADY, PHILADELPHIA NEW OBSERVER NEWSPAPER

On Saturday, April 14, 2018, 1:22:52 AM PDT, Phoebe Anne Sorgen <phoebeso@earthlink.net> wrote:
Dears,  Did you hear our speak out on KFPA yesterday?  I've put heart & soul into helping organize this.  Please come to Oakland on Sunday.
There'll be great poetry & music & fiery speeches including ALICE WALKER.  The Tweeter in Chief just attacked Syria.  Are we on the brink of WW III?  
    
11:00 Gather Lake Merritt amphitheater.        11:30 Rally.          12:30 March.            1:30 Rally at Oscar Grant/Frank Ogawa Plaza  (until 4 ish?)
All Out April 15! Please forward widely
 
    Oakland Mobilization Against U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad
Join hundreds of antiwar and social justice groups for demonstrations in:
• New York City, Oakland CA, Minneapolis, and dozens of other cities across the country on Sunday April 15, and 
• Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit and Washington DC on Saturday April 14 
 
Please contact friends/activists via fwd, social media etc. and urge them to join the actions this weekend.  Mobilize to oppose this criminal war!  60% of taxes go to the military - trillion$.  Switch a fraction of it and we can afford good education, a green transition, health, housing, for all!
 
See SpringAction2018.org for a list of all actions this weekend
 
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