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According to their website, BLM was started in 2013 by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi who, along with their BLM organization, their BLM website (blacklivesmatter.com) and other BLM organizations and groups and their leaders are openly communist in their ideals, demands and goals. It seems a bit hypocritical, then, that Patrisse Khan-Cullors, for example, has purchased millions of dollars in real estate for herself.
They have referred to themselves, in at least one place, as a,
Black-centered political will and movement building project called #BlackLivesMatter
member-led global network
an ideological and political intervention
In the section called Herstory on blacklivesmatter.com, they write,
In 2013, three radical Black organizers — Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi — created a Black-centered political will and movement building project called #BlackLivesMatter. It was in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman.
In a public letter, 6 Years Later and Black Activists Are Still Fighting, Patrisse Khan-Cullors has stated,
when Trayvon Martin was murdered and in 2013 when George Zimmerman was acquitted my body and spirit was moved into action.
Too bad her mind wasn't moved. Or maybe her mind was moved and she realized that she could make a lot of money from the people who were upset over the issue and buy herself some expensive houses in rich mostly-white areas. But I digress. She continues,
I couldn’t imagine how in 2013 a white passing person could kill a young boy and not be held accountable.
This is the man she says is “white passing” and who she also refers to as a “white supremacist”. I don’t know this man’s professed beliefs, but it seems to be a no-brainer that if you are not white, you're not a white supremacist. You may be crazy enough to think you are, but you’re not white, you’re not a white supremacist, you’re just crazy. But perhaps if one can see only in black and white, Zimmerman could be white and therefore a white supremacist.
In her statement on blacklivesmatter.com, Patrisse Khan-Cullors refers to herself as the co-founder and strategic advisor of the “Black Lives Matter Global Network”. She also states,
I didn’t want George Zimmerman to be the period to the story. I didn’t want his name to be the name held up over and over again by the media, by his fellow white supremacists.
That’s why when I saw the phrase Black Lives Matter spelled out by Alicia Garza in a love letter towards Black people – I decided to put a hashtag on it. Alicia, Opal, and I created #BlackLivesMatter as an online community to help combat anti-Black racism across the globe. We firmly believed our movement, which would later become an organization, needed to be a contributing voice for Black folks and our allies to support changing the material conditions for Black people.
In Herstory, they continue,
The project is now a member-led global network of more than 40 chapters. Our members organize and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.
As organizers who work with everyday people, BLM members see and understand significant gaps in movement spaces and leadership. Black liberation movements in this country have created room, space, and leadership mostly for Black heterosexual, cisgender men — leaving women, queer and transgender people, and others either out of the movement or in the background to move the work forward with little or no recognition. As a network, we have always recognized the need to center the leadership of women and queer and trans people. To maximize our movement muscle, and to be intentional about not replicating harmful practices that excluded so many in past movements for liberation, we made a commitment to placing those at the margins closer to the center.
As #BlackLivesMatter developed throughout 2013 and 2014, we utilized it as a platform and organizing tool. Other groups, organizations, and individuals used it to amplify anti-Black racism across the country, in all the ways it showed up. Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, Mya Hall, Walter Scott, Sandra Bland — these names are inherently important. The space that #BlackLivesMatter held and continues to hold helped propel the conversation around the state-sanctioned violence they experienced. We particularly highlighted the egregious ways in which Black women, specifically Black trans women, are violated. #BlackLivesMatter was developed in support of all Black lives.
In 2014, Mike Brown was murdered by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. It was a guttural response to be with our people, our family — in support of the brave and courageous community of Ferguson and St. Louis as they were being brutalized by law enforcement, criticized by media, tear gassed, and pepper sprayed night after night. Darnell Moore and Patrisse Cullors organized a national ride during Labor Day weekend that year. We called it the Black Life Matters Ride. In 15 days, we developed a plan of action to head to the occupied territory to support our brothers and sisters. Over 600 people gathered. We made two commitments: to support the team on the ground in St. Louis, and to go back home and do the work there. We understood Ferguson was not an aberration, but in fact, a clear point of reference for what was happening to Black communities everywhere.
When it was time for us to leave, inspired by our friends in Ferguson, organizers from 18 different cities went back home and developed Black Lives Matter chapters in their communities and towns — broadening the political will and movement building reach catalyzed by the #BlackLivesMatter project and the work on the ground in Ferguson.
It became clear that we needed to continue organizing and building Black power across the country. People were hungry to galvanize their communities to end state-sanctioned violence against Black people, the way Ferguson organizers and allies were doing. Soon we created the Black Lives Matter Global Network infrastructure. It is adaptive and decentralized, with a set of guiding principles. Our goal is to support the development of new Black leaders, as well as create a network where Black people feel empowered to determine our destinies in our communities.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network would not be recognized worldwide if it weren’t for the folks in St. Louis and Ferguson who put their bodies on the line day in and day out, and who continue to show up for Black lives.
In a piece for Real Clear Politics, Robert Stilson writes,
But just what is BLM as an organization? Turns out that’s a difficult question to answer.
As covered here, Black Lives Matter can mean something different depending on what part of the movement is being referenced and who is doing the referencing. For instance, when the term is used to show opposition to police brutality or other racially charged issues, it does not necessarily imply connection with any particular organization. In this sense it serves more as an expression of one’s views, rather than affiliations.
By way of example, Michael Jordan recently released a statement pledging $100 million over 10 years “to organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education,” and he framed that commitment under the umbrella of “Black lives matter.” As a result, this was sometimes reported as a $100 million contribution to Black Lives Matter itself. Jordan clearly intends to give in conjunction with the broader goals of the Black Lives Matter movement, but he was not specific about which entities would be the recipients — and there are many, many out there that could fit his description. The unique way that Black Lives Matter straddles the border between decentralized protest movement and organized nonprofit entity makes this confusion understandable and likely to persist.
When Black Lives Matter is used to refer to an organization, it typically means the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM Global Network Foundation). This is the central group that traces its beginnings to “three radical Black organizers — Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi,” and operates the BlackLivesMatter.com website.
The group has been a fiscally sponsored project of Thousand Currents, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, since 2016. What this means in practice is that the organization does not have its own IRS tax-exempt status but is operating as a “project” of an organization that does. In the case of 501(c)(3) fiscally sponsored projects, this allows for tax-deductible donations.
Thousand Currents says on its website that the official name of this Black Lives Matter entity is “Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc.,” which is also the name the group has used on recent press releases.
Here’s where things get tricky: BLM Global Network Foundation also uses the name “Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc.” on its About page and “Black Lives Matter Global Foundation, Inc.” in its website Privacy Policy.
Further complicating matters is a group called “Black Lives Matter Foundation,” based in Santa Clarita, Calif., that insists it’s unaffiliated with the larger BLM Global Network Foundation (although Thousand Currents, the fiscal sponsor of BLM Global Network Foundation, reported a combined $90,130 in grants to the Santa Clarita-based Black Lives Matter Foundation on its fiscal year 2018 and 2017 tax filings).
As reported by Buzzfeed News here, this confusion has led some donors to give to organizations they didn’t intend to. The Black Lives Matter Foundation in Santa Clarita and BLM Global Network Foundation “have very different stances on police relations,” with the former wanting to “help bring the police and the community closer together” and the latter calling for police defunding.
According to grants reported on their respective tax filings and websites, organizations that have specifically earmarked contributions to Thousand Currents for Black Lives Matter (and thus presumably for BLM Global Network Foundation) include the NoVo Foundation ($1,525,000 from 2015 to 2018), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation ($900,000 from 2016 to 2019), and Borealis Philanthropy ($343,000 from 2016 to 2018). And, given that BLM Global Network Foundation recently announceda new $6.5-million grassroots organizing fund thanks to “the generosity and support of donors,” its revenue is likely to significantly increase in 2020.
BLM Global Network Foundation is also positioned at the center of a network of 16 affiliated local chapters, such as Black Lives Matter Chicago and Black Lives Matter Detroit. In some cases, these chapters are themselves fiscally sponsored by other nonprofit organizations.
There’s also a second organization, the Movement For Black Lives, which operates under a fiscal sponsorship arrangement as a project of the Alliance for Global Justice, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. On its website homepage, the Movement for Black Lives describes itself as “a collective of more than 50 organizations,” while its donation page says it “is made up of over 150 organizations.” One group listed among the 150 is the “Black Lives Matter Network,” though it is unclear whether this refers to BLM Global Network Foundation. The Movement for Black Lives is itself listed as a “Partner” on BLM Global Network Foundation’s website.
The situation is further complicated by the involvement of ActBlue Charities, another confusing entity that serves as a fundraising machine for left-leaning groups and politicians, and as the means through which donations to both BLM Global Network Foundation and the Movement for Black Lives get collected and dispersed. What all of this amounts to, should a supporter of the movement decide to donate like Michael Jordan did, is confusion about exactly who people are giving to when they decide to donate to “Black Lives Matter.”
The upshot is that “Black Lives Matter” can mean the decentralized movement as a whole, or one of the many discrete legal entities that operate under that name. This duality of meaning can lead to confusion among observers, commentators, and even the movement’s supporters.
BLM and Political Ideology
While not all who march and chant “black lives matter” are so, the Founders are Communists. In this video interview from 2015 with the Real News Network (starting at about 6:59, BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors says that BLM has an ideological frame. She says that they, (she and BLM co-founder Alicia Garza (seen here) in particular) are "trained Marxists" and "are super-versed on, sort of, ideological theories".
In a 2020 video (see below)
that she uploaded to her Youtube channel, Patrisse Khan-Cullors inexplicably mocks comments that point out what she admitted in that 2015 interview; that they are marxists. After laughing off the accusations, she admits they are true. At 1:23 (see below)
she says, "I do believe in Marxism" while wearing a shirt with the image of Jimi Hendrix, a man who celebrated freedom and individuality, not collectivist authoritarian systems of oppression like communism.
By the way, I am pretty sure that the shirt is a bootleg meaning that she helped to rip off Al Hendrix, Jimi's father, who, for the sake of the black and Cherokee Hendrix family, keeps strict copywrite control over all merchandising. After admitting yet again that they are Marxists, she says (at 1:50 see below)
those accurate comments that she mocked are "incredibly hurtful"!
She then admits that communism has failed every time it has been implemented and then she engages in "whataboutism" (a tu quoque fallacy) by claiming that capitalism also always fails. But then she admits that the success of capitalism makes it difficult to convince people to turn from capitalism to communism.
One might wonder how a person can be that oblivious to her obvious self-contradictions short of insanity. What about her co-founders?
BLM co-founder Alicia Garza also inexplicably laughs about people reporting on her communism in a video for the Atlantic (starting at 4:51). In that same video she makes it clear that she is against the Constitutional rights to peaceably assemble, to gather as a militia and the right to bear arms (starting at 10:00). So the communist is against Constitutional Rights and capitalism. How utterly surprising.
Opal Tometi wrote Black Lives Matter Network Denounces U.S. Continuing Intervention in Venezuela for Venezuelanalysis in which she applies the term “counter revolutionary” (which is communist propaganda for opposition to communist regimes) for parties that oppose the Venezuelan dictatorship and wherein she objects to calling Hugo Chavez a dictator, and writes,
We stand with the Venezuelan people as they build a revolutionary and popular democracy based on communal power. Their struggle is our own.
which, as you may know if you are familiar with this stuff, means that they are in solidarity with the socialist government of Venezuela.
BLM Has a Communist Agenda
One could fairly describe cultural Marxism as a form of Marxism in which the communist goal is hidden beneath a mask of anti-racism, anti-sexism, and other seemingly innocent and noble causes. A cultural Marxist, for example, might refer to the Western civilization that they want to destroy as the "cisheteropatriarchy".
For example, on their website, BLM group M4BL (Movement for Black Lives) uses such culturally Marxist propaganda as,
We are intentional about amplifying the particular experiences of racial, economic, and gender-based state and interpersonal violence that Black women, queer, trans, gender nonconforming, intersex, and disabled people face. Cisheteropatriarchy and ableism are central and instrumental to anti-Blackness and racial capitalism, and have been internalized within our communities and movements.
We might not know exactly what they mean by "racial capitalism" but we can certainly guess, quite fairly, that they want the reader to associate capitalism with racism.
We might gather something from their webpages such as their preamble which states,
We are committed to uprooting the ableism and cisheteropatriarchy we have internalized, and to transforming the conditions that drive sexual, gender-based, homophobic, transphobic, abelist, and other forms of violence in our communities.
While this platform is focused on domestic policies, we know that cisheteropatriarchy, ableism, exploitative racial capitalism, imperialism, militarism, and white supremacy and nationalism are global structures. We move in solidarity with our international family against the ravages of global racial capitalism and anti-Black racism, human-made climate change, Islamophobia, war, and exploitation...
...We demand repair for the harms that have been done to Black communities, in the form of reparations and targeted long- term investments...We demand political power and community control over the institutions which govern our lives...
Then they demand that the cisheteroapatriarchy (Western civilization) “END THE WAR ON BLACK MIGRANTS” which one might guess means that they demand that the USA allows black migrants to enter the USA without restriction. They furthermore demand, “END THE USE OF PAST CRIMINAL HISTORY” whatever that means and “END ALL JAILS, PRISONS AND IMMIGRATION DETENTION”.
Elsewhere on their website, they demand
Free Em All!...
...We demand: an immediate release of Black people from jails, prisons, and detention centers...
...In this moment, we must get our people out of cages and ensure they have what they need to be healthy and free...
...Halt all new sentences...
...Release all people held on probation...
...Suspend all immigration arrests, including at-large arrests...
...Release all detained individuals (in jails and detention centers) on their own recognizance...
...support for transportation home, living stipend, and access to healthcare as well as funding for food stamps, housing vouchers, or hotel rooms for those returning home...
...Suspend ALL immigration enforcement activities and operations. DHS must suspend deportations, immigration arrests, mass raids, detentions, and enforcement in sensitive locations...
On the same webpage, they make demands with inexplicable redundancy. They make various other mistakes and contradict themselves as well. They demand a Universal Basic Income, meaning those who work support those who don’t. They want it for more than just citizens of the USA. They want it,
for all people living in the United States including disabled, undocumented people as well as currently incarcerated people.
They want to,
Cancel student debt through an Executive Order and/or congressional action
One response to the above was…
There’s this…
…and this response…
More about this…
Example of BLM’s Racism
Consider this…
Also consider this…
The Post Millennial reported on this in “BLM Toronto leader believes white people are sub-human, calls them 'genetic defects'" and the Toronto Sun reported on it more tentatively in “Black Lives Matter co-founder appears to label white people ‘defects’”
UPDATE
When war broke put in October of 2023 in Israel, BLM sided with Hamas/Palestine. See this Instagram from BLM…
Also see here…
BLM Chicago posted this to support baby-killing, civilian-raping, civilian-murdering Hamas.
They later deleted it but before damage was done.
Dave Rubin responded,
Witness this…
The Post Millennial published “Black Lives Matter Grassroots issues pro-Hamas statement declaring 'parallels between black and Palestinian people'“ by Hannah Nightengale (Oct 10, 2023) in which she wrote,
In a statement posted to Instagram on Monday, Black Lives Matter Grassroots issued a statement in "solidarity with the Palestinian people" as Hamas carries out terrorist attacks against Israel, kidnapping, killing, and injuring people in the nation.
"As the world is faced with deep questions about self-determination, as we all desire and pray for a world of peace, we must stand unwaveringly on the side of the oppressed," the statement began.
"When a people have been the subject of decades of apartheid and unimaginable violence, their resistance must not be condemned, but understood as a desperate act of self-defense."
At daybreak on Saturday, Hamas entered Israel by land, sea, and air, with chaotic scenes from an outdoor dance party near Gaza showing attendees being brutally killed and kidnapped. Videos showed civilians being killed in the streets and abducted, with Hamas later stating that for every air strike launched by Israel in reaction to the invasion, it would kill one hostage.
"Black Lives Matter Grassroots stands in solidarity with our Palestinian family who are currently resisting 57 years of settler colonialism and apartheid."
"As black people continue the fight to end militarism and mass incarceration in our own communities, let us understand the resistance in Palestine as an attempt to tear down the fates of the world’s largest open air prison," the statement continued, adding that "we see clear parallels between black and Palestinian people."
"We too, understand what it means to be surveilled, dehumanized, property seized, families separated, our people criminalized and slaughtered with impunity, locked up in droves, and when we resist they call us terrorists."
The group stated that "for lasting peace to come, the entire apartheid system must be dismantled. The war on Palestinian people must cease. We call on the United States to immediately stop funding war and redirect the $4 billion in annual spending from the Israeli military to repair the damage caused by US-backed wars, military air strikes, coups, and destabilizing interventions against oppressed people around the world."
The group joins others around the country and globe that have held protests against Israel, with many celebrating the Hamas attacks.
In front of the Sydney Opera House on Monday night, chants of "gas the Jews" were heard by hundreds of protestors waving Palestinian flags.
31 pro-Palestinian student groups at Harvard have released a joint statement declaring that Israel was "entirely responsible" for the deadly attacks.
Pro-Hamas protests have occurred in San Francisco, Seattle, DC, and New York City, with protestors chanting "free Palestine" and "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."
As James Woods points out, the support of those terrorists from the top leadership of BLM is nothing new.
Update
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">💥TRUTH💥The Democratic Party loves to stab you in the back💥Mark Fisher is the co-founder & former senior director of Rhode Island Black Lives Matter.<a href="
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Also see;
Black Elementary School Students Assault White Students While Forcing Them To Say Black Lives Matter by Black Conservative Perspective (February 16, 2023)
Timcast IRL - Man CONVICTED OF MURDER For Defending Self From BLM & Antifa In Austin by Timcast IRL (April 8, 2023)
BLM teeters on the brink of insolvency after an $8.5 million loss in 2022 by Post Millennial (May 24, 2023)
Zuby DISMANTLES BLM In 10 Minutes by Zuby on Youtube (May 26, 2023)
Just 33% of the $90 MILLION that Black Lives Matter received in donations went towards helping charitable causes - as shock report reveals co-founder's graffiti-artist brother was paid over $1.7M by the Daily Mail (May 27, 2023)
Only 33% of BLM’s $90M in donations helped charitable foundations by the New York Post (May 27, 2023)
BLM co-founder loses multi-platform Warner Brothers deal after delivering no content on contract by the Post Millennial (May 28, 2023)
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Individuals or organizations can use the RICO Act to file civil claims against racketeering activities performed as an ongoing criminal enterprise.
If your business or property suffers at the hands of a criminal organization, such as a corporation or bank, you may have a RICO claim.
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law designed to combat organized crime in the United States. The law was passed in 1970 and was meant to be the “ultimate hitman” in mob prosecutions.
The federal civil RICO statute (18 U.S. Code § 1964) says a plaintiff who brings a successful civil RICO action “shall recover threefold the damages he sustains and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney’s fee.”
Under the Florida Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act, a plaintiff can file a civil lawsuit against defendant(s) who engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity. Notably, a plaintiff that files a successful civil RICO claim can seek treble damages.
Organizations like Black Lives Matter, the Catholic Church, Anti-Defamation League, corporations like Disney, other 501(c)(3) Tax-exempt Corporations, and teacher unions should be completely shut down with the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
Under the law, the meaning of racketeering activity is set out at 18 U.S.C. § 1961: Any violation of state statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, robbery, bribery, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act); . . .
https://cwspangle.substack.com/i/138167431/disney-most-of-hollywood-and-the-catholic-church-should-be-completely-shut-down-with-the-rico-act