Who’s the Enemy?

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A conversation with an older brother while getting our “one hour” out of the cell, a small animal cage made for those in segregation, made him respect the dialogue of a young brother in the struggle, as I challenged his understanding of who and who is not the enemy amongst the ruling class, and those who protect it’s interests (military, police, prison guards, etc). In prison, he stated that not all guards are the enemy, that some are just here for the money, while others are oppressive. I guess nothing is wrong with just being in it for the money? If this is true I ask, is there anything wrong with capitalist/imperialist exploiting the people? Are they not in it for the money? For the oppressed, who see a member of the ruling class or those who protect their interests as not the enemy of the people, you must break this way of thinking.

There is no neutral position in the struggle. You’re either with and sympathize with the people, or you’re with and sympathize with the enemy of the people. In order to forward our struggle we must except this. We can’t forward our struggle with compassion for the enemy. We can’t be sympathetic to none of those who is paid to suppress any form of resistance we display just to live as humans. Our liberation depends on our resistance, and our resistance must be driven by 100% dedication to our struggle.

100% dedication also requires acknowledgement of who is with us, and who is against us. Shall these facts be taken as mere theory, “practice” can eliminate it being just theory. Attack the most oppressive pig in the presence of the “cool” pig, or try hopping the fence while the “cool” pig is on the rifle. You’ll soon know what side they’re on.

Good ol’ constitution in the land of the free classifies prisoners as slaves. ALERT! Harriet Tubman wasn’t sympathetic to those who got in her way of freeing slaves, Nat Turner didn’t just target the “most” oppressive masters, John Brown didn’t just point his gun at “some” of the opposition, and Osceola didn’t open warfare against just “some” of the U.S. Government in 1835.

Dear brothers and sisters, we must come to the realization that the captor and the captive are on opposite sides of the line. We must use whatever tactics deemed necessary to overcome each obstacle, and we must do this out of love for the people and struggle. We must not be silent, and not just complain about the oppression we’re up against. Complaining don’t change conditions. Complaints followed with resistance changes conditions. We can’t become comfortable, or allow ourselves to be pacified by so called “privileges”. The oppressor suppresses resistance with what they’ve tricked us to believe is a privilege. “We gain strength from temptations we resist” -Malcom X 

We must make the pig understand, just as they’re one force against us, we are one force against them. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. I encourage you brothers and sisters wherever you may be, to understand the prisoner isn’t the one dehumanizing you. Let this be the foundation of forming a united front to rise up against the masters of these imperialist plantations. To resist is to win, and to win through resistance we must know who and what to direct resistance to.The captive is not your enemy, and the captor is not your friend!

In Solidarity,

Faheem Abdur-Rahim

“A man who tosses worms in the river isn’t necessarily a friend of the fish”
-El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcom X)

Who Really Benefits from Capitalism?

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The issue at hand, is not whether or not one can make it under a capitalist system. The issue, is that capitalism is wrong. Just because it gives some people opportunities, doesn’t make it right. It’s impossible for capitalism to exist without poverty. Capitalism giving opportunity to a minority closes the door on the majority, and the minority become successful off the exploitation of the Majority. They often say we’re looking for sympathy or a hand out. They use celebz that come from impoverished backgrounds, as “proof” that anyone can succeed. This can’t be further from the truth. This system isn’t designed for everyone to have opportunities. If capitalism has to have a poor class in order to succeed, then how can it provide opportunities for the poor? If the boss can get rich by under paying the worker, why would he/she provide opportunity for each worker to be on the same level, when this would decrease his/her profit? Moreover, who will the exploiter, exploit, if everyone who is exploited is given opportunity to not be? Doesn’t make sense, so no ,  everyone don’t have equal opportunity.

The proletariat isn’t looking for a hand out, we’re looking for capitalist/imperialist destruction. We don’t want to be dependent on government. We want to be independent of government and control our own destiny. Exploitation is something that needs to be dealt with. The institutions that profit from the workers labor, while the workers are under paid, need to be dealt with.

Engaging in struggle against capitalism will set the stage to end all oppression. We must not be side tracked by divisional oppression (sexism, racism, homophobia, etc) that the ruling class benefit from. We must unite on our common ground, rather then be divided by our differences. As long as we are divided exploitation will grow. As long as the struggle go no further than theory, capitalism will continue.

Theory and practice, unity and resistance. Struggle to end capitalism, fight to end all oppression!

Faheem (A)

The Pain is Deep

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THE PAIN IS DEEP
When a mother mourning the loss of her son
When another brother killed by another brother gun
When the past weighing heavy on my hearty like a ton
Regrets, reminiscing on my life and the things I’ve done

THE PAIN IS DEEP
When you got to turn to the streets to feed a fam
When you’re being governed by a government that doesn’t give a damn
When they give us the guns and drugs to get us in a jam
The you get stuck in a place like where I’m at now

THE PAIN IS DEEP
When exploitation got the best of you and you’re struggling to survive
When you got to do things you don’t want to do just to stay alive
When mass incarceration got husbands losing their wives
And you’re telling your kids you’ll be home soon, and you know it’s a lie

THE PAIN IS DEEP
When I witness my Africans dying from starvation
When I witness women subject to male domination
When I analyze the oppression our people facing
When I hear lies from the rulers controlling this nation

THE PAIN IS DEEP
When I want to change the world, but I’m stuck in this cell
When I want to organize a revolution that will not fail
When I know the oppressed are not doing so well
And I need the time to be now, when justice can prevail!

-Faheem

Hold Your Head High

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I know the days are hard
Nights can be rough
But remain strong
And never give up
Hold your head
Through all the pain
The sun will eventually rise
Through all the rain
Struggles are apart of life
Hard times come with living
But suffering is optional
All pain is giving
tears will come
Sometimes you’ll feel down
Have strength through life difficulties
And elevate to high ground
The day will soon be here
When you will hurt no more
Life will be filled with happiness
For all the sadness you’ve endured
Today might not be the best
And may be filled with sorrows
And focus tomorrow
Some things you’ll face
And never know why
But never let it break you
Continue to hold your head high

-Faheem

War and Execution

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When it’s done by the poor, it’s a criminal activity
When it’s done by the country, it’s United States victory
It’s terrorism when it’s done to Amerika, so call what it is
Does America not bomb other countries, killing innocent women and kids?
We kill, and we get death row or life
Soldiers get medals for hundreds of killings in a night
What is execution? Is it not murder for hire?
Do they not get paid to set a man on fire?
They call them State executioners, killing a man filled with hate
But their really contract killers, committing homicide for the state
All these government people are what they call us
They just get away with it by saying “In God We Trust”
It should be clear without any confusion
What they call terrorism and murder, they call justice
If it’s war and execution

-Faheem

Freedom

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Not just from here, but worldwide oppression
Release me from prison and the states repression
Got me victimized like brothers in Attica
Exploited by the imperialist like my people in Africa
I need freedom from all this racial hate
Unlock my chains from the laws of the state
I don’t want to be controlled by 1% of this nation
So take off my shackles of capitalist exploitation
Free me from the war on the poor, called war on gangs
And this war on me because I fight for chance
I just want to be free, I’m tired of being a victim
Tired of being oppressed by the United States system
I don’t want to be here occupying your prisons
Witnessing communities staying poor because of government decisions
I got to make a stand, never will I sit
Freedom is what I want, freedom I’m going to get

-Faheem Abdir-Rahim

About Faheem

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On April 14th, 2005, the government agents took me into custody, I was 16. I was charged with malicious wounding, shooting, into an occupied vehicle, shooting into an occupied dwelling, use of a fire arm in commission of a felony, and possession of a fire arm while a convicted felon. Though there is not a single piece of evidence, and the testimony of the alleged victim revealed that there was no medical medical attention received, or no proof that he was even shot, other then a picture of a scratch on his hand. I was convicted on September 23rd, 2005, and sentenced to 22 years to be served in adult prison, even though I was still a juvenile at the time.

Since then, the victim has come forward and admitted that I didn’t shoot him, that he lied because he was scared and coerced by the detective and the D.A. Even though it’s clear that I’m innocent on these charges, I remain held captive serving out the sentence. Injustice is nothing new on imperialist soil, and since I wasn’t amongst the rich class, I’ve been in here since I was 16. Though the ruling class and it’s agents is the cause of my oppression, their injustices have liberated me mentally.

Even being locked in a solitary confinment cell 24 hours a day. I’ve become very consciense of our sittuation and my duty to act against this beast. Though prison guards isn’t the “ultimate oppressor”, their responsibility is to keep me and fellow prisoners in line for the rulers. By keeping me in line, it’s ok for them to mentally and physically abuse me, and the ones I must seek releif from, is the ones that reward them with a check for their abuse and inhuman conditions. known as “maintaining order”. Prison can humble you, or it can create a beast in you. Prison can break you, and make you mentally and physically submissive to the captors, or it can make you a freedom fighter and motivate resistance.

I choose not to be submissive, and as a result, I’ve been sent from my state to across the country. After doing years of solitary confinement known as Administration Segregation, I was released, and have now been placed back into confinement for my continuing practices of wanting me and fellow prisoners to be treated like a human, defined by the captors as a “serious security threat”. It is the guards duty to dehumanize me, oppress me, suppress my resistance, and crush my idea of the chains of oppression being broken by the hands of the people. It’s my duty to maintain sanity, keep my spirit for freedom alive, and never, stop fighting to forward the struggle for the oppressed people.

I resist because I’m oppressed. I resist because others are oppressed. I resist because all has been taken from me except my will to resist.

In Love, Rage, and Solidarity,

Faheem Abdur-Rahim