{"id":11204,"date":"2009-10-02T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T14:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=11204"},"modified":"2009-10-03T07:28:44","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T12:28:44","slug":"mutulu-olugbala-aka-m1-of-dead-prez-24-hours-in-gaza-parts-i-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=11204","title":{"rendered":"Mutulu Olugbala, aka M1 of dead prez: 24 hours in Gaza, Parts I & II"},"content":{"rendered":"

M1 of dead prez: 24 hours in Gaza
\nby Mutulu Olugbala, aka M1 of dead prez
\n5 September 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The road to Rafah, Viva Palestina ... \u2013 M-1<\/p><\/div>You may have heard me say, \u201cI work for the people; the streets are my office.\u201d Well, my recent mission to Palestine was a testament to that statement. Through the Existence is Resistance organization, I bore witness to a very moving and eye-opening experience. As a man-at-arms in an African Liberation Movement in the U.S. which is currently in the process of re-organizing and re-inventing itself in these times, I see the role of international solidarity critically important to our future world view. So when asked, \u201cWhy are you all the way over there when there is a war going on in your own community?\u201d I proudly quote dead prez\u2019 \u201cPsychology\u201d (\u201cLet\u2019s Get Free,\u201d 2000): \u201cMy enemy\u2019s enemy is my man!\u201d <\/p>\n

[Read Part I<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

M1\u2019s Ghetto to Gaza Tour is on! Read his \u201824 hours in Gaza, Part II\u2019
\nWritten by Mutulu Olugbala, aka M1 of dead prez
\nThursday, 01 October 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Part II: Breaking the siege<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"49.500980\"<\/a>Even with its political repression, media tirade against it, and continuous bombings and chemical warfare, the Gaza Strip was a much better place to be in than Cairo. It was cleaner, more beautiful and the food was much better, trust me!<\/p>\n

We were escorted through the town in what seemed like a parade even though we made it through the border at about 9 o\u2019clock p.m.! The procession was led to a beautiful hotel in which they had prepared a feast which wasn\u2019t very vegan friendly but nonetheless a more-than-warm welcome.<\/p>\n

[Read Part II<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Updated 2\/10\/09 @ 1615<\/em>:
\nI sent a comment up for moderation several hours ago re: part two that hasn’t been published yet. Don’t recall it verbatim but it went something like this:<\/p>\n

Fatah’s filthy history of torture and U.S.-sponsored oppression of “dissidents” aka “terrorists” – depending on which media outlet is doing the story telling – seem to be missing from this report.<\/p>\n

This is not an attempt to excuse human rights abuses perpetrated by Hamas but a wondering why Fatah\u2019s despicable actions were not addressed during the visit or in this telling of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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