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We Ride for the Black Commune Program because it is what we want and believe. A Black commune is a Black community built on the belief of sharing and mutual cooperation between all people of that community which brings forth unity. What is mine j^yours and what is yours is mine, or "I am because we are; and because we are, therefore, I am." This is a belief system that Black people have held since the beginning of human existence. It allowed us to ride out any storm in perfect unity. This is the type of Black community that we ride for.
A. We Ride for total liberation. We Ride for power to take full control of the destiny of our Black community. We will not be liberated and free from oppression until we take full control of our destiny.
B. We Ride to put a stop to the thievery by capitalists of our Black community. We Ride because the racist government has stole from us, and now we demand the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules. Forty acres and two mules was promised over 100 years ago as restitution for slave labor and mass murder of Black people. We will accept the payment in currency, which will be distributed, to our communities. The Amerikkkan racist has taken part in the slaughter of over 50 million Black people, therefore, We Ride to make sure we receive complete payment.
C. We Ride for maximum and complete employment for our people. We Ride because the federal government is responsible and obligated to give every person employment or a guaranteed income. We Ride because we believe that if the Amerikkkan businessmen will not give full employment, then the means of production should be taken from the businessmen, placed in the community, and communized. That way, the people of the community can organize and employ its entire people and give a high standard of living.
D. We Ride for freedom of speech. We Ride because we believe that all attacks on social redeeming hip hop rap songs should stop. The 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives a right to freedom of speech. During chattel slavery, the Black spirituals provided us songs with...