General Rosales on Occupy LA

Gabe 'V-Non' Rosales
AIM West Coast General

SAI on the Occupy Movement

As I have been following the development of the Occupy movement, I've experienced much internal struggle in terms of what it means to support it, to support its intent, to support those physically protesting and physically present at any global march/rally, to support its tactics, to support its claims...to support. I am therefore writing this brief statement not as an absolute position on the matter, but more as an invitation for dialogue regarding reasons for such inner struggle, and an invitation to discuss alternatives to the current Occupying "tactics" (for lack of a better word).

When I first heard of the Occupy Wall Street movement around the second half of September 2011, I was excited to learn that there was this "enough is enough" vibe brewing in NYC which seemed to have the potential to grow into a massive protest against the inequities of wealth which are extremely obvious to most of those who are now labeled the 99%. Then, very rapidly, the news of Occupy movement events throughout the United States and other nations began to reach me in a massive way, which made me feel that this was not a small event or a march or a rally, but perhaps the beginning of a global revolution which is certainly necessary. And this may in fact be just that, a necessary revolution.

Now, being from South America and having been born and raised there in the 70's, I am not new to massive protests, to tear gas, to inequities of wealth, to corrupt law enforcement, to laws that benefit the 1% who control everything; therefore there was nothing that shocked me about the response from police throughout global cities in regards to this movent...nothing that scared me or that I did not expect (as I'm sure many people who were raised elsewhere have felt). I remember clearly being a young boy and waiting for my teenage brothers to come home for a protes, from which they would eventually show up with a broken arm or nose, with red-shut eyes from tear gas, and wet from high pressure hoses used on them by mini armored tanks.

These were common events growing up, and events which continue to this day. Not too long ago, a huge portion of the my country's capital, Quito, took to the streets and successfully outed the then president, pursuing his exit all the way to the main international airport which was completely taken over by the protesters.

But that's Ecuador, and there are huge huge differences between Ecuador and the United States (which I will use as example, simply because I am more informed about its infracstructure than England's or France's per say). The situation here in the U.S. is completely different and the power of law enforcement and military force is exponentially, overwhelmingly more massive than anywhere on the planet. This difference makes it so that an attempt to pursue a movement/protest through violent means may not be the best idea, as gangsta as some people may feel they are, or as numerous as they may feel the population of protesters is. So what we are left with, fortunately in many ways, is a non-violent Occupy movement that invites all people from all ages, races, ethnicities, economic classes, and genders to participate in peaceful ways. Because there have been many decades of brainwashing going on which have made the population here (the U.S.) believe in voting, in democracy, in freedom of this and that, in constitutional rights, in human rights for that matter....there is an air of surprise among protesters when they get beaten, pepper sprayed, gassed, abducted, (soon tortured), which quite frankly baffles me. What baffles me most is that people protesting corruption among law enforcement somehow expect law enforcement not the be corrup/brutal/violent during a protest (I thought you already knew that and that's why you were protesting); that people who are protesting against non-negotiating stinking rich evil greedy forces are expecting those forces not to retaliate.....SUP WITH THAT!!!

SO, here's an alternative way of looking at the Occupy movement, perhaps through the eyes of the 1% who control everything (which is why there's protest to begin with). The economy is greased by the working bees who call themselves the 99%. These working bees need to be rounded up and held captive because if they will not grease the economy while living in this blissful illusion of democracy through ultra consumerism, then they will grease the economy from a detention center. We therefore need to get as many people into the main cities, and kill their movement by depriving them of their immediate needs (water and food), and then we need to place them in these detention centers. First, however, we need to pass laws or to support continuity of already existing laws which allow us to grab these working bees right off the streets and detain them indefinitely. To enforce that, we need to bring back some of the troops from Iraq and from any corner of the planet where we have troops at (literally everywhere on the planet), and we need to employ them....what else would the troops do when they are brought back, other than become law enforcement? (and this is not even mentioning mercenary groups like Blackwater, Xe, Triple Canopy which we saw show their face during Katrina, that's another subject for another blog post, for another scenario).

With this scenario in mind, if you really think about it, the Occupy movement, combined with the idefinite detention laws that have existed since the 80's where FEMA just takes over, like Rex84, or the new National Defense Authorization Act, and the "bringing back the troops" reality, this somewhat "conspiracy theory" does not seem that far fetched. People actually voluntarily rounding themselves up in places where they have absolutely NO control over their food and water sources does not seem like the best idea when dealing with those who have already been identified at the ruthless greedy rich powerful fat cats with full control of all resources. Imagine being in Manhattan along with fellow protesters, by the thousands, and water is shut down, and all transportation is shut down, and supermarkets, bodegas, stores are not restocked with food because all streets coming into the city have been blocked...LEGALLY!!!! whatever that means, particularly when those making up these laws are the ones who control the road blocks....and those employed to control the roadblocks are members of "bring back the troops" unemployed work force, or private mercenary companies...then what?

So, although I am not criticizing or diminishing the efforts/intentions/tactics of the Occupy movement as it exists right now, I would offer the possibility for the scenario which seems to be brewing and ideally implemented by the "law makers" and the military complex and the prison system/detention complex (state, federal AND PRIVATE) which I just mentioned. With this, I would also offer the alternative to the occupy movement, which would be to actually disoccupy the big cities and start to migrate away from these huge economic machines that we are greasing simply by living and working there. This may quite possibly result in less investment in products sold in big cities, less poor underpaid working bees supporting the wealthy who happen to live in these big cities, greater access to rural land which can expand self suffieciency and means to obtain water and food that is not being shipped from elsewhere by those who control everything including the roads in which these products are being transported, and a better fighting chance against being rounded up and caged up (which we are now making it easy to do).

Think about it, think about where you are and where the sources of water exist, where is the food grown, and entertain the idea of what would happen if you can move there. For those here in the state of NY, where I'm at, there's the Catskills, the Adirondaks, both which have enough water and food resources to last the entire population of NY and many more peripheral states for YEARS!

I will stop there and see what you think. Just a thought.

SAI
AIM East Coast General (New York)

PROCLAIM

Bio

PROCLAIM is a Hip Hop music artist born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. In his early teen years he became involved in the Chicano gang culture that has plagued East L.A. for many generations. As a result, he eventually ended up having a short incarceration in the juvenile hall system, which led to a year and half long rehabilitation process at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas. While there, he was able to transcend his gang mentality through a newly found passion for knowledge. This passion has led him to complete two bachelor’s degrees in psychology and philosophy at the California State University, Fullerton.

Even though he had listened to mostly West Coast rap his whole life with strong a influence from Tupac Shakur, it was during his time at CSUF that he discovered the conscious more positive side of Hip Hop music rooted in the East Coast underground tradition. Being exposed to this motivated him to start writing his own verses, producing his own beats, and eventually to record his debut album “Question Everything” released in 2006. His studies in philosophy and psychology had a big impact on the album and continue to influence his music to this day.
After “Question Everything“, he became deeply interested in politics due to the pro-longed Iraq war and the continuous deceptions of the Bush administration, which inspired him to record his 2nd album titled “Necessary Dissent” released in 2008.

In addition to his music, PROCLAIM has worked in the mental health and social service field for the past 7 years. In 2010, he graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco with a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. It was during his last year of graduate school that he began recording his latest album titled “Free Associations”. Continuing in his passion for knowledge and desire to struggle with certain philosophical questions, PROCLAIM moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Liverpool where he resided during his course.

He has now returned to Cali and is working as a Psychotherapist. He also represents the AIM Clika on the West Coast with his fellow AIM Cali soldados for justice. Moreover he has the honor of being the first ever MC to be selected for The AIM Raptivist Collective by AIM President AK47. He has recently released the album “Free Associations.” You can find alll his music available at all good online music stores. PROCLAIM is the emcee that brings Hip Hop and Philosophy together with outstanding results.

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Discography
Question Everything (2006), Necessary Dissent (2008), Free Associations (2011)

Lyrics
Coming soon!

Division

AIM West Coast

Contact Details
Proclaim on Facebook
Proclaim on Reverbnation

AdeKwit

Bio

Jae Davis, aka AdeKwit, was born in Miami Florida in the heart of the hood. He had an obsession with music from a young age and was bumpin real Hip Hop since Middle School. Writing poetry has always been his other passion in life and in only Grade 8 he was writing incredibly profound and existential material about his life and the universe that housed it. By the age of 11 or 12 he began to combine his two passions and started putting his poetry to beats. Davis had a talent that was apparent to all those around him even if his material would challenge their mental starch mentality about religion and politics.

Davis has suffered from depression throughout his life and his poetry and music has acted not only as a form of creative expression but also as a means of catharsis. His music expresses his personal struggles and deals with issues like atheism, politics, growing up in the hood and conquering the demons which have often lead him towards self-destruction. However his creativity not only serves as a form of self-healing but it also acts as a powerful tool of education for others.

Davis, now known by his emcee name AdeKwit, has been a long time AIM member and is now part of the collective Grand Unified Theory run by fellow AIM member Greydon Square. Through The Anti-Injustice Movement AdeKwit endeavours to utilize his music to combat injustice, fight for equality and raise awareness about the dangers of religious fundamentalism. Furthermore through Grand Unified Theory he will use his music to raise people's consciousness about the importance of science and rational thinking. AdeKwit is a dedicated atheist and this comes across potently in his music. However like many other members of The Anti-Injustice Movement his AIM is to raise awareness about the dangers of fundamentalist religion but without persecuting liberal theists. Nevertheless his music demands that we should all question everything.

AdeKwit is working on his first mixtape 'The A.L.B.U.M.' and will soon be contributing to the second album by The AIM Raptivist Collective 'Lyrical Warfare Volume 2'. This up and coming emcee may be a new contender in the world of underground hip hop but there is no doubt that his lyricism, flow and music packs one hell of a punch. He is certainly destined to be a Hip Hop heavyweight.

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Music

Discography

The A.L.B.U.M. Mixtape (Coming soon!)

Lyrics

Piece of Rhyme

Where in the hell can I go to find piece of rhyme?
To give my mind some peace.
So I can spit it how I live and every beats defined.
To shed reality.

Where do I go?
Turn on the radio and all I hear is self indulgence
And people talking nonsense
I’m wondering where is all the substance
A place where money, clothes and cars are not the only options of topics for you
to discuss, just to make a profit.
While gas prices are rising
Homes are foreclosing.
Religious fanatics trying to stop your right to an abortion
Our troops still overseas
And we just murdered Bin Laden
Plus we’re arrogant if we think that’s the end of all our problems
It’s 2011 and people are still homophobic
Claiming it’s contagious to children
That’s absolutely bogus
And everybody’s a “Real Nigga”
I just ignore it
Plus “M.O.B. and Get Money”
Cliché rhetoric’s
I’m not downing anybody I just don’t endorse it
Struggling to make it to the top like a broken forklift
Trying hard to find the picture like a lost portrait
I’ll keep fighting to reach my goals
And never forfeit
I slept through the rapture that was miscalculated
What would you expect from a book that’s outdated?
Camping say’s October 21st would be the worst day
That’s pretty ironic
Because that’s my fucking birthday
So I’ll be drinking and chilling while you wait on an earthquake
Even advanced technology can’t predict when the Earth shakes
So be stupid and follow prophets that’s horrible at adding
And I think it’s actually sad people want this to happen
That’s why I want to find Piece of Rhyme
No limits in rapping
Display pictures with words
Exploiting my passion
Hope my music touches your heart
And reaches the masses
With rhymes that make your body rock
I call it lyrical action.

Division
AIM Florida

Contact Details
AdeKwit on Facebook
AdeKwit on Reverbnation

West Coast AIM Chapter Representing OCCUPY LA

Some pics of some of the happenings in the LA chapter of the movement.

AIM Queens Don't Need No Thrones

AIM Vegas Soldadas in Action

Aim Clika Vegas hip hop soldadas Paria Bakhtiar & DJ DUWOPRose will be spittin and spinnin old skool raw underground sickness later this month at yet another event; Retrospect. These sisters work harder than any artists I know. They are Queens who don't need no thrones because it ain't about bling, money or fame for these women because they have absolute integrity. 'Real Recognizes Real' and that's why we wanted them to be in this movement and it's why they accepted our rare proposal. I'm not exaggerating when I say they make the whole global AIM familia proud. Anyways this is wassup so get your ass down there if you're in Vegas. AIM!!!

"Fighting with words as our weapons."

~AK47~

~AIM President~

'Stay Awake' by SAI Drops Like a Bomb Against Injustice!

AIM! CLICK! RELOAD! 'STAY AWAKE' IS HERE!!! ONE OF THE UNDERGROUND'S SICKEST REVOLUTIONARY MC'S & AIM CLIKA NEW YORK GENERAL SAI HAS LAUNCHED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM. GET YOUR COPY TODAY FROM ANY GOOD ONLINE MUSIC RETAIL STORE. THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO AIN'T SLEEPIN OR NEED TO WAKE THE FUCK UP! GO PREVIEW IT ALREADY. SAI IS WIELDING LYRICAL KATANAS AT INJUSTICE. AIM!

"Fighting with words as our weapons."

~AK47~
~AIM President~

What About What They Dont Want You To Remember....

I will never forget about the 3,000 innocent people that died unnecessarily on 9/11. I will never forget because not only did innocent PEOPLE die in the Twin Towers, this tragedy was then exploited by every media source to justify the killing of well over 100,000 innocent women and children in foreign lands. No, I do not feel more of an affinity for our 3000 because INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE to me. With the US logging in at 737 military bases worldwide, I hardly think of us as the victims.

The US government and appointed officials who have a vested interest in gaining capital from their war corporations have gone out of their way to get the US public to focus on the 3000 innocent people who died. Actions speak louder than words as the death toll for the first responders on 9/11 now exceeds 1000. Yes, 1/3 of the people who died in those buildings are heroes who helped save thousands and are dying right now. You would figure that these heroes would be first on the list for medical procedures and would get front row seating to memorial ceremonies but they get neither. They are denied adequate health care and are not even invited to the memorial ceremonies. You would figure that if the government and the media really cared about human life the way they are selling, the first responders would be on the TOP of every list as they are dying, literally as I write this.

The truth is they do not care.

Theres millions upon millions of dollars poured into exploiting the US publics emotions to secure a strong support for war which creates more capital (for them of course). Buzz words are all you see: "attacks", "remember","muslim terrorist". You can almost feel the pressure.

If there was any real humanity, they would also mention the 6,500 troops, mostly YOUNG men and women who have been killed so that US war corporations can keep their government contract money flowing. If they really cared about US citizens, they would ensure adequate mental care for the returning vets who are committing suicide in record numbers and worse than that, conspiring to murder more innocent US CHILDREN as we saw a bomb plot foiled at a high school which was planned by a Naval officer in my local city a week ago.

If you think that we are engaged in a war on terrorism and torture gets us leads on plots, then why didnt they take Bin Laden in and waterboard him for more answers for this "fight"? For the patriots who stand by our military choices and torture, why then do you think Usama was not pressed for more Al Qaeda answers being a sole "conspirator"?

On this day, they dont want you to remember any of that. They hope to rally a nation into joining hands in sending our children to die, killing other peoples children in other countries so that a select few can continue their wealth and bloodline.

I DO NOT write this to downplay the death of innocents in the Twin Towers, I write this to be consistent in our declaration of the importance of human life. I do not hate this country, I expect more of it. I feel I personally know some of the strongest and smartest individuals in US history. We all need to OPEN OUR EYES

Gabe Rosales (VNON)

The AIM Queenz Are Sharp Shooting!

Taking AIM at the Awards!

AIM MC Paria B has won the award for the Best Female MC at The Urban Underground 5YR Anniversary Show Awards Honors 2011 in Los Angeles this July. Moreover her DJ DUWOPRose, also an AIM sharp shooter with her digits firmly on the decks, was nominated for the best female DJ award. They both repped their AIM Clika global family to the core and made us all very proud. Check it out!

You can also support our AIM Queenz at the pending American Black Music Awards on August 19th, 20th and 21st at the Mirage Hall Casino in Las Vegas by voting for Paria Bakhtiar as "Best Female Rap Artist" and De Castro as "Best Club DeeJay". Please support real underground political hip hop and our movement by voting for our soldadas right here.

"Fighting with words as our weapons."

~AK47~
~AIM President~

Suburu: Don't Sell Cars Where Women Can't Drive! via change.org

Saudi women are calling on Subaru to pull out of Saudi Arabia until they have the right to drive. Join them! Amazing! Last week, a group of Saudi women activists started a Change.org petition calling on Saudi authorities to drop charges against Manal al-Sharif, a woman arrested for driving her own car. Days later, the charges were dropped! Then, they launched a second petition calling on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak out publicly for Saudi women's right to drive. Clinton initially resisted, but after 20,000 Change.org members joined the call, she declared, "What these women are doing is brave, and what they are seeking is right," at a major press conference. Now, the same Saudi women are launching their biggest campaign yet: calling on car company Subaru to pull out of Saudi Arabia until women have the right to drive. Please click here to sign their petition, then send this email to everyone you know. Subaru markets heavily to women, especially in the U.S. and Europe -- and has built up a progressive brand for itself. Yet the company still sells cars in Saudi Arabia, the only country on earth where women are prohibited from driving or even riding a bike. (The ban is a huge impediment for women who are forbidden to drive to work, stores, or even a hospital. Many women can't afford male drivers, and those that can are often harassed by them.) The activists at Saudi Women for Driving tell us, "Manal was released, Mrs. Clinton spoke out, and some brave women have started driving in defiance of the ban. This is already the largest women's rights movement in Saudi history and no one here knows what will happen next, but a big company like Subaru pulling out could help change our country forever. Help us do it!" It's simple: A massive campaign to push Subaru to pull out of Saudi Arabia -- and the threat that they might leave -- will put huge pressure on the Saudi royal family and shine a bright light on the "gender apartheid" in the country. It's a chance for the company to live up to its brand and make a huge difference for nearly 13 million women. Change.org members have already won more than 200 campaigns in 2011. Let's win this one, too. Click here to stand with Saudi women and ask Subaru to pull out of Saudi Arabia until women win the right to drive:   http://www.change.org/petitions/subaru-stop-selling-cars-where-women-cant-drive Thanks, - Weldon and the Change.org team