That ‘Left’ Has Left
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I penned this poem of not so random thoughts, in recognition of the shameless hypocrisy and tragic betrayal of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people, by so many supposed ‘liberals’ and ‘progressives’ who make claim to being a part of the so-called political ‘left’ in the United States, even as they support this nation’s systemic misleaders who are emaciating the people economically, politically, and constitutionally. These persons are neither ‘progressive’ or of any kind of principled ‘left.’ They merely serve to give political cover to the ongoing atrocities being committed around the world in our name by the current Obama / Biden regime. And in so doing, they perpetuate these internal and external horrors and the fake left/right paradigm, as well as the de facto two-party dictatorship by the corporate Democrat and Republican parties. They are betrayers of humanity. That’s what this poem is all about.
That Left Has Left
Langston spoke of a dream,
Deferred.
John Brown and Harriet Tubman gave their
All,
For that dream’s
Fruition.
Crazy Horse, Tecumseh, and Chief Seattle
Tried to warn us.
Mother Jones, Rosa Parks, and Viola Liuzzo put their
Bodies on the line,
For the poor, the exploited, and
The downtrodden.
Malcolm and Martin were the
Recipients of bullets,
Trying to bring our dreams to
Fruition.
So many unknown and unnamed
From humanity’s vast color
Collage,
Labored and died for us.
Do we not know?
Can we not see, even now?
We have been divided and
Our histories distorted.
The insatiable greed
Of the gluttonous rich,
Is ravaging us and our
Mother Earth.
But Alas! Where is the Left
In our hour of need?
Are we yet blind?
They’re busy,
Keeping the system of the rich
Intact.
Consorting with the
Vipers of the phony left/right
Divide.
Sitting on their pedestals
With airs of
Superiority,
Perpetuating, in the name of progress,
The misery of the
People.
They consort with the
The evil of one or both
Of the lessers,
To keep the realization of
Our dreams in hock.
Oh, but what of the Left?
Surely they will tell us
The truth.
No, my friend.
That Left,
Left the people
Long ago.
It’s up to you and me.
And that is
Exactly as it should be.
BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil / political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In connection with his political organizing activities in opposition to voter suppression, etc., Pinkney was interviewed in 1988 on the nationally televised PBS News Hour, formerly known as The MacNeil / Lehrer News Hour. For more about Larry Pinkney see the book, Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker, by William Mandel [Introduction by Howard Zinn]. (Click here to read excerpts from the book.) Click here to contact Mr. Pinkney.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
That ‘Left’ Has Left
