“The State of Black America: A Tale of Two Countries”

Tonight’s Guest: Dr. Wilmer Leon

Dr. Leon comes to OCG once again to weigh in on the issues which face Black America, the politics of our problems and the light of solutions available.

Evidence of abuse and extreme cruelty has been compiled and made public by prison solidarity groups on the outside through the circulation of correspondence, poems, drawings, medical and legal records, and collectively produced political documents containing riveting accounts by prisoners of the many forms of torture inflicted on them in maximum and medium security facilities, such as the supermax Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) in Youngstown and Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) and San Quentin State Prison (SQSP) in Northern California

1 – According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately one out of every six Americans is now living in poverty.  The number of Americans living in poverty is now at a level not seen since the 1960s.

2 – When you add in the number of low income Americans it is even more sobering.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 146 million Americans are either “poor” or “low income”.

3 – Today, approximately 20 percent of all children in the United States are living in poverty.  Incredibly, a higher percentage of children is living in poverty in America today than was the case back in 1975.

4 – It may be hard to believe, but approximately 57 percent of all children in the United States are currently living in homes that are either considered to be either “low income” or impoverished.

Read more at http://investmentwatchblog.com/21-statistics-about-the-explosive-growth-of-poverty-in-america-that-everyone-should-know/#B1POQ5BUE6aZHVeX.99

On the growing violence of emerging and growing White Supremacy Militia in Texas and the SouthWest to Mexico. From Commentaries on the Times by Playthell Benjamin, host of "Commentaries On the Times Radio" on TruthWorks Network 

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In Missouri, state Rep. Stacey Newman (D-St. Louis) told HuffPost she sees problems with Cookson’s legislation. By mandating that welfare students attend public schools, the measure would prevent children from attending private or parochial schools.

There will never be a revolutionary movement in this country that doesn’t fully unleash and give expression to the sometimes openly expressed, sometimes expressed in partial ways, sometimes expressed in wrong ways, but deeply, deeply felt desire to be rid of these long centuries of oppression [of Black people]. There’s never gonna be a revolution in this country, and there never should be, that doesn’t make that one key foundation of what it’s all about.Bob Avakian, Chairman of the 
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, 
from Question and Answer Session 
following the 7 Talks