Today in History, June 12, 1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa

As the Revolutionary Leader of the African National Congress, after attaining his release from jail after 27 years, Mandela resumed his leadership and through a tremendous struggle, became President of South Africa and dismantled the Racist political System of Apartheid. The complete elimination of "Economic" Apartheid is still an unfinished part of his historical Legacy, due to the continuing Colonial arrangement of British and Dutch Banking and Raw Materials Cartels that controls the Economic life of that Country. However, his Victory in coming out of prison whole, unbroken, prepared to lead, not just Black people but all South Africans, is absolutely worth taking time to reflect upon today. This, especially so, as the abomination of the Trump Presidency continues taking steps to bring about their New Confederacy (while defending the Old one) which is in fact, the American version of Apartheid here. It is a government which is enforcing a return to discrimination against Minorities throughout the Economic, Political, and Legal/Law Enforcement realm. There is no "reforming" a System such as Apartheid, or the Confederacy. It needs to be destroyed, and scattered to the Four Winds, in every aspect of its immoral existence. There is nothing good in any of it worth preserving. We have the opportunity to do that now, and with the "Spirit of Mandela" looking over our shoulders, can accomplish this by opposing and removing this administration.
You'll pardon me for taking the Liberty of inserting Martha and I into this. Speaking for myself, I can identify with Mandela. Not because I'm a World leader, or lead a movement. Not because I've been a victim of racism. Not because I was raised in poverty in a poor country, because I wasn't. There is one thing though, which is that both of us were targeted and faced Indictment and Jail because of our beliefs, and our activities on behalf of Political and Economic Justice, and our work with Civil Rights leaders. We know what it is like to risk everything, and give up our personal lives for a cause bigger than ourselves. The fact that we weren't jailed was mainly good fortune. We are both stronger for it, and have a different perspective on things for that reason.
So, all that said, we don't have 27 years to build our movement to reverse the wrongs we see. We have barely 27 weeks. Keeping Nelson Mandela in mind, the clock is ticking.

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