Showing posts with label Occupy the PGA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Occupy the PGA. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2012

NAACP v. Rev. Pinkney, Round 2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
WHIRLPOOL AGAIN TRIES A HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF THE BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN CHAPTER OF THE NAACP


B.H. BANCO organization reports that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) of the State of Michigan has once again partnered with Whirlpool Corporation to oust Rev. Edward Pinkney as President of the Benton Harbor Chapter. The NAACP  has scheduled a special election for August 16, without giving the activist minister any notice.  In an attempt to wrest the presidency away from Rev. Pinkney, NAACP Michigan State President Yvonne White and Vice-President James Gill have been working with Whirlpool, Marcus Robinson, Mayor James Hightower, Superintendent Leonard Cedwood, and certain pastors: Gavin, Wells, Atterberry, and Melvin Burton. Rev. Pinkney led the "Occupy the PGA Tournament" protest that occurred in Benton Harbor on May 23-27, 2012. It was a successful, peaceful demonstration against the oppression that residents of Benton Harbor endure due to an apparent government/corporate merger in that city. Unfortunately, the NAACP, which historically fights on behalf oppressed people, is intent on eliminating Rev. Pinkney for actually doing that work. Whirlpool and Marcus Robinson paid for over two hundred new NAAACP memberships on the requirement that new members vote against Rev Edward Pinkney in a special election. The parties initially tried to oust Rev. Pinkney in April. Rev. Pinkney filed a lawsuit against the civil rights organization, preventing the special election that NAACP officials had planned to occur prior to the "Occupy the PGA Tournament." Regarding the special election this week, Rev. Pinkney said, "I have received the evidence I need to prove corruption and conspiracy by Whirlpool, Marcus Robinson, the pastors, and a few others. We will be back in court, and my $100,00.00 [lawsuit against NAACP] will again be on the table."
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"Rev. Pinkney Discussing Local Democracy" is a video embedded below and at YouTube link http://youtu.be/afTVbe8llJI . Rev. Pinkney emphasizes  the importance of unity among the people to fight fearlessly for their children's future and for their children's children. He promises to help people anywhere there is oppression. Rev. Pinkney recently traveled to assist human rights advocates in California and Louisiana. He is due in Atlanta, Georgia on August 18, when he will help this writer rally against lawyer fraud, government corruption, criminalizing mental illness, mass incarceration, capital punishment, censorship, the nation's gangstalking program against targeted individuals which operates like the FBI's covert CoIntelPro program that supposedly terminated in the 1970s after congressional hearings by the Church Committee. Surveillance, terrorism and infringements on the rights of private citizens, especially those who stand up for justice, is actually more prevalent now than during that time.
  


Five links are in this article. Please select "go to page 1" to see it in its entirety on cellphone view. Background regarding the special election and the lawsuit Rev. Pinkney filed against the NAACP is in the article entitled "Rev. Pinkney Sues NAACP" at this link http://freespeakblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/rev-pinkney-sues-naacp.html . Visit B.H. Banco online at http://www.bhbanco.org/ . It is major news that an NAACP chapter president sued the civil rights organization for the right to maintain his position and actually serve oppressed people, but there were few news accounts about the lawsuit. The level of protection the NAACP receives from corporate media may be equal to the NAACP's protection for corporate America from black victims. Many, if not most, blacks who approach the NAACP for help regarding corporate and government wrongs receive little to no assistance. In several of Rev. Pinkney's Blogtalk Radio broadcasts, the activist minister said the NAACP's main concern is hosting banquets and other fundraisers. Rev. Pinkney is not the first chapter president who faced retribution for actually using his office to uplift the organizations' members and bring power to the people. No wonder Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was never a member of the NAACP!

Listen to Rev. Pinkney discuss his lawsuit against the NAACP during his April 8, 2012 Blogtalk Radio broadcast. It is archived at http://www.Blogtalkradio.com/rev-pinkney/2012/04/08/pinkney-to-pinkney - Rev. Pinkney discussed the events that led to the lawsuit and the "Occupy the PGA" demonstration in numerous previous broadcasts. Access the shows archived at Blogtalk anytime using this link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rev-pinkney , and tune in every Sunday at 5:00pm EST to listen live. Join the discussions on political and social issues by computer or join us by telephone at (347) 994-3644.

Thurgood Marshall was the first of two African-American Justices appointed to the US Supreme Court, was Chief Counsel for the NAACP in 1954. He argued Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka before the high court twice, once in 1952 and once in 1953 (Wikipedia). Marshall probably never imagined a day when NAACP chapter presidents would have to fight the organization for the right to serve the needs of its members instead of catering to corporate sponsors.  (Five(5) links are in this article).

Elitists seem to see the entire earth and its inhabitants their personal property. Rev. Pinkney is a man who decided to peacefully resist oppression and lead others in a struggle to secure and maintain their human and civil rights. He will continue this mission whether or not the NAACP has abdicated its role to do likewise.

"Globalization is nothing more than monopoly imperialism, it’s colonialism and neocolonialism on steroids. Instead of several monarchs and trading companies fighting and vying for resources and labor, the power behind the scenes is a small cabal working in collusion and cooperation to control the global financial system, national governments and the whole world. They’ve come a long way since the 1400’s." ~ Junious Stanton

Liberty Arrested in USA

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Occupy the PGA - Benton Harbor, MI

Rev. Edward Pinkney Protests Injustice in Benton Harbor, Michigan

This is the week of the PGA, a highly contested golfing event in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and Benton Harbor residents are ready to OCCUPY THE PGA. Many residents claim being suppressed and forced to live under America's first dictatorship. Duly elected city officials in Benton Harbor were stripped of their official duties in 2011, and Michigan's governor placed an Emergency Manager over the local government. Many Benton Harbor residents claim cruel and unusual treatment is happening in their city and assert that the government and a huge corporate entity have conspired to oppress them to satisfy the greed of the elite. Much of the golf course where the PGA will be played was once public lands. Michigan is the state U.S. Senator Levin represents, the man who introduced legislation for indefinite military detention without criminal charges, which U.S. Congress passed and the president signed in 2011 (NDAA, Sec. 1021). WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MICHIGAN? (Five(5) links are in this article.) See and support a new petition by fed-up Benton Harbor residents at the link below:

"Whirlpool corporation, Kitchen Aid and the PGA: STOP DESTROYING THE CITY AND RESIDENTS OF BENTON HARBOR" PETITION:  http://goo.gl/JYy1E   

The fight against Benton Harbor's corporate takeover has reached epic proportions in recent months. The fact that Pinkney stands with the people against big corporate interests even led to a legal battle between Pinkney and the NAACP. LISTEN TO discussions about his lawsuit against the NAACP and reasons for the protest against the PGA during the April 8, 2012 Blogtalk Radio broadcast. It is archived at http://www.Blogtalkradio.com/rev-pinkney/2012/04/08/pinkney-to-pinkney - Rev. Pinkney and other Benton Harbor residents discussed the events that led to the lawsuit in numerous broadcasts that can be accessed anytime by using this link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rev-pinkney . The archived Rev. Pinkney Blogtalk shows give information aobut the fight for human rights and self-determination for Benton Harbor residents and reveal why Rev. Pinkney earned the respect and admiration of people throughout the world.

Rev. Edward Pinkney is at the forefront of the fight against oppression in Benton Harbor. He helps 99% people around the country to resist oppressive living conditions and human and civil rights abuses without regard to race, politics, and socioeconomic distinctions. I am honored to join the Rev. Pinkney Blogtalk Radio broadcasts most Sundays at 5pm EST. I know him to be a sincere man of principles who cannot be bought and is unafraid to stand up for what he feels is right.


Rev. Edward Pinkney, president of the Benton Harbor branch of the NAACP and also B.H. BANCO Organization, published the following press release inviting America to join Benton Harbor residents in a week of protests, including a "death march."


SPREAD THE WORD


Occupy the PGA! We are preparing in Benton Harbor to Occupy the PGA! May 23 -27 2012.
 
Wednesday May 23 we will do our Death MARCH with a coffin with the residents of Benton Harbor inside and bagpipes to Jean Klock Park, food will be served. please wear black. Benton Harbor Most Wanted for Crime against Humanity shirts. will be on sale for $10. Every
day we will send out updates.

On Saturday May 26, 2012, please bring a kite and wear black!  We are committed to escalating the Occupy Movement. We stand for human rights, democracy, free speech, freedom to assemble, fairness and equality. We stand for education, health care, and good jobs for all. Get corporate corruption out of government, and get Harbor Shores out of Benton Harbor. Occupy the PGA and Occupy everything! It is not one thing; it is everything . . . 

It looks like Whirlpool's Harbor Shores organization has behaved again with incredible irresponsibility and arrogance. The attacks on Benton Harbor residents continue. The extraordinary control that the Whirlpool Corporation has taken over the community of Benton Harbor, Michigan must have emboldened them to believe they could act with impunity.

Three years ago, Harbor Shores tapped into the municipal water supply of Benton Harbor to irrigate their developing Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course. It is difficult to imagine how the excavation necessary to accomplish this could be done secretly. Somehow, Harbor Shores drew on this water without paying the city, although the residents of BH were metered and paying for water usage. This was happening while the city was bankrupt and being run by a despotic emergency manager, Joseph Harris, who answers only to Gov. Rick Snyder. About a year after this tap-in began, a water main break necessitated excavations for repairs, and the Harbor Shores splice was discovered. Back payment for a year of heavy water usage was sought. Harbor Shores responded by drawing irrigation water directly from the Paw Paw River. Over the past two years, water rates for a typical household in Benton Harbor have burgeoned from $30/mo. to more than $100/mo. Apparently, the emergency manager has decreed that the water distribution deficit resulting from Harbor Shore's pilferage would be paid for by Benton Harbor residents.
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The petition at the link below is important for Benton Harbor residents. People who cannot help Occupy the PGA can sign the petition at Change.org|Start an Online Petition 

BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN RESIDENTS WILL MARCH AND SING THIS WEEK. THEY MAY SING THE ROUSING SONG THAT WAS USED IN THE 1960s: "AIN'T GONNA LET NOBODY TURN ME 'ROUND!" at YouTube link: http://youtu.be/c5Z1trynEHs and embedded below. Please elect "go to page 1" if you are viewing this article using a cellphone. Otherwise, cyberstalkers may hide the introductory information. Also, if the censorship force prohibits any of the five(5) links from opening, please notify me in the comments field below or by email at MaryLovesJustice at gmail.com. Thank you for your interest in justice.