THOUGHTS ABOUT AN ANTISEPTIC VISION OF THE CAPITAL

THOUGHTS ABOUT AN ANTISEPTIC VISION OF THE CAPITAL – redoing the White House The first black resident family is gone. On the front lawn, figures in white protective suits scurry about – like astronauts – carrying black objects, large and small, from inside the White House and throwing them onto the pile of black objects already there. A squad of figures, also dressed in white, carried gun-like weapons connected to tanks, labelled Hazardous material, mounted on their backs crossed the lawn and entered the portal. A few white figures scurried away from the portal carrying the last of the black objects. Figures encircled the pile of black things as those inside came to windows – all stood in silence as if in grief. Suddenly the pile of black things burst into violent flames. As it did the silent grief transformed to hypnotic jubilation that continued until the black things were all burned to white ash. STAND UPSIDE DOWN: Trailer – please share https://youtu.be/JGip9tl0r74

THOUGHTS ABOUT AMERICAN BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT INTEREST

THOUGHTS ABOUT AMERICAN BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT INTEREST – American workers expectation I’m going to say somethings that may be difficult for some readers to believe, but I assure you that what I’m saying is not without some bases: I come to this conclusion both from experience and observation. I start first with the expectation of the average American worker, no matter the race or sex. I’m considering those preparing to enter the workplace and those with some experience but whose skills no longer keeps him or her working steady, if at all, in a livable wage-paying job. In spite of layoffs, plant closings, attacks on unions, employee wage and retirement benefits, the average American worker still believes that American business and government is looking out for citizen workers; that American business and government cares what happens to them. The truth is, business and government cares as much as they can or is willing to; and that care does not come close to meeting the needs of the average American worker. For the most part the American worker is still on his or her own! The interest of American business and government has been broken into two unequal areas. The smallest area, this is small business and local government, has been left alone to try and meet the needs of the average citizen worker. Small business and local government does not nor will they ever have all the resources to meet those needs. Meanwhile in the biggest areas, this is big business and big government, the focus and ambition is to create wealth and power for those who contribute most to the creation of wealth and power. It is not the interest of big business and big government to attend to the needs of average American citizen workers: they are but pawns in the game of creating wealth and power. MY EBOOKS ON AMAZON – please share http://www.amazon.com/Adolphus-A.-Ward/e/B00OSDSSRC

THOUGHTS ABOUT SELF AWARENESS

THOUGHTS ABOUT SELF AWARENESS – protection and defense Readers who would rather paint tomorrow’s world with pretty pleasing colors should pass this little essay of my thoughts without reading further. However, if you occasionally dig into the gore of our reality, stay with me. Presently groups are pushing to make room for them self. Other groups are irritated by their insistence to share the available, and often limited, space and resources. That irritation has been in the public arena for some time. The most recent public display of it still resonates in our recent elections. The media has made millions by bringing these irritations to the public stage. The thing that concerns me is the increase in violent rhetoric and physical actions; we seem more prone to react to violence than we are to prevent it. I’m about to reference a recent event to make a point - I mean no disrespect to those intimately involved. The indignant cries of pain following the slaughter at the South Carolina church was reactionary; appropriate, but still after the fact. I simply do not believe everyone in that Bible study group was so enthralled in what they were doing that they failed to discern the deceit in that young man – especially him being an armed young man. Someone or ones in that group ignored their intuition believing that nothing as monstrous could happen: that was a miscalculation with fatal consequence. There are white people in our country that would, if the opportunity presented itself, destroy black people: all of us. So, just as black men and women have fought and died on foreign soil to protect the freedoms all Americans share, black men and women must fight to defend our own and have ourselves seen as a formidable foe, rather than a people willing to prayerfully accept anything being done to them. One question white men and others in media often throw at black people is, ‘Do you believe in violence?’ My answer to that question is unequivocally YES: when and where ever it is necessary to protect the life and wellbeing of ourselves and others. MILK THE IRON COW - trailer https://youtu.be/Gh5Ybzl7E5c

I PERFORM from HARVEST THE DUST, first novel of my trilogy

SIX AUTHORS PRESENT I PERFORM from HAVEST THE DUST Crown Books at The Promenade Woodland Hills, CA 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Sunday 20 November, 2 – 3:30: PLEASE COME. https://youtu.be/Ud4KyD3YKVI

THOUGHTS ABOUT WE AMERICANS

THOUGHTS ABOUT WE AMERICANS – together for better or worse As I recall, it was a cartoon character that advanced the notion, ‘We have seen the enemy and it is us.’ The leaders of our, what-could-be, great country have all beat the fear-drum of the need for a strong- defense against a malicious enemy. More often than not that enemy had no clear definition. More often than not we, our leaders, had done something to provoke a sovereign people – then through propaganda had us to see them as our enemy. Consequently, there are groups of sovereign peoples who don’t like us. Compounding this condition is the fact that groups of people within our country don’t like and are distrustful of other groups – we are living with enemies. Enemies without and within our country should be a terrifying thought. Perhaps this reality is the reason why our leader’s paranoia has led to the largest number and most potent weapons of human and habitat destruction the world has ever seen. To devastate or annihilate a perceived enemy is to devastate or annihilate ourselves. MY TRILOGY BOOK TRAILER – historical black family fiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCxMdAa3JqU

THOUGHTS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP

THOUGHTS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP – Trump supporters and the other Americans Was I surprised about the election outcome, YES – really surprised, NO. I travel and I read; as a writer and actor I have and have had a great deal of social and intimate contact with white people. I know there are white people who simply do not like black people. Even the presence of blacks in social places and predominantly white neighborhoods grates their sensibilities; it drives them mad when blacks raise their voices in open protest against some injustice – they want blacks to shut-up and stop whining, or preferably just go away. There are wealthy and politically powerful white men and women who not only side with those who do not like blacks but who give political voice and action to their agenda – every black person knows or should know that very powerful white people in our country follow an agenda to Make America White Again. I caution the other Americans not to be overly enthusiastic about the increase in the number of people of color, as though people of color will begin to have a bigger voice in decision making: This is a delusion. Larger numbers do not translate into greater political and economic power. Powerful white men and women and their supporters intend to maintain complete control of wealth and political power. READ: Claud Anderson’s “Black Labor White Wealth,” and Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money.” I do not give a flying fuck if you like to read or not, read these books; get someone to read them to you, or tell you what’s in them – READ GODDAMIT READ. My last thought of this subject before I get off the stage. Black people and other Americans must learn to become subversive obstructionist. We must learn to obstruct every law and every policy that gets in the way of black people increasing their share of the wealth generated in this country; of black people increasing their employable skills; of black people reducing their numbers in prisons, with a restoration of all citizen rights upon release. The Republican Party has written an encyclopedia of Obstruction Techniques – I use our illustrious President Barack Obama as a reference. BOOKS /ACTING CREDITS ON MY WEB SITE – please share http://www.adolphusward.net

THOUGHTS ABOUT ACTORS' EQUITY and 99

THOUGHTS ABOUT EQUITY and 99 - better if we work together Attended a union meeting yesterday, Actors’ Equity Association; it was a national meeting with televised conference hookup to all regions – it was a big deal. I’m usually astute when it comes to preparing for meetings, of any kind; but this one caught me a little off balance. We, all Equity union members, were asked to consider and then vote on two proposed additions to Union bylaws. I was familiar with the proposal but at our local level, here in LA. I was caught off balance when what I thought was a local issue was now being considered at a national level. I thought, oh shit, 99 has move our local issue to a national stage – that took some smart political maneuvering. I’ve always admired smart political maneuvering – even when I oppose the outcome. Well, I applaud 99’s skill, but their maneuvering was not successful at a national level; both proposals failed. I left the meeting thinking how more powerful our union would be if we all worked together – but reality kinda reflects the politics and mood of our country. MY EBOOKS ON AMAZON – please share http://www.amazon.com/Adolphus-A.-Ward/e/B00OSDSSRC