Boomer -- Did not mean to demean any young men or their desire for a level playing field. I support that 100% and always have. I was suggesting that many who show the BLM decal on their profiles seem to have little knowledge of the BLM, Inc organization itself.
Black Lives Matter, Inc might be viewed by some as a grassroots movement of concerned people gathering together. It' s much more. Black Lives Matter is a corporation whose name is " Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM -BNF) .…it’s one of those " capitalist " corporations marxists luv to hate. Drips with irony. From their web site: It’s a nationwide corporation! BLM-GNF has chapters in: Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Memphis, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, South Bend and in Canada in Toronto, Vancouver and Waterloo from what I can find. Have no idea if you were impressed or not by how all those riots erupted simultaneously from a grassroots movement…well…if you did stop and think again. BLM- GNF is a not-for-profit corporation, but not tax exempt, so donations to it are not tax deductible. Except...if you go to its website and wish to donate, you are transferred to ActBlue Charities ( check it out ) which will take your donation, give you a tax deduction, and then distribute your donation to BLM - GNF.
This is not directly -- read on . So in effect it is tax exempt. Here's a quote from ActBlue’s web page, “Our (ActBlue) platform is available to Democratic candidates and committees, progressive organizations, and nonprofits that share our values for no cost besides a 3.95% processing fee on donations. And we operate as a conduit, which means donations made through ActBlue to a campaign or organization are considered individual donations”. Like Gaul ActBlue consists of three parts: ActBlue Charities facilitates donations to left-of-center 501(c)(3) nonprofits; Act Blue Civics is its 501(c)(4) affiliate; ActBlue is a 527 Political Action Committee. These three have apparently raised over $5 billion dollars in the sixteen years since it started. If its 3.95% transaction fee pertains to all donations, that equates to over $197 million in processing fees.. Nice work if you can get it.
So, ActBlue is a Democratic Party front affiliated with BLM-GNF. If only it was that simple. It isn't. ActBlue…distributes the money raised to Thousand Currents and then it is granted to Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation . What is Thousand Currents (formerly known as International Development Exchange)? Well Thousand Currents is a 501(3)(c) non-profit that provides grants to organizations that are...developing alternative economic models. ( such as marxism ) Thousand Currents essentially acts as a quasi-manager for Black Lives Matter: provides administrative and back office support, including finance, accounting, grants management, insurance, human resources, legal and compliance. Susan Rosenberg, a convicted terrorist who was pardoned by Willy Clinton after 16 years in prison, serves as a Vice Chair on the Thousand Currents Board ..... some say she runs BLM day to day ...I can not affirm that she does. So Black Lives Matter is not some fly-by-night fad that is going to loot and destroy and then disappear . It’s a multi corporation, big business which is heavily associated with and supports the Democratic Party and it' s here to stay.
Arguing whether Black Lives or All Lives Matter is meaningless and distracts us from what BLMGNF trying to achieve. It's an extreme left-wing political movement that will have a significant impact on the Democratic Party programs for the foreseeable future. Socialism and Communism are intrinsic to these efforts. The US Constitution and Bill of Rights have no place in their plans. Patrisse Cullors, one of Black Lives Matter’s co-founders is widely reported as saying, “We are trained Marxists”. The president of Greater New York Black Lives Matter GNF said during TV interview that if the movement fails to achieve meaningful change during nationwide protests, it will “burn down this system.” Not the peaceful change we celebrate under our Constitution, but violent change. For those of us who believe in our Constitution, this is a challenge thrown in our faces. Violence by extremists on either end of the spectrum should have been and should now be punished with lenghty prison sentences. Should you read the Antifa goals and objectives you will see a certain coalescence. So why do certain politicians dance around the subject of " What is Black Lives Matter" ? Well now you might have some idea why. Others dance around the subject of ANTIFA as well -- as if it does not exist. It does and its tentacles cover the country these days. BTW I know much more about ANTIFA than BLM, Inc as I was located at its locus in WA State as it emerged and germinated across the country . Will spare you info on it. |
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