Ten Commandments Reimagined Glenance Green

Ten Commandments Reimagined

Glenance Green

WE WANT FREEDOM. (WE WANT POWER TO DETERMINE THE DESTINY OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES.) For our souls to fly on American soil. The freedom that was felt by our ancestors at Igbo Landing who knew that their purpose was so much greater than to live in bondage through slavery.

WE WANT FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR PEOPLE. And access to a livable wage and humane working conditions that affirm that our humanity is worth more than what we can produce for others in a day that never ends. With the preservation of the energy we must reserve for our families and loved ones.

WE WANT AN END TO THE ROBBERY BY THE CAPITALISTS OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES. And an end to the indoctrination of capitalist ethics and values that permeate the hearts and minds of black bodies to the extent that the only humanity that they see can be bartered, traded, and exchanged for currency.

WE WANT DECENT HOUSING, FIT FOR THE SHELTER OF HUMAN BEINGS. That which is maintained, sustained, has limited restrictions for ownership, and painted with love to make a house into a home.

WE WANT DECENT EDUCATION FOR OUR PEOPLE THAT EXPOSES THE TRUE NATURE OF THIS DECADENT AMERICAN SOCIETY. (WE WANT EDUCATION THAT TEACHES US OUR TRUE HISTORY AND

OUR ROLE IN THE PRESENT-DAY SOCIETY.) An education that prepares us for the environment in which we want and need to live, and not the environment in which we’ve been molded for the benefits of others outside of our communities.

WE WANT COMPLETELY FREE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL BLACK AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE. Universal for all. Period!

WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE END TO POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDER OF BLACK PEOPLE, OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR, ALL OPPRESSED PEOPLE INSIDE THE UNITED STATES. And while you’re at it, Defund the Police.

WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE END TO ALL WARS OF AGGRESSION. And adequate services for the internal wars of aggression within ourselves.

WE WANT FREEDOM FOR ALL BLACK AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE NOW HELD IN U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, CITY AND MILITARY PRISONS AND JAILS. WE WANT TRIALS BY A JURY OF PEERS FOR All PERSONS CHARGED WITH SO-CALLED CRIMES UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY. Let us shift our focus to the sociomaterial conditions that created this environment to begin with. Abolition is the goal. Liberation is key.

WE WANT LAND, BREAD, HOUSING, EDUCATION, CLOTHING, JUSTICE, PEACE AND PEOPLE’S COMMUNITY CONTROL OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY. We just want peace. When will you let us live? Let us live!

When the Black Panther Party’s 10-point plan is no longer the program