Part 1 of the Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation:

The Party for Socialism and Liberation exists to carry out the struggle for socialism inside the United States, the center of world capitalism and imperialism. The PSL stands in solidarity with our sisters and brothers around the world who are resisting capitalist exploitation and imperialist domination.

The need for the socialist reorganization of society becomes more apparent and urgent with each passing day. While a tiny part of the population grows ever richer, tens of millions of workers here in the United States and billions of workers around the world sink deeper into poverty. Monumental advances in science and technology, which could have uplifted the many, instead have mainly enriched the few.

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Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation Part 1: The struggle for socialism

Part 2 of the Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation

In order to guarantee the interests of working and poor people who make up the vast majority of the United States, a new revolutionary government run by and for the workers and poor will be established. The present capitalist government—the role of which has been to defend the big-business system of exploitation by a web of hundreds of measures, legal and illegal, and has been accessible only to the super-rich elite—will be abolished.

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Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation Part 2: A Revolutionary Socialist Government

Approximately 400 years ago, in August 1619, enslaved Africans touched foot in the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States for the first time. The centuries since have seen the development of a racial system more violent, extractive, and deeply entrenched than any other in human history. Yet where there is oppression, there is also resistance. Since 1619, Black radicals and revolutionaries have taken bold collective action in pursuit of their freedom, threatening the fragile foundations of exploitation upon which the United States is built. These heroic struggles have won tremendous victories, but they have also produced martyrs—heroes who have been imprisoned and killed because of their efforts to transform society.

“Black August” is honored every year to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the Black Liberation Movement, to call for the release of political prisoners in the United States, to condemn the oppressive conditions of U.S. prisons, and to emphasize the continued importance of the Black Liberation struggle. Observers of Black August commit to higher levels of discipline throughout the month. This can include fasting from food and drink, frequent physical exercise and political study, and engagement in political struggle. In short, the principles of Black August are: “study, fast, train, fight.”

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Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August

Live @ Fire Betty's - Tallahassee FL,  USA (22/9/2016)

Black Orange (Live Tallahassee, 2016)

Avi - Same Sun

David Gindratt, better known by his stage name Avi the Most Ill, was born in Los Angeles, CA to Maurice Gindratt and Maria Saillant, African American and Dominican parents, respectively. At a very early age Avi expressed a passion for music. He was always singing and mimicking beats around the house with toys and other objects,  always trying to enhance the sound of a song. As he got older, his mother realized that he was gifted and constantly reminded him that he can become anything he wanted in life, as long as he stayed focused and faithful.
Avi's Hip-Hop journey began in high school when he made the honor-roll and his mother rewarded him with a beat machine and a mixer. Influenced by artists such as Nas, Ray Charles, Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill, Styles P, and Eminem, Avi began combining his talents of producing beats and writing lyrics. Every single day after basketball practice, he would rush home to record himself. In one week he produced his first CD of about twenty songs and handed it out to all his friends. He asked for feedback rather than money, and after the approval of his friends, family and even a few teachers, he felt confident enough to open a small home studio to record himself and other artists in his area. Avi’s music would soon begin to spread. 
During his senior year in high school, a Hollywood promoter asked Avi to compete in a hip hop Battle against thirteen groups at the B.B. Kings Club in Hollywood in front of 300 hundred people. Avi won first-prize ($200) for originality/performance/production. [http://youtu.be/HQt1SmBUBJ8].
After graduating high school, he attended Mt San Antonio College and majored in Mathematics, but his passion to make music was so strong that in less than a year, he transferred to Pinnacle College to master his audio engineering skills. He graduated a year earlier than his classmates and was invited to work as an intern for six months at Westlake Studios in Santa Monica where artists such as Michael Jackson, Rihanna and The BackStreet Boys would go to record.
AVI's skills as a musician/rapper/producer garnished him The Lee Bailey UpliftingMinds2 Award for “Best Songwriter & Producer” in 2009, The Swagg Award for “Best Hip-Hop Artist” in 2010, an opportunity to Headline with Dead Prez at a VH1 event in 2011, airplay on HR's inDspotlight KCLA FM 99.3 in 2012 http://youtu.be/eqX4vRK1QIU and in 2013 he won "Best Urban/Hip Hop Artist" award at the Artist In Music Awards. During this time Avi was invited to Headline in European countries, namely Italy and Spain, where he impressed Europeans with his style, flow and looks. He had taken overseas by storm and even co-founded a recording studio in Rome called 3Q Studio (now 3TONE https://www.facebook.com/studio3tone) with a well known producer, Dephabeat (https://www.facebook.com/EddyDephaBeat), a photographer and graphic arts designer. After performing at various venues in Europe, he returned to America and toured with a Funk band called "Spacebugs”. They performed in southern states including Georgia, S. Carolina, Florida, and also in Maine and N. Hampshire. The Spacebugs and AVI released an album called "PARTY OF THE P-BRAINS" - featuring Danny Bedrosian from George Clinton & Parliament - Funkadelic! George Clinton was the first to receive a copy of the record.
These days, AVI recently graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor's degree in English, but he still continues to perform and produce music. He is now an accomplished musician who performs Hiphop, Funk, some Reggae and can play guitar, keyboard and drums. 
He’s released five albums Straight Up (2007), Sheesh! (2010), The Earthling Project (2011), Avitar (2012), and an acoustic album, Propaganda.

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