Principles: Purpose, Organization, and Leadership

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Purpose: Central Questions of Our Time


1.      What were the conditions of the Black population before the 2700-year wave of predatory onslaughts?
2.      What was lost, how was it lost, who took it, how did they take it? What did they take it with, when did they take it, where did they take it, why were they able to take so much from so many for so long while causing so much pain, suffering, death and destruction?  And why did we not rise up and end it?
3.      What frustrated Black unity and absolute independence movements?  What are the conditions of the Black population now?  What must be restored, how must it be restores, who must restore it, why, when, where? 

4.      What must be redeemed, resurrected, and revolutionized in order to restore Black civilization and the Black population to where it naturally would be if it were not for the 2700 years of Great Suffering?  What will it take to catch up, to come from behind, and to overcome the almost insurmountable weight of these millennia of oppression? What will it take to win? 

5.      What must be done to achieve this victory? How will it be measured? What will be the cost? Having made an objective and comprehensive appraisal of all the circumstances, and having strove to secure all the conditions indispensable to final victory, how are those changes going to be made?  Who is going to make the changes? 

6.      How are they going to proceed?  Where will they begin? What are we going to be up against when making these changes, how will we prepare differently this time? Where will we start, when will it be most advantageous? What will it take?  What theory of success, method, and strategy will be needed? What type of doctrine and guiding principles are necessary? 

7.      What kind of organizations are necessary to implement, and practically carry out the doctrine on a day to day basis?  What kind of leadership is necessary, and how will it be chosen, tested, tempered, cleansed, sorted, steeled, initiated, organized---forged?

8.      How will this leadership and organization mobilize, and organize the Black masses to solve its problems?  How will science, morality and justice be seared into the very fighting spirit of the leadership, organization, population?  Where to begin, how to begin, who to begin with, what to begin with and why?  The essential question is: "What must be done now?"

9.      The internal decomposition and decay of contemporary societies which are historically outmoded inevitably forces it into rotting destruction and ultimately to fascism, collapse and replacement by a higher form of society.  The ruling class is prepared, with contingencies.  The Black mis-leadership is not.  These are difficult times.  Under mass conditions of uselessness, obsolescence, worthlessness, and permanent unemployability Africans will seek solutions. 

10.  Shifting material realities impose change on people.  The conditions in which people lived and worked changed, thereby forcing black people to make changes in their lives accordingly.  They will seek answers that only those with wisdom and the courage to share it will have.

Organization: 9 Central Problems and their Solution


There is no common mission for our lives and no unity of purpose.


1. No Accurate Past; No Understanding of What Must be Done in the Present


To the extent that we did not know the level of greatness our population had reached before internal decadence, and the waves of murderous invasions tore apart our lives, we could not be successful.  Accurately/honestly summarize world history and Africa's place in it.


2. No Scientific Documentation of Present Objective Conditions; No Chance of Organizing Plan, Polices, Program, and Population to Fundamentally Change Conditions


To the extent that we do not know what we are now as a result of the violation of our humanity, destruction of our civilizations, holocaust/genocide of our populations and cultures, rape and ravaging of our women, children, and men, mass kidnapping, transporting enslavement and working to death of millions building non- African civilizations we could not be successful.  Develop guiding principles of African History.


3. No Plans, Programs, Policies, Purpose; No Future


To the extent that we do not know what we must become in order to get out of this gutter existence and redeem, resurrect, and restore African Civilization, we could not be successful.  From guiding principles of African history develop doctrine summarizing the best practices of successful societal resurrections/rebirths.


4 No Common African Mission; No Chance of Meaning in One's Life


What is our common mission in life?  What must we give our lives for today in order to continue to live meaningfully tomorrow?


To the extent that all past African organizations have been confused about what must be done and what it would mean in each oppressed nation, they could not be successful.   Africans need scientific philosophy, theory, methods, principles and moral codes to guide their behavior over decades.  This takes systematic preparation in the areas of world philosophy, theory and methods.  No fundamental mass movement has ever been successful adhocly. 


5 No Independence; No Chance of Liberating Solution, Break All Ties With the Oppressor


To the extent that African organizations have been dependent on enslavers and their descendants for financing, land, transportation, food, clothing, shelter, philosophy, culture, and religion---everything---we could not be successful.  We cannot be successful with people who have harmed us paying off and leading our leaders.  Independence is not dependence.  Break completely with oppression and dependence.


6 No Moral, Mental, or Martial Purity; No Discipline, No Chance of Victory


To the extent that almost all African organizations have lacked the morality, virtue, and ethics, which have been the backbone of any previous successful epochal movement, they could not be successful.  Religion and ‘"spirituality" is not necessarily morality.  Ritual is not ethics.  Self criticism and correction require an independent system of right and wrong, good and bad, just and unjust, duty and necessity. 


Aside from the few core of great black leaders who stood their ground as uncompromisingly independent examples of high moral, mental and martial standards, African mis-leadership has been the central internal cause of African world servitude and suffering.  Re-establish and enforce our ancient African KMT Code of MAAT as the honorable, moral, and ethical way to live our lives.


7 No Equal African Female and Male Leadership; No Internal Unity, No Strength


To the extent that almost all modern African movements have been controlled and dominated by white, Arab, and African men (while African women have suffered from triple oppression), those movements could not be successful.  African women did an equal share of the work, but were not allowed by men to lead equally.  There can be no genuine unity, when there is no equality. 


Unity among African women and men only after equality between African men and women.  Each organization should have two presidents, one female, and the other male.  Each organization must strive to develop dual female and male positions at every level.  The female with the most seniority, heart, toughness, intelligence and the most accurate progressive position based on scientific study casts the deciding vote (in case of ties).  This is the only just way to begin to equalize power relationships between African men and women that for the past 3500 years have been dominated by African men.


8 No Winning Doctrine; No Winning Leaders


To the extent that old, outdated ideas of men lacking in mortality, intelligence, and successful practical results stifle the growth and development of new, fresh, courageous, innovative ideas, we cannot be successful.  


Old ideas of liberation took the form of: (1) reformist programs ranging from assimilation and integration into white society to (2) bluffing "kill whitey" and "black power" for government free-breakfast programs and other government handouts to (3) middle class Black capitalist control over political, cultural, social, economic, and educational institutions within Black ghettos to (4) carving out a five-state homeland in the southern portion of this stolen white country (native American land), and (5) to Zionist back-to-Africa schemes with the help of the white man via reparations fantasies of "not-strings-attached" funding.  Though much energy, passion and hard work was put into the five goals, these were not solutions, and certainly were not sufficient to correct 2700 years of destruction.  These are not the final goals of millennia visionaries who look decades into the future, and plan accordingly.   At best they were elements of a larger picture and process that required proper thought and planning.  Africans in the Diaspora were captured, kidnapped, mass transported, broken, indoctrinated into inferiority and dependence, enslaved, brutalized, worked to death, then thrown into unmarked graves, with the descendents being tossed about in unreliable/temporary labor situations away from their homelands until present.  The opposite of this is the solution. 


There must be a stage-by-stage theory of success.


9 No Organization; No Movement


To the extent that Africans have not developed independent professional visionaries, and organizations of professionals to manage, and organize the mass millennial movements to come over a protracted period of time, rudderless Black mass movements could not sustain themselves, and therefore could not be successful.


Solution:  Forge organization of professional visionaries and skilled doers.


Nothing of importance has ever been won adhocly, hap-hazardly, sloppily, or part-time.  No complex structure, no building, no institution---nothing--- can be built without a plan.  No social movement can be successful until the people who need the movement have defined precisely just what it is they are fighting to get. 


The fact that Africans in America have not defined what must be done is indication of the fact that they have not decided to completely break from those who have historically harmed, cheated, and discriminated against them.

When one decides to break with anything harmful, it will become obvious how to leave, where to go, what must be done to get there, when and who to work with and why.   Africans in the Americas have many of the most technically trained core of African educators in the world.  Surely they can put aside their petty personal issues to solve problems that are millennial in value.

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Leadership: Principles of Organizational Leadership


  1. Demonstrate concern for individuals-be attentive to, as well as advocate and care for those who contribute selflessly to the Great Cause; we hold onto those who do right for right's sake.  Additionally, because our lives matter, institutional policies and procedures must reflect the care and concern for our lives.  One of the characteristics of leadership is to be sensitive to the health and needs of people, particularly those who worked very hard to fulfill their respective historical roles.  
  2. Demonstrate concern for masses-be attentive to and care for the needs of the population.  Fact-based reports from regional representatives need to accurately reflect the conditions and needs of the workers in the areas of health, education, welfare, economics, etc.  From such reports regional leaders are to coordinate with the central organization to ensure that the needs are met.  When workers experience hardship, they should be supported during such times. 
  3. Work hard-all members of the population are to work hard to fulfill their role in society.  Hard work by all negates the sense that some people are better or more deserving than others.  Not only workers, but members of the leadership are to work as hard; the masses loose confidence in leadership when it does not carry its own weight.  Those most able are to work with those least able to ensure that the needs of all are met.  In addition, this helps to unify members of the population. Recognize the hard work that people do and place it within context of what needs to be done as a whole.  There is no need for special awards ceremonies because people are simply carrying out their expected roles; furthermore no one is any better than any other person. 
  4. Reveal and negate rumors, slander and character assassination-neither will be tolerated.  Reality is to be consulted always through the systematic collection and analysis of facts.  If charges are to be brought forward, then bring them with the names, dates, and examples of wrongdoing.  However if a person says something about another but cannot provide evidence, then that person is to be dealt with swiftly.  Sometimes slander may be disguised as criticism; however it is important to differentiate between the two.  Bringing these practices into the open and countering them with factual information is necessary. Reprimanding those who engage in such behavior are to be dealt with appropriately.
  5. Oppose speculation-all members of society are to investigate reality for themselves, rather than relying on speculative views and opinions.  Speculation is not to take place in the professional nor social arenas.
  6. Point out errors-mistakes are to be pointed out directly and immediately.  Such actions should not be taken personally, rather with a mind and heart open to improvement.
  7. Practice is the basis of knowledge-engaging in work on a daily basis puts one in a position to know how to do things; determine where, when and how improvements are to be made; and under what conditions tasks are to be carried out.  When we do not know how to do something, seek information from those who have perfected the craft and/or done the work with success.
  8. Take no handouts-when hunger or other forms of hardship hits, we don't take handouts, rather we pull closer together and share more.  We do not permit others to come into our nation, communities, and families to dictate the direction of our lives for any amount.  We get what we have based upon our own hard work.  We need initiative, drive, local commerce, and not begging.  To state "if I had [this], then [that]," is shameful; get what you need and don't wait on anyone else to do what you should already do.
  9. It is ok for people to disagree-it is quite normal for people to disagree.  Because a person disagrees with another or with a decision/directive of the leadership does not necessarily mean that she/he is moving to the right or exhibiting other fundamentally problematic behaviors.  The collection and analysis of factual information on each side of a disagreement serves to determine which course of action/line of argumentation is most appropriate to a given set of circumstances.  In addition, we should not be so full of ourselves that when a person disagrees with us we take it personally. Always rely on facts to determine the appropriate course of action.  Know how to fight instead of taking too modest an attitude of what you are doing.  One must not see ‘intrigue' or ‘counter-weights' in those who take a different view of matters or have a different approach, but must value independent minded people.  It may not be appropriate to withdraw from something because one is in the minority and certainly going outside of the organization to deepen a contradiction publicly. It may have been better to discuss the controversial question several times with executive committee
  10. Create avenue to voice concerns-people must be afforded an avenue to voice concerns.  Concerns that go against (or are opposite to) the decisions/directives of the Leadership, are to be addressed directly.  When a person is dissatisfied, she/he should lodge a complaint with the Leadership through appropriate channels.
  11. Complete work-it is important in an organization to provide clear directions and establish deadlines.  In addition, people are expected to complete their tasks according to the instructions on time.  Any and all problems that would impact on the quality and timeliness of the work must be reported immediately.  Tasks are to be completed in full.  When work is to be done, place people in charge of carrying it out and have them report back.  Even in crisis, people are to carry out work and not relinquish any duties. Sometimes it is necessary to remove people from posts when they don't complete work properly; reprimand those who don't carry out work and make excuses especially if necessary arrangements haven't been made in advance to obtain necessary help.  Incomplete work is useless.
  12. Gather the facts-get regular reports on how things are going from people directly.  Learn to collect facts and calmly and purposefully get to the heart of things.
  13. Submit precise reports (oral and written)-people are to submit reports in a timely manner. Reports are to rely on facts, consisting of at least ¾ fact and ¼ assessment; otherwise they cannot be accepted.  They are to contain precise opinion without evasions or suppression of facts. When preparing a report, take the necessary time to get it right. The absence of precise information hampers work and has a grave affect in the overall work to be done (vision). Keep reports short and precise. Reports are to be submitted for workshops, trainings, etc. With regard to information requests, require people to reply in substance, with evidence
  14. Carry out directives-directives handed down from the Leadership are to be carried out and those who violate organizational rules and directives will be reprimanded.  When a decision or a directive has been handed down by the Leadership there should be no friction.  All agreements, concessions, etc. agreed upon by Leadership need to be practiced by all; such practices bind/unite all organizational members.  At times, people may not agree with decisions made by Leadership, taking some personally.  For example organization members may be removed from posts when deemed politically necessary to do so, even though the person has not experienced major problems.  When encountering such consternation by one person in leadership, Lenin urged him to understand the political nature of the situation and any reservations can be addressed through hard work.  Deal directly and swiftly with those who are not carrying out directives and monitor those working closely with these violators to ascertain their complicity (nature and degree).  The circumvention of a leadership decision-through a parallel apparatus or commission under another name-is intolerable
  15. Engage in precise planning-work through the details of an effort before carrying it out to make sure goals and objectives are met.  Additionally, transitions from one phase of the plan to the next need to be worked out; there is no need to abolish the old when the new is not yet strong enough to survive.  A systematic plan must be thoroughly prepared and elaborated, and unswervingly implemented.  Always have a back up plan.  Assign tasks to those who can carry them out hold them to it.
  16. Maintain the correct line-all efforts, decisions, etc. must be done on correct lines.  [The correct line is maintained through the important process of the two-line struggle.] Admit mistakes honestly and correct them.
  17. Follow-through on work-members of leadership must maintain a list of decisions that have not been carried out or require constant supervision, paying particular attention to the execution of the most important decisions. Where criminal activity and banditry are discovered, wipe it out instead of writing about it
  18. All forms of communication need to be direct and to the point-establish guidelines for requests, memos, and other correspondence.  Communications are to be developed and disseminated according to established deadlines.  They are always to be direct, precise, and rooted in fact; a listener/reader shouldn't have to wade through a lot of stuff just to get to one or two lines with meaning.  Where the potential for emotion is present, write with restraint and deliberation-not hysterical.  Take a business-like approach instead of bureaucratic one.
  19. Invest in and promote scientific advancement-invest in the advancement of science and provide conditions that support innovation.
  20. Do not pay for concessions-we don't pay for concessions.  We win and we take that which we are fighting for.  In the process and thereafter, we shall appropriately compensate those who work bravely with us, but we neither take nor make payoffs.
  21. International/Inter-group Relations-as a fundamental principle, we do not conduct political negotiations with reactionary governments or groups.  In addition, we are not to risk damaging relations with people on the same side to negotiate with reactionary groups.
  22. Documentary Structure-publish and disseminate information necessary and useful for people public consideration, dissemination and debate.  Establish an apparatus to carry out this work, e.g., a publishing company. Establish a structure and process for the review of policy manuals and other publications.  All documents, all work must be rooted in facts-avoid rhetoric and rely on evidence; look into claims what is the basis.  Support realism in the arts as opposed to fantasy. Documents, publications, and educational materials are to be done in utmost quality. Where necessary, develop new/appropriate numerations, designations etc. for our new civilization.  Take information from other sources, pull out polemic and un-useful information and make it explanatory and helpful to the people.  Define, develop, publish, and disseminate desirable literature. 
  23. Leadership-Appoint people who favor workers and the poor. Promote young leaders.  The Leadership apparatus should be reinforced and brought to the localities.  People in leadership must have necessary mix/balance of skills-deal with people and military science. Give orders at once for everything that needs to be done, check whether it has been, verify and spur things on, delay is intolerable.  Leadership members must admit mistakes and when they don't know something.  Work out a detailed outline of lectures (that teachers/leaders are to carry out); this serves the dual role of being really prepared and monitoring their efforts.
  24. Problem Solving-get to source of problem with facts; go at enemies of the people-do not permit thievery. ‘Mere lamenting' without proposing precise changes means nothing; don't let things drag on. Establish a standard whereby leaders do not bring complaints but precise business plans. When assessing problems, determine what work has exactly been done and what is missing.  Organize regular and frequent conferences. Investigate the whole case and clear up situations on the spot, bring guilty people to the book, take steps to remove worthless people from office
  25. Establish precise administrative responsibilities-office routine should be efficient and effective.
  26. Address weaknesses-Pacifism amounts to nothing more than petit capitalist ideology. Address groundless optimism.  Excessive self-assurance adventurism is a weakness.