#Luther Davis

[wingedballoonpeace]

[decolonize-the-everything]

PSA baby leftists:

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"Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds" was a Black Panther slogan for a reason.

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The Crooked politicians in the government are working with the Negro civil rights leaders, but not to solve the race problem. The greedy politicians who run this government give lip-service to the civil rights struggle only to further their own selfish interests. And their main interest as politicians is to stay in power. In this deceitful American game of power politics, the Negroes (i.e., the race problem, the integration and civil rights issues) are nothing but tools, used by one group of whites called Liberals against another group of whites called Conservatives, either to get into power or to remain in power. Among whites here in America, the political teams are no longer divided into Democrats and Republicans. The whites who are now struggling for control of the American political throne are divided into "liberal" and "conservative" camps. The white liberals from both parties cross party lines to work together toward the same goal, and white conservatives from both parties do likewise. The white liberal differs from the white conservative only in one way: the liberal is more deceitful than the conservative. The liberal is more hypocritical than the conservative. Both want power, but the white liberal is the one who has perfected the art of posing as the Negro's friend and benefactor; and by winning the friendship, allegiance, and support of the Negro, the white liberal is able to use the Negro as a pawn or tool in this political "football game" that is constantly raging between the white liberals and white conservatives. Politically the American Negro is nothing but a football and the white liberals control this mentally dead ball through tricks of tokenism: false promises of integration and civil rights. In this profitable game of deceiving and exploiting the political politician of the American Negro, those white liberals have the willing cooperation of the Negro civil rights leaders. These "leaders" sell out our people for just a few crumbs of token recognition and token gains. These "leaders" are satisfied with token victories and token progress because they themselves are nothing but token leaders.

-Malcolm X

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The conservative, who does not dispute the validity of revolutions deeply buried in history, invokes visions of impending anarchy in order to legitimize his demand for absolute obedience. Law and order, with the major emphasis on order, is his watchword. The liberal articulates his sensitiveness to certain of society's intolerable details, but will almost never prescribe methods of resistance which exceed the limits of legality - redress through electoral channels is the liberal's panacea.

- Angela Davis, If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance

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Since I know liberals like him so much:

[allelitewrestlings]

All About Eve (1950) All About Mariah (2023─)

[gregor-samsung]

The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 (Göran Olsson, 2011)

[garadinervi]

[To Aid / Southern States Sit in Movement / Martin Luther King Defense] [An Evening of / Music and Drama / for Freedom Now / Starring in person / Harry Belafonte / Mahalia Jackson / Sidney Poitier / Shelley Winters / (1960 Academy Award Winner) / Diahann Carroll / Production Supervised by / Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee / Freedom Drama written by / Lorraine Hansbury (author of ‘Raisin In The Sun’) – John Killens – George Tabori], New York, NY, 1960 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]

[prahelika]

Some MI headcanons I've been thinking about recently, considering the fact that DR said that IMF recruits are former criminals:

Claire Phelps was a thief, much like Ethan was. She got into the crosshairs of Jim, on a mission. He brought her in, cleared her record. He never let her forget that she owed him. It formed the basis for their relationship. Jim often joked about it in public. (Ethan remembers this, at least subconsciously. He goes to great lengths never to manipulate Nyah or coerce her into anything. When he convinces Swanbeck to clear her record, he does so with no strings attached.)

After the events of DR1, Alanna is offered the Choice. She accepts, reluctantly. (She's seen what having to make a deal with the CIA cost her mother. She intends to escape the IMF as soon as possible. How..? Well, she'll see. John Lark seems like he could help...)

No one knows how exactly Luther got offered the Choice. He's good enough to have deleted all records pertaining to such information. Rumours abound in the IMF, but no one knows for certain. Except for Ethan, no one ever will.

A brief flash of Sarah Davies' file in mi1 shows that she was trained by Ethan, as well as Jim. I think some supplemental material also says that she and Ethan were friends from college, so here's how it might have gone down. She got herself into some trouble shortly after Ethan completed his IMF training and joined Jim's team, she contacted him for help (they'd been through their fair share of shenanigans in college, so she was fairly sure he wouldn't turn her in), he brought her in and she was trained on the job, officially by Ethan and Jim, unofficially by all of them. (When Ethan has nightmares about Prague, he often imagines Jim saying you brought her here, Ethan.)

Ilsa would never make the Choice. She no longer wants to give anyone (especially the government) that kind of control over her. If she does alone, fine. But at least she'll die free. Ethan knows this, which is why he never suggests it even vaguely to her.

[christianbalefanatic]

Christian Bale as Jim Luther Davis in Harsh Times (2005) dir. David Ayer  Christian Bale was an executive producer of Harsh Times.

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[deadontheinsidesexyontheoutside]

Black Activists Began Traveling to Palestine in the 1960s. They Never Stopped. – Mother Jones

[the-august-one]

*starting season 2 of Slow Horses*: Oh yay!! Phil Davis is in this show! Even more top notch casting, right there!

*5 minutes in his character dies*: i cant with this bullshit show...

[oldhollywoodholla]

Natalie Wood, Sammy Davis Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr. at a Stars for Freedom benefit concert (1963)

[thebettercatman]

Ur opinions on Jonathan Davis 😲

Cool dude ig

[jazzdailyblog]

John Coltrane: The Colossus of Jazz

Introduction: John Coltrane, often referred to simply as ‘Trane,’ stands as one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz. His innovative approach to improvisation, coupled with a tireless quest for musical exploration, reshaped the landscape of jazz and inspired countless musicians across genres. This blog post endeavors to illuminate the life, music, and legacy of the colossus of…

[gregor-samsung]

Tell Me Lies [also known as Us] (Peter Brook, 1968)

[protoslacker]

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

“During her time in jail, Davis grew deeply concerned with the American prison system. She later founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex.”

Because of Her Story, Smithsonian Institution. Angela Davis’s Imprisonment Inspired a Movement

Critical Resistance

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Patti Labelle Reveals How Clive Davis FORCED Luther Vandross Into Gay Relationship