Issue #1                                                                                                      September 2025

IMAGINE OR DIE!

 

WHAT'S THE WORD (WTW)?

"IMAGINE OR DIE"

Albert Einstein said imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge defines what we know; imagination opens the door to what we don’t yet see. Imagination is the soul’s vision — the gift that lets us turn nothing into something.

Think on it: every innovation, every movement, every act of resistance began as a thought or an image in someone’s mind before it touched the real world. When resources were scarce, we imagined ways to stretch them. When laws caged us, we imagined life beyond them. “Imagine or die” isn’t just a slogan. It’s the condition of our survival.

Without imagination, we stagnate, repeat cycles, live in someone else’s story. With imagination, scraps become sustenance, limits become pathways, despair becomes strategy. The world tells us to “be realistic.” We answer: what’s more realistic than the survival of a people who weren’t meant to survive at all?

Imagination is not luxury. It’s life. It is the first step in every revolution of the spirit.

 

WHAT'S REALLY WHAT'S GOOD?

"THE ECONOMY OF WASTE"

America is drowning in garbage — both literal and systemic. Waste management is now a $90+ billion industry, projected to grow as sustainability laws expand. Plastics, food waste, e-waste, and medical trash are the new oil fields. Inside those piles: raw materials, new energy, and billions in contracts.

And the billionaires see it. Bill Gates has backed waste-to-fuel projects. Jeff Bezos has invested in AI-driven recycling startups. They know whoever owns the trash owns the future.

But here’s the twist: for generations, we were the ones hauling, scrubbing, cleaning. They called us trash while leaning on our labor to dignify their spaces. Now imagine flipping the insult into ownership:

• Climate survival → Waste-to-energy and recycling cut methane, reduce landfills, and power homes.
• Political leverage → City contracts are billion-dollar pressure points. New York alone spends $1.5 billion annually on waste. Whoever holds those contracts holds real sway in City Hall.
• Jobs to tech pipelines → AI is already reshaping recycling. Tens of thousands of jobs could stretch from street collection to labs coding robotics.

Whoever owns the waste owns the environment.

 

 

 

DON'T KILL ME FOR MY THOUGHTS

"THE FAMILY BUSINESS"

SUS ACTIVITIES (KEEP AN EYE ON)

 

 

DOJ Ends Environmental Justice Agreement in Alabama County
In Lowndes County, Alabama (mostly Black, poor infrastructure, recurring sewage issues), the DOJ terminated a settlement that addressed raw sewage and wastewater problems. This agreement had been negotiated to help clean up the community, install proper septic systems, reduce environmental health risks. Critics say this move shows how environmental justice issues are being stripped away, even though water, sanitation, and clean living are basic rights.
Source: Guardian — Trump administration kills landmark pollution settlement in majority-Black county The Guardian

 

Supreme Court Eases Path for “Reverse Discrimination” Claims
In Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services, the Supreme Court rejected the requirement that plaintiffs from majority groups show extra “background circumstances” when alleging discrimination against them. This could open the door for more lawsuits challenging DEI programs, using arguments of “unfair treatment” even in spaces meant to correct historic imbalance. Source: AP News — “Supreme Court makes it easier to claim 'reverse discrimination' in employment, in a case from Ohio” (Jun 5, 2025) AP News

Federal Police Oversight Pullback: Ending of Consent Decrees
More than 20 cities are seeing consent decrees (legal agreements used to enforce police reform and accountability) being ended or rolled back under recent DOJ policy changes. Places that had them in place (sometimes after high-profile incidents) are now being left without that oversight. This means less forced accountability for policing abuses in areas where historically Black people are often harmed by unregulated law enforcement actions.
Source: The Guardian — US cities left behind as Trump ends key police accountability reforms The Guardian

Stay woke. Watch the lanes. Don’t get caught slipping.

 

 

WE CLAIM:

Fred Hampton

Chicago-born revolutionary Fred Hampton dreamed of a Rainbow Coalition — gangs, workers, immigrants, all united. At 21, he turned enemies into allies, hunger into programs, survival into politics. The FBI and Chicago police assassinated him in his bed, proof that unity is what they fear most.

We claim Fred Hampton not just as a martyr but as a mirror. His blueprint shows us: unity multiplies power. His assassination shows us: division protects systems. To claim Fred is to claim coalition as our deadliest weapon. His life was short; his legacy is eternal. All power to the people.

PERSPECTIVE 

"Who We Were, or Who We Want to Be?"

Larry K-Mimms

 

 

 

GOLDEN CODES

Stewardship of Labor
Labor is dignity. Every hand that works builds the nation. No work is beneath us when we own it. To surrender labor is to surrender sovereignty.

Names and Identity
The names they gave us carried chains. The names we claim carry power. We do not accept the definitions imposed upon us by those who oppressed us; instead, we create new ones, born of spirit, history, and purpose.