Capitalism not socialism. Socialists are enemies of this country. If you don’t like capitalism, then end your channel on a capitalist run app. Making $ is capitalist. You are a capitalist
@@zengergazette9738 we all are Capitalists Strong free market supporters. And we support Americans and the people of the world. Their health happiness and success Is of course of supreme interest. The question is the good of the many or the luxury for a few. The degree either way is the question. What good is a cow that doesn’t give milk or a chicken that can’t lay eggs. Corporations should participate In the well being of its citizens . You pay taxes I do also. Some large companies pay none.
@@doradodude140 All companies pay taxes. And they get refunds or break even. The problem are the incentives. How favorable are the incentives toward them. There are small businesses, because of the tax breaks, that they get refunds or don’t have to pay anything in their return. I have no problem with that.
@@zengergazette9738 sure Anything they DONOT pay Someone else will Maybe you or me or both But somehow the cost of living in a civilization will be paid. Personally I think spreading. That out Makes better sense. The ole sayin Gas Grass or Ass no on rides for free
@@zengergazette9738 some people are very simpatico with what they perceive as the “ruling class”. They may want to identify with the super successful. Careful to be deferential to Authoritarian “Daddy figures”. All the while undercutting their own self interest. That is core. These to my mind are never intellectually determined or even reasoned out in any way. But rather felt or emotional . Someone once said “The Unexamined life is not worth living”. Hahahaaa That and THE SUPER BOWL !
As a Black woman, I have a problem that you can’t question the motives of Black people especially when they speak as if they represent us or their efforts are to help us as a collective. What we have found is that these women who did not want men to be a part of the movement and did not do anything to assist the families who lost their loved ones, did nothing to help them but too money to make their lives better. The exposure and the fact that they ran a con, they got out while they could get away with taking the money. So hopefully we can lay that movement to rest and they go away permanently.
To be fair there's a long list of black leaders and politicians that gain power that absolutely refuse to give others a boost...others that may be very similar to them in appearance but maybe more talented....
They are saying black lives matters movement have achieved so many things in black communities like Vaccines 💉 In other words we went from wealth equality, affordable housing, healthcare, building a black wealth for black people to lets abolish police 👮♀️ vaccines 💉 for all blacks, and lets take money and give it democrats, and "voting rights” for blacks as if though "voting” makes a change.
BLM ✊🏾 went from : wealth equality, affordable housing, healthcare, building a black wealth for black people To : lets abolish police 👮♀️ vaccines 💉 for all blacks BLM money to democrats, Blacks "voting rights” as if though "voting” makes any change BLM is a CIA FBI movement
I know, from volunteering with animal rescue, ONLY donate locally, never to any national organizations. People donate to national/international organizations thinking the money will be distributed to local organizations for them to utilize as the donors intend, but it rarely happens that way.
I just want to tell a story to American leftists. I live in a small European country that suffered a lot with austerity measures after the crisis. Our far left had 20% of votes in elections, and there was huge mobilization on the streets. In the last years they started pivoting to identity issues and very divisive figures started to pop, atacking our history, statues, being white, and class issues disappeared. Now the far right (that didn't existed here) had more votes than the far left parties together. I see no mobilization in the streets and corporations are happy. If wall street and silicone valley are sponsoring "Marxist" organizations, maybe they are not that Marxist.
Cultivating a fake left has been a strategy of the right forever. These days issues of identity etc are a great way to split the working class vote from the middle class vote.
For about a nanosecond, more pols than Bernie were starting to utter "The 1%" - when out of "nowhere" suddenly race issues took front and center. Divide and counquer takers many forms. But Marxists have long abandoned Marx. The workers too easily make lives better, so they needed a group that would be permanently miserable enough to bring about the dictatorship of the proletariat. (See Mills "From Class to Race.")
@@Christopher.Bingham "But Marxists have long abandoned Marx" That's where you are wrong Marx gave his life to The Dark One and he has always been about stealing killing and destroying. Thats what BLM has left in its wake in america, with all looting burning and destroying. BLM knew when they defunded the police crime would go sky high. Blacks in America will not survive this intact matter fact our population will dwindle to almost nothing. Im started to think that was the goal all along.
Mad respect to Sean. I always gave thr BLM movement the side eye when numerous families of police brutality victims called out BLM for cashing in on their family member’s deaths.
by the way, Colion Noir spoke about his frustrations with BLM ''inc...and how the people stepped in and stole the movement...he said it on Rogan last year. no one picked up on it at all
Campbell deserves kudos for his thorough solid investigative piece on BLM Global's finances. It is certainly telling that NY Mag commissioned this piece on BLM Global a year or more after leftist independent media sounded the alarm and interviewed many organizers of local chapters who demanded financial transparency shortly after the George Floyd protest. I suspect that the timing is related to the Dem Party's hawkish stance on crime & the need for more resources for the police from the increased funding of capitol police, to the 9/11 esque handling of the 1/6 investigations. As ineffectual/co-opted as BLM Global is and as careerist as Garza and Cullors and their acolytes are, I suspect that the Dem Party and the liberal media allies like NY Mag see BLM, which still does a lot of critical posturing of police as a potential threat regarding their tough on crime & venerating police strategy. I hope Bad Faith will do more eps on BLM and co-opted activism and will interview a lot of the local activists on the ground who have had run ins w/ BLM global. Black Power Media has long blown the whistle on the Neoliberalization of BLM.
That's probably true. Unfortunately, I think the national narrative is dead regarding the phrase "Black Lives Matter." It's now associated with the Democrats/neoliberals and their machine. Anything significant accomplished under the umbrella of BLM can and will be controlled and spun by them for whatever their purposes. The cause is still valuable/essential, but the brand is done. Still, I would welcome your suggested additional reporting to ensure that this scheme and its players are entirely exposed. People need to understand that the establishment plays multiple games simultaneously. It's another example of how centralization of power and resources often leads to corruption.
@@andrewteague114 That's not the point. The point is the original intentions/goals have been hijacked by neoliberals for their agenda. Packaging everything into nice slogans/phrases like "supporting civil rights" is precisely how that's done because that statement is meaningless without specific goals. Notice how little change has happened legally or in government since these protests. Notice how coverage and talk about BLM were lessened significantly after the elections. That's intentional IMO, as these people never intended to make significant changes. Instead, they bought off the highest-ranking members and had corporations provide lip service and money without any significant policy changes. That's why the "brand" is damaged. The national BLM organization has become a massive joke as it was basically a giant grift at the expense of the real people who suffer from this criminal justice system.
Thank you Sean, great piece and great reporting. I’m sorry you’ve faced backlash for your work. You’re an honorable person and you have given some of these people grace they didn’t deserve. Thanks again Brie, I love your channel and nuanced perspective on so many things that you have gotten some pushback for.
Thank you Mr. Campbell for your reporting on BLM Global Network. I have been telling people about their questionable practices the last couple of years, but I was told to shut up. Yvette Carnell and Antionio Moore have sounded the alarm about BLM for sometime.
we need someone like sean with the skills and earnestness to bring to light questions that many want answer too. the ideal that black people, in this matter, black women can't be review or audited for transparency without weaponizing gender or race is part of today's legitimacy challenges.
CAA is a talent agency that helps with book deals and tv news appearances as well, it has some bad dynamics as most businesses do under capitalism but it’s not inherently corrupt or bad or akin to a corporate sponsorship to join it. It could be part of a very smart strategy to push politics in a good direction. The problem is BLM never had a meaningful set of beliefs and the leaders were opportunistic grifters. The phrase Black Lives Matter is basically meaningless and not at all odds with corporate America so they arguably didn’t even sell out, there was nothing to sell out. But they did appear to defraud donors.
With the cost of University and colleges through the roof it's very disappointing every time I hear the word adjunct professor. People of higher learning including professors should all have tenure. Adjunct just means will pay you barely enough to survive nothing more.
Huge story! Thanks for being brave enough to cover it guys, hopefully it can get wider coverage. Especially because of the huge implications it could have on people who may have taken financial advantage of such a huge and nobel effort not just in the US, but around the world even. Again, what a huge story
It’s been covered before this. It’s just that socialists want to say it’s racism to go against BLM. Patrisse bought 4 houses in California either millions. And she has police protectionZ she wipes her arse with all of you lol. And the George Floyd protests were riots. The people involved should be arrested. BLM is a terrorist group
@@SandraMartinez-gv1yf ironically enough, if you'd actually funded this, you'd be less likely to believe BLM was a terrorist organization because they were so hesitant to give money to anyone who actually wanted to do anything. BLM the organization is a grift. It's a way to get media deals. It's the furthest thing from a terrorist organization in the whole Civil rights movement.
It’s not uncommon for the leadership of community organizations to take care of themselves financially while providing little more than lip service regarding the stated goals of the organization. There are plenty of hustlers out there and they often truly don’t see that they’ve done anything wrong or improperly when they pursue their own agenda and expect others to simply obey them. If they are a 501 nonprofit their financial statements should ne public record for review.
@@twntwrs Funny enough, Obama's Martha's Vineyard estate is right next to Donald Sterling, the former owner of the clippers mansion. Remember, Sterling was the guy who told his "sugar baby" to not bring black people to his basketball game and to never bring them around him. Got to love how much of a disgusting fraud Obama turned out to be.
That would be like women calling me sexist because I would never vote for Marjorie Taylor Green. No one is beyond being tempted by greed, even people who begin to rise within a group representing a marginalized group. The best thing the members of a marginalized group can do is keep their leaders honest.
Black people are not marginalized. No group is. Lazy and playing victims, yes. Marginalized and oppressed, no. You’re racist agaisnt white people. All races have poverty and rich people and middle class
It's shocking and saddening that those families who needed a hand up and were promised it, did not get it when so many people specifically donated for them, via BLM.
They are worse than Republicans in many respects. At least Republicans tell you that they don't support these causes - you know where you stand with them. Many Dems play this game where they hijack all these progressive movements while actively working against them behind the scenes.
The democrat guaranteed majority in 1964 civil rights bill refused to pass it. The dem senators that exceeded 2/3 majority then fillibustered it for 54 days to prevent passage.
Far worse the financial abuse, but of a piece with it, was the catastrophic failure of leadership and sidelining of local activists, which resulted in the squandering of a once in a generation opportunity and a net setback for racial justice and police reform. We are now worse off than if this had not happened and I hope local activists and leaders can put the pieces back together and keep the struggle going.
Not only was content informative but description's spot on, thank you and thank you Mr. Campbell It really all makes sense now, took the bag and ran Lesson learned, not everyone that says nice things will do nice. Will be more careful who I support
Organizers and individuals for movements as well as political seats need to provide financial transparency. Otherwise there's no need to take them seriously.
Having volunteered locally, I can attest to how financially strapped organizers are on the ground. It was a main brainstorming issue in discussions on the level of T-shirt and bake sales just to try to get funds for photocopying fliers. It would be interesting to map public/private opinion on each of those agenda topics as the website info was pulled by BLMGN... I would guess that BLMGN public branding followed closely whatever would pull them the most institutional donations, and I could certainly see "what donors like" being the primary driver for their messaging.
This is the same thing that's happening with the "land back" movement, being conflated with Land Back a privately owned NGO, which is just becoming a funnel for well-meaning donations but may not represent the whole movement.
What a question? Lol that’s like asking Is the Sun is Hot? Did Charlie Daniels know how to play a mean fiddle? Did Kenny Rogers know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold em? 😂🤣😭
To Sean's point, Black Lives Matter is three related but different things: an organization, a movement, and a slogan. Folks on both the right and left often conflate these three things, treating them like one in the same. The left does it when they criticize Sean and others from being against the movement when they are only casting skepticism on the organization. The right makes the same mistake the other way: they use bad behaviors of people using the BLM slogan or acting at a protest that is affiliated with BLM to cast aspersions on the entire movement.
Great show again. As a Marxist-Leninst who spent 10 years as a member of an ML organization in the 70's, and the #1 unpaid volunteer for the Bernie 2016 campaign in the State of Arizona, I would like for you BJG to consider these ML ideas on this subject. First, if we go back to the very basic ML definition of classes (i.e. Lumpen Proletariate, Peoletariate, Petite Bourgeois, Bourgiousie, Imperialist, etc.) the BLM matter becomes clearer. Kullers et al are upper Petite Bourgeious with career aspirations and good educations and individual skills that will keep them in the PB. In fact, many of the activists of all races and nationalities who have been active are from the PB. No judgement, just political evaluation. Though they would disagree, and so would others, their political position in this capitalist/imperialist system is objectively Black Capitalist Nationalism, and distinctly of the variety of race separartism (really, same as Farrakan without religion). In political positioning, they see the main enemy as whites (white supremacy of white people, not the system--successful Blacks in the 1% are heroes not enemies.) and not the White Supremacist Capitalist system. I have been told this by the many BLM and minority acivtists I have worked with, and they have said so much at their public events. It is ironic, I believe, that the system understands damn well that they are upper middle class (their definition of PB) with aspirations. In fact, buying off BLM is an old chapter in their playbook. Considering the power the slogan "BLM" had and has to unite the Black movement with masses of white people, they coud not let BLM succeed. The separatist Black National GNF leaders chose to ally with the corporations of the White Supremacist Capitalist Corporate system, and not the masses of white people who supported or were sympathtic to the anti-police movements. All these other details of their errant behavior, large or small, come from this class analysis if you examine them in the class context.
if you think BLM or the statement "black lives matter" ever had the power to unite whites and blacks against whatever system you're whining about then you're a fool and it's abundantly clear why you've accomplished nothing in 40+ years of political activism. stop reading theory and start paying attention to what's obvious in front of your eyes. live in the same world as the actual working class. (because your post suggests you live in a very different world)
@@Farvadude Perhaps you missed the 20MM people marching together in the streets during 2020? That was a multiracial movement and did have actual revolutionary potential precisely because of its multiracial and class character nature.
@shogun7p7 Too true, but that is because of incredibly poor, sellout capitalist and class collaborationist leadership at BLMGNF. The movement itself was real and did have actual revolutionary potential. Had Cullors, Garza and Tometi been actual Marxists who did the hard work of building BLMGN into an honest-to-god revolutionary political organization by committing the organization to real neighborhood-by-neighborhood organizing, installing democratic decision-making structures between the local chapters & the national organization, working to centralize around core demands and imbued their chapters with a regimented approach towards political education then 2022 would look far different than it does now precisely because of the potential 2020 presented.
Ideology is so important and Americans are primed to believe they don't hold any ideology, but everyone has their own set of ideals with varying degrees of conviction. The ideology is compromised of that which we hold sacred to our existence. Dogmatism is to be uncritical of one's own ideology. It's unfortunate the English language has been so twisted to fit narratives that words lose their meaning and people think Marxism-Lenninism is pure dogmatism. ML's in my experience have very strong analysis and arguments. Anyways thx for your thoughts.
There are questions to be answered by the national BLM organisation. For them to be pushing back against these questions is disgraceful, it's dam right disrespectful,
Short answer: Yes. People are people, and no matter your political statements, underneath you're still corruptible. As soon as someone refuses to answer questions transparently, guilty. I won't be persuaded on that. Honest people talk. ... Some bad people aw an opportunity and took it. Find them and destroy them. Next....
I would estimate that more than half of these "movements" are run by people like this. As someone said in another thread, top-down movements are not the answer.
48 min was intimidating, but you both looked young, so I wanted to hear from young people. Very well done, very thoughtful. You both have bright futures! Thanks for having dates, names, and facts- instead of just shouting about your emotions or feelings/interpretations. Old-skool journalism. Bravo!
You all should use your platform to do more than just offer an opportunity for the BLMGNF to respond. You should give them a deadline! If they fail to respond you should launch a movement to demand accountability. I think that people will follow you. The integrity of this movement and other movements are at stake.
In the case of TJ from the Huntington Beach White Lives Matter incident, I spoke with him personally in the lead up to the counter protest, as did many local organizers. The reason that people were hesitant to support his efforts wasn’t because of the BLM organizations denouncing the counter protest, although that did play a role towards the end . It was primarily because when he was asked about what he was doing to ensure the safety of folx that he was calling on to come out, he dismissed the concerns and said that the massive numbers would be enough to keep everyone safe. OC had already seen a counter protest gone wrong in Yorba Linda the year before, so people were understandably worried about a repeat in Huntington.
He also referred to anyone who offered to help organize the counter protest to ensure safety as “clout chasers.” Luckily, local organizers ultimately decided to show up, and the Nazis were scared off, but it was definitely a messy situation all around.
The same thing that happened to the tsar is happening here…it’s been happening from the time when they didn’t turn those ships around…and is now coming to light…
Trash capitalism while literally surrounded and fully dripped in the very output of "said" method. I also love the "credit" given or nuance while making broad aggressive strokes in language... or we can just say "fraud"
Chris Hedges had this to say about the anti-white supremacy dance-off (and doesn't that sound EXACTLY like something from a Saturday Night Live skit?): "Could you imagine Malcolm X taking part in something like that?"
Every B.L.M. In Each City Should Operate as It's Own Individual Organization. They can Address The needs of the people Locally. Then bring different chapters From different Cities Across The State to Form A State Oversight Organization to Set The Agenda and Give Financial Support to the Chapters in The Cities.
The Real News Network covered some of these issues last year, including how mothers of high profile police killings felt abandoned by BLM leaders in question.
I remember watching the Alex Jones show around 2009 when I was on my conspiracy run and he talk so much about George Soros so when he funded BLM I knew something wasn’t right, couldn’t put my finger on it but now it makes sense.
Word. T'is about time that #BlackLivesMatter is investigated thoroughly, any misappropriation of donations is exposed and those responsible punished by the law.
This Sean guy is on the ball. It's clear that he really cares and understands what oppression is about and is dedicated to calling out those who don't "respect" the reality of the "little people's" lives of black people. Just to include my 2 cents, we black people as a community really need to brush up on our history. We are losing the depth of feeling that we should have commensurate with our suffering compared to those surrounding us. Since this profound sense of loss is centrally what moves us, and defines us without supporting institutions which we control, the sooner we will be wiped out as a definitive group of people called "black" in the United States of America for whatever its worth. Look around and we can see the whitening of that which is black to white. We're fading to white if you will. And it ain't no joke. We are a unique group of people and we need to make clear that we all recognize what this means. I fear too many of us already don't recognize the true deal if you will, which will soon lead to the end of "us." Thank you.
I would like to see a discussion , on Collective Cooperations , Black Liberation's and Indigenous Sovereignty vs Corporate Capitalism. Which I feel is actually a progressive position in the fight for accountability. When Government is a Socialist Structure that's denying those that fund it. People on the right , and left listen to the talking points that they can identify with. Without understanding that collectively their needs are being sold out by Lip service politicians in Government whose job is to Govern by any means possible.
I'm curious for opinions on a hypothetical. If it were the case that; over many years black women were selectively targeted by the state to annually endure 1/3+ of the extrajudicial murders by the state's own agents and in-group vigilantes and, if all the black female activists who initially stood up to speak out were mysteriously murdered, what would happen if then, a band of heterosexual black males arrived on the scene and somehow galvanized an already existing movement and popularized their struggle so well they were able to enroll the people and press to a rallying cry while also generating $90 million? What if, to go further, those men formed an organization that declared no women or LGBT could participate in leadership even though they were the ones being victimized by the system(s) the protest movement, which went global, sought to thwart? What if discoveries were made that the vast majority of funds raised couldn't be accounted for and millions that could, had been allocated to their friends, organizations run by and exclusively dedicated to the uplift of straight black men? What if most of the rest had been used to buy influence for themselves and multi-million dollar mansions across the nation and around the world? What if, in close to the final analysis, the group of men who pulled off this amazing feat of influence dipped out one by one leaving all the people who were supposed to be direct beneficiaries of the movement, their supporters and affiliates with zero financial support, legal aid or good will all the while dropping messages that they'd done everything correctly, had no regrets and were now being persecuted themselves for merely being questioned? Wouldn't if be curious if, after all that, professional journalists would be desperately seeking ways to find and bestow benefit of a doubt to the situation on behalf of those men about whom, it could be argued, no doubt of nefarious intent should exist? Would it cause an uproar if professional journalists even feigned delivering benefit of a doubt just to play devils advocate especially in a medial landscape like what exists now, where all nuance is suspect? Would the headline question "Did ... Leaders Cash In On the Movement?" be tolerated as legitimate? Wouldn't people be expecting the word 'HOW' to proceed "Did"? What do you think would be the national and international response to this scenario under these circumstances which, as described here, mirror what actually happened in this brane of the multiverse? Please share ...
Thanks for watching, liking and subscribing! Here is a link to Sean's article: nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/black-lives-matter-finances.html
Capitalism not socialism. Socialists are enemies of this country. If you don’t like capitalism, then end your channel on a capitalist run app. Making $ is capitalist. You are a capitalist
@@zengergazette9738 we all are Capitalists
Strong free market supporters.
And we support Americans and the people of the world.
Their health happiness and success
Is of course of supreme interest.
The question is the good of the many or the luxury for a few.
The degree either way is the question.
What good is a cow that doesn’t give milk or a chicken that can’t lay eggs.
Corporations should participate
In the well being of its citizens .
You pay taxes I do also. Some large companies pay none.
@@doradodude140 All companies pay taxes. And they get refunds or break even. The problem are the incentives. How favorable are the incentives toward them. There are small businesses, because of the tax breaks, that they get refunds or don’t have to pay anything in their return. I have no problem with that.
@@zengergazette9738 sure
Anything they DONOT pay
Someone else will
Maybe you or me or both
But somehow the cost of living in a civilization will be paid.
Personally I think spreading. That out
Makes better sense.
The ole sayin
Gas Grass or Ass no on rides for free
@@zengergazette9738 some people are very simpatico with what they perceive as the “ruling class”.
They may want to identify with the super successful. Careful to be deferential to Authoritarian “Daddy figures”.
All the while undercutting their own self interest.
That is core.
These to my mind are never intellectually determined or even reasoned out in any way.
But rather felt or emotional .
Someone once said
“The Unexamined life is not worth living”.
Hahahaaa
That and THE SUPER BOWL !
As a Black woman, I have a problem that you can’t question the motives of Black people especially when they speak as if they represent us or their efforts are to help us as a collective. What we have found is that these women who did not want men to be a part of the movement and did not do anything to assist the families who lost their loved ones, did nothing to help them but too money to make their lives better. The exposure and the fact that they ran a con, they got out while they could get away with taking the money. So hopefully we can lay that movement to rest and they go away permanently.
To be fair there's a long list of black leaders and politicians that gain power that absolutely refuse to give others a boost...others that may be very similar to them in appearance but maybe more talented....
@@johntruxal432 To be really fair, can we focus on these 3 women, this “organization” at this moment?
@@omniamericana2172 exactly. “Whataboutism” is basically another form of deflecting from the topic at hand.
They are saying black lives matters movement have achieved so many things in black communities like Vaccines 💉
In other words we went from wealth equality, affordable housing, healthcare, building a black wealth for black people to lets abolish police 👮♀️
vaccines 💉 for all blacks, and lets take money and give it democrats, and "voting rights” for blacks as if though "voting” makes a change.
BLM ✊🏾 went from :
wealth equality,
affordable housing,
healthcare,
building a black wealth for black people
To : lets abolish police 👮♀️
vaccines 💉 for all blacks
BLM money to democrats,
Blacks "voting rights” as if though "voting” makes any change
BLM is a CIA FBI movement
$60 million unaccounted for--imagine that amount of money distributed into local organizations and communications work. What a squandered opportunity.
The Black Lincoln project?
$60m unspent
@@BonRain8734 I don’t think anybody wants to take that job because of all the heat. Two people were hired to take it and they declined.
thats what I THOUGHT was going on with the money.
little I knew
they spent that money on getting their countrymen into America. doesn't take rocket science to figure that out.
When you invite a guest and they have written an article or have some organization etc. consider leaving a link to their work in the description.
I've been calling them scammers for years now.
I know, from volunteering with animal rescue, ONLY donate locally, never to any national organizations. People donate to national/international organizations thinking the money will be distributed to local organizations for them to utilize as the donors intend, but it rarely happens that way.
100% correct
BINGO!!! The same for local politicians!!!!
Malcolm X warned us all about this in "Message to the Grassroots" in 1963.
Malcolm X also said not to trust Liberals. specifically White Liberals..
We need to demand coverage from the national media and the talk shows that allowed the founders to advertise their books and other ventures.
To answer the question, yes they cashed in and sold out.
Nah, they fooled you bigots and that’s priceless
@@SandraMartinez-gv1yf “Build the Wall”? 😂
You can’t make this up.
No, they cashed in and "STOLE OUT".
Their website has 10 demands. 9 of the demands are about "arrest trump" or "ban trump from twitter" and then one item on the breath act lmfao
This reminds me of Haiti post 2001 earthquake. Red Cross got tons of money which disappeared and Haiti got nothing.
I keep hearing everyone say, where is the 90 million dollars... I am curious where the money is as well....
I just want to tell a story to American leftists. I live in a small European country that suffered a lot with austerity measures after the crisis.
Our far left had 20% of votes in elections, and there was huge mobilization on the streets.
In the last years they started pivoting to identity issues and very divisive figures started to pop, atacking our history, statues, being white, and class issues disappeared.
Now the far right (that didn't existed here) had more votes than the far left parties together. I see no mobilization in the streets and corporations are happy.
If wall street and silicone valley are sponsoring "Marxist" organizations, maybe they are not that Marxist.
Cultivating a fake left has been a strategy of the right forever. These days issues of identity etc are a great way to split the working class vote from the middle class vote.
For about a nanosecond, more pols than Bernie were starting to utter "The 1%" - when out of "nowhere" suddenly race issues took front and center. Divide and counquer takers many forms.
But Marxists have long abandoned Marx. The workers too easily make lives better, so they needed a group that would be permanently miserable enough to bring about the dictatorship of the proletariat. (See Mills "From Class to Race.")
You can't mix up base & superstructure
@@Christopher.Bingham "But Marxists have long abandoned Marx" That's where you are wrong Marx gave his life to The Dark One and he has always been about stealing killing and destroying. Thats what BLM has left in its wake in america, with all looting burning and destroying. BLM knew when they defunded the police crime would go sky high. Blacks in America will not survive this intact matter fact our population will dwindle to almost nothing. Im started to think that was the goal all along.
@@joseywales1150 you are conflating BLM the organization with BLM the movement.
Mad respect to Sean. I always gave thr BLM movement the side eye when numerous families of police brutality victims called out BLM for cashing in on their family member’s deaths.
Thank you, Sean, for courageous, necessary work.
by the way, Colion Noir spoke about his frustrations with BLM ''inc...and how the people stepped in and stole the movement...he said it on Rogan last year. no one picked up on it at all
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Campbell deserves kudos for his thorough solid investigative piece on BLM Global's finances. It is certainly telling that NY Mag commissioned this piece on BLM Global a year or more after leftist independent media sounded the alarm and interviewed many organizers of local chapters who demanded financial transparency shortly after the George Floyd protest. I suspect that the timing is related to the Dem Party's hawkish stance on crime & the need for more resources for the police from the increased funding of capitol police, to the 9/11 esque handling of the 1/6 investigations. As ineffectual/co-opted as BLM Global is and as careerist as Garza and Cullors and their acolytes are, I suspect that the Dem Party and the liberal media allies like NY Mag see BLM, which still does a lot of critical posturing of police as a potential threat regarding their tough on crime & venerating police strategy. I hope Bad Faith will do more eps on BLM and co-opted activism and will interview a lot of the local activists on the ground who have had run ins w/ BLM global. Black Power Media has long blown the whistle on the Neoliberalization of BLM.
That's probably true. Unfortunately, I think the national narrative is dead regarding the phrase "Black Lives Matter." It's now associated with the Democrats/neoliberals and their machine. Anything significant accomplished under the umbrella of BLM can and will be controlled and spun by them for whatever their purposes. The cause is still valuable/essential, but the brand is done. Still, I would welcome your suggested additional reporting to ensure that this scheme and its players are entirely exposed. People need to understand that the establishment plays multiple games simultaneously. It's another example of how centralization of power and resources often leads to corruption.
Here’s Richard Wolff’s opinion on the topic :
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You gonna end up asking "how did my community turned on me" like cullors, except you won't have the luxury to hide and it will be too late.
@@scratchpenny "Oh no, guys, the brand is working too well! Explicitly supporting civil rights is so popular that it's (gasp!) *mainstream*
@@andrewteague114 That's not the point. The point is the original intentions/goals have been hijacked by neoliberals for their agenda. Packaging everything into nice slogans/phrases like "supporting civil rights" is precisely how that's done because that statement is meaningless without specific goals. Notice how little change has happened legally or in government since these protests. Notice how coverage and talk about BLM were lessened significantly after the elections. That's intentional IMO, as these people never intended to make significant changes. Instead, they bought off the highest-ranking members and had corporations provide lip service and money without any significant policy changes. That's why the "brand" is damaged. The national BLM organization has become a massive joke as it was basically a giant grift at the expense of the real people who suffer from this criminal justice system.
Thank you Sean, great piece and great reporting. I’m sorry you’ve faced backlash for your work. You’re an honorable person and you have given some of these people grace they didn’t deserve. Thanks again Brie, I love your channel and nuanced perspective on so many things that you have gotten some pushback for.
Thank you Mr. Campbell for your reporting on BLM Global Network. I have been telling people about their questionable practices the last couple of years, but I was told to shut up.
Yvette Carnell and Antionio Moore have sounded the alarm about BLM for sometime.
we need someone like sean with the skills and earnestness to bring to light questions that many want answer too. the ideal that black people, in this matter, black women can't be review or audited for transparency without weaponizing gender or race is part of today's legitimacy challenges.
Objectively: yes. Most of them signed with CAA. And by doing so undermined their whole movement. Imagine MLK announcing a doritos sponsorship!
What does CAA stand for? I assume not Canadian Automobile Association
Would be kinda based of MLK to openly support the Gamers
@@derekaitken Creative Artists Agency - AOC engaged them some time ago supposedly for a possible book deal that ultimately fell through
@@carrenpalmer3453 I think CAA might be the same hacks that worked with partisan hacks like George Takei, and Alyssa Milano
CAA is a talent agency that helps with book deals and tv news appearances as well, it has some bad dynamics as most businesses do under capitalism but it’s not inherently corrupt or bad or akin to a corporate sponsorship to join it. It could be part of a very smart strategy to push politics in a good direction. The problem is BLM never had a meaningful set of beliefs and the leaders were opportunistic grifters. The phrase Black Lives Matter is basically meaningless and not at all odds with corporate America so they arguably didn’t even sell out, there was nothing to sell out. But they did appear to defraud donors.
Briahna has become one of my MAIN go to news sites!
Thank you Bri!!!!!!!
❤ U !!
With the cost of University and colleges through the roof it's very disappointing every time I hear the word adjunct professor. People of higher learning including professors should all have tenure. Adjunct just means will pay you barely enough to survive nothing more.
it's reassuring to finally see someone with books behind them that I've read
good one, author Joyce Carol Oates caught my eye
The Bible?
Is water wet? Is the Pope Catholic? YES TF they did. Grifters gonna grift!!
Water is not wet.
Huge story! Thanks for being brave enough to cover it guys, hopefully it can get wider coverage. Especially because of the huge implications it could have on people who may have taken financial advantage of such a huge and nobel effort not just in the US, but around the world even. Again, what a huge story
It’s been covered before this. It’s just that socialists want to say it’s racism to go against BLM. Patrisse bought 4 houses in California either millions. And she has police protectionZ she wipes her arse with all of you lol. And the George Floyd protests were riots. The people involved should be arrested. BLM is a terrorist group
@@SandraMartinez-gv1yf ironically enough, if you'd actually funded this, you'd be less likely to believe BLM was a terrorist organization because they were so hesitant to give money to anyone who actually wanted to do anything. BLM the organization is a grift. It's a way to get media deals. It's the furthest thing from a terrorist organization in the whole Civil rights movement.
@@valuedCustomer2929 you came here just to write that. Weird.
@@valuedCustomer2929 seek help
@@SandraMartinez-gv1yf The so called insurrection burned DC down. But Kenosha WI just had a small fire.
"You can have a problem with the organization and not have a problem with the movement."
It’s not uncommon for the leadership of community organizations to take care of themselves financially while providing little more than lip service regarding the stated goals of the organization. There are plenty of hustlers out there and they often truly don’t see that they’ve done anything wrong or improperly when they pursue their own agenda and expect others to simply obey them. If they are a 501 nonprofit their financial statements should ne public record for review.
Like a 7,000-square-foot 29-acre $12 million estate on Martha's Vineyard?
@@twntwrs You leave obuma alone , he scheduled goldman sachs speeches for 8 years...🤣
@@twntwrs Funny enough, Obama's Martha's Vineyard estate is right next to Donald Sterling, the former owner of the clippers mansion. Remember, Sterling was the guy who told his "sugar baby" to not bring black people to his basketball game and to never bring them around him.
Got to love how much of a disgusting fraud Obama turned out to be.
@@bruteboy123 Obama has heard his $. Time for you to earn yours. Nothing wrong with making money and being rich
@@johntruxal432 He is just copying what Clintons did after he got out of office. Just Copy and Paste.
That would be like women calling me sexist because I would never vote for Marjorie Taylor Green. No one is beyond being tempted by greed, even people who begin to rise within a group representing a marginalized group. The best thing the members of a marginalized group can do is keep their leaders honest.
Black people are not marginalized. No group is. Lazy and playing victims, yes. Marginalized and oppressed, no. You’re racist agaisnt white people. All races have poverty and rich people and middle class
Hey Karen, stay on topic. This isn't about MTG
@@Thedecider1984 Hey bigot, Black people aren’t marginalized. Stop playing the victim and get a job
@@SandraMartinez-gv1yf Some are, some aren’t. Yours sounds like a hypocritical half-truth. Do you know nothing of history or structural-violence?
It's shocking and saddening that those families who needed a hand up and were promised it, did not get it when so many people specifically donated for them, via BLM.
We’re not going to be able to donate our way out of this. One day we’ll come to realize this.
Biggest civil rights protest of my lifetime and Democrats haven't done a single thing about it on a federal level.
They are worse than Republicans in many respects. At least Republicans tell you that they don't support these causes - you know where you stand with them. Many Dems play this game where they hijack all these progressive movements while actively working against them behind the scenes.
@@scratchpenny aka Fraud Squad
The democrat guaranteed majority in 1964 civil rights bill refused to pass it. The dem senators that exceeded 2/3 majority then fillibustered it for 54 days to prevent passage.
What did you want them to do? Sincerely asking.
@@johntruxal432 the more things change...
Finally. This is what journalism really looks like. Too bad Facebook shut down the accounts of everyone who just tried to ask these questions.
Thank you for speaking to exposing the years of gaslighting we've experienced on the ground!
Between this scandal and GoFundMe stealing from Canadian Truckers, why would anyone donate to any cause?
Great reporting, thanks.
Corruption is color blind.
Great job guys covering this. It is aggravating that funds for real organizers got Miss-used.
Far worse the financial abuse, but of a piece with it, was the catastrophic failure of leadership and sidelining of local activists, which resulted in the squandering of a once in a generation opportunity and a net setback for racial justice and police reform. We are now worse off than if this had not happened and I hope local activists and leaders can put the pieces back together and keep the struggle going.
great story. great interview.
Not only was content informative but description's spot on, thank you and thank you Mr. Campbell
It really all makes sense now, took the bag and ran
Lesson learned, not everyone that says nice things will do nice.
Will be more careful who I support
To borrow a phrase from an old Steve Miller Band song, they took the money and run.
Organizers and individuals for movements as well as political seats need to provide financial transparency. Otherwise there's no need to take them seriously.
@@valuedCustomer2929 You mean those among the leadership? Or everyone and anyone involved?
Having volunteered locally, I can attest to how financially strapped organizers are on the ground. It was a main brainstorming issue in discussions on the level of T-shirt and bake sales just to try to get funds for photocopying fliers. It would be interesting to map public/private opinion on each of those agenda topics as the website info was pulled by BLMGN... I would guess that BLMGN public branding followed closely whatever would pull them the most institutional donations, and I could certainly see "what donors like" being the primary driver for their messaging.
Excellant work Sean. Im poor and disabled, sorry i can't contribute. Thx Brianna
Incredible piece, crucial but heartbreaking at the same time. Thank you.
This is the same thing that's happening with the "land back" movement, being conflated with Land Back a privately owned NGO, which is just becoming a funnel for well-meaning donations but may not represent the whole movement.
What a question? Lol that’s like asking Is the Sun is Hot? Did Charlie Daniels know how to play a mean fiddle? Did Kenny Rogers know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold em? 😂🤣😭
thanks! great article, sean!
What a brave and principled journalist. We need more people like you in media sir!
Thank you Bad Faith for highlighting this and giving Sean a Platform to openly discuss this issue without being beat down on. Subscribed
To Sean's point, Black Lives Matter is three related but different things: an organization, a movement, and a slogan. Folks on both the right and left often conflate these three things, treating them like one in the same. The left does it when they criticize Sean and others from being against the movement when they are only casting skepticism on the organization. The right makes the same mistake the other way: they use bad behaviors of people using the BLM slogan or acting at a protest that is affiliated with BLM to cast aspersions on the entire movement.
Sean is such a solid person -- during the standard moment to plug himself, he smiles and encourages people to read the local papers. Class act.
help them sue them and give the funds to all local chapters!
This was one of the most entertaining tip toe tap dance around an issue I’ve seen in a long time BRAVO
Great show again. As a Marxist-Leninst who spent 10 years as a member of an ML organization in the 70's, and the #1 unpaid volunteer for the Bernie 2016 campaign in the State of Arizona, I would like for you BJG to consider these ML ideas on this subject. First, if we go back to the very basic ML definition of classes (i.e. Lumpen Proletariate, Peoletariate, Petite Bourgeois, Bourgiousie, Imperialist, etc.) the BLM matter becomes clearer. Kullers et al are upper Petite Bourgeious with career aspirations and good educations and individual skills that will keep them in the PB. In fact, many of the activists of all races and nationalities who have been active are from the PB. No judgement, just political evaluation. Though they would disagree, and so would others, their political position in this capitalist/imperialist system is objectively Black Capitalist Nationalism, and distinctly of the variety of race separartism (really, same as Farrakan without religion). In political positioning, they see the main enemy as whites (white supremacy of white people, not the system--successful Blacks in the 1% are heroes not enemies.) and not the White Supremacist Capitalist system. I have been told this by the many BLM and minority acivtists I have worked with, and they have said so much at their public events. It is ironic, I believe, that the system understands damn well that they are upper middle class (their definition of PB) with aspirations. In fact, buying off BLM is an old chapter in their playbook. Considering the power the slogan "BLM" had and has to unite the Black movement with masses of white people, they coud not let BLM succeed. The separatist Black National GNF leaders chose to ally with the corporations of the White Supremacist Capitalist Corporate system, and not the masses of white people who supported or were sympathtic to the anti-police movements. All these other details of their errant behavior, large or small, come from this class analysis if you examine them in the class context.
if you think BLM or the statement "black lives matter" ever had the power to unite whites and blacks against whatever system you're whining about then you're a fool and it's abundantly clear why you've accomplished nothing in 40+ years of political activism. stop reading theory and start paying attention to what's obvious in front of your eyes. live in the same world as the actual working class. (because your post suggests you live in a very different world)
@@Farvadude Perhaps you missed the 20MM people marching together in the streets during 2020? That was a multiracial movement and did have actual revolutionary potential precisely because of its multiracial and class character nature.
@@Clipses1 yet nothing has come out of it...it just disappeared after. Where in 2022 and no reform has come along about police violence.
@shogun7p7 Too true, but that is because of incredibly poor, sellout capitalist and class collaborationist leadership at BLMGNF. The movement itself was real and did have actual revolutionary potential.
Had Cullors, Garza and Tometi been actual Marxists who did the hard work of building BLMGN into an honest-to-god revolutionary political organization by committing the organization to real neighborhood-by-neighborhood organizing, installing democratic decision-making structures between the local chapters & the national organization, working to centralize around core demands and imbued their chapters with a regimented approach towards political education then 2022 would look far different than it does now precisely because of the potential 2020 presented.
Ideology is so important and Americans are primed to believe they don't hold any ideology, but everyone has their own set of ideals with varying degrees of conviction. The ideology is compromised of that which we hold sacred to our existence. Dogmatism is to be uncritical of one's own ideology. It's unfortunate the English language has been so twisted to fit narratives that words lose their meaning and people think Marxism-Lenninism is pure dogmatism. ML's in my experience have very strong analysis and arguments. Anyways thx for your thoughts.
There are questions to be answered by the national BLM organisation. For them to be pushing back against these questions is disgraceful, it's dam right disrespectful,
Tons of these "grassroots movement" organizations are doing this. I'd love to discuss Indivisible for example.
Good peace, keep investigating.🧐
Short answer: Yes. People are people, and no matter your political statements, underneath you're still corruptible. As soon as someone refuses to answer questions transparently, guilty. I won't be persuaded on that. Honest people talk. ... Some bad people aw an opportunity and took it. Find them and destroy them. Next....
I would estimate that more than half of these "movements" are run by people like this. As someone said in another thread, top-down movements are not the answer.
Wonderfully put.
Groucho said it best "I would never join any group that would have me as a member."
48 min was intimidating, but you both looked young, so I wanted to hear from young people.
Very well done, very thoughtful. You both have bright futures!
Thanks for having dates, names, and facts- instead of just shouting about your emotions or feelings/interpretations. Old-skool journalism. Bravo!
It's not unusual for nonprofits to have horrible things happen. I'm glad this is being discussed openly.
That is a retorical question.
He was astonish and surprised to be called a racist and sexist? How willfully unaware can he be?
He needs to grow thicker skin. It's common practice to smear someone in these disgusting ways after exposing them as frauds. Good piece.
@Jeff I think he was trying to indicate that he took the 'racist' label particularly hard cuz he's white passing
You all should use your platform to do more than just offer an opportunity for the BLMGNF to respond. You should give them a deadline! If they fail to respond you should launch a movement to demand accountability. I think that people will follow you. The integrity of this movement and other movements are at stake.
In the case of TJ from the Huntington Beach White Lives Matter incident, I spoke with him personally in the lead up to the counter protest, as did many local organizers. The reason that people were hesitant to support his efforts wasn’t because of the BLM organizations denouncing the counter protest, although that did play a role towards the end . It was primarily because when he was asked about what he was doing to ensure the safety of folx that he was calling on to come out, he dismissed the concerns and said that the massive numbers would be enough to keep everyone safe. OC had already seen a counter protest gone wrong in Yorba Linda the year before, so people were understandably worried about a repeat in Huntington.
He also referred to anyone who offered to help organize the counter protest to ensure safety as “clout chasers.” Luckily, local organizers ultimately decided to show up, and the Nazis were scared off, but it was definitely a messy situation all around.
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Eric Hoffer
Amazing
The same thing that happened to the tsar is happening here…it’s been happening from the time when they didn’t turn those ships around…and is now coming to light…
Trash capitalism while literally surrounded and fully dripped in the very output of "said" method. I also love the "credit" given or nuance while making broad aggressive strokes in language... or we can just say "fraud"
How embarrassing.
How about "as a person, observing the world as it is" -- ?
We should always seek the truth no matter how much it hurts
YES
Yes
What a humble guy. I’m definitely going to check out his stuff.
Wow, this is pretty enlightening.
Chris Hedges had this to say about the anti-white supremacy dance-off (and doesn't that sound EXACTLY like something from a Saturday Night Live skit?): "Could you imagine Malcolm X taking part in something like that?"
Every B.L.M. In Each City Should
Operate as It's Own Individual
Organization. They can Address
The needs of the people Locally.
Then bring different chapters
From different Cities Across
The State to Form A State Oversight Organization to
Set The Agenda and Give Financial
Support to the Chapters in The Cities.
This is important. Thank you for putting a spotlight on it.
Another great show. Glad you were on 'The Hill' as a guest host.
Yes obviously, it wouldn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure this mystery out.
All it takes is a kid can add and subtract. Problem is there was no homework paper with any numbers for the kid to add and subtract.
This is the vacuum left by the NAACP
Yes.
How about why hasn't a civil lawsuit been filed??
Taking home a paycheck is not being a capitalist. There are in fact very few in this country who make their money manipulating capital. Very few.
The Real News Network covered some of these issues last year, including how mothers of high profile police killings felt abandoned by BLM leaders in question.
I remember watching the Alex Jones show around 2009 when I was on my conspiracy run and he talk so much about George Soros so when he funded BLM I knew something wasn’t right, couldn’t put my finger on it but now it makes sense.
This young man should be aware of the adage, "If you're receiving heavy flak...that means you're over the target."
Word. T'is about time that #BlackLivesMatter is investigated thoroughly, any misappropriation of donations is exposed and those responsible punished by the law.
You could add a link to the article
Thank you to Sean Campbell for the investigative reporting.
Great report thanks.
Scam, Scam, Scam....
This Sean guy is on the ball. It's clear that he really cares and understands what oppression is about and is dedicated to calling out those who don't "respect" the reality of the "little people's" lives of black people. Just to include my 2 cents, we black people as a community really need to brush up on our history. We are losing the depth of feeling that we should have commensurate with our suffering compared to those surrounding us. Since this profound sense of loss is centrally what moves us, and defines us without supporting institutions which we control, the sooner we will be wiped out as a definitive group of people called "black" in the United States of America for whatever its worth. Look around and we can see the whitening of that which is black to white. We're fading to white if you will. And it ain't no joke. We are a unique group of people and we need to make clear that we all recognize what this means. I fear too many of us already don't recognize the true deal if you will, which will soon lead to the end of "us." Thank you.
I would like to see a discussion , on Collective Cooperations , Black Liberation's and Indigenous Sovereignty vs Corporate Capitalism. Which I feel is actually a progressive position in the fight for accountability. When Government is a Socialist Structure that's denying those that fund it. People on the right , and left listen to the talking points that they can identify with. Without understanding that collectively their needs are being sold out by Lip service politicians in Government whose job is to Govern by any means possible.
@Bad Faith I agree please pin this and cover these perspectives! Many would love this
Cashing in is what "leaders" do.
yes.
Here’s Richard Wolff’s opinion on the topic :
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I'm curious for opinions on a hypothetical. If it were the case that; over many years black women were selectively targeted by the state to annually endure 1/3+ of the extrajudicial murders by the state's own agents and in-group vigilantes and, if all the black female activists who initially stood up to speak out were mysteriously murdered, what would happen if then, a band of heterosexual black males arrived on the scene and somehow galvanized an already existing movement and popularized their struggle so well they were able to enroll the people and press to a rallying cry while also generating $90 million? What if, to go further, those men formed an organization that declared no women or LGBT could participate in leadership even though they were the ones being victimized by the system(s) the protest movement, which went global, sought to thwart? What if discoveries were made that the vast majority of funds raised couldn't be accounted for and millions that could, had been allocated to their friends, organizations run by and exclusively dedicated to the uplift of straight black men? What if most of the rest had been used to buy influence for themselves and multi-million dollar mansions across the nation and around the world? What if, in close to the final analysis, the group of men who pulled off this amazing feat of influence dipped out one by one leaving all the people who were supposed to be direct beneficiaries of the movement, their supporters and affiliates with zero financial support, legal aid or good will all the while dropping messages that they'd done everything correctly, had no regrets and were now being persecuted themselves for merely being questioned? Wouldn't if be curious if, after all that, professional journalists would be desperately seeking ways to find and bestow benefit of a doubt to the situation on behalf of those men about whom, it could be argued, no doubt of nefarious intent should exist? Would it cause an uproar if professional journalists even feigned delivering benefit of a doubt just to play devils advocate especially in a medial landscape like what exists now, where all nuance is suspect? Would the headline question "Did ... Leaders Cash In On the Movement?" be tolerated as legitimate? Wouldn't people be expecting the word 'HOW' to proceed "Did"? What do you think would be the national and international response to this scenario under these circumstances which, as described here, mirror what actually happened in this brane of the multiverse? Please share ...
absolute power corrupts absolutely