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Ubiquitous
Dec 8, 2020, 8:34:27 AM12/8/20
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Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as
regional affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand
answers about where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
After years of tensions between the national organization and local
outlets, the rift went public this week with the release of a statement
by 10 BLM chapters accusing the top brass at the Black Lives Matter
Global Network Foundation of failing to open their books or share the
wealth with the rank and file.
“For years, there has been inquiry regarding the financial operations
of BLMGN and no acceptable process of either public or internal
transparency about the unknown millions of dollars donated to BLMGN,
which has certainly increased during this time of pandemic and
rebellion,” reads the “Statement from the Frontlines of BLM” posted
Monday.
“To the best of our knowledge, most chapters have received little to no
financial support from BLMGN since the launch in 2013,” the statement
reads.
In addition to the D.C. chapter, the missive was signed by affiliates
in Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, New Jersey, New York’s Hudson Valley,
Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Vancouver, Washington. The
chapter in Louisville, Kentucky, said it supported the chapters.
“Black Lives Matter Louisville stands in full solidarity w/ all the
chapters that sent out the brave statement for full transparency,” the
Louisville group tweeted. “We will be sending out solidarity statements
& regional statements soon. Fam: take time to heal.”
The grassroots revolt comes with the BLMGlobal Network Foundation, the
group founded by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi in 2013
as Black Lives Matter, undergoing a rapid expansion and reorganization
in the wake of the George Floyd protests, which dramatically raised the
group’s political and financial profile.
Black Lives Matter has always been highly decentralized, even
disorganized — not every group with “BLM” in its title is affiliated
with the national foundation — but the chapters said there was an
expectation that the leadership “would support us chapters in our
efforts to build communally.”
Despite that, “our chapters have consistently raised concerns about
financial transparency, decision making, and accountability,” reads the
statement, which faults the national organization for enacting major
changes without consultation such as the recent formation of BLM
Grassroots.
BLM Grassroots “effectively separated the majority of chapters from
BLMGN without their consent and interrupted the active process of
accountability that was being established by those chapters,” the
statement reads.
The Washington Times has reached out for comment to the national
leadership.
In October, the foundation rolled out the Black Lives Matter PAC, which
reportedly plans to raise $500,000 for Georgia’s Democratic U.S. Senate
candidates, leading to complaints that the radical social justice
movement is rapidly morphing into an arm of the Democratic Party.
Show us the money
Then there’s the money or, rather, where’s the money?
Before the protests, the foundation listed about $3.4 million in
assets, according to a 2019 financial audit by Thousand Currents, which
served as the group’s fiscal sponsor from 2016 until July, when the
philanthropic giant the Tides Center took over.
“This puts Black Lives Global Network Foundation squarely in the middle
of a massive political network, with total revenues that exceeded $636
million in 2018 alone,” Capital Research Center researcher Hayden
Ludwig said in a July 28 post.
Less than a month after the George Floyd protests erupted over his May
25 death, the foundation had collected 1.1 million donations averaging
$33 each, or $36.3 million, according to figures provided June 18 to
The Associated Press.
Scott Walter, president of the conservative watchdog group Capital
Research Center, said the “fiscal sponsorship” relationship works to
the advantage of nonprofit groups seeking to camouflage their financial
picture.
“My first thought is the old saying: Every great cause begins as a
movement, becomes a business, and ends as a racket,” said Mr. Walter,
whose group runs the InfluenceWatch website. “I don’t blame BLM
chapters for being upset.”
He said the activists should “demand BLMGlobal Network Foundation stop
operating as a ‘fiscally sponsored project’ of the Tides Center.”
“That lets the group hide its revenues, assets, salaries, vendors,
expenses (broken into categories like travel and fundraising),
lobbying, grants to other groups, and much more,” Mr. Walter said. “It
should operate as an independent charity that discloses such
information to stakeholders.”
The BLMGlobal Network Foundation announced in June that it would donate
$6 million to Black-led organizing groups and establish a $6.5 million
fund to provide for multiyear grants of up to $500,000 for its
affiliated chapters.
“We know that in order to change policy, we must change culture,” Black
Lives Matter Global Network Foundation managing director Kailee Scales
said in a June 11 statement. “We will continue to work to impact
culture and policy by developing a strong media presence as well as
working to help support local organizers on the ground.”
The chapters say they have yet to see the money. On Tuesday, the
philanthropic community’s annual Giving Tuesday, local leaders urged
donors to contribute directly to the affiliates instead of the BLM
foundation.
“Despite millions being donated to @Blklivesmatter, local chapters have
lacked support & resources from national leadership,” tweeted Black
Lives Matter DC. “As a result, much of our community work continues to
be erased.”
Since the protests began in May, the three co-founders have raised
their profiles. They appeared on the Sept. 22 cover of Time magazine as
part of the “100 Most Influential People” edition. Ms. Garza signed on
in July as a WNBA social justice adviser, and Ms. Cullors signed a
production deal last month with the Warner Bros. Television Group.
In a 2015 interview, Ms. Cullors said she and Ms. Garza were “trained
Marxists” after being asked about the group’s ideological foundation on
the Real News Network.
The organization plans to place an emphasis next year on education.
“Beginning in 2021, BLMGlobal Network Foundation will roll out its
education platform, developing curriculum around its contributions to
media, as well as a political education program,” the group said in a
June statement.
The chapters have their own wish list. They want the BLM PAC, BLM
Grassroots and BLMGlobal Network Foundation to “stop representing
themselves as leaders or representatives of all Black Lives Matter,”
according to a press release.
They also said they want the national leadership to provide “full
financial transparency and accountability,” including a “full financial
report from the past and current fiscal sponsors, a report of all
contracts and staff and removal of any obstacles for interviews with
them.”
--
Joe Biden went from stealing someone’s wife, to stealing speeches, to
stealing money, to stealing an election.
He has really grown as a politician.
-- Michael Moore
#StopTheSteal
regional affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand
answers about where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
After years of tensions between the national organization and local
outlets, the rift went public this week with the release of a statement
by 10 BLM chapters accusing the top brass at the Black Lives Matter
Global Network Foundation of failing to open their books or share the
wealth with the rank and file.
“For years, there has been inquiry regarding the financial operations
of BLMGN and no acceptable process of either public or internal
transparency about the unknown millions of dollars donated to BLMGN,
which has certainly increased during this time of pandemic and
rebellion,” reads the “Statement from the Frontlines of BLM” posted
Monday.
“To the best of our knowledge, most chapters have received little to no
financial support from BLMGN since the launch in 2013,” the statement
reads.
In addition to the D.C. chapter, the missive was signed by affiliates
in Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, New Jersey, New York’s Hudson Valley,
Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Vancouver, Washington. The
chapter in Louisville, Kentucky, said it supported the chapters.
“Black Lives Matter Louisville stands in full solidarity w/ all the
chapters that sent out the brave statement for full transparency,” the
Louisville group tweeted. “We will be sending out solidarity statements
& regional statements soon. Fam: take time to heal.”
The grassroots revolt comes with the BLMGlobal Network Foundation, the
group founded by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi in 2013
as Black Lives Matter, undergoing a rapid expansion and reorganization
in the wake of the George Floyd protests, which dramatically raised the
group’s political and financial profile.
Black Lives Matter has always been highly decentralized, even
disorganized — not every group with “BLM” in its title is affiliated
with the national foundation — but the chapters said there was an
expectation that the leadership “would support us chapters in our
efforts to build communally.”
Despite that, “our chapters have consistently raised concerns about
financial transparency, decision making, and accountability,” reads the
statement, which faults the national organization for enacting major
changes without consultation such as the recent formation of BLM
Grassroots.
BLM Grassroots “effectively separated the majority of chapters from
BLMGN without their consent and interrupted the active process of
accountability that was being established by those chapters,” the
statement reads.
The Washington Times has reached out for comment to the national
leadership.
In October, the foundation rolled out the Black Lives Matter PAC, which
reportedly plans to raise $500,000 for Georgia’s Democratic U.S. Senate
candidates, leading to complaints that the radical social justice
movement is rapidly morphing into an arm of the Democratic Party.
Show us the money
Then there’s the money or, rather, where’s the money?
Before the protests, the foundation listed about $3.4 million in
assets, according to a 2019 financial audit by Thousand Currents, which
served as the group’s fiscal sponsor from 2016 until July, when the
philanthropic giant the Tides Center took over.
“This puts Black Lives Global Network Foundation squarely in the middle
of a massive political network, with total revenues that exceeded $636
million in 2018 alone,” Capital Research Center researcher Hayden
Ludwig said in a July 28 post.
Less than a month after the George Floyd protests erupted over his May
25 death, the foundation had collected 1.1 million donations averaging
$33 each, or $36.3 million, according to figures provided June 18 to
The Associated Press.
Scott Walter, president of the conservative watchdog group Capital
Research Center, said the “fiscal sponsorship” relationship works to
the advantage of nonprofit groups seeking to camouflage their financial
picture.
“My first thought is the old saying: Every great cause begins as a
movement, becomes a business, and ends as a racket,” said Mr. Walter,
whose group runs the InfluenceWatch website. “I don’t blame BLM
chapters for being upset.”
He said the activists should “demand BLMGlobal Network Foundation stop
operating as a ‘fiscally sponsored project’ of the Tides Center.”
“That lets the group hide its revenues, assets, salaries, vendors,
expenses (broken into categories like travel and fundraising),
lobbying, grants to other groups, and much more,” Mr. Walter said. “It
should operate as an independent charity that discloses such
information to stakeholders.”
The BLMGlobal Network Foundation announced in June that it would donate
$6 million to Black-led organizing groups and establish a $6.5 million
fund to provide for multiyear grants of up to $500,000 for its
affiliated chapters.
“We know that in order to change policy, we must change culture,” Black
Lives Matter Global Network Foundation managing director Kailee Scales
said in a June 11 statement. “We will continue to work to impact
culture and policy by developing a strong media presence as well as
working to help support local organizers on the ground.”
The chapters say they have yet to see the money. On Tuesday, the
philanthropic community’s annual Giving Tuesday, local leaders urged
donors to contribute directly to the affiliates instead of the BLM
foundation.
“Despite millions being donated to @Blklivesmatter, local chapters have
lacked support & resources from national leadership,” tweeted Black
Lives Matter DC. “As a result, much of our community work continues to
be erased.”
Since the protests began in May, the three co-founders have raised
their profiles. They appeared on the Sept. 22 cover of Time magazine as
part of the “100 Most Influential People” edition. Ms. Garza signed on
in July as a WNBA social justice adviser, and Ms. Cullors signed a
production deal last month with the Warner Bros. Television Group.
In a 2015 interview, Ms. Cullors said she and Ms. Garza were “trained
Marxists” after being asked about the group’s ideological foundation on
the Real News Network.
The organization plans to place an emphasis next year on education.
“Beginning in 2021, BLMGlobal Network Foundation will roll out its
education platform, developing curriculum around its contributions to
media, as well as a political education program,” the group said in a
June statement.
The chapters have their own wish list. They want the BLM PAC, BLM
Grassroots and BLMGlobal Network Foundation to “stop representing
themselves as leaders or representatives of all Black Lives Matter,”
according to a press release.
They also said they want the national leadership to provide “full
financial transparency and accountability,” including a “full financial
report from the past and current fiscal sponsors, a report of all
contracts and staff and removal of any obstacles for interviews with
them.”
--
Joe Biden went from stealing someone’s wife, to stealing speeches, to
stealing money, to stealing an election.
He has really grown as a politician.
-- Michael Moore
#StopTheSteal
BeamMeUpScotty
Dec 8, 2020, 10:42:06 AM12/8/20
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On 12/6/20 12:10 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as
> regional affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand
> answers about where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
Marxism happened.... the people get nothing and the leaders stole all
> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as
> regional affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand
> answers about where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
the money.
It's how Marxism works.
TAKE THE RED PILL
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Byker
Dec 8, 2020, 1:01:54 PM12/8/20
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> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers about
> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
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> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers about
> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
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BeamMeUpScotty
Dec 8, 2020, 1:24:39 PM12/8/20
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On 12/8/20 1:01 PM, Byker wrote:
> "Ubiquitous" wrote in message
> news:bZqdnfcACrlAHVLC...@giganews.com...
>>
>> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
>> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers
>> about
>> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
>
> Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
>
To pay the BRIBES to the STATE and city officials to do nothing, and NOT
> "Ubiquitous" wrote in message
> news:bZqdnfcACrlAHVLC...@giganews.com...
>>
>> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
>> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers
>> about
>> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
>
> Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
>
to stop the #BLM THUGS from burning and looting.
BeamMeUpScotty
Dec 8, 2020, 1:40:31 PM12/8/20
to
On 12/8/20 1:01 PM, Byker wrote:
> "Ubiquitous" wrote in message
> news:bZqdnfcACrlAHVLC...@giganews.com...
>>
>> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
>> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers
>> about
>> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
>
> Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
> news:bZqdnfcACrlAHVLC...@giganews.com...
>>
>> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
>> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers
>> about
>> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
>
> Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
To pay the BRIBES to the STATE and city officials to do nothing, and NOT
to stop the #BLM THUGS from burning and looting.
If you STOP and think about it, it was BIG TECH paying-off the State and
to stop the #BLM THUGS from burning and looting.
City Governments by donating to #BLM who then bribed the State and City
officials to allow them to burn and loot local BRICK and MORTAR stores
which are their direct competition, without any fingerprints on the
money because they donated it to a 501-c3 tax exempt group who then use
the money like the MAFIA would do and used part of it to buy off the
police by paying bribes to their boss the Mayor or the Governor.
Now they're being bribed to keep the Chinese Virus lock-down in place to
further destroy the mom and pop shopping centers. All this from people
like Zuckerberg. They want to force us all to go to the internet and to
order it or to go to a BIG BOX STORE.
Another reason I plan to shop for Christmas (if I do any shopping) in
the mom and pop stores or NOT at all.
Christmas isn't shopping it's family, is it any wonder the
Marxist-Democrats and their BIG TECH and BIG BOX outlets want to destroy
Christmas and at the same time destroy their competition. They see it
as a win/win they get your year round business and get to destroy your
FAMILY just a little bit more in the process.
Dutch
Dec 8, 2020, 10:20:17 PM12/8/20
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On 2020-12-08 7:42 a.m., BeamMeUpScotty wrote:
>
> Marxism happened.... the people get nothing and the leaders stole all
> the money.
>
> It's how Marxism works.
That's not Marxism, it's totalitarianism. I'll bet you don't even know
>
> Marxism happened.... the people get nothing and the leaders stole all
> the money.
>
> It's how Marxism works.
what Marxism is.
Ubiquitous
Dec 10, 2020, 5:37:29 AM12/10/20
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byker@do~rag.net wrote:
>"Ubiquitous" wrote:
>> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
>> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers about
>> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
>
>Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
I figured those leftist Hollywood celebs had that covered.
>> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
>> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers about
>> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
>
>Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
BeamMeUpScotty
Aug 26, 2021, 1:03:26 PM8/26/21
to
On 12/8/20 1:01 PM, Byker wrote:
> "Ubiquitous" wrote in message
> news:bZqdnfcACrlAHVLC...@giganews.com...
>>
>> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
>> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers
>> about
>> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
>
> Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
> news:bZqdnfcACrlAHVLC...@giganews.com...
>>
>> Black Lives Matter is facing a rebellion within its own ranks as regional
>> affiliates seek greater control over the movement and demand answers
>> about
>> where millions of dollars in donations have gone.
>
> Probably to pay the cash bonds for all arrested BLM and Antifa members...
To pay the BRIBES to the STATE and city officials to do nothing, and NOT
to stop the #BLM THUGS from burning and looting.
If you STOP and think about it, it was BIG TECH paying-off the State and
City Governments by donating to #BLM who then bribed the State and City
officials to allow them to burn and loot local BRICK and MORTAR stores
which are their direct competition, without any fingerprints on the
money because they donated it to a 501-c3 tax exempt group who then use
the money like the MAFIA would do and used part of it to buy off the
police by paying bribes to their boss the Mayor or the Governor.
Now they're being bribed to keep the Chinese Virus lock-down in place to
further destroy the mom and pop shopping centers. All this from people
like Zuckerberg. They want to force us all to go to the internet and to
order it or to go to a BIG BOX STORE.
Another reason I plan to shop for Christmas (if I do any shopping) in
the mom and pop stores or NOT at all.
Christmas isn't shopping it's family, is it any wonder the
Marxist-Democrats and their BIG TECH and BIG BOX outlets want to destroy
Christmas and at the same time destroy their competition. They see it
as a win/win they get your year round business and get to destroy your
FAMILY just a little bit more in the process.
to stop the #BLM THUGS from burning and looting.
If you STOP and think about it, it was BIG TECH paying-off the State and
City Governments by donating to #BLM who then bribed the State and City
officials to allow them to burn and loot local BRICK and MORTAR stores
which are their direct competition, without any fingerprints on the
money because they donated it to a 501-c3 tax exempt group who then use
the money like the MAFIA would do and used part of it to buy off the
police by paying bribes to their boss the Mayor or the Governor.
Now they're being bribed to keep the Chinese Virus lock-down in place to
further destroy the mom and pop shopping centers. All this from people
like Zuckerberg. They want to force us all to go to the internet and to
order it or to go to a BIG BOX STORE.
Another reason I plan to shop for Christmas (if I do any shopping) in
the mom and pop stores or NOT at all.
Christmas isn't shopping it's family, is it any wonder the
Marxist-Democrats and their BIG TECH and BIG BOX outlets want to destroy
Christmas and at the same time destroy their competition. They see it
as a win/win they get your year round business and get to destroy your
FAMILY just a little bit more in the process.
TAKE THE RED PILL
https://www.oann.com/ https://americasvoice.news/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://www.infowars.com/ https://www.tatumreport.com/
https://thenationalpulse.com/ https://www.breitbart.com/
https://www.parler.com/ https://rumble.com/
https://banned.video/ https://www.mrctv.org/
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://www.infowars.com/ https://www.tatumreport.com/
https://thenationalpulse.com/ https://www.breitbart.com/
https://www.parler.com/ https://rumble.com/
https://banned.video/ https://www.mrctv.org/
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