DIVIDE AND CONQUER

DIVIDE AND CONQUER
One of the most fundamental and powerful methods of imperialism is the tactic of "divide and conquer". It is probably the most effective method of guaranteeing the control of the majority by the minority. World history instructs us that a minority, outnumbered by eleven-to-one, was able to rule the largest land masses on the planet, Asia-India-Africa and the Americas, through the ploy of divide and conquer. How was this accomplished, and how does it relate to our present day reality? King Shabazz (El Malik El Hajj Shabazz) said in his speech "Prospects for Freedom in 1965," "On the African continent, the imperialists, the colonial powers had always divided and conquered,. They had always practiced "divide and conquer," and this had kept the people of Africa, and Asia, from ever coming together. So on the African continent had appeared an organization known as the OAU, or Organization of African Unity.... " Using this same approach in China and with the help of opium and the ten percent, the European was again, successful. The invasion by Cortez into Mexico is a classic example. Cortez, with a handful of Spaniards; outnumbered a thousand-to-one, by playing one Indian nation against another" was able to bring the Aztec Empire down. The most powerful means of dividing and conquering is ideological. This is psychological warfare. Call it trick-knowledge, if you prefer.0ne of the most powerful means of ideological division is religion. There is nothing more effective for dividing a people than religion. It was for this reason that Musa had to put into practice the motto of "One God, One Leader, one Nation," and the reason that King James had to have one "Authorized Version" of the Bible for his people; to destroy divisions created by different ideas and beliefs. Do you think that the Hebrews would have organized under Musa if they were still arguing about ideological or political differences? Do you think that the English Empire would have been built if people like the Puritans and few other sects were allowed to remain in England and divide the masses? Emphatically no. Whether Musa, or King James, their word was law, and those who disobeyed, paid with their lives, and that is why they were successful; and that is why anyone will be successful. There are probably thirty-million or more people within the borders of the United States with a common history, language economic life, and a consciousness manifested in a community of ' culture. Whether members of this group call themselves Black, African-American, or anything else, they are still members of that nation. It is a nation, whether its opponents recognize it or not. There is a collective identity, even where there is a lack of national consciousness. There are probably more than thirty-million people of African descent in this country that identify with being either African-American or Black, who listen to the same music, read the same newspapers and magazines, and speak in their own idiom. Those are all the characteristics of a nation. Now, the question any intelligent individual might then ask, is "You mean that even if I have a different belief about reality, I still am not a member of a different nation than the one my mother and father belong to'?" If a leopard believed in something different than the other leopards, would he cease to be a leopard? And would it make any difference to the hunter? It would be a lot easier for the hunter if he could divide the leopards by making them think they are other than themselves. I am talking here about knowledge of self. And with knowledge of self can only come unity. And when someone is teaching you something that causes the division of a people, they most certainly are not teaching right and exact. They are not teaching righteousness. And anyway, anyone knows that a leopard can't change his spots. Yes, there is a 5%, but it's not a nation but a group concerned with achieving a common goal. That's a movement. To call it a nation is semantics. To call it a nation is to divide and conquer by creating a sect of; a movement. After all, what's wrong with a progressive movement to bring change? No one but a reactionary priesthood would oppose that. No one but a liar would oppose the Truth. The thirty million need unity. Anyone against that is going to have a problem. The Mexican, Boriqua, and Indian nations are also in need of unity. The Unity of the Asiatic Nations is a Universal Plan. We all need freedom, justice, and equality. Anyone against that is an enemy. When I was in Crown Heights We had the United Nations Organization which was comprised of members from all the Asiatic nations, teaching freedom, justice, and equality to all the human family. Teaching Universal Liberation as a goal, not for the Third World, or the Second World, or for the First World, but. for the One World. But then came the false Muslims, the false Rastafarians, and the false Gods who work hand and foot with the devil to keep us divided; and still they work against me and against unity. They imprisoned Garvey and they murdered countless prophets and teachers of righteousness, but they won't stop this UNIVERSAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT because the true and living God is behind it. Prince Allah Cuba 3/25/89