WE ARE HERE!

We are the B.L.A.S.T!

The B.L.A.S.T. is the political arm of the Black Student Union at San Francisco State University. We see a lack of militant/political development amongst the Black student body on campus and seek to reignite the flames of Black militant struggle both on campus and off. It is our goal to re-define self-determination and revive collective efforts. By doing so we will also protect our legacy of resistance and struggle and reignite the fire for justice. We will perform the duty of organizing the masses for constant, militant struggle. We will do this by providing direction for the study of political theory and pedagogy along with providing examples for the application of such to current movements. We will engage in education, service, and direct action mobilization. We are against anything that may halt the unification of the campus and the Black community including, but not limited to; racism, gentrification, sexism, homophobia, and careerism. We are for any action that successfully establishes a positive connection between student and community. We are committed to the advancement of Black Liberation and are dedicated to shaping this through student involvement and leadership.

We reject the ideas of rugged individualism, careerism, homophobia, and patriarchy that have led to division and unproductive dispute in the Black community.

We  declare that now is the time for Black people to start a global revolution. A Black Revolution.  An organic movement that seeks to unite and uplift Afrikans, encouraging them to thrive and overthrow the current establishment. We do not accept the lies that have long sense bogged down the people and forced them into the figurative fetal position. We seek to expose those lies, create a true and open world. A militant world. A revolutionary world. B.L.A.S.T. sees the problems of the current method of thinking of society in general, and the left  in specific. We do not denounce the two but encourage new theory in both. What is a militant struggle without Blacks and how far can a movement go without the acceptance of divergent views? These are the questions at the center of B.L.A.S.T.

As Amerikkka enters into what B.L.A.S.T believes to be a new wave of struggle between the working class and ruling class being led by the Budget Justice movement in California and the Gay Rights front, we challenge the methods and thoughts by which the left has orientated itself and sees how easily communities of color, Blacks in particular, may be funneled out of the movement. Blacks often, the most revolutionary of all peoples in Amerikkka should be involved in the discourse of the left at all times and B.LA.S.T. seeks to bring the discourse to Blacks and Blacks to the discourse.