GUERILLA RADIO INTERVIEW

Excerpt from Guerilla Radio Interview with Kalonji Jama Changa

Guerilla Radio: That was a tight little answering machine jump off. You just heard Roll Call from FTP w/ Pam Africa, Stic from Dead Prez, Mukasa, NYM, Fred Hampton Jr. and others in the studio we have the Chief Coordinator of the POCC and Founder/Coordinator of the FTP Movement-Kalonji Jama Changa...Kalonji whats going down?

Kalonji: Nothing but a Revolution! Just trying to rumble in this wild jungle!

Guerilla Radio: The POCC is doing big things y'all all over the place, movies, cds. I see y'all holding it down! You're listed as one of The Street Legends 2006 Hip Hop Activists of the Year. They got you with folks like Dave Chapelle, Aaron McGrudder, Fred Hampton Jr., M1 from Dead Prez and others. How do you feel about that?

Kalonji: I feel like a Revolution. Its always an honor to be listed amongst Comrades or anyone in the struggle that puts in work to counter the enemies propaganda machine. But on the real, I have to quote the rapper Trick Daddy, 'You aint got to nominate me, or give me no props cause damn it, I love this'.

Guerilla Radio: Ive been online and it seems that there's been a major slander campaign against Fred Hampton Jr., yourself and other members of your organization. At least two separate incidents one involving Fred Hampton and one involving yourself. Can you speak on the incident involving yourself and your goons as I have read (laughs) who are these people? Do you even know them?

Kalonji: The Question of the year. First of all I'm not gonna name names, because they want airplay. They're a web group that has about 11 sites, funded by, we dont know who. We're not even in the same line of work. We're out in the Community with the people and I don't know where they at. In fact I don't even think we're on the same planet, they are in cyberspace and we're in the real world...The Bottom line is these buffoons created a couple of websites for us and they were basically put in a position to oversee them. FTP Movement was started July 2001; we didn't meet these folks until June 2004. A 3-year difference. They got each other so souped up, that they're actually acting like they started it...Straight delusional. Without going into full detail you can check out my statement in regards to it, on a web page I had set up (www.myspace.com/kalonji_ftp). These characters were receiving funds that were being sent from people across the country, that were meant for Community Programs we set up like the Feed The People program. The resources were to go directly towards aiding our people and instead they were pocketing them.

Guerilla Radio: How did you find all this out?

Kalonji: We started getting calls from around the country from Comrades asking did we get the money or other resources that were sent a lot of folks knew of our involvement so they would support us So had it not been for the phone calls we wouldn't have known anything about any resources. Long story short after a series of efforts and attempts to meet with these folks, we ended up going to pay them a visit. We get there, they pull out hammers on us and we took them

Guerilla Radio: You took their.....

Kalonji: Disarmed them. Now we look online and these clowns have us on over 20 websites, at least 11 of them they own. They put up all kinds of doctored statements, presenting all types of malicious slanderous, Bull sh**@! They put my picture online talking about we came at them with weapons, this kind of weapon and that kind of weapon, a bunch of punks. They called over 200 people- many of them they don't even know and we don't even know how they got their numbers. Trying to talk about some gun business on the telephone. Talking like snitches and operating like the word that rhymes with it. Then these weirdos had the nerve to try to co-opt the websites we had them put together and say they started the FTP Movement. The Funny thing about it, they really tried to jack the concept and they got so carried away, that they actually forgot people knew about how this thing really got started. Everything I say, they say-like monkey see, monkey do ts like these dudes are really sick. They set up entire websites just to attempt to assassinate my character, and then claim sh*@ like they came up with it. Who ever heard of an Internet beef? The sad thing about the whole matter is the ringleader is almost 60 years old.

Guerilla Radio: Damn, Thats Crazy!

Kalonji: Have you ever seen the movie Single White Female? These lames are Single Black Females! They are really trying to front like they us. The old head, this grown man, old enough to be my pops is sending out e-mails talking about FTP 4 Life!

Guerilla Radio: Wow thats ill. How are your Comrades taking this? Has it affected any relationships?

Kalonji: Good question. Anybody serious in the movement, and people that actually know me were able to see thru the bullsh*t. They didn't even question it the work speaks for itself. I got to admit a few folks that had personal issues with me tried to use this as leverage against me. Some people love drama. They kick a noogah when he down and sh*t. But it backfired, once folks began to see evidence. The most beautiful thing about this situation is I found that some Soldiers that I know, that I have never communicated with, showed me mad love and support. I guess thats the difference between a G, and a wannabe. You gotta know this has been going on since December 2005 , and they are still campaigning. It actually worked out for the better they actually, in spite of themselves help to make sh*t tighter. I heard a parable once that talked about a donkey that fell in a ditch. The donkey fell in the ditch, all of the people that walked by laughed and threw rocks at it. After a while they threw so many rocks that the donkey was able to walk out. Through their hard work against me, I have gotten way more speaking engagements and interviews; lot of people never even heard of me before they started their charade. So on the low, I thank them for their free P.R. work.

Guerilla Radio: Why do you think they are attacking you?

Kalonji: Honestly, I think its bigger than me and its bigger than them. Its an attack on youth movements and any potential uprisings. Cointelpro. Think about it. When did I become so important that some chumps, have to put me on over 20 websites to discredit the work we are doing. Who the f am I? You don't do that to just any Willie Nilly cat, unless you are afraid of something. If you look at the five main objectives of cointelpro it clearly defines this. 1. Prevent the coalition of militant Black Nationalist groups. 2. Prevent the rise of a messiah who could unify and electrify the militant black movement. 3. Prevent violence on the part of Black Nationalist groups. 4. Prevent militant Black Nationalist groups and leaders from gaining respectability, by discrediting them. 5. Prevent the long-range growth of militant Black Nationalist organizations. At least 4 of these can be proven to exist here. Either its Cointelpro or these Mfs have a Fatal Attraction. Maybe they think Im cute.

Guerilla Radio: Well we know you not cute (laughs). Thats deep. Whats the difference between the movement in the 60s and now?

Kalonji: I wasnt here during the 60s, but from what I have been taught, you had to put in work. Nowadays, you got instant Revolutionaries all you have to do is log onto a computer and bam, I'm a Revolutionary. These jerks not putting in any work just talking good online. So you end up with what we have now Cyber Snitches, Internet Informants and Tele-terrorist (telephone terrorists).

Guerilla Radio: Thats real as always it was good to have you here any last words for the people?

Kalonji: Ride or Die! Keep bangin. Cointelpro is still in full effect... you have to be critical & analytical. You cant believe everything you read or hear. In the 60's part of Cointelpro was the letter writing campaign, now it's the Internet...The Internet is a double edge sword, it's a way to get information out, but its also the devil's playground. It is certainly a tool that is being used against us as well. Just because you log onto a so-called "Revolutionary" website, doesn't mean the sh*t ain't FBI or Military funded...It doesn't matter what Freedom Fighters name is being used. If you don't see the people you deal with online in the community, treat them like entertainment. Free Imam Jamil! Free Aaron Patterson! Free Mumia! Free em All!!!