Two months ago {this is November 2005}, in a specific moment of mannered meditation targeting man's collective good and glory, the billions of cells in my biological abode x-rayed the scanned outcome of my copious philosophical reflections, objectively projecting that if some distance-touching, humanity-aimed media, as global opinion outlets, owned and run by reasonable writers, radicals, philosophers, intellectuals, moralists, humanists and samaformists are established, for all earthlings, the ease with which information and awareness on positive feat and negative vision would flow could force desired general human progress and happiness to being.

I had seen eminent people with pretty political and sundry opinions venomously vexed and dishearteningly discouraged by the non-publication of their noble contributions in the urgency-colored work of our world's reconstruction. They had something fantastic to say, were bold to say it, but the chosen outlets gagged them with unjust refusal to circulate their points.

Most television and radio stations, owned and financed by anti-people, yet people centered; anti-racism, still racism-assisted governments and private individuals find it easier to make moral hoodlums their vulgar presenters, dole out invitations for talks and interviews to political buccaneers and disguised killers in the garb of healers and elevate artistes of surpassing irresponsibility while ethical presenters, true scholars and socially productive artistes are tacitly offered embargo {injured, jailed and even murdered!} for daring to speak the truth, for endeavoring to do so well, what their numerous counterparts do with unprintably excellent discredit and professional imperfection.

It is true that some information media exist, which put people's good in the thoughtful contents of their agenda, we need more of these that we all might inspire the world with those pleasant dreams and valiant drives we alone produce and enjoy at e-fora and e-others.

Personally, I could count up to six significant essays pregnant with general good, intended for publication at some universal print media which newspapers' mirthful fancies refused to publish; with certain television stations in my home country of Nigeria I had failed in securing sponsors and even spaces to present humanely worthwhile programmes, and I suspect that hundreds of thousands of other idealistic and focused beings once encountered similar ordeal.

Most political propaganda with devastating consequences on plebians' well-being are planted and watered at media controlled by people with purposes opposing global good. During the Iraqi-American slaughter escapade, great points were presented and incredible revelations made at the 911Truth, Do_Something_America, Ending Poverty Earth U, etc, fora, but these would have achieved greater effects if they were made available to at least, one-tenth of our earth's population.

Even if we assume that some international radio and television stations are doing wonderful jobs in this regard, the small percentage of their viewers aggravates the nobility and cruelty of the information they selectively disseminate to the world. Or, how trustworthy can they be, media set up to purposely press home obnoxious pronunciamentoes? How can appreciable number of mortals have access to these misanthropic manifestoes to quickly react and guide against their manifestations?

The best world's thinkers fill the Internet. What fraction of the world's population boasts the Internet as a communication asset? Can we just be wasting our mental spermatozoa cells in the hope that intellectual masturbation will fertilize the earth into expected pro-creation?

Whether this is because oppressors own these newspapers, magazines and electronic media, and simply resent reformers' radical guts, frequent non-publication of humane essays on urgent issues of national or international good obscures our hope for positive change. How can men decisively act against evils if they are not adequately informed about them? How does informing awareness come if the speakers of truth are systematically prevented from being heard? How do the prevention of humanely reasonable people's views and the elevation of nitwits' wit translates to global survival and happiness?

Our destroyer-reformers are in firm grip of world media. In the US and even Britain, major media failed justice by the deliberate bias they displayed in the name of some awful patriotism during the Iraqi-American war; flash back to history to behold how misguided press pressed forth pains and oppression on humanity through savagely struggles in slave trade, colonialism, imperialism, the two world wars and this on-going terrorism; remember Hitler's Nazism and Mussolini's fascism?; see the classic work in Orwellian "Animal Farm" which lampoons and lambastes the immoral deeds of man in socio-political contexts and ponder the responsible factors of Napoleon failure-success using well-channeled propaganda mercenaries; Europe's and Africa's all-time political wreckers had fluent access to the media .How come this elude us, or why do we pretend that we are accessible to the media when they only publish and project whatever favors their owners' interest?

If we do nothing in starting penetrating and powerful print and electronic media of opinion outlets for world's collective fulfillment, but banish ourselves to the boredom nay, tragedy of this regularly distorted projection of a greater humanity in internecinal internet, our voices will never be heard, nobly worthy deeds of change will seize to reign, their evil evils will grow wings, and humanity will further but perpetually be endangered!

Several examples of media flown on the springboard of genuine intentions but which eventually added to the moral delirium of derisible comrades abound I know, but the inspiring samaformism, founding humanism that guide the renewed use to which our fine focus put our owned and controlled media is an unbreakable covenant in the miry quagmire of economic malignancy and socio-political misgivings which populate the world.

As a member of eighteen electronic message boards, I rejoice in the future succor the best brains could gasp and cast for mental breadth. Conversely, I am aghast by the worst ways the best infertile minds could pave. In all, mortals who are intellectual heavyweights and Lilliputians have readily converged at different online fora more than at any physical theatre stipulated for the philosophical and spiritual dissection of social blunders. Can the best and the most willing of us come together, as writers and financiers, to start the best print medium, Humanity Tomorrow?

Even if opinions at times differ {and this difference in scholar's opinions, if not purloined by betrayal and deliberate mischief, is often a difference of methodology, never that of principle!}, reading my own Goodsister {the intellectual Amazon of our time!}, Uche Nwora {Nigerian Politicians as Gangsters!}, Kennedy Emetulu {my own uncle Ken, the brave effect of social change!}, Moses Ochonu {the deeply scholarly Professor!}, Valentine Ojo {unsparing opponent of pervidy!}, Dele Olwawole {courageous confronter of evil!}, Frank Miello{ a robustly thoughtful analyst!},Steve Wallis{the better portion of Carl Marx and Fedrick Engel!}, Justin Beach{ the coordinator of all-permeating justice!}, Lisa Wilkinson{the razor of reason!}, Ms Joe{consistent joy of justice!},George Ayittey{the controversial African cutlass!}, Farooq Kperogi{ Voice of the Truth!} and a host of other principled contributors in true solution from different e-fora ; the Guernica crew of writers, the bards at WisdomAbode's Afromerica galaxy of moral columnists and rhymers and scores of other positively active, online justice-awareness spreading individuals and organizations replenish the possibility that hope, though dead, is not yet decayed against humanity. Possible resurrection, reorganization and action can lead the world out of this wood.

Now great people, I seek collaborations with you and other future-looking minds as partners in commencement of a far-reaching, world-changing weekly magazine to be titled: Humanity Tomorrow. It is conceived as friendship and more purposeful projections with leaders {cultural, spiritual, social, political and ideological} who lead their people with conscience awake to the difficult but cute chores of leadership rituals. It is a vociferous voice and united stand against all breeds of impediments drawing our ageless dream of collective humanity backward. It does not hold any grudge against any man, belief, religion, ideology or nation except that which strategically strive that all of mankind, as a noble project may perish.

Humanist-scholars and moral entrepreneurs who, though black and white, male and female, young and old, rich and poor, are unprejudiced by natural and artificial stratifications; together we shall start the finest political magazine and more in the History of the world. To participate in this holy partnership, join the Sacrosanct Mankind Forward Movement's {SAMAFORM's} online forum:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/samaform. It is an idealistic and serious-minded forum of the kindest minds hosting a pretty vision for a one human genus.

Or better still, team up with those you know and trust to start media, print and electronic, of similar focus and characteristics. Anything but increases outlets for the due and regular flow of facts and ideas that aid the realization of the goal of our collective humanity. The time for comprehensive action is now. We, as limited existence in time and space, cannot forfeit our essence with silent speeches and active passivity. In the cause of one human family we believe, and on it we shall squander our entire resources!

Unless benevolent scholars efface tormentors' exclusive line of lies and popular havocs, humanity will decay in this tragic experience. Dismantle and destabilize their joy-killing plans oh {!} humanists, that vile villains may know themselves to be fools!

While I know and believe so much in the knowledge that we can collectively achieve a happier humanity, I urge all to share my humane faith and never to seem unfaithful to the truth they harbor in the vision that our little acts can pile up to a mass of energy that positively transform our darling humanity. Now, the atom of evil must be captured to liberate the energy of our collective survival and glory.

greatmankind@hotmail.com.

© November 2005 By Olawale Oyewumi
Afromerica staff writer

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