In this segment, we have special coverage of the recent launch of the Black Alliance for Peace Zone of Peace campaign. The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), along with key partner organizations, is leading an effort to activate the popular movements in this region in support of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) 2014 call to make the Americas region a “Zone of Peace.”
We have portions of the Black Alliance for Peace Zone of Peace launch press conference, and an interview with BAP Coordinating Committee chairman Ajamu Baraka. But we begin with Margaret Kimberley's keynote address at the Chicago Area Peace Action summit.
“We knowed what was goin’ on in [the war] all the time,” said Felix Haywood, dismissing the notion that his fellow Texas slaves were ignorant of the Emancipation Proclamation.
It seems inevitable our own holiday will be sold back to us by the same corporations that profit from exploiting black lives.
Under Nicaraguan law, it is a crime to seek foreign interference in the country's internal affairs.
How should we respond when people of color who've spent a lifetime cussing the empire start curtseying to it instead?
“Police can call you a gang member because they observed you with other gang members, who they declared gang members because they were with other gang members.”
