The newly founded Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) and the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC) issued a joint statement denouncing U.S. âdestabilizationâ and âattempts to cause regime changeâ in Venezuela. âWe share the objective to revive the anti-war movement -- the anti-imperialist movement in the U.S.,â said BAP organizer Ajamu Baraka, the veteran human rights activist and 2016 Green Party vice presidential candidate. âWe are, of course, committed to peace, but we understand that there can be no peace without justice, and that means people have to be prepared for struggle,â said Baraka.
Anti-imperialist unity has long been sought by African people but has been thwarted by outside forces. The people still struggle to reach this goal, and the West African Peoples Organization is theâŚ
The first in a three-part series analyzing African politics in 2022.
The trans-Atlantice slave trade did not end with the 1808 ban. The Clotilda arrived in 1860 and the descendants of those enslaved people are impacted by that history, as are all African people in theâŚ
The U.S. imposes unilateral coercive measures, sanctions, against millions of people around the world. Sanctions are war by other means, creating as much damage as bombs and bullets do.
Black people are disproportionately convicted of felonies across New York State. In Manhattan, a Black person is 21 times more likely to be convicted of a crime than a white person.
