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Black Political Party Puts Grassroots Organizing First
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
08 Feb 2021
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Margaret Kimberley · Black Political Party Puts Grassroots Organizing First

Although the Baltimore-based Ujima People’s Progress Party has engaged in electoral politics during its decade of operations, its focus is grassroots organizing, mutual aid, and political education, said party organizer Nnamdi Lumumba. “As long as there’s a capitalist class that is wealthy, electoral politics is not set up to make a real difference in people’s lives,” said Nnamdi, on Dr Jared Ball’s influential podcast, “I Mix What I Like.”

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