Boris Santos is Treasurer of the East New York Community Land Trust Board of Directors, and Debra Ayck is the Board’s Secretary. The Land Trust held a press conference on May 21st at which they released their report entitled "Black Paper: Redistributing the land resources of the NYPD.” They join us from Brooklyn, New York.
John Parker is a member of the Socialist Unity party and a senatorial candidate on the Peace and Freedom party ticket in California. He just returned from a fact-finding trip to Russia and Ukraine. He is also a member of Black Alliance for peace. He joins us from Los Angeles.
On May 25, 1963 African heads of state met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to chart a course of liberation for newly independent nations and May 25th is still celebrated as African Liberation Day. Mapinduzi is a Greenville, North Carolina community organization dedicated to advancing political education. Mapinduzi is planning African Liberation Day events taking place on Saturday, May 28. We speak to Dedan Waciuri in Greenville.
When Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, the Black World rallied in support and solidarity.
