The Black is Back Coalition to Hold Rally in DC on 11/4/12: "Break the Silence! The Unreported Wars and Attacks on Africans Worldwide.”
/BLACK IS BACK COALITION TO HOLD NATIONAL RALLY, MARCH AND CONFERENCE TO EXPOSE THE OPPRESSION OF AFRICANS WORLDWIDE
The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations – an African led Coalition – will, for a fourth consecutive year, forward the demand for a peace agenda that recognizes the oppression of African people worldwide.
Washington, DC--October 22, 2012 –The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will hold a rally and march on Saturday, November 3rd and conference on Sunday, November 4th in Washington, DC under the slogan: “Break the Silence! The Unreported Wars and Attacks on Africans Worldwide.”
The Black is Back Coalition recognizes that there are countless wars and attacks on African communities that are routinely ignored by the mainstream media as well as by the traditional peace movements. On the African continent, more than five million Africans in the Congo have been killed since 1998 as a result of proxy wars that have also led to the looting of our resources there. In South Africa, several months ago, police opened fired on striking miners killing about 30 and wounding about 70 in an act of violence reminiscent of the apartheid era. And in Haiti thousands marched recently in protest against the Martelly government who they contend has done very little to improve living standards there.
Here in Washington DC, the historic Barry Farm community at this very moment is on the frontlines of the gentrification assault. The proposed redevelopment scheme of Barry Farm, if successful, would lead to the displacement of many long-time residents there. Yet, the media and anti-war movements remain silent.
Unfortunately, there is a general lack of concern for and implicit support of the oppression faced by Africans worldwide. The assaults on African communities not only here in the US, but also throughout the Caribbean, throughout Europe, and on the African continent itself in the form of proxy wars, police containment, mass incarceration, economic underdevelopment, joblessness etc. are all being swept under the proverbial rug.
The Black is Back Coalition is calling for an end to this indifference. “On November 3rd we rally in Malcolm X Park in Washington, D.C., from every community in the U.S. Here we will make our united voices heard; here we will declare our united will to join with the peoples of the world to change the course of history that has enslaved and impoverished the majority for the benefit of the parasitic few,” said Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the Black is Back Coalition. “And on November 4th we will hold a conference to organize and plan. We will collectively decide what to do to tell our own story and to place our own aspirations, values and plans on the agenda for human progress and the conquest of social justice, peace and reparations.”
The rally starts at 12noon at Malcolm X Park. March starts at 2pm leaving from Malcolm X Park. The conference will be held on Sunday, November 4th at SOUL 57, 1326 Florida Avenue NE from 12noon to 6:30pm.
The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations was founded September 12, 2009. Its members include a wide sector of the African Liberation movement from a variety of political and ideological persuasions whose objective is to forge a common anti-imperialist agenda. It is headquartered in Washington, DC.
For more information on the Black is Back Coalition, please visit: www.blackisbackcoalition.org.
