by Amadi Ajamu
The Millions March in Harlem buzz is in the streets around the country. Posters and flyers are everywhere and people are excitedly talking about the need for unified action and change. The Millions March in Harlem will be held on Saturday, August 13, assembling on Malcolm X Blvd at 110th Street at 10 AM. It will focus on the attack on African people on the Continent and in the United States.
The heinous bombing of Libya by the US and NATO, illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe by the West, and the Bloomberg administration’s destruction of housing, jobs, education, health care and police abuse, are all a systematic assault on African communities.
Special guest speakers include: Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam; Father Miguel d'Escoto, former President of the UN General Assembly and former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua; Dr. Molefi Asante of Afrocentricity International; Viola Plummer of the December 12th Movement; NOI Minister Akbar Muhammad, and many others.
In a press conference at the United Nations Plaza Hotel on June 15, Minister Farrakhan stated, “NATO and America are trying to recolonize Africa through AFRICOM (African Command). My question to African leaders is, will you allow it? Out of fear of the so-called power of the West. Will you bow down and act against the interest of African people world wide?” Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been a principal advocate and organizer for a United States of Africa which threatens the international power structure.
The organizers of the Millions March in Harlem held a press conference on June 22nd and Minister Akbar Muhammad reported, “Minister Farrakhan will definitely be speaking at the march on August 13. The Nation of Islam is fully behind this march, it is extremely important, and we will do all that we can to make this happen.”
Viola Plummer of the December 12th Movement International Secretariat stated, “There comes a time when people have no alternative but resistance. This march will revitalize the Pan African movement. It will broaden our peoples' world view and demonstrate the need for Africans to unite in our own political and economic interests internationally. We must expose the United Nations Security Council machinations, western imperialism, the attack on Black people in the US, and all collaborators at every turn.”
The march has garnered international attention with the participation of Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockman, who flew in from Nicaragua and attended the Harlem press conference. Father d'Escoto spoke against the “war of aggression on Libya.” Further stating “There is no people in the whole planet who know less about what the United States does abroad than Americans. They are systematically deceived. This is the very foundation of what they call democracy in this country.” Father d'Escoto went on to outline the need for reform in the United Nations, emphasizing the domination of the voting members of the UN Security Council over all other countries.
On the ground, “Millions March In Harlem” organizing teams, which are saturating the streets with bright green posters, report on the grassroots response. “We never underestimate our people's ability to analyze a situation. The vast majority of folk are clear about the attack on African people and want to do something to fight back. Mainstream media propaganda about strong African leaders like Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and President Robert Mugabe is just like what they say about Black people here who do not bow down to the status quo,” said Gregory Perry of Queens.
Bronx Coordinator Kamau Brown stated, “Colonel Gaddafi and the people of Libya have built their country from the poorest to the richest country in Africa. He is the key person in the organizing effort to build a United States of Africa. President Mugabe has dared to take back the land stolen by European settlers and give it back to the people of Zimbabwe.”
“The attack on us here is insidious. Police brutality and harassment, gentrification of our communities, housing foreclosures, destruction of public education, closing hospitals, the prison industry, the list goes on and on. They all destroy lives. The NATO bombs in Libya and the illegal sanctions in Zimbabwe kill people. Black people understand that it's time for Pan African Unity.” Brown concluded.
For more information on the upcoming Millions March in Harlem call (347) 737-3272 or Email: info@MillionsMarchHarlem.com
In case you guys didn't know Gaddafi is a murderer who kills his own people. The country is run by dictatorship. The last time I checked my history books dictators make their people suffer i.e. Cuba and China. If you hate the US so much than go back to Africa. As far as housing, education, and health care black people aren't the only people affected. I would like these people who complain about these things to go down to South America and then come back and tell what those people get for free. People in third world countries don't even have toilets that flush, they have to go in the ground some place. The police does what it has to do to keep us safe. They are there to enforce rules, rules that keep our cities safe, but instead of being appreciated they are hated because of people and media who depict them as the bad guys. If you do something wrong then you must suffer consequences no matter what color. An officer will not attack you if you are courteous, remember he/she wants to go home at the end of the day. Look at the NYPD today they are all sorts of colors and cultures just like our city is. I just find it funny that nowhere in the article did he mention gangs and who terrorize and kill their own black communities. Where did he mention black on black crime? Don't you need to start fixing your own home first before you decide to go into other people's homes and critizing. Before you start yelling about other people not respecting your race I think you should check your own. Black people aren't the only people in history to ever face oppression, so get over it. That is the way of the world, unfortunately it is full of suffering, injustice, and it is not a color thing. It's a cruelity to our fellow humans thing.
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ReplyDeleteProof your mind. The pigs are an occupying army of drug dealers, pimps and murderers under the color of law. Reality will hit your dead brain one day maybe.
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