Normally I don't 'promote' this kind of thing (matter of fact, I'M not promoting it now...) however a couple of the Bruthas here are 'deep' enough and they are asking some good question's as YOU will see. And for those of YOU in the D.C. area.....YOU might find this info helpful.



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African Liberation Day asks: Is Obama Black Power?

The Ballot or the Bullet Revisited

By UhuruNews.com

“The Ballot or the Bullet Revisited: Is Barack Obama Black Power?” is the theme of a day-long African Liberation Day event to be held on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at the Thurgood Marshall Center in Washington, D.C.

Keywords: Class, National, Political Theory, Alternatives, Race, Elections, Resource Wars, Activism,


African Liberation Day 2008 in DC

African Liberation Day 2008
The Ballot or the Bullet Revisited: Is Barack Obama Black Power?

What: African Liberation Day Symposium
When: Sunday, May 25, 2008; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Thurgood Marshall Center, 1816 12th St. North West, Washington, D.C.

Speaking guests include:

Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (www.burningspearuhuru.com/tours/oaon-tour/bio.html)

Glen Ford, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report (www.blackagendareport.com)

Chokwe Lumumba, Chair of the New Afrikan People’s Organization

Ajamu Sankofa, National Conference of Black Lawyers (www.ncbl.org)

Dr. Aisha Fields, Director of the All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (www.developmentforafrica.org)

Ivory Sobukwe-SoDaye, President of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (www.inpdum.org)

While some political analysts have declared Obama’s candidacy as evidence of social progression to a “post-racial America”, a growing number of black rights organizations criticize the campaign as an effort to misdirect African people into reliance on the Democratic Party for change, and as an attempt to put an African face on America’s escalating military and economic incursions into Africa. They argue that the recent horror of Katrina, the nooses in Jena, and the NY police killing of Sean Bell demonstrate a policy of continuing anti-black terror on the part of the government and white citizens.

The panelists at the May 25th event will present opposing views on the significance of the Obama candidacy. They come from some of the most dynamic and active organizations that are tackling today’s growing crises in African communities today, including poverty and malnutrition, denial of health care or quality education, police violence and unjust imprisonment.

With less than half of African youth graduating from high school and one in nine African men of child bearing age in prison in America, African Liberation Day organizers are comparing today’s prison labor economy to the post-slavery convict leasing program where special laws were created to force Africans back into forced labor. They seek to expose the intentional steering of well-qualified African homebuyers into sub-prime loans, resulting in a devastating loss of wealth in African communities. Some say that a review of Obama’s backers, advisors and policies reveal an agenda that will deepen the oppression and suffering of African people on both sides of the Atlantic.

According to Omali Yeshitela, leader of the Uhuru Movement, “At this time of crisis, when Africans are looking for alternatives to Americanism, Barack Obama sucks our people back into the safe embrace of the Democratic Party. In the 1960s the U.S. government assassinated our real leaders like Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other members of the Black Panther Party, and then raised up neo-colonialists like Obama to mislead our people. It’s time to rebuild our African liberation movement, this time on a united worldwide scale.”

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That is a very good question:

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While some political analysts have declared Obama’s candidacy as evidence of social progression to a “post-racial America”, a growing number of black rights organizations criticize the campaign as an effort to misdirect African people into reliance on the Democratic Party for change, and as an attempt to put an African face on America’s escalating military and economic incursions into Africa. They argue that the recent horror of Katrina, the nooses in Jena, and the NY police killing of Sean Bell demonstrate a policy of continuing anti-black terror on the part of the government and white citizens.

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According to Omali Yeshitela, leader of the Uhuru Movement, “At this time of crisis, when Africans are looking for alternatives to Americanism, Barack Obama sucks our people back into the safe embrace of the Democratic Party. In the 1960s the U.S. government assassinated our real leaders like Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other members of the Black Panther Party, and then raised up neo-colonialists like Obama to mislead our people. It’s time to rebuild our African liberation movement, this time on a united worldwide scale.”

I wish I could attend this. It should be very interesting. What party was Omali Yeshitela when he ran for mayor? I wonder is Ms. Hess and the rest of his Solidarity party going to be there?

A President Obama will not be 'black power'.

His presidency, however, will be African American presence with power.

PEACE

Jim Chester