Spear staff

The African People’s Socialist Party’s (APSP) San Diego Unit was the first organization to hold a local demonstration in solidarity with George Floyd and the Minneapolis uprising.

Typically in the month of June, we see mass parties and parades across the world celebrating the “liberation” of LGBTQIA+ individuals in what they deem Pride month. A few days before so-called Pride month this year on May 25, George Floyd was brutally murdered by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, spurring mass African resistance around the world. 

A video of the murder of Rayshard Brooks went viral overnight, sparking public outrage from the African community in Atlanta and beyond.

The world is in the grip of demonstrations responding to the savage murder of George Floyd by cop Derek Chauvin and his police accomplices in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. 

Another son of Africa has been slain in the ongoing military occupation of our communities by the police in the United States. From all corners of the world, the name of George Floyd signifies the sum condemnation of the U.S. government as a genocidal organization that functions through the vicious oppression and exploitation of Africans and other non-white peoples.

The May 25 murder of an African man, 46-year-old George Floyd, by the state of Minnesota in the form of the Minneapolis police department continues to incite and ignite the world. 

Since COVID-19, also known as colonialvirus, appeared in February 2020 in Nigeria, the lack of national preventive health policies and funding for adequate health care for the whole population has been exposed to the world.

Ahmaud Arbery died on his feet, refusing to cower in the face of white power.  

On Friday, May 29, 2020, three days into militant protests that have rocked the foundation of the colonialist capitalAPSPuhuru.orgist world, African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela broadcast this message, which has been slightly edited here and which can be found in its original video version on the Burning Spear TV channel on YouTube: