North America

Dead on arrival—body after body flooding a local morgue in Hayward, CA, just outside of Oakland. These recent deaths at a convalescent home are attributed to the Coronavirus also known as the colonialvirus as it affects the poor, the vulnerable and colonized communities disproportionately to that of whites, the colonizer community.

The statistics are staggering. African people are dying in striking numbers and the only thing the bourgeoisie can do is stuff billions of dollars into the coffers of large corporations.

“Nicola was so dedicated. She’s going to live on through all of us, who knew her, who love her and were able to share memories with her. She transitioned as a dedicated mother and revolutionary on Saturday, April 4, 2020, fighting for our people & I'm sure she wouldn’t have wanted to transition any other way.”

Editor's Note: The African People's Socialist Party salutes Unión del Barrio, headquartered in San Diego, CA, leading the liberation movement of the Mexican/Indigenous people. Unión del Barrio has worked together as a sister organization of the Party for over 30 years. Our Party recognizes the unity of African and Mexican people in the struggle to liberate the stolen lands of the Americas which belong to the Indigenous people on both sides of these imperialist-imposed borders. The following article is from the Unión del Barrio website addressing the colonial COVID-19 virus as it genocidally sweeps through the Mexican communities and the concentration camps full of Indigenous people attempting to cross into their own lands.

Philadelphia is a city that has been touted as one of the most diverse in the country. It’s also one of the most segregated, even though Africans comprise more than 44 percent of the total population.

The U.S. government’s $2 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus package was the biggest corporate cash-grab in modern history.

April 4, 2020—As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the country, our colonized African working class communities throughout the U.S. are being ravaged by illness and death from the virus at a much higher rate than any other community.

St. Petersburg, FL—Last week, photos of white students carelessly partying on the beaches of Pinellas County while on spring break during the COVID-19 pandemic, hit news outlets all over the country.

April 3, 2020—Kalambayi Andenet, International President of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM), mother of two and resident of one of north St. Louis’ most oppressed neighborhoods, went to social media this week in anger.