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The whole world saw the resistance which erupted among the African working class of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 13, 2016, in response to the police murder of 23-year-old African, Sylville Smith.

A CBS reporter on the scene of the uprising, interviewed Sedan Smith, Sylville’s brother.

The reporter, who was particularly more concerned about the possibility of Sedan using profanity on live television than the pain which Sedan was certainly feeling as he mourns his brother’s murder, was ultimately left speechless by Sedan’s powerful words.

In Autumn of 2016, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement will organize groups of white people throughout the country to hold “Days in Solidarity with African People” events to build political and material report for the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and its economic foundation, Black Star Industries (BSI), the basis of a liberated African economy.

The Days in Solidarity with African People (DSAP) is the Uhuru Solidarity Movement’s most important event of the year. 

Milwaukee, WI––Africans took to the streets in heavy resistance in the city of Milwaukee after 23-year-old African Sylville Smith was shot and murdered by Milwaukee police on August 13, 2016.

Witnesses said that a cop hit Sylville’s car with his car. Sylville jumped out of the car and ran for his life. The cop, an African who’s name has yet to be released, gave chase and shot Sylville in his back.

To help us to understand that we are engaged in an international struggle, not for civil rights, but for the liberation of our people, I would like to say that this movement that we are a part of––the African People’s Socialist Party––owes much of what we understand to Malcolm X and the work that he did before us.

Washington D.C.––U.S. president Barack Hussein Obama offered up criticisms of Republican candidate Donald Trump and declared him “unfit” and “woefully unprepared” to serve as U.S. president during a White House press conference on August 2, 2016.

Chicago, IL—Another African teenager has been murdered by the arm of the State. On July 28, 18-year-old African Paul O’Neal was shot in the back and killed by Chicago police.

FERGUSON, MO—August 9th  marks the two-year anniversary of the murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown who was killed by Ferguson, MO Police Officer Darren Wilson. 

Witnesses stated that Mike Brown was shot eight times while his hands were in the air. His rotting body was then kept on the concrete for more than eight hours as an example to the Ferguson community of what the police will do if they disobey their orders. 

What the police did not expect in this suburb of St. Louis, MO was resistance from the African working class community. This powerful display of African Resistance on August 9, 2014 marks one of the critical dates in Black August.

PHILADELPHIA––On August 13 and 14, 2016, the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will hold their preparatory conference, the “National Black Political Agenda for Self-determination” at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA.

Louisville, KY—An unidentified African woman was forced to walk into a courtroom without any pants, on July 29, 2016.