Geography

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.

Cleveland, OH—The mother of Tamir Rice, Samaria Rice had this to say about the United States’ first Negro president, Barack Hussein Obama:

“President Barack Obama, I don’t know what you’re doing. I don’t know how you’re able to sleep at night. Just sleep and wake up and see that another murder has happened on behalf of the government. And nobody is getting any justice.”

Atlanta, GA—The African man that posted the video of Alton Sterling being shot and murdered by Baton Rouge police has been fired from his job.

Randallstown, MD––Baltimore County police murdered a 23-year-old African mother, Korryn Gaines, and shot her five-year-old son on August 1, 2016.