The People’s War Campaign Against ’Colonialvirus’ COVID-19

While many are coming to terms with the fact that as Africans we are not immune to the colonialvirus called COVID-19, the South African neocolonial government is forced to explain the reason why majority of black people are failing to adhere to the precautions and regulations it has set out for the public in response to what they have declared a global pandemic.

“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.”

Gauteng Province, South Africa—As COVID-19 spreads throughout the world, with numbers skyrocketing in many countries daily, the African People’s Socialist Party’s comrades on the ground in Occupied Azania recognize that the struggle we are waging against our colonial enemies is taking place in a fast-changing world where events change overnight. 

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.