Democratic Rights

As criticisms of President Obama’s war and economic policies mount, the group that first questioned his intentions regarding the concerns of the black community is holding a national Congress to define a black agenda to serve the interests of black people.

Sisters & Brothers, Tomorrow, June 22, 2010, will mark the 10th anniversary of the murder of our Brother Shaka Sankofa (Gary Graham).

The following is a press release sent to Uhuru News for immediate publication. Uhuru News calls on all our readers to support this MOVE initiated campaign to ensure the safety of Chuck Africa, one of many of the MOVE Africa family who have been unjustly imprisoned by U.S. authorities for over 25 years. Free Mumia Abu Jamal. Free Chuck Africa and all MOVE Africa family!

The crackdown on the Landless People's Movement in Johannesburg continues. Two LPM militants have been killed in recent days, and ten are currently in prison following the arrests of five others last night.

Editors note: The ruling class media have inundated us with misinformation concerning the irresponsible dumping of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Although this is truly an environmental castrophy, the dumping of oil and the destruction of the environment in Africa, by greedy multi national oil coporations like British Petroleum, Shell Oil, and ExonMobil, go virtually unreported by a media that acts as if it is concerned about the environment.

On June 19, 2010, a timely and necessary gathering of Raza activists will take place: Conference On Raza Prisoners and Colonialism. The conference aims to expose the role that police, courts and prisons play and have played in the continuing subjugation and terrorization of the Mexican community and other oppressed nations and peoples.

The Black Farmer Land loss is the greatest loss of physical wealth we have had in this country. What most don't realize is that the Politrics/Obama is indeed hustling black farmers again. Truly large amounts of money were handed out white law firms, in the first Pigford case but very little money was deposited to black farmers/black people.

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations must be given maximum support by African people and especially activists, because it has been a critical development in our movement since the 1960s.

It has been 55 years since so-called Third World nations from Asia and Africa came together in Bandung, Indonesia to promote economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism.