Democratic Rights

Election Day is right around the corner, August 27 to be exact, and it may very well be the most important election for our city.

While both women contributed to the historical legacy of African resistance in the United States in particular, the different strategies and political affiliations they chose would define a historical split in the politics of African women.

Omowale Kefing was a giant. His feats in defense of our people and for our liberation are legendary and unequaled in the pantheon of African freedom fighters.

The Azania Weekly Rap is the fight for the narrative. The reality of the South African situation is that while we are physically building structures in contention with the war machinery of our imperialist and neo-colonial enemies we are also engaged in the battle of ideas.

Black August is a time of great significance in the history of our resistance as African people.

Black working class truth in the media is nearly impossible to find. In news reports, Africans are portrayed as criminal thugs or permanently poor and incapable of self-reliance.

On May 25, 1963, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the great Kwame Nkrumah declared this day “Africa Freedom Day,” which later became African Liberation Day.

We have come to the conclusion long ago that America does not have the ability nor the intent to see African people free, in this country or any place on Earth.

When it comes to upgrading the failing sewage infrastructure in St. Petersburg our position is that the big corporations and real estate developers who build in the city of St. Petersburg, must pay an infrastructure tax that will be used to upgrade our sewage system.