Resistance

ST. PETERSBURG, FL—September 7-9, 1982: after nine years of existence, the African People’s Socialist Party held our first Congress in Oakland, California.

Editor's note: The Burning Spear would like to take this opportunity to share with our readers the last letter from the independence hero of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba to his wife. We present this letter to you in honor of African Martyr's Day and the courageous resistance of African people in the Congo happening now. 

St. Petersburg, Florida—The St. Pete police murdered 33-year-old African, Timothy Earl Jackson on October 24, 2017—exactly 21 years after the police murder of then 18-year-old TyRon Lewis.

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations held its annual march on the White House and national conference in Washington, D.C. under the theme, “The Ballot and the Bullet: Elections, War, and Peace in the Era of Donald Trump” on November 4-5.

“UCSB washed their hands of me just because I was raped in Isla Vista and not on campus. …What does that mean for the resources that I should be allocated appropriately with the advocates that have my back?”—Ro’Shawndra Earvin

Seoul, South Korea — Friday November 3, 2017, coming after U.S. president Trump’s threats to “totally destroy” North Korea [*NBC News September 21, 2017], South Koreans protested ahead of his scheduled trip to the capital of their country.

Typically in bourgeois elections when people hear the word "forum" or "debate," it's safe to assume that it will be a snooze fest.

Since Chavez came to power in 1998, his leadership made Venezuela one of the key centres of national liberation struggles in the world. Over 16 years later, his policies succeeded in shaping a new vision of Venezuela and of what is referred to as “Latin America.”

One of the first things Hugo Chavez and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela did was to take back control of the Venezuela’s oil resource, upon which the entire economy of Venezuela depends.

Sometimes when our allies are under extreme attack, especially from the lead white nation colonizer (U.S. imperialism), a “Big Lie” narrative is often put forward for the purpose of creating a pretext for making war against the colonized.

Oftentimes, the colonized are surrounded and the people of the world are inundated by bourgeoisie media and can’t always speak for themselves. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the African revolutionary internationalists to speak in support of the oppressed and to defend and support their revolutionary aspirations.

In this instance the African Socialist International (ASI) stands in unwavering solidarity with the toiling workers, peasants, workers party and leadership of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.