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Begin forwarded message: > From: Black Alliance for Peace <[email protected]> > Date: September 7, 2020 at 11:02:44 AM EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: ¡Kevin Zeese, PRESENTÉ! > Reply-To: Black Alliance for Peace <[email protected]> > > > > The anti-imperialist and anti-war movement suffered a great loss early Sunday > morning with the sudden passing of activist Kevin Zeese. > > Margaret Flowers, his life partner, captured the sentiments of many of us who > knew Kevin and were shocked by his passing, when she said to know Kevin is to > know how ”... amazing, kind and selfless a person Kevin was. He never asked > for anything, but was always there for others. He had such great knowledge > and wisdom. He was a gentle giant and his death is a huge loss for me > personally and I know for many people who are a friend or who worked with him > over the years.” > > It was that kind of solidarity and commitment to people that compelled Kevin, > along with Margaret and all of the activists who became known worldwide as > the Embassy Protection Collective, to hold the Venezuelan embassy in > Washington, D.C., for 37 days to prevent it from being taken over by the > unelected, right-wing forces who aligned with Juan Guaido. It was an amazing > and heroic act of internationalist solidarity that will go down in the annals > of the people’s history. > > Another country Kevin was especially concerned about that now finds itself in > the crosshairs of U.S. criminal aggression is Nicaragua. The Black Alliance > for Peace (BAP) shares those concerns and pledges to the memory of Kevin to > raise the visibility inside the United States of the heroic struggle of the > Nicaraguan people to preserve the integrity of their project. > > Central to Kevin’s concerns was respecting the will and sovereignty of > peoples around the world. That is why he adamantly opposed U.S. and European > sanctions. Kevin recognized sanctions were acts of war, and that they usually > target the civilian population with inevitable death, suffering and > destruction. We at BAP will go even further and say sanction regimes are acts > of state terrorism when they are applied unilaterally by rogue states, such > as the United States. > > So, while our hearts are heavy, we know Kevin would tell us not to mourn too > long and get back to fulfilling our duty to organize and fight at the center > of the U.S. empire. That is how Kevin will be present—as our inspiration, > both as we struggle and once the people win! > > > PRESS AND MEDIA > > Last week's episode of WPFW’s “Voices With Vision,” hosted by Netfa Freeman, > who represents Pan-African Community Action (PACA) on the BAP Coordinating > Committee, featured familiar voices. BAP member Jacqueline Luqman exposed how > the new March on Washington obscured the problems that have continued to be > ignored since the first march held in 1963. The show featured music by Dahk > Matter (aka PACA's Ahmed Malik Braxton) and BAP Coordinating Committee member > Margaret Kimberley explaining why "Democrats are officially Republicans.” > > BAP member Mark Fancher questions the value of marches and protests after > police murder Black people in his latest piece for Black Agenda Report. > > The U.S. crisis of legitimacy has been on display as millions have lost their > jobs and homes amid an economic crisis exacerbated by the lockdowns. BAP > member Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture was featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer article > on Pennsylvania’s statewide eviction moratorium coming to an end. > > Press TV’s “The Debate” interviewed Netfa about ongoing racial tensions in > the United States. Meanwhile, Press TV interviewed Margaret on Trump’s latest > move to ban anti-racism training. Plus, Margaret spoke to Radio Sputnik's > “Political Misfits” and “The Critical Hour”, as well as Al Mayadeen (only > available in Arabic), about the uprising in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the 2020 > election. BAP National Organizer Ajamu Baraka also discussed Kenosha on Al > Mayadeen (only available in Arabic). > > Ajamu wrote in Black Agenda Report that the U.S. human rights > record—domestically and internationally—is filled with hypocrisy, deceit and > denigration. > > BAP’s August 23 webinar, “How the International War Against Black People Is > Being Waged Locally and Unifying Our Fight Against It,” is now available on > YouTube and Facebook. > > A video that explains BAP’s mission can be viewed on YouTube, Facebook, > Twitter and Instagram. This video wouldn’t have been possible without BAP > member Jelani Fraser, who scripted and produced the video, and BAP > Coordinating Committee member Jaribu Hill, who lent her voice as narrator. > > > EVENTS > > September 9: PACA's Assata Shakur Study Group will be held at 7 p.m., EST, > online. Non-Africans who wish to attend are asked to bring an African. > > September 19-20: Labor and Community for an Independent Party is organizing a > two-day online conference, “Break the Grip of the Two-Party System Program > Agenda.” Registration is required. > > September 24: Mark your calendars for 4 p.m., EST, for BAP’s next webinar, > “Full Spectrum Dominance: From AFRICOM to the Indo-Pacific Command.” > Registration information will be available in an upcoming newsletter. > > November 7-8: The Black Is Back Coalition calls on all to march, rally and > convene in Washington, D.C., during the “Black People's March On White > House.” Registration is required. > > > TAKE ACTION > The Black Latina Girls and Women Fund was created by BAP member organization > AfroResistance, a Black Latina women-led organization in the service of Black > Latinx women in the Americas. This fund offers financial support by giving > money directly to Black Latin womxn, girls and femmes who are experiencing > severe financial need across the region, especially due to the COVID-19 > pandemic. Whether in Brazil, Colombia, United States or Panama, Black Latina > girls, women, and femmes are organizing in their local communities in the > fight against several forms of state violence. You can donate here and people > are encouraged to use the hashtag #BlackLatinaGWFund. > Ask your local, state and federal candidates to sign BAP’s 2020 Candidate > Accountability Pledge. If you are a candidate, distinguish yourself from the > other corporate warmongering candidates by signing the pledge. > Sign up to join BAP’s U.S. Out of Africa Network to receive the bi-weekly > AFRICOM Watch Bulletin in your inbox. > Make sure you keep up with us throughout the week by subscribing to our > YouTube channel, liking us on Facebook, and following us on Instagram and > Twitter. > We are raising $30,000 to help expand our membership support capacity and > revamp our website. Donate and share our GoFundMe campaign with your networks > today. > > No Compromise, No Retreat! > > Struggle to win, > Ajamu, Dedan, Jaribu, Margaret, Netfa, Nnamdi, Paul, Vanessa, YahNé > > P.S. Freedom isn’t free. 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