Amidst Military Escalations From Niger to Haiti to Atlanta,
The Black Alliance for Peace Launches the 4th International Month of Action Against U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023—Organizations from around the world have endorsed and will participate in the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) 4th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM. [Webinar October 1st, linked on the preceding site; the 1st is the 15th anniversary of the founding of AFRICOM under George W Bush and Dick Cheney; it gained ground with governments in Africa with the Obama administration and the 2011 NATO attack on Libya, from which the country still hasn't recovered, contributing to the dam collapses that inundated Derna during Cyclone Daniel.]
A war is being waged against African people across the continent and the diaspora. Whether it’s people in Atlanta fighting to #StopCopCity, a $90 million dollar militarized police training facility, the people of Haiti fighting for their sovereignty against imperial interventionism carried out by the Black misleadership class, or African people across the Sahel and neo-colonial Africa fighting against French and U.S. imperialism, we are in solidarity with those who seek to dismantle these exploitative structures in favor of a people-centered human rights model.
Across the Sahel, the African masses have taken to the streets, calling for French troops to leave their lands. This has taken place in states like Niger, where the United States has nine military installations.
AFRICOM is a force of neocolonial occupation. The people have united to free their lands of all U.S./EU/NATO military forces and intelligence operatives. Regional organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), are exposing themselves as comprador structures of neocolonialism by doing the bidding of western imperialist institutions.
Through this International Month of Action Against AFRICOM, we aim to express our support for the aspirations of the people in the streets and call for the ejection of all Western forces, including AFRICOM and NATO, from the African Continent.
NATO is a global axle in the wheel of the military industrial complex, which includes more than 800 U.S. military bases around the world as well as joint bases or relationships with almost all African countries. These are all controlled by the U.S. empire for realizing the U.S. policy of Full Spectrum Dominance, which is driven by the ferocious appetite of international finance capital.
That is why we call on our friends and allies to endorse this month as an individual or organization. Beyond that, we are calling on you to participate each week using our calls to action, for which we have provided materials on our webpage. Each week’s call to action ranges from watching our kick-off webinar, “From Niger to Haiti to Cop City, Defeat the War Against African People”, to organizing mass actions like banner drops, facilitating teach-ins using our materials and spreading the word using BAP’s custom graphics.
The Black Alliance for Peace calls for the dismantling of NATO, AFRICOM and all imperialist structures. Africa and the rest of the world cannot be free until all Peoples are able to realize the right of sovereignty and the right to live free of domination.
We demand:
The complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Africa;
The demilitarization of the African Continent;
The closure of U.S. bases throughout the world; and
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) oppose the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and conduct hearings on AFRICOM’s impact on the African continent, with the full participation of members of U.S. and African civil society.
No compromise!
No retreat!
Link to online version: https://blackallianceforpeace.com/bapstatements/2023moaaa
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