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BLACK LEFT UNITY NETWORK! FEBRUARY 14, 2013
! PAGE 1
The impact of the
corporate driven
capitalist crisis
represents a War on
Black America and
has created many
battlefronts.
They include:
★The struggle for jobs★ The struggle againsthousing foreclosures,evictions and gentrification★ The struggle to defend,improve and for communitycontrol of public education★ The struggle for worker
rights and to defend,democratize and expandorganized labor as a leaderand power base of a workingclass social movement★ The struggle againstwomen’s oppression and allforms of sexual oppression★ The struggle againstextrajudicial murders bypolice and racist vigilantes★ The struggle against mass
incarceration, politicalprisoners and the prisonindustrial complex★ The struggle againstenvironmental racism
Join Us In Our Battle to Stop the War on Black America!
The most glaring aspect of the War on Black
America is the military assault and murders of
unarmed Black and Brown young people across
the country by the police.
Thesestrugglesmustbe
connectedbycommonslogans,
ana4onalprogram,andsome
coordinatedac4onsinorderto
mobilizethebreathanddeathof
thepoweroftheBlackmassesas
arevolu4onarysocialforce. Themostglaring
aspectoftheWaronBlack
Americaisthemilitary
assaultandmurdersof
unarmedBlackandBrown
youngpeopleacrossthe
countrybythepolice. Thereportissuedby
theMalcolmXGrassroots
Movementshowingthat
every36hoursduringthefirst6
monthsof2012,aBlackperson
waskilledbythepolice,has
helpedtocapturetherapidly
growingmilitariza4onofBlack
communi4esthroughoutthe
U.S.
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BLACK LEFT UNITY NETWORK! FEBRUARY 14, 2013
! PAGE 2
The BLUN is calling for the building of a national Stop the War on Black America Campaign
Thecriminaliza4onof
Blackworkingclassyoung
peoplehasbeenakeypartof
theU.S.domes4cstrategyto
developapolicestateundertheauspicesofprotec4ngsociety
fromitsinternalcrimeandsocial
erosion.Thesocalledwaron
terrorismlaunchedaKer
September11,2001,elevated
thiscriminaliza4ontothelevel
ofbeinganinternalthreatto
U.S.na4onalstabilityand
security. Standyourgroundlaws,
andaright-wingled2nd
Amendmentcampaigntodefend
gunownership,playtotheracist
andchauvinistfearsofwhite
America.Thesecampaignsare
partoftheunfoldingofaracist
andfascistsocialmovementled
bycorporatefinancedright-wing
forcesliketheTeaParty.
Ifthesemurderswerebrought
beforeaninterna4onalcriminalcourtfreeofinfluencebyU.S.
imperialism,theperpetuators
wouldbelabeledas“death
squads”andtheU.S.wouldbe
triedforcommingcrimes
againsthumanity. Ifpolicespeakout
againstthepolicedepartment’s
complicitywiththebrutalityand
murdersofunarmedBlack
people,theyarevilified,disciplined,oKenplacedin
dangeroussitua4onswithout
back-upandfired.
Inci4esacrosstheU.S.Black
peopleareholdingmee4ngsand
f orums,andformingcoali4onstostruggleagainstextrajudicial
policebrutalityandkillingsof
BlackandBrownpeople.
However,theseimportantdevelopmentswhilereflec4ng
thena4onalscopeoftheU.S.
policestatehavenotyetformed
ana4onalcoali4onandcampaign
withacommonprogramof
ac4ontounitethesebalefronts. TheBlackLeKUnity
Network(BLUN)throughour
Na4onalDialogueCallsengaging
Blackac4vistsacrossthecountry
discussingthevariousaacksand
strugglesalongwithreportsontheBLUNlistserv,arehearingthe
desiretobuildana4onalunified
fight-back.However,ini4a4nga
processforforgingtheunity
remainsthechallenge. TheBLUNiscallingfor
thebuildingofana4onalStop
theWaronBlackAmerica
Campaignasamovement
buildingframeworkforuni4ng
themanyeffortsthroughoutthe
countryfigh4ngagainstvarious
aspectsoftheaackonlives,communi4es,socialins4tu4ons,
economicsurvival,
environmentalprotec4onand
democra4candhumanrightsof
BlackpeoplethroughouttheU.S.
andinsolidaritywithopposing
U.S.warsonoppressedpeoples
throughouttheworld. Afirststepinthis
direc4onisforthevariousefforts
toadoptthesloganStoptheWar
onBlackAmericatobeincludedintheirliteratureandpublic
statementsthatbeginprojecta
unitedna4onalsen4ment
definingthepoli4calnatureof
thesepolicemurdersandthe
policestate. AKeraperiodofshaping
ana4onalsen4mentby
promo4ngacommonsloganand
unitedac4vi4esinthevarious
locales,andrepor4ngonthese
efforts,theBLUNisproposing
thatana4onalmee4ngbeheldtobringtogetherrepresenta4ves
ofthevariouscoali4ons
throughoutthecountryto
developana4onalprogramof
ac4onandna4onalStoptheWar
onBlackAmericaCoali4on. Let’stakethefirststep
NowandadoptStoptheWaron
BlackAmericaasacommon
slogan.TheBLUNlistservcanbe
usedtoreportonthevarious
strugglesacrossthecountry,andthestepsforcesaretakingto
forgeunity.TheBLUNNa4onal
DialogueCallcanbeaconnec4ng
pointtodiscussmovingforward
towardbuildingana4onalStop
theWaronBlackAmerica
Coali4onandcampaign.
For Black Left Unity
17 year old Trayvon Martin was
murdered by George
Zimmerman on Feb 26, 2012
For more information contact:
The Black Left Unity Network
Address: PO Box 834 Rocky Mount, NC 27804
email: [email protected]
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