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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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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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