St. Pete FL candidate expects to win city office using National Black Political Agenda

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See the National Black Political Agenda for Self-determination  The struggle for the right of black people in the U.S. to participate in the electoral arena is one that is ongoing. In the 60s, all throughout this country, black people were engaged in a fierce movement to gain equal rights under U.S. law, one of the most important rights being the right to vote. It was a struggle that threatened violence and death on black people, especially those within the deep south, and by the time we had achieved the ability to vote, the U.S. government assassinated our leaders and destroyed our black power movement, leaving us nothing to vote for. The U.S. government wouldn’t stop there. Over the decades, the government…

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The Ballot and the Bullet Electoral School: Register Now!

Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations April 6-7, 2019 - St. Petersburg, FL A Call to Activists! Register Now!!! The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will convene its second Electoral Campaign School April 6 through 7, 2019 in St. Petersburg, FL. The Electoral Campaign School is a means by which the Coalition opens up a new front in the struggle for black self-determination within the U.S. and elsewhere. It will challenge the monopoly of the electoral arena by a select sector of our community that has special ties to capitalist white power. We will teach ordinary African people – workers, activists, women and youth – how to run for office. The Black…

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Support Wanda Carson: the People’s Candidate

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations is proud to announce our endorsement of Sister Wanda Carson’s electoral campaign for Alderperson in Ward #3 in Madison, Illinois.   Carson was an attendee at the Coalition’s second Electoral Campaign School on April 7 & 8, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri, where she first learned about the National Black Political Agenda for Self-Determination--the 19-Point Platform developed by the Coalition in November of 2016.   Carson was inspired to run for office on a platform that speaks to the interests of the black community and has since adopted the 19-Point Platform as her own electoral platform.   Sister Wanda completed an endorsement application, which was received on February 28, 2019…

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