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With the issue of reparations entering the mainstream discourse for the upcoming presidential elections in 2020, it is important to hear from those who have been in the trenches and at the forefront of the struggle for reparations.   Brothers and Sisters have been mobilizing around this issue for decades, and a body of work and research has been initiated on a global scale.    We must not allow political party hacks to hijack this movement, or the discussion around  reparations in any way.   And while hashtags can be useful in blazing ideas  across social media, they are not a substitute for a movement and the struggle for reparations cannot be reduced to a meme or a hashtag.    Although we must fight…

Washington, DC—On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will be speaking at the ‘No to NATO; Yes to Peace’ Festival, an event which the Coalition has officially endorsed. The ‘No to NATO; Yes to Peace’ Festival is a weekend of activities that are being held by World BEYOND War to unwelcome the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as they meet in D.C. on this same weekend to mark 70 years since their creation. In an email requesting the Black is Back Coalition to endorse the festival, World BEYOND War stated: “NATO is the largest military alliance in the world with the largest military spending and nuclear stockpiles. While claiming…

Louisiana Jim Crow Law Overturned --click on these links  for the full story n-unanimous jury scheme: The men at Angola State Penitentiary take a stand https://sfbayview.com/2018/12/the-men-at-angola-state-penitentiary-take-a-stand/ Non-unanimous jury scheme: The men at Angola State Penitentiary take a stand--Referred to during the election campaign as “the shame of our state,” the non-unanimous jury scheme will no longer be used in Louisiana courts, but it was not applied retroactively. So the approximately 2,000 people serving 10-2 sentences will die in prison unless the law can “get all the way right,” ... The state is not cooperating and is sealing all jury polling records to hide the truth of the Black lives unjustly taken and still incarcerated by the non-unanimous jury scheme.------ Non-unanimous jury scheme: The men…