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Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report interviews Chairman Omali Yeshitela: The Atlanticist bloc, with NATO as its military arm, is coming undone, said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition. President Trump’s verbal assaults on Washington’s European and Canadian allies at the recent G7 summit showed that “there’s a fraying of much of the arrangement that was established under the Atlanticist project” after World War Two. The rise of China as the world’s economic center has created an “every white man for himself” mentality, said Yeshitela. Click text to listen

ON AUGUST 11 AND 12, HUNDREDS OF BLACK PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT THE U.S. WILL GATHER IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI FOR THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BLACK IS BACK COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, PEACE AND REPARATIONS (BIBC). THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS: “THERE IS NO PEACE: AFRICA AND AFRICANS ARE AT WAR! … U.S. TO THE WORLD: ‘COMPLY OR DIE!’” THIS THEME RECOGNIZES THE UNRELENTING WAR THAT IS BEING MADE BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE – ON THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA AND THROUGHOUT THE U.S. -- IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES. LIKE OTHER OPPRESSED AND COLONIZED PEOPLES OF THE WORLD THE BLACK IS BACK COALITION ALSO DEMANDS SELF-DETERMINATION FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN THE U.S. JOIN THE COALITION IN…

On Saturday, June 16, MOVE member Debbie Africa was released on parole from State Correctional Institution (SCI) Cambridge Springs after 39 years and 10 months of incarceration. Fellow MOVE members Janet and Janine Africa, however, were denied parole despite having virtually identical Department of Corrections records as Debbie. Janet, Janine, and Debbie all: - Have gone more than 20 years without a misconduct for any rule violation - Were recommended for parole by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections - Were recommended for parole by former PA DOC Secretary Martin Horn - Were recommended for parole by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office - It is beyond dispute that Debbie, Janet and Janine present zero threat to public safety The Parole Board has…