Troubling news from BIBC’s Black Alliance for Peace (BAP): Impending military assault on Venezuela by states and forces allied with the United States

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Dear Alliance members, We are receiving troubling news of an impeding military assault on the sovereign nation of Venezuela by states and forces allied with the United States. The objective is to remove the elected government of Venezuela and turn over the running of the country to the right-wing oligarchy. This move is in line with the strategic objective of the last two administrations that identified Venezuela as a threat to U.S. national interests, which means the Venezuela process is seen as a threat to the interest of the Euro-American colonial/capitalist project. We are calling on all of our members to closely monitor this situation. We will provide as much information on this as possible. Please help to alert the forces…

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Omali Yeshitela leads rally endorsing Uhuru candidates for St. Petersburg elections

ST. PETERSBURG — In the midst of a hotly contested mayoral primary and city council elections, the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement candidates were endorsed by the group’s founder at a rally Tuesday. Uhuru founder Omali Yeshitela, who himself ran for mayor in 2001, endorsed mayoral candidate Jesse Nevel, 27, and District 6 council candidate Eritha “Akile” Cainion, 20. Both have already qualified for their respective races. “We are winning,” chanted the crowd of about 40. Yeshitela railed against the glut of other candidates in the mayoral and City Council races, describing them as “corporate puppets.” He praised the two Uhuru movement candidates as disruptors of the status quo: rising housing costs, broken cemeteries, gentrification and “parrot-like” politicians. “Our candidates believe…

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