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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The Ballot and the Bullet Electoral School: “Can Electoral Politics be a Path Towards Black Self-Determination?”

Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations April 6-7, 2019 - St. Petersburg, FL A Call to Activists!   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 is…

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