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Support prisoner resistance on Sept. 9th, the 45th Anniversary of the Attica prison uprising

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations  (BIBC)unites with the call by the NJ Decarcerate the Garden State and the People’s Organization for Progress to stand in solidarity on September 9th,  the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison uprising, with those who are currently incarcerated who are demanding an end  to prison slave labor and who are also demanding an end to the brutal, horrific injustices of the prison industrial complex.    The prison system has never been about rehabilitation, but is instead another corporate sham, whereby private industries are allowed to own prisons and to make massive profits from the over incarceration of communities of color for non-violent offenses.  And whereby the 13th amendment literally allows for…

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END STATE TERRORISM AGAINST AFRICAN WOMEN – Forum Saturday, April 30th in New York City

African Women are systemically under attack. From being subjected to police terrorism on a par with their African male counterpart, to being targeted by the World Health Organization and the medical establishment with deadly birth control (Depo Provera) known to cause sterilization and increase the spread aids. Black women are being targeted for genocide. • A mother's teenage son is removed from her home and convicted of a rape for which there was not a shred of evidence linking him to the crime, while in the meantime he and his family are vilified nationwide for a crime he did not commit;  a grandmother is getting dressed for work as police throw a flash grenade into her apartment (which was the wrong apartment) -- she…

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BIB 2016 Elections and The Struggle for Self-determination Photos

The Black Is Back Coalition held its’ National Conference with the theme of the 2016 Elections and The Struggle for Self-determination on April 9th in Harlem, NY. Speakers included the Black Is Back Coalition’s Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report, Zaki Baruti of the Universal African People’s Organization, Nellie Bailey of the Harlem Tenants’ Council and others. The event was filled with organizations and individuals from around the country who felt the need to have questions surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential elections addressed from the perspective of the Black Is Back Coalition.

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