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Emergency Press Conference to Denounce the Attack on the African People’s Socialist Party/Uhuru Movement

 

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AUGUST 1, 2022

PRESS ADVISORY

EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE TO DENOUNCE THE ATTACK OF THE AFRICAN PEOPLE’S SOCIALIST PARTY/UHURU MOVEMENT

On Friday, August 5th, 2022, the December 12th Movement is holding a press conference to
denounce last weekend’s baseless attack on the African People’s Socialist Party [APSP]/UHURU Movement in Missouri and Florida. Under the bogus claim of “national security” the U.S. government is clearly moving to disrupt, discredit and destroy a Black organization that is committed to securing self-determination and reparations for Black people. There will be statements from a broad range of organizations and individuals in the Black Liberation and Human Rights Movements who see this attack as another harbinger of the rapid anti-democratic move to the right in the U.S.

WHEN: 12 PM, Friday, August 5, 2022
WHERE: SISTAS PLACE, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Download PDF of the press release

Fri., May 19th: Black Power March on 125th St., Harlem NY

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Fri. May 19: 28th Annual Black Power “Shut ‘Em Down” March
Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building, 163 W. 125th St.
Kick off at 1 p.m. as we ensure that all the businesses on 125th Street between St. Nicholas and Fifth avenues close from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in a commercial show of respect for Brother Malcolm.

Fri. May 19: 6 p.m., Cultural Tribute to Malcolm X
Gallery of the State Office Building (163 W. 125th St.)
– African drumming by Ndigo Washington and Joyce Jones
– Film Malcolm X Speaks
– Spoken word presentations: Gha’il Rhodes Benjamin, Mandela Brathwaite and the IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group – Jazz performance by Jazzmeia Horn’s quartet.

A CALL TO CONFERENCE ON MALCOLM X’S BIRTHDAY

In honoring the 92nd year of the birth of Malcolm X, we are challenged to apply the lessons   Malcolm taught us to the rapidly deteriorating conditions of Black people in America.

Conditions founded on chattel enslavement; passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments denying Black people the right to choose their destiny, chaining Black people to a second-class citizenship of terrorism, cheap labor, and poverty.

Conditions through which Black people have been forced and educated to believe that integration is the road to equality and prosperity, while in reality, we exist just as separate and even more unequal than centuries ago.

Conditions which recognize the 12th anniversary of the Katrina Debacle, which journalist Jelani Cobb so accurately proposed should be seen as “a referendum on Black Citizenship in America”.

At any point in time, any or all our ‘rights’ are subject to arbitrary denial by any racist or ignorant bigot toeing the US policy of white supremacy.

Every social indicator puts us at the bottom – economic development,    education, health, employment,  housing, criminal and civil justice, infant mortality, and overall death rates.Resistance at every turn has strengthened us in our struggle for freedom and today, continues to force us to clarify the meaning of fundamental change.

Resistance at every turn has strengthened us in our struggle for freedom and today, continues to force us to clarify the meaning of fundamental change.

This history dares us to objectively define our colonized political, social and economic reality and chart a course toward our own development or perish. A mission that requires  “real talk” to each other.

Those of us here in the United States have never really made a choice for ourselves as to how or by whom we should be governed. The US government has defined us as slaves, 3/5’s human, second class citizens, the underclass, underprivileged, criminals etc.

The Malcolm X Conference for Self-Determination seeks to push forward the direction of the Black Freedom Movement putting the issue of separation on Black  People’s Agenda and the necessity of Black People’s right to choose; our right to a referendum/plebiscite on how our people will relate to this government on a fundamental basis.

We have a right to a “CHOICE” / we have a right to a referendum / a   Plebiscite.

December 12th Movement / The Choice Campaign

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Sat., May 20th: Malcolm X Conference, Harlem, NY

Sat. Schedule

9:30 a.m.: registration, All Souls Episcopal Church, 88 St. Nicholas Ave. at 114th St., Harlem, NY
10:30 a.m.: Greetings from the December 12th Movement and the conference organizational supporters
11:30 a.m.: Keynote Address from the dynamic Fred Hampton Jr., son of the slain Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, and chairman of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee
Noon – 2 p.m.: First Panel, “The Historical Demand for Independence and Reparations,” and discussion on (i) Black people’s revolutionary battles for self-determination through independence, separation and repatriation and (ii) the political and legal battles for reparations as a remedy for the United States’ crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing (now called “gentrification”) of Black people.
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Second Panel, “The Political and Cultural Battle for Independence and Freedom” will look at how a plebiscite (referendum) can be a weapon for Black self-determination and a weapon against rising fascism in the U.S. The open discussion will examine “Which Way Forward” for Black people in the age of the Trump/Clinton platform of lies and the systemic derailing of our fight for freedom.
5:30 p.m.: Plenary to sum up the panels’ findings and propose a course of action for the future.

The conference is supported by CEMOTAP, National Black United Front, People’s Organization for Progress and Black Lives Matter of Greater New York.

For more information, call 718-398-1766 or visit D12M.com

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A CALL TO CONFERENCE ON MALCOLM X’S BIRTHDAY

In honoring the 92nd year of the birth of Malcolm X, we are challenged to apply the lessons Malcolm taught us to the rapidly deteriorating conditions of Black people in America.

Conditions founded on chattel enslavement; passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments denying Black people the right to choose their destiny, chaining Black people to a second-class citizenship of terrorism, cheap labor, and poverty.

Conditions through which Black people have been forced and educated to believe that integration is the road to equality and prosperity, while in reality, we exist just as separate and even more unequal than centuries ago.

Conditions which recognize the 12th anniversary of the Katrina Debacle, which journalist Jelani Cobb so accurately proposed should be seen as “a referendum on Black Citizenship in America”.

At any point in time, any or all our ‘rights’ are subject to arbitrary denial by any racist or ignorant bigot kowtowing to the U.S. policy of white supremacy.

Every social indicator puts us at the bottom – economic development,  education, health, employment,  housing, criminal and civil justice, infant mortality, and overall death rates.

Resistance at every turn has strengthened us in our struggle for freedom and today, continues to force us to clarify the meaning of fundamental change.

This history dares us to objectively define our colonized political, social and economic reality and chart a course toward our own development or perish. A mission that requires  “real talk” to each other.

Those of us here in the United States have never really made a choice for ourselves as to how or by whom we should be governed. The US government has defined us as slaves, 3/5’s human,  second class citizens, the underclass, underprivileged, criminals etc.

The Malcolm X Conference for Self-Determination seeks to push forward the direction of the Black Freedom Movement putting the issue of separation on Black People’s Agenda and the necessity of Black People’s right to choose; our right to a referendum/plebiscite on how our people will relate to this government on a fundamental basis.

We have a right to a “CHOICE” / we have a right to a referendum / a   Plebiscite.

December 12th Movement / The Choice Campaign
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Black Separation? Mobilizing for a Plebiscite

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In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, ‘The Choice’ campaign for self determination organized by the December 12th Movement, held a Black Voters State of Emergency Community Speak-Out on November 15. The focus was on the Trump Presidency, Rising White Racism and The Economic Crisis.

In the spirit of Malcolm X who made it plain and said “You been took. You been had. You been misled.” The Choice campaign demanded a write in vote for ‘Reparations Now’ and the concretizing of self – determination and a plebiscite (referendum) on which way forward for Black people in the United States.

Viola Plummer, Chair of the December 12th Movement spoke after an open floor discussion from the masses gathered, “You know we talk about choice. We talk about where we might go… We talk about Hillary and Donald. They are all the same, cut from the same cloth. You choose frick or frack, or the lesser of two evils. A long time go W.E.B. Dubois said they were both evil. ‘Two parties, one evil,’ He said it did not matter which one of them becomes president or whatever. You have not chosen them. They came to you.”

Plummer addressed a question from Rita Clay, an educator and mother who said “I want to solve the problem and do the work. I want to get training. Train us and we can go out and do the work.”

Plummer responded, “ Sister, we are prepared and have been constantly organizing to the degree that we could to train Black women and men in order to raise real struggle. But what we have attempted to do, always and everywhere, is for you, to very soberly look at who you are. You don’t have the responsibility of giving anyone a chance to keep you oppressed. No Donald, Hillary, DeBlasio etc. It is not your responsibility to see what they are going to do. You know what they are going to do.”

Referring to a comment made by Hazel Beckles during the discussion, who said “We have to stay on point and turn our energies inward. Not forget about white people, but don’t give our energy to them. We’ve been doing it for too long. We need to institute ourselves politically, culturally, socially, economically, and environmentally. And it is on us to determine that.”

Plummer said “Hazel said we can’t keep talking about white people and white supremacy. What we have to do is talk about us and what our responsibility is to us.”

Dr. James McIntosh was the keynote speaker, “I want to make three points, 1- Who is Donald Trump? 2-What is the impact of his presidency on us? 3- How I knew Donald Trump would be President.

Dr. McIntosh’s presentation included a slide show featuring Mr. Trump and his close associates. “Donald Trump has strong white nationalist and white supremacist roots. Contemporary newspapers reported seven people were arrested and they all had on Klu Klux Klan uniforms. One of their names was Fred Trump, Donald’s father. Trump and his father also refused to let Black people into their housing developments. They fought but eventually had to sign a consent decree with the Department of Justice in order to let Black people into their housing.

He has strong connections with McCarthyism. His attorney Roy Cohn was Chief Counselor for Senator Joseph McCarthy and a member of US Department of Justice team that tried Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for espionage. His clients included prominent mafia leaders, former presidents Nixon and Reagan, and Jeffrey Epstein and wealthy known predatory sex offender. Cohn was a mentor to Donald Trump.” The presentation documented many more examples of Trumps unsavory activities.

Dr. McIntosh explained, “The answer to all these things were laid out by Marcus Garvey many years ago. He said we have to unite; we have to have self knowledge and operate as a nation. We have to have self industry, self education, and self rule. Most importantly, we have to have self defense, because if you don’t, all of those other things are taken away from you.

Marcus Garvey also laid out working models to show you what could be done. He gave us a newspaper to document our history and current events; grocery stores to feed ourselves. He had the Black Star Line so we can engage internationally. He called us a universal people.