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The Black Alliance for Peace: Human Rights from an Anti-war & Anti-imperialist Perspective

Join Massachusetts Peace Action for a webinar discussion with Ajamu Baraka, the National Organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP). BAP was founded on April 4, 2017, 50 years after Martin Luther King, Jr’s historic Riverside Church anti-war speech. Baraka stated then that BAP’s purpose is ” to recapture and redevelop the historic anti-war, anti-imperialist, and pro-peace positions of the radical black movement.”

As we enter 2022, the US government remains committed to “full-spectrum global dominance”, ie, imperialism, with attempts to dominate Africa through the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and aggression against China through the US Indo-Pacific Command. Additional evidence of US imperialism includes, of course, the 800 plus military bases it/we maintain around the world.

Ajamu Baraka will use an anti-imperialism lens to address 1) US involvement in Africa and the BAP ‘Shut Down AFRICOM’ campaign, 2) the US push for dominance of China and the threat of a cold, or hot, war, 3) the development of BAP since its founding nearly five years ago, as well as other issues and BAP campaigns. Ajamu Baraka was the 2016 Green Party candidate for Vice President, and is a long time activist and organizer for human rights, peace, and justice.

Talking Peace taping: Rev. Dr. King Today

With Rev Dr James Lewis, Community Leader, founder and pastor of Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church; Dr. Rolanda Ward, social work professor and Director of Niagara University’s Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity, and Mission; Rev. Mark Blue, President of Buffalo NAACP, pastor of Second Baptist Church of Lackawanna; Deidra EmEl, Executive Director of the WNY Peace Center; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator, and Consultant for the Interfaith Peace Network.

 

Discussion topics:

    • Rev Dr King’s life’s work, principles, courage, and how they relate to our current challenges
    • MLK Celebration on Sunday 1/16, 6pm-8pm, Kleinhans, (free; proof of vaccination required)
    • local efforts to deal with the triple evils (racism/bigotry, materialism/poverty, militarism/war) in Buffalo
    • ways to help and get more involved

 

The show is taped for just under an hour by Think Twice Radio: Home of the Future (thanks to Richard Wicka, our wonderful producer). The Zoom recording, livestreamed on Facebook during the taping, will air on WBNY 91.3FM on the following Monday (1/17) at 1pm EST. After airing, you can also find the video archived on the WNY Peace Center YouTube channel.