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KNAC Statement on Occasion of African Liberation Day

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25/05/2019

STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY

The Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Centre (KNAC) today joins Africans worldwide in marking  African Liberation Day 2019.

African Liberation Day is rooted in the 1958 Conference of Independent African States, convened in Ghana by Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah as the first Pan-African gathering on African soil. The eight participating countries – Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Tunisia, Liberia, Sudan, Ghana and Morroco declared 15th April, the day of the Conference, as African Freedom Day. This was later changed to 25th May 1963 when the Organisation of African Unity was founded. The day has since been celebrated each year. 

In December last year, KNAC in collaboration with the Pan-African Federalist Movement convened more than 500 Pan-Africanists including from the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and North America to mark the 60th Anniversary of the 1958 All-African People’s Conference. The theme for the Anniversary was “Africa Must Unite: the mission for our generation”. This captured the imperative for the political and economic unification of African and Caribbean states, that would include African people worldwide. We also affirmed the growing recognition by all that African unity is the pre-requisite to the prosperity of all Africans wherever they are. 

Today, as we mark African Liberation Day, we reflect on the works of our Pan-African heroes – the likes of Edward Blyden, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore, W. E. B. Du Bois, Cheikh Anta Diop, Amilcar Cabral, Sekou Toure, Julius Nyerere, Haile Sellassie, Gamal Nasser, Al-haj Malik Shabaaz (Malcolm X), Martin Luther King Jr. and many others. While doing so, we revisit the imperative for our economic liberation, which remains unaccomplished, and can only come about through unity. Writing in I Speak of Freedom,  Kwame Nkrumah declared, “I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives and the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race united under one federal government will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength but as a Great Power whose greatness is indestructible because it is built not on fear, envy, or suspicion nor won at the expense of others but founded on hope, trust, friendship and directed towards the good of all mankind”.

By African Unity, we mean the original call by the founding leaders namely a Union Government with a central military command, a common economic plan, and a unified position on international affairs. With a combined population of more than 1.5 billion people, Africans will form one powerful nation in control of her people’s destiny, proud of her heritage and spiritually fortified with a common purpose. 

KNAC acknowledges the statements of solidarity from Pan-African Organisations, activists, freedom fighters, and all well-wishers on the occasion of African Liberation Day. Let us dedicate ourselves to mobilise and organise towards our ultimate goal of the economic and political unification of Africa. 

God bless Africans at home and abroad!

God bless the African Nation that must be!

Long Live African Liberation Day!

Samia Nkrumah

President

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 FRENCH

25/05/2019
DÉCLARATION À L’OCCASION DE LA JOURNÉE DE LA LIBÉRATION AFRICAINE

Le Centre panafricain Kwame Nkrumah (KNAC) se joint aujourd’hui aux Africains du monde entier pour marquer le Jour de la libération de l’Afrique 2019.

La Journée de la libération de l’Afrique a ses racines dans la Conférence des États africains indépendants de 1958, convoquée au Ghana par Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, en tant que première réunion panafricaine sur le sol africain. Les huit pays participants – l’Égypte, l’Éthiopie, la Libye, la Tunisie, le Libéria, le Soudan, le Ghana et le Maroc ont déclaré le 15 avril, jour de la Conférence, la Journée de la liberté de l’Afrique. Cela a été changé par la suite au 25 mai 1963, date de la création de l’Organisation de l’unité africaine. La journée a depuis été célébrée chaque année.

En décembre dernier, le KNAC, en collaboration avec le Mouvement fédéraliste panafricain, a réuni plus de 500 panafricanistes, originaires notamment des Caraïbes, d’Amérique latine, d’Europe et d’Amérique du Nord, à l’occasion du 60e anniversaire de la Conférence du peuple afro-africain de 1958. Le thème de cet anniversaire était «L’Afrique doit s’unir: la mission de notre génération». Cela traduisait l’impératif d’unification politique et économique des États d’Afrique et des Caraïbes, qui engloberait les peuples africains du monde entier. Nous avons également affirmé que tous reconnaissaient de plus en plus que l’unité africaine était la condition préalable à la prospérité de tous les Africains où qu’ils se trouvent.

Aujourd’hui, alors que nous célébrons le Jour de la libération de l’Afrique, nous réfléchissons aux œuvres de nos héros panafricains: Edward Blyden, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore, WEB Du Bois, Cheikh Anta Diop, Amilcar Cabral, Sekou Toure, Julius Nyerere, Hailé Sellassie, Gamal Nasser, Al-haj Malik Shabaaz (Malcolm X), Martin Luther King Jr. et beaucoup d’autres. Ce faisant, nous réexaminons l’impératif de notre libération économique, qui reste inachevé et ne peut se réaliser que par l’unité. Kwame Nkrumah a déclaré: «Je crois fermement et sincèrement qu’avec la sagesse et la dignité profondément enracinées, le respect inné pour la vie humaine et l’intense humanité qui est notre héritage, la race africaine unie sous un gouvernement fédéral. émergera non pas simplement comme un autre bloc mondial affichant sa richesse et sa force, mais comme une grande puissance dont la grandeur est indestructible car elle est construite non sur la peur, l’envie ou la suspicion, ni gagnée aux dépens des autres mais fondée sur l’espoir, la confiance et l’amitié et dirigé vers le bien de toute l’humanité ».

Par unité africaine, nous entendons l’appel originel lancé par les dirigeants fondateurs, à savoir un gouvernement d’union doté d’un commandement militaire central, d’un plan économique commun et d’une position unifiée en matière d’affaires internationales. Avec une population combinée de plus de 1,5 milliard d’habitants, les Africains formeront un pays puissant, maître du destin de son peuple, fier de son héritage et spirituellement fortifié dans un but commun.

Le KNAC prend acte des déclarations de solidarité des organisations panafricaines, des militants, des combattants de la liberté et de tous les sympathisants à l’occasion de la Journée de la libération de l’Afrique. Engageons-nous à nous mobiliser et à nous organiser pour atteindre notre objectif ultime d’unification économique et politique de l’Afrique.

Que Dieu bénisse les Africains, chez eux et à l’étranger!
Que Dieu bénisse la nation africaine qui doit être!
Longue vie au Jour de la libération africaine!

 
Samia Nkrumah
Président

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25/05/2019
DECLARACIÓN SOBRE LA OCASIÓN DEL DÍA DE LA LIBERACIÓN AFRICANA

El Centro Panafricano Kwame Nkrumah (KNAC) se une hoy a los africanos de todo el mundo para conmemorar el Día de la Liberación Africana 2019.

El Día de la Liberación de África se basa en la Conferencia de Estados Independientes de África de 1958, convocada en Ghana por Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah como la primera reunión panafricana en suelo africano. Los ocho países participantes: Egipto, Etiopía, Libia, Túnez, Liberia, Sudán, Ghana y Marruecos declararon el 15 de abril, el día de la Conferencia, como el Día de la Libertad Africana. Esto se cambió más tarde al 25 de mayo de 1963, cuando se fundó la Organización de la Unidad Africana. El día se ha celebrado cada año.

En diciembre del año pasado, KNAC, en colaboración con el Movimiento Federalista Panafricano, convocó a más de 500 panafricanistas, incluidos los del Caribe, América Latina, Europa y América del Norte, para conmemorar el 60 aniversario de la Conferencia de los Pueblos de África de 1958. El tema del aniversario fue “África debe unirse: la misión de nuestra generación”. Esto capturó el imperativo de la unificación política y económica de los estados de África y el Caribe, que incluiría a los pueblos africanos de todo el mundo. También afirmamos el creciente reconocimiento por parte de todos de que la unidad africana es un requisito previo para la prosperidad de todos los africanos, dondequiera que estén.

Hoy, al conmemorar el Día de la Liberación Africana, reflexionamos sobre los trabajos de nuestros héroes panafricanos, como Edward Blyden, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore, WEB Du Bois, Cheikh Anta Diop, Amilcar Cabral, Sekou Toure, Julius Nyerere, Haile Sellassie, Gamal Nasser, Al-haj Malik Shabaaz (Malcolm X), Martin Luther King Jr. y muchos otros. Mientras lo hacemos, revisamos el imperativo de nuestra liberación económica, que sigue sin cumplirse y solo se puede lograr a través de la unidad. Al escribir en I Speak of Freedom, Kwame Nkrumah declaró: “Creo firmemente y sinceramente que con la sabiduría y la dignidad profundamente arraigadas, el respeto innato por las vidas humanas y la humanidad intensa que es nuestra herencia, la raza africana unida bajo un gobierno federal”. surgirá no solo como otro bloque mundial para hacer alarde de su riqueza y fuerza, sino como una Gran Potencia cuya grandeza es indestructible porque no se basa en el miedo, la envidia o la sospecha, ni se gana a costa de otros, sino que se basa en la esperanza, la confianza y la amistad. y dirigida hacia el bien de toda la humanidad ”.

Por Unidad Africana, nos referimos al llamado original de los líderes fundadores, a saber, un Gobierno de la Unión con un comando militar central, un plan económico común y una posición unificada sobre asuntos internacionales. Con una población combinada de más de 1.500 millones de personas, los africanos formarán una nación poderosa que controlará el destino de su pueblo, orgullosa de su herencia y fortificada espiritualmente con un propósito común.

KNAC reconoce las declaraciones de solidaridad de organizaciones panafricanas, activistas, luchadores por la libertad y todos los simpatizantes con motivo del Día de la Liberación Africana. Dediquémonos a movilizar y organizarnos hacia nuestro objetivo final de la unificación económica y política de África.

¡Dios bendiga a los africanos en casa y en el extranjero!
¡Dios bendiga a la nación africana que debe ser!
¡Viva el día de la liberación africana!

 
Samia Nkrumah
presidente

ALD in Effect in Guinea-Bissau

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Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral – JAAC (or Amilcar Cabral African Youth) held an African Liberation Day Ideological Seminar in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on 22 May 2019. Among those in attendance was Revolutionary Pan-Africanist Sainey Faye from The Gambia. The seminar was held at the Amilcar Cabral University. On 23 May 2019 there was an ALD Radio Programme on a Revolutionary Pan-Africanism show that Comrades Imani (JAAC/PAIGC) and Sainey participated in. Sainey has also visited with Legendary Hero/Liberation War Veteran and Organiser Teodora Gomes

Justice for Mbobda

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Justice for Mbobda!

Call for our demonstration on the African Liberation Day #JusticeForMbobda

On the 21st of April 2019, the African student Tonou Mbobda was killed by a racist and brutal assault by “security“ forces of the University Hospital Hamburg (UKE), Germany. The act of violence occurred on Sunday morning in the Department of Psychiatry, at building W37 of the UKE. Tonou Mbobda did not want to take the prescribed medication and on that morning he went out of the building. He had volunteered to go in to the hospital and was free to leave the building whenever he wanted.

According to eyewitnesses, Tonou Mbobda sat outside on a bench and relaxed. He had shown no aggressive behavior when the staff of the UKE „Security“ tackled him and threw him to the ground. The witnesses also report that he was tortured and kicked with their knees until he lost consciousness and was given an injection. He was also fixed and strangled on the ground. He complained that he could not breathe before losing consciousness. After unsuccessful resuscitation attempts on the ground, Tonou Mbobda was taken to the emergency intensive care unit of the UKE in an ambulance, where the resuscitation attempts continued.
The machine which enabled his heart to beat again in the meantime, was shut down on Friday 26th of April, and his death was officially confirmed.

After the attack, the UKE made no effort to contact the family of Tonou Mbobda, to inform them and to provide clarification. On the contrary: the UKE first spoke publicly about a „medical incident“ and refused to give further communication concerning the incident. They quickly began to justify the crime: they degraded and criminalized the victim, drawing the picture of a „dangerous“ and mentally ill black man, who was himself responsible for his murder. From the beginning, they denounced and stigmatized his fellow patients and denied the perceptual ability of the various witnesses. They relativize the violence and protect the perpetrators until today.
Instead of investigations, the hospital management pretends that Tonou Mbobda, who went to the UKE without physical pre-existing conditions, could have died without the attack. The medical and political leaders continue to be indifferent, defensive and have still not come to any conclusions.

Structural anti-black racism is the main reason for the killing of Tonou Mbobda, and the handling of the crime. The Hamburg University Hospital is a white institution – racist practices and the corresponding impunity of the perpetrators already have a historical continuity there.Iin the 20th century, the skulls of Africans and other oppressed peoples who were murdered, were gathered and kept in the UKE.

We also recall more recently, Achidi John, who was tortured to death in December 2001 by a doctor of the UKE. He was forcibly fed an emetic by a probe. Also in this case, up till today no responsible person has been held accountable. Instead, they have been promoted: Politically responsible persons like the former senator for domestic affairs, Olaf Scholz, is now German Vice Chancellor; those involved from the UKE are now the director of the institute (Klaus Püschel), and senior physician (Ute Lockemann) in forensic medicine. Ironically, the body of Tonou Mbobda is going to be examined in this same forensic department of UKE.

Any one of us People of African heritage could have been a victim of these crimes, which reflect the racist and inhumane perception of us as “aggressive“, “violent“, and generally suspicious . Regardless of external circumstances or personal situations, we are then subjected to brutal or even lethal force instead of compassion. Racism is a system of dehumanization and hierarchization. It is the ideology of white supremacy, a conceived justification for violence, exploitation and oppression, violence through enslavement, colonialism and imperialism.

The fight for justice for Mbobda is inextricably linked to the daily and worldwide struggles against a whole system of racist oppression. This system has now claimed another victim and we mourn with the entire family and friends from all over the world. We will honour the memory of the murdered. It is our task to provide clarification, justice and responsibility, to defend ourselves against the systematic racist oppression at all levels in this society, as well as any stigmatization and coercion of mentally burdened people and to advocate for the clarification of racist and inhumane crimes.

The Black Community calls for a nationwide demonstration in memory of Tonou Mbobda on African Liberation Day, May 25, 2019!

The African Liberation Day is celebrated annually in large parts of Africa and among the African Diaspora. It is an expression of our ongoing quest for liberation, unity and self-determination.
On May 25, 1963, numerous African states founded the „Organization of African Unity“ in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), calling for the „African Liberation Day“, later to be called „Africa Day“. This day is an expression of the African struggle for justice and anti-colonial resistance.
On this day, the combined strength of the unity of all Black people on the Continent, and in the Diaspora, is the focus of our daily and diverse struggles. The work of complete liberation and unification of Africa is far from over. Furthermore, in Africa there are still boundaries that were created by the former colonial masters in 1884/1885 in Berlin. During this age of neo-colonialism, our natural resources and labor are still exploited by foreign powers and the elites.

Presently, Black people around the world are being disrespected, abused and killed.
To fight back, we must join forces, stand together, enlighten ourselves, coordinate our abilities and shape our lives with self-determination and in solidarity – no one will do anything for us, we must take it into our own hands!

Only unity and the collective struggle for freedom give us the means to expose the system of white supremacy. To expose their racist crimes, to hold the perpetrators accountable, to demand reparations and to bring about justice and peace for our murdered ancestresses and ancestors.

In times of global warfare, economic plundering, continued environmental destruction, and the emergence of openly racist and inhumane positions, we encourage all Black people and people of solidarity to exhibit a forceful presence on this day against racism and xenophobia, heteronormity and repression, exploitation and oppression, and continuous global destruction of our culture and environment.

We call for an end to war and expulsion, an end to the murderous fortress of Europe, an end to the theft of our life force and resources. We call for an end to the systematic, institutional racism and the everyday racism that destroys and at times ends the lives our sisters and brothers in camps and jails, police stations and hospitals, on streets and squares.

DECLARATION – JUSTICE – RESPONSIBILITY!

Demonstration:
Saturday, 25.05.2019 | 12.00 clock
Location: UKE – Building W37 / main entrance
Martinistrasse 52
D-20251 Hamburg, Germany

TOUCH ONE – TOUCH ALL!

Signed:
Black Community in Hamburg ( blackcommunityhamburg.blackblogs.org )
Black Community in Germany

-Africa United Sports Club e. V. ( africaunited-sports.de/aufruf-zur-demonstration-am-tag-der-befreiung-afrikas )
-Afrika Unite! Study Collective
-ARRiVATi
-CECAM e.V. ( https://cecam-ev.de/en/home )
-Ta Set Neferu
-Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh

Revolutionaries Require the Revolutionary Truth of Revolutionary Primary Sources

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Instead of surfing the Internet to read capitalist lies, why not use it instead as a way to access revolutionary truths found in revolutionary primary sources?

Almost all revolutionary and progressive parties have their own websites, Facebook, Twitter, etc.. Below are just a few of them.

Cuba: (daily in Spanish and English as well almost daily in French, Turkish and Portuguese)

World News:, (especially Africa, Asia and Latin America.24 hours per day in Spanish and English as well almost daily in French and Portuguese);

World News: (24 hours per day in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Portuguese

World News: (24 hours per day in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Portuguese

Pan-African Movements
Worldwide Pan-African Movement (WWPAM)

Anti-imperialist and Anti-zionist News
The Dawn News
Press TV
Torah Jews Jews not zionists
Neturei Karta
Electronic Intifada

Liberation Organizations
American Indian Movement (AIM)
International Indian Treaty Council

Political Parties
Mozambique, FRELIMO
Namibia, SWAPO
Cuba: Communist Party of Cuba (in Spanish, but you can use translate.google.com)
Venezuela, United Socialist Party of Venezuela, PSUV: (in Spanish, but you can use translate.google.com)
Monthly Review (of socialist texts)

Of course, you should regularly consult the A-APRP website

Candice Antique

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Candice is a international singer/songwriter, producer, educator, natural beauty advocate, activist, global citizen and Pan Africanist who travels the world making music and speaking to unify the African diaspora.
Her mission is to live in a world where every human being can manifest their highest selves free from oppression and judgement. She believes that all over the world, so many of people are rich seeds planted in soil that has been stripped of its nutrients by colonialism, slavery and other systems of oppression. Her aim to restore humanity in all that she does. She produces art meant to provoke thought and challenge beliefs, to make people FEEL. She travels the world exchanging knowledge about the power of art as a tool for social transformation.

Neocolonialism: Imperialist Fruit That Fell Close to the Tree

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Throughout Africa, foreign interests dominate almost everything of value. These multinational corporations and western governments may not be visible, but they are there, frequently using Africans who function as imperialist puppets. Accusing fingers pointed at the imperialist puppet-masters are deflected and met with the reply: “It’s not us. African leaders are at fault. They are corrupt.” Where did this devious scheme referred to as neo-colonialism originate?

Kwame Nkrumah identified the Americas as the birthplace of neo-colonialism because decisions to use puppet leaders to dominate former colonies were inspired by the people’s victory over slavery in Haiti in 1804 and the defeat of Spanish settlers in South America – particularly in Venezuela.

The resistance in the western hemisphere to oppressive domination has been fierce and unrelenting. In Haiti, Africans have been fighting racist enslavement and settler-occupation of indigenous land from the first day of their arrival in the western hemisphere. After the Haitian revolution when Africans defeated the French, they named their country Haiti as an acknowledgment of the indigenous name for the territory, “Ayiti,” and as a rejection of settler culture.

In the years that followed, the people of Haiti battled French financial extortion and numerous violent U.S. occupations. Between 1915 and 1934 the U.S. stole more than 200,000 acres of land for U.S. corporations. The U.S. also killed thousands of Haitian people. Led by the Lavalas mass movement, Haitians disrupted the line of succession of U.S.-backed dictators when the people elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide in 1991.

The U.S. spent more than 60 million dollars in unsuccessful efforts to defeat Lavalas. Nevertheless, President Aristide won 68 percent of the vote. Within months the U.S.-trained Haitian military staged a coup sending President Aristide into exile. President Aristide was held in the U.S. for almost two years before he was returned under international pressure to complete his term in 1994.

Lavalas rose again to return President Aristide to power in 2000 against the wishes of neo-colonial forces inside and outside of the country. In 2004 a military force launched from the Dominican Republic and organized by the U.S., France and Canada marched toward the Haitian capital and at gunpoint forced President Aristide and his wife on to a plane that lacked a destination. With the use of a hidden cell phone, President Aristide was able to announce his kidnapping to the world. He was exiled in Azania/South Africa and unable to return to the Caribbean for seven years.

This high level of aggression has not been limited to Haiti. The neo-colonial attacks against progressive and working-class people in Haiti and Venezuela during the last 20 years have been eerily similar. The Bolivarian Revolution (named for Venezuelan hero Simon Bolivar) triumphed under the leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in 1998 electing Hugo Chavez as president. Ignoring the will of the people, neo-colonial forces led by settler elements staged a coup in 2002 taking Chavez hostage and dissolving the assembly. The U.S. immediately recognized the coup leaders. The military and people returned Chavez to power in 48 hours. After Chavez’ death, the people elected President Nicolas Maduro, also of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. Today the same neo-colonial forces that attacked Chavez are attempting to remove Maduro.

Today’s fight in Venezuela represents the continuation of struggles by not only the people of that country and Haiti, but by people throughout the Americas and the world. It is a struggle against racist settlers’ desperate attempts to re-establish a neo-colonial political order. What that amounts to is the rich and white populations on top, and the poor indigenous, African and working-class on the bottom, along with foreign control of the most valuable natural resources like oil. Thus, the struggle in Venezuela is a revolutionary struggle against imperialist aggression.

Neo-colonialism, like colonialism, and all forms of imperialism is perpetuated by violence. It is a system that uses every form of warfare, economic sanctions, toxic propaganda, sabotage, assassination, espionage, torture, extortion, terrorism and outright invasion to control the global south. To do this efficiently the U.S. has established central military commands (AFRICOM, CENTCOM, NATO, etc.) to coordinate attacks with other imperialist military forces and to make best strategic use of drone bases scattered around the globe. Complicit in these operations are imperialist intelligence agencies like the CIA, MI5, and Mossad. Economic domination is achieved by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and banks worldwide.

The victory over neo-colonialism will only be achieved by the organized masses across the globe. The All African People’s Revolutionary Party understands that the consolidation of the Revolutionary Pan-African forces in every region is critical in helping to advance this struggle. We call on the Bolivarian and African descended forces in central and South America and the Pan-African socialist forces in the Caribbean, Canada and the United States to follow the example of our Haitian ancestors and unite against settler and neo-colonialism.

When Nkrumah said that neocolonialism is the final stage of imperialism, he made clear that this is the most decisive stage of the battle against imperialism. There are no more reforms that can be offered. Neo-colonialism exposes the collaborator class among us and lays bare the consequences for those who dare to resist from Libya and Zimbabwe to Haiti and Venezuela. As Africans watch the racist legacy of the settler-regimes played out in the opposition’s terrorist acts of decapitating and burning Africans to death for merely being Bolivarian in Venezuela we are reminded of Libya in 2011, or the brutal settler regimes in South Africa, Palestine and the United States.

Venezuela is facing the united forces of imperialism led by the U.S., but imperialism stands naked before the world with their imperialist intent exposed. Venezuela’s support is coming from every corner of the globe China, Russia, Azania/South Africa, Turkey, and over seventy countries. Even in the U.S. and Canada massive demonstrations have taken place. Haiti and Venezuela prove to us the organized masses are the makers of history. They can be repressed but not defeated. Lavalas and the masses of Haitian people are in the streets today challenging the neo-colonial forces. We all must be there with them, fighting shoulder to shoulder in a struggle that affects us all.

The A-APRP stands with the Lavalas movement in Haiti and Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela!