“African women must lead!” This commanding phrase, acknowledging the role of African women as leaders on the front lines of the struggle, was printed in bold letters across the back of a jacket. We asked the sister where she got the jacket from and she said “UZI Custom Clothing. Do you want one? What’s your
By: Matsemela Odom, InPDUM San Diego A comrade once said African internationalism can be used to explain everything “including this straw.” If African Internationalism could be used to explain the colonial-capitalist production of straws in relation to the African Working Class, it can surely be used to explain the video game industry. This article is
Hold high the African Martyr! On February 24th, 2020 Chicago Inpdum members held an African Martyrs Day event at the Thurgood Marshall library on the Southside of Chicago. Members from the community celebrated the lives of Patrice Lumumba, Mike Brown, Omowale Kefing, Musa Abantu, Dakota Bright, Rekia Boyd, Nipsey Hussle and many others! Amilcar Cabral,
by: InPDUM San Diego African students at San Diego State University have been organizing a conference on reparations. San Diego State University is a public university in Southern California, twenty minutes from the Mexico border. Energized by the international discussion on reparations, these students proposed a wide variety of guest speakers including Ava Muhammad of
On September 14, 2019 members of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) from around the world gathered at 4101 W. Florissant Ave. for the convening of the 2019 convention of InPDUM, themed: “The Struggle is Real. This is Genocide. Africans Charge Genocide and the Demand is Reparations.” It was a weekend full of dynamic
“I live amongst the people, I eat with the people, I see the conditions of my people and simply fighting for reform will not change these conditions”. (Excerpt from Kalambayi Andenet’s speech at the Black is Back 10th Anniversary event August 10th-11th 2019 in St. Louis, Mo.) President Kalambayi Andenet speaks on the
By: Abena Abdallah Our children are not safe. As colonized children, they are vulnerable to all manner of disrespect, harassment, violence and denial of their basic rights. This reality does not change once they enter school. In fact, many of our children have experienced the most dehumanizing treatment from the individuals tasked with educating our
By: Jah-Sun Kine & Dexter Mlimwengu From September 13th to 15th, the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement is having our 2019 Convention in St. Louis, MO to let the world know of the movement on the ground to organize African (“black”) people and facilitate the death of the social system which has oppressed us for
By: Northern Regional Coordinator Nana Yaw, APSP I joined the military for the same reason many African and other colonized people join- I was desperate for money. I had a son at 17 years of age, was a high school dropout and was forced to take full custody of my child, then two weeks old,
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