Editor’s Introduction
On March 1, Shaka A. Shakur convened a 2-day international webinar about building a United Front against u.s. imperialism. The following text further elaborates the reasons for the event and the need for a new United Front anchored in the struggles for national liberation and the freedom of political prisoners. At the bottom is an application to take the next step in building such a United Front, which does not seek to replace the existing networks and coalitions but rather to further extend and amplify them.
The Need for a United Front against u.s. Imperialism
Imperialism is like a chameleon, it morphs and transforms. It wears different hats and faces while sticking to its mission of the expansion of kapitalism, the infiltration, monopoly, and exploitation of other markets while hiding behind multinational and transnational corporations, as well as military interventions.
My personal experiences has been to try and beat back the genocidal nature and impact of imperialism on the New Afrikan Nation in particular and oppressed people in general. Attempting to deconstruct the false narrative created by imperialist forces while trying to strip the legitimacy of the State. Deconstructing the mis-education of its representatives and neo-kolonial institutions. This includes engaging militarily some of the security forces while trapped behind enemy lines.
Imperialism, like neo-kolonialism, sometimes takes on a life of its own and those who are the victims of such, tend to be its biggest proponents, while not fully overstanding the nature of the beast.
This is why, strategy-wise, We need a United Front. This is why We need some form of centralization of genuine revolutionary forces where We are at least communicating and organizing around basic points of unity.
It is critically important that We pass the baton, while educating a whole new generation of activity and radicals. It is important that We introduce to this generation the history and legacy of previous movements; some that have come and gone and others that still remain. That We teach about pass a mistakes, that We engage in healthy debates and ideological struggle. This is while actually agreeing on Points of Unity and having something concrete manifest out of these events.
i’m calling on organizations to register for a conference, where We actually have at least two reps of that organization or movement and We meet to decide upon at least 3-5 issues or areas of importance that We can organize or mobilize around.
Political Prisoners for example…. With each group maintaining its own autonomy and areas, zones, regions of responsibility, and focus; while perhaps issuing a Declaration.
This basic centralization and communication can lead to a sharing of resources, intelligence, and other forms of critical and concrete support to some of the work that is already being done (e.g. the work that Jalil Muntaqim is doing with the People’s Senate, the Spirit of Mandela, and effort to Liberate Our Elders).
To defeat u.s. hegemony and imperialism, We have to attack its tentacles globally while arresting its internal development and ability to function. We infect its most vital origins.
Part of this strategy is to first overstand the intersectionality of Our various struggles and various forms of oppression. It all traces back to the same source.
When We have a United Front that is coordinated, We can effectively call for general strikes and boycotts. We can effectively reach behind enemy lines and give rear guard support to prisoners and cultivate the support for other endeavors.
Such a strategy helps Us undermine the divide and conquer tactics used by the state. It helps Us defeat the bullshit racial polarization and having Us fighting each other over crumbs from the master’s table. It minimizes some aspects of class conflict amongst workers.
Let’s talk about it people…
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Shaka A. Shakur
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