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"The battle lines are being drawn; the only question that people must ask themselves is which side they'll be on."
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The Black Alliance For Peace

The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) seeks to recapture and redevelop the historic anti-war, anti-imperialist, and pro-peace positions of the radical black movement. Through educational activities, organizing and movement support, organizations and individuals in the Alliance will work to oppose both militarized domestic state repression, and the policies of de-stabilization, subversion and the permanent war agenda of the U.S. state globally.

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People(s)-Centered Human Rights

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What is a people-centered approach to human rights theory and practice?

PCHRs are those non-oppressive rights that individuals and collectives define and secure for themselves through social struggle that reflects the highest commitment to human dignity and social justice for themselves and all humanity. Processo De Comunidades Negras (PCN) in Colombia is one such organization that embodies a PCHR framework aimed at democratizing power and access to land and resources for Africans and Indigenous Communities.

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Recent Blog Posts

September 2, 2016
Are you surprised by the response of the DCCC?

The leaked memo from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) about how to deal with Black Lives Matter should not surprise anybody. Nor should anyone be surprised that the memo’s author now works for the Clinton campaign. This memo is consistent with the long history of a commitment by Republicans and Democrats alike to marginalize […]

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August 31, 2016
Statement on Colombia Peace Agreement

The peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC is an important step in bringing peace to the countless victims of this war. In the last 25 years alone, armed actors forced nearly six million people out of their homes. Our black and indigenous sisters and brothers often felt the heaviest burden of the […]

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August 25, 2016
Who Should be in Prison?

With the highest population of prisoners in the world (we're 4% of the world's population but house 22% of the world's prisoners), it is imperative that we re-evaluate the way our country attempts to create order, peace and stability. Because when the systems that are here to help make society "safer" actually foster more chaos, […]

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Ajamu Baraka @ajamubaraka International human rights activist, organizer, political analyst. National Organizer for @blacks4peace. I do my own tweets.

Israel shot and killed an 8-months-pregnant woman today in the Nour Shams refugee camp in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers stopped any medical assistance from reaching them, so both she and the baby inside her died.

Her name was Sundus Shalabi.

Trump's use of the term human rights violation to describe his opposition to the South African law on land confiscation is not being hypocritical but consistent with Western values.

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