From North Korea to Grove Hall: Confronting War, Struggling for Peace & Justice

VFP Smedley

11/17/2017 10:18 AM

From North Korea to Grove  Hall:

Confronting War, Struggling  for  Peace & Justice

Respondent: Judith Roderick

Thursday, Dec. 7, 5:30 pm Grove Hall Branch Library 41 Geneva Ave., Dorchester

The Trump Administration is doubling  down on war policies which have developed during the Bush and Obama administrations. We now have inter- national crises in Syria, Korea, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Niger, Palestine and more. The military budget and nuclear weapons spending  are  increasing,  as  is  USmilitary

intervention in Africa. Militarization of the police is affecting Black and other communities at home. In this context, Ajamu Baraka will address the relationship of the Black liberation movement to the struggle for peace.

Ajamu Baraka is the national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace, which was launched on April 4th of this year, the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “Beyond Viet Nam” speech where he came out against the Viet Nam war. Baraka will talk with us about this work and about re-building the anti-war movement in the face of a government which is devoted to “full spectrum dominance”.

An internationally recognized advocate for human rights with roots in the Black Liberation Movement, Baraka was the Green Party's vice presidential candidate in 2016. He was the Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network from 2004 to 2011 and his political analysis has been covered by CNN, BBC, Washington Post, RT, and New York Times. He is a contributing columnist for Black Agenda Report and Counterpunch. Baraka serves on the board of Cooperation Jackson, a solidarity economy project in Jackson, Mississippi, and is working on the Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases. Baraka emphasizes that “placing people, planet, and peace before profit has to be not  just a slogan but a political objective that is realized.”

Please arrive at 5:30 for snacks and discussion.  The talk will begin promptly at 6:00 pm.

Transit: Take the Fairmount Line from South Station to Four Corners/Geneva Ave., departing 5:00 or 5:45 (use regular MBTA pass).  Or take 19 bus from Fields Corner station.

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