Saturday, January 31, 2009

Community Speak Out Today at the Uhuru House


Come out to support the Community Speak Out today Saturday, January 31st at the Uhuru House at 12 noon at 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland and join organization to build economic development, justice and reparations for the African community. Reparations is necessary because it means repair for the damages caused by the system - the police killings,  and the destruction of the African community by the imposition of the deadly drug and prison economy, the gentrification, the foreclosures, the inferior schools, the child welfare system's intervention in African families, the list goes on and on.
Take a stand and join the Uhuru Solidarity Movement. Come out tomorrow to organize white solidarity under the leadership of the African working class led movement for liberation and freedom: Sunday, February 1st, 10am to noon, World Grounds Cafe, 3726 Mac Arthur Blvd between 35th Ave and High Street in Oakland
Call 510-295-7834 for more info or for transportation to either event.
 

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Oscar Grant Punched in the Face Before Being Shot!

Just in case you missed this. It came out a couple days ago:

Oscar Grant was punched in the face by another officer before being shot by Mehserle.
BART hasn't disclosed the name of the officer. This shows the complicity of the BART police in their policies of terror and murder.  Remember they also left Grant for dead after Mehserle shot him and ran around taking peoples' phones and cameras!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Stop the City of Oakland's War Budget! Join the Uhuru Solidarity Movement!



Uhuru Solidarity Movement Orientation & Meeting
World Grounds Cafe, 3726 Mac Arthur Blvd (between 35th Ave and High St.), Oakland
Come learn about the theory and practice of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, organizing solidarity from the white community and other allies with the African liberation movement.

Join the work of justice and reparations for the family of Oscar Grant and all victims of police violence.
oakland@uhurusolidarity.org


Watch the interruption by InPDUM leader Bakari Olatunji challenging Oakland Mayor's war budget:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDTNnOnCxPU

In a city where one in five families live on less than $5,000 a year, the city spends 40% of its billion dollar budget on its occupying army in the African and other oppressed communities where it has brutalized, killed and trampled on the peoples' rights. The city spends one half of one percent on community economic development!
Join the Uhuru Solidarity Movement to take a stand against the public policy of war and police containment and stand for economic development and justice!


Sunday, January 25, 2009

Oscar Grant Punched By Another Officer Before Being Shot

http://www.ktvu.com/video/18554358/index.html

Internal Affairs Chief of OPD Beat Man to Death


Embrace the worldview of the African working class and revelations like these don't surprise you. This is what happens every day to African, Mexican and indigenous peoples in this country. 

In March of 2000, Jerry Amaro III was beaten so badly by then-Lieutenant Edward Poulson of the Oakland Police Department, that his five broken ribs and collapsed lung resulted in his death from pneumonia. Not only that, he spent three days at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without any medical care whatsoever. 

Not only that, Poulson told five officers to lie about the incident and cover it up. He was "disciplined" by then-police chief Richard Word  who conducted an internal affairs and homicide investigation finding that none of the officers involved was guilty. Word suspended Poulson for two weeks.

It seems that people in Oakland who are suspected of using government sanctioned drugs are fair game to be beaten and left to die. It would seem also that cops that brutalize and murder Africans and Mexicans and then cover it up are rewarded for their "courageous" actions.  Just last year, Chief Wayne Tucker made Poulson the head of the Internal Affairs Department. And guess what? Just in case you didn't know, the Internal Affairs Department is supposed to investigate the police. 

Right now Oakland is a city with a budget crisis due to the money spent on the war on the impoverished African and Mexican communities. Amaro was killed just blocks away from the Oakland office of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, the Uhuru House. The Uhuru Movement calls on the African community and its allies to demand an end to these brutal policies committed by the occupying army of East Oakland and demand monies for the development of  economic life that will make life better for the communities of East and West Oakland.

Come out to support the Community Speak Out! Stop the Crimes against the African and other oppressed communities. Join the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement!

Saturday, January 31st, 12 noon to 3pm
Community Speak Out:
 Against the City's Crimes Committed Against the African Community
Uhuru House, 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

Sunday, February 1st, 10am to noon
Uhuru Solidarity Movement Orientation
World Grounds Cafe, 3726 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland
White Solidarity with the African Community's Struggle for Justice
oakland@uhurusolidarity.org
 

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

March for Justice on MLK Day

The march yesterday calling for justice for Oscar Grant and the families of all victims of police violence was successful in its participation of the people - between the two rallies and the march there hundreds of participants. It was also successful in its impact on and response from the community. Leaders from the Black Power Movement and the growing resistance of the African community in the form of leaders young and old were present and a significant outpouring of solidarity from Mexican, Asian and white people for the struggle for African liberation as we marched through the historic African community of West Oakland, past the Oakland headquarters of the Marcus Garvey movement to the sites where Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton was assassinated by the government to Li'l Bobby Hutton Park, recognizing the government's brutal attack on the African freedom struggle and the strength of the organized resistance of the freedom fighters in the struggle.

Check out today's San Francisco Chronicle for a decent article on the march.

Come out to an orientation of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement on this Sunday, January 25th from 10am to noon at World Grounds Cafe,3726 MacArthur Blvd (between 35th Ave and High St.) in Oakland.

Email oakland@uhurusolidarity.org for more info.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Listen to Uhuru Radio Today


Tune into Uhuru Radio for two shows today addressing the movement for justice for Oscar Grant:

10am
"Uhuru On Tha Move!"
Chimurenga Waller will talk live with Bakari Olatunji in Oakland, California about the police murder of Oscar Grant, and with community members in Augusta, Georgia about the police murder of Justin Elmore.
1pm
"Solidarity, Not Charity!" Hear African People's Solidarity Committee (APSC) Chairwoman Penny Hess speak live with Oakland organizer Wendy Snyder about the movement for justice for Oscar Grant and other victims of police murder in Oakland, California.

Come out to a meeting today to finalize plans for tomorrow's March for Justice.
Meeting today is at the Uhuru House, 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland at 4pm
Email oakland@uhurusolidarity.org if you need directions and/or a ride.

Friday, January 16, 2009

March on Monday! Join the Uhuru Solidarity Movement!


Take a Stand! Show Real Solidarity!
The Uhuru Solidarity Movement is calling on white people and other allies of the African liberation movement to join the march on this Martin Luther King Day holiday under the leadership of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) representing the African working class. Read the position of the InPDUM on Uhuru News
and listen to the broadcast, "Solidarity Not Charity!" on this Sunday at 1pm on Uhuru Radio.

On Monday, January 19th, gather at 11:30 at West Oakland BART for 12 noon march through the historic sites of the Marcus Garvey and Black Power Movement, ending at West Oakland BART for a rally from 2 to 3pm. 

The People's Court - the Tribunal to Charge the City and Other Officials with crimes of genocide against the African community will take place on Saturday, January 31st at the Uhuru House, 7911 MacArthur Blvd in Oakland. (Note the date change)

Email oakland@uhurusolidarity.org to participate in the march or tribunal.






Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Come Out Tomorrow to Oakland City Hall!

Here is the information about the actions that the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement will be participating in tomorrow.
http://www.apscuhuru.org/emails/oakland/justiceforoscargrant0113.html

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Build the March on MLK Day, January 19th!

The way to show solidarity with the struggle for justice is not to destroy black businesses and draw the attention of the police to further brutalize the African community!

The way to show solidarity is not to arrogantly and recklessly disrupt a peaceful yet righteous march led by African people for justice.

The way to show solidarity with justice for the African freedom struggle is to support the organization representing the interests of the African working class. Be a part of it! Show your unity! 

Come out to the Uhuru House tomorrow to help build the march on Martin Luther King Day!

SUNDAY, JAN 11TH, 4 TO 6PM
UHURU HOUSE, 7911 MACARTHUR BLVD, OAKLAND
510-569-9620 
inpdum_oakland@yahoo.com

The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement calls on the people to come out to help organize the march on Monday, January 19th on the Martin Luther King Holiday for JUSTICE and REPARATIONS for the family of Oscar Grant III.

The InPDUM is a grassroots organization, led by the black working-class community. It was founded in 1991 in Chicago by the African People's Socialist Party.

InPDUM membership is open to anyone united with democracy for the African community and that self-determination is the highest expression of democracy. InPDUM is known and respected around the world for demanding reparations to African people for slavery and colonialism, demanding an end to the police containment of the African community and pushing for real economic development.

For the march, we want people to come ready to join the teams to:

1. Distribute leaflets and posters. 
2. Make contact with other organizations, schools, church groups, temples, mosques who would want to participate.
3. Make powerful placards and banners for the March based on the demands.
4. Join the security and logistics team to ensure that the march is disciplined under the leadership of the African working class interests.


Thursday, January 8, 2009

Uhuru Movement Demands:

1. Jail and Prosecute Killer BART Cop Johannes Mehserle and Charge All BART Cops Involved With Accessory to the Crime of Murder
2. Reparations to the Family of Oscar Grant
3. Economic Development for the African and Oppressed Communities in Oakland
4. Immediate End to the Public Policy of Police Containment of the African and Oppressed Communities in Oakland
5. Immediate Release of All Arrested Demonstrators

Join the March on MLK Day January 19th,  Gather at West Oakland BART at 11:30am 
March at noon; Rally at 2 to 3pm

Help organize the march by attending meetings at the Uhuru House, 7911 MacArthur Blvd on Sundays at 4pm. Call 510-569-9620 or email inpdum_oakland@yahoo.com

Organizing Meeting for Justice for Oscar Grant III

This meeting is organized by the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement for the community to come together to continue to strategize around actions regarding the BART police murder of 22 year old Oscar Grant.

Thursday, January 8th, 6pm 
Uhuru House, 7911 Mac Arthur Blvd, Oakland
510-569-9620, inpdum_oakland@yahoo.com

InPDUM is a grassroots organization, led by the black working-class community. It was founded in 1991 in Chicago by the African People's Socialist Party.

InPDUM membership is open to anyone united with democracy for the African community and that self-determination is the highest expression of democracy.




Monday, January 5, 2009

Protest the BART Police Shooting of Oscar Grant III!

22 year old Oscar Grant of Hayward was gunned down by a BART police officer on the morning of New Year's Day.

Numerous videos taken by witnesses from their cell phones show that Grant was face down on the ground in handcuffs when he was shot in the back at close range on the Fruitvale BART station  platform at 2am following a New Year's Eve outing with his friends.  

In this new year, it is the same old story. Police killings of African men like Oscar Grant have reached epidemic proportions. In fact, the number of police killings outnumber the killings of U.S. soldiers in Iraq in a war that is clear for anyone to see who has been paying attention against the African community in the U.S.  This war usurps the budgets of cities like Oakland which pays out the majority of its monies to "public safety" justifying the war in the eyes of the outside world by the "war on crime" and "war on drugs." This has been the reality for decades since the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements of the 1960's and 70's.

Last year in Oakland, the Oakland police killed Casper Banjo, Jose Luis Buenrostro, Jody Woodfox and at least four others. The previous year the OPD killed Gary King Jr. and Andrew Moppin on New Year's Eve. The heavy handed policing in East and West Oakland is justified by the economic reality that these communities face that make them "high crime" areas, code word for the conditions faced by African and Mexican communities because of the legacy of slavery and colonialism.  

Oscar Grant III's young life was brutally taken away by the police. In this case, there were many witnesses making the police unable to fabricate a story and say that Grant had a weapon. Grant's family members and friends have come out to express their grief in losing their son, nephew and friend making the press unable to slander Grant's character like they normally do. His four year old daughter is left without a father to raise her and a family and community mourns the loss of this well loved young man who worked as a butcher at the Farmer Joe's Market in the Dimond District of Oakland.

In this time of hope and change, we have to take an honest stand against the policies in place that systematically ends young lives yet never stirs an outcry from white people who call ourselves progressive. 

We can stand up against the U.S. war in Iraq or in other places, but we say nothing about the killing of African people who are criminalized by the police and media.

It is time to speak out! We must stand up against this cold-blooded murder.
The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement will join the protest called for this Wednesday, January 7th at 3pm at the Fruitvale BART Station. 

Stop the war the African community! Justice and reparations for the family of Oscar Grant III! Jail the killer cop!

The Uhuru Solidarity Movement works under the leadership of the Uhuru Movement to organize political and material solidarity from the white community with the African led Uhuru Movement. Uhuru Means Freedom!

Email oak_office@apscuhuru.org or call 510-625-1106 to join the work of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement