Oppressed peoples and communities can and will only be
secure in this country when they are organized to defend themselves against the
aggressions of the government and the forces of white supremacy and capitalist
exploitation. “Let Your Motto Be Resistance: A Handbook on Organizing New Afrikan and
Oppressed Communities for Self-Defense”, is the latest contribution of
the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) and the Every 36 Hours Campaign that
seeks to strengthen organizing initiatives within Black or New Afrikan communities
for self-defense, by presenting these initiatives with a comprehensive
analytical framework and practical organizing tools to ground and unite them.
As the extrajudicial killing of Kimani Gray and the more
than twenty other Black women and men by the police in the first two months of
2013 clearly illustrate, it is imperative that New Afrikan communities get
organized and defend ourselves. As the real economy continues to contract,
corporations become more vicious and exploitative, our communities are
gentrified and displaced, public goods and services continue to be eliminated
or privatized, and the national security state continues to grow and become
ever more invasive, the attacks on New Afrikan and other oppressed and exploited
people are only going to escalate. We must defend ourselves, and we have every
right to do so by any means necessary.
“Let Your Motto Be
Resistance” draws on the long history of New Afrikan peoples struggle to realize
self-determination and defend our persons, our rights and our dignity from the
assaults of the oppressive settler-colonial government and the forces of white
supremacy. Building on this history “Let
Your Motto Be Resistance” provides in summary form a vision of how we can
(re)organize our communities from the ground up to defend ourselves and
reassert our fundamental human rights to life, dignity, and self-determination.
We encourage the broad dissemination, discussion, and
utilization of this work as a modest contribution towards the effort to rebuild
the Black Liberation Movement, Stop the War on Afrikan people, and eradicate
white supremacy and US imperialism.
For more information on this work, or to set up trainings or
public events regarding its contents or those of the Every 36 Hours report on
extrajudicial killings contact Kali Akuno at kaliakuno@mxgm.org.
Download the Handbook here http://mxgm.org/let-your-motto-be-resistance-a-handbook-on-organizing-new-afrikan-and-oppressed-communities-for-self-defense/.
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