Because of the People’s Hearing to Demand That Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Stop Foreclosures and Evictions – May 20, 4 PM the regular Monday meeting has been moved to Tuesday, May 21, at 7 PM, at the same location, 5920 Second Ave., Detroit.
And due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May, 27, the Monday meeting has been moved to Tuesday, May 28, 7 PM
The May 2-3 and 4-5 nighttime bombings of Syria’s International Airport, military installations in a Damascus suburb and a military supply depot reportedly killed 300 people. The bombings were initially denied but then confirmed by Israel and soon after given the stamp of approval by the Obama Administration.
The previous week President Obama and Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel threatened to escalate U.S. intervention in Syria based on the unsubstantiated charge that Syria had employed weapons of mass destruction, in this case the deadly sarin gas. Continue reading »
By Deirdre Griswold, International Action Center
April 2, 201
For a second month, tens of thousands of U.S. and south Korean troops are carrying out simulated assaults on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea — north Korea.
For the first time during these annual “exercises,” designated as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, nuclear-capable B-2 bombers flew from Missouri to south Korea and back in a simulated bombing of the north. Continue reading »
The full conference video may be viewed at Conference on Africa & U.S. Imperialism 2013-05-18.
Left: African Union deliberations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Date unknown.
Right: Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, with Dr. Rita Edozie of Michigan State University at the Dr. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on March 9, 2013. (Photo: Leona McElvene)
Five decades since the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) while the Pentagon and NATO escalates its war drive on the continent
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Editor, Pan-African News Wire
Note: The following lecture was delivered at the Africa & U.S. Imperialism Conference held in Detroit on May 18, 2013.
May 25, 2013 represents the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner of the present African Union which formed in 2002. This conference today is taking place at a critical time within the history of Africa and the Diaspora.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Noon – 5:00 pm
5920 Second Ave., Detroit, MI (two blocks north of Wayne State U.)
May 25, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the continental organization formed by all of the heads of state to accelerate the liberation from colonialism and the political, economic and social unification of Africa.
After five decades of the OAU and its successor, the African Union, formed in 2002, it is necessary for a thorough assessment of the progress and challenges facing Africa and the Diaspora in light of the escalating imperialist militarism being carried out by the United States, France, Britain and other NATO countries.
Featured Speakers Include:
Left: African Union deliberations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Date unknown.
Right: Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, with Dr. Rita Edozie of Michigan State University at the Dr. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on March 9, 2013. (Photo: Leona McElvene)
Initiator: Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI)
For Information Call: (313) 671-3715
E-mail: panafnewswire@yahoo.com
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Photo at top of post : Madame Fathia, W.E.B. DuBois, President Kwame Nkrumah and Shirley Graham DuBois in Ghana in 1963 on the 95th Birthday of Dr. DuBois.
Despite the claims of western capitalist media, the US and its puppets are responsible for the escalating tensions with Korea and the region as a whole. The claims made by the enemies of the Korean people and the entire world’s oppressed try to project the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as an unpredictable, hyper-militarized, loose cannon threatening world stability and even all out nuclear war. The reality however, is that it is the US and its allies who pose a threat to peace wherever they are present. It is the 30,000 US troops on the DPRK border, the war maneuvers, and attempts to starve the Korean people through UN sanctions that are at the root of the current crisis in the region.
War in Korea will only lead to destruction and the substantial loss of human life that will have a deep impact on the entire world. US out of Korea! Peaceful Reunification NOW!
Information on Red Youth Detroit: 313-556-4966, redyouthdetroit@gmail.com
Beginning on Saturday, May 11th – the anniversary weekend of the Poor Peoples Campaign, we will hold a civil rights walk and March from Baltimore to Washington D.C. and arrive in Washington on Sunday, May 12, 2013.
We are Marching because…
MECAWI is organizing rides to Baltimore. If you are interested in going or would like to support someone who is going with a donation, please call 313-680-5508.
For more info, please visit peoplespowerassemblies.org
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) the Forerunner of the African Union (AU)
Initiator: Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI)
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2013
Location: Detroit, Michigan (USA)
May 25, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the continental organization formed by all of the heads of state to accelerate the liberation from colonialism and the political, economic and social unification of Africa. The OAU was formed by 33 independent states including some of the leading figures in the Pan-African struggle such as Presidents Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ahmed Sekou Toure, Modibo Kieta, Julius Nyerere, Gamal Abdel Nassar, H.I.M Haile Selassie, among others. Continue reading »
Jorge Parra of the Colombian General Motors injured workers struggle and Jerome Jackson who is fighting foreclosure against PNC Bank. This demonstration was held in Ann Arbor on December 1, 2012. (Photo: Abayomi Azikiwe)
Hear from Jorge Parra, President of the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of GM Colmotores (Asotrecol), who recently ended a 72-day hunger strike to draw attention to GM’s abuses of workers in Colombia
Moratorium Now!/ MECAWI weekly meeting
7:00 PM, Monday, February 25
5920 Second Ave., Detroit, 48202
We also will have updates on the anti-foreclosure struggle, fighting the banks for causing Detroit’s so-called financial crisis, and other struggles.
For more info on the Colombian workers struggle, please call 216-534-6435.
Special Guest Speaker:map
For more info, call:313-680 –5508
With Pres. Hugo Chavez ill, the United States government is working with right wing forces in Venezuela to promote division and destabilize that country. Show your support for the people of Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution.
Sponsors: Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI.org); Justice for Cuba Committee; Green Party-Detroit; Michigan Welfare Rights Organization; Elena Herrada, Centro Obrero; Moratorium NOW! Coalition Against Foreclosures; Workers World Party-Detroit; Judge Claudia House Morcom (retired) – Michigan Campaign to Free the Cuban 5
The Detroit event is part of National Days of Solidarity with Venezuela – visit iacenter.org/venezuela/jan-2013-actions/ for more information.
