#RiseUpToShutDownAFRICOM #NoCompromiseNoRetreat Soweto Day Event: Rise Up to Shut Down AFRICOM

The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) hosted a webinar, “Rise Up to Shut Down AFRICOM,” on June 16, 2020, as part of our ongoing "U.S. Out of Africa: Shut Down AFRICOM" campaign (https://www.blackallianceforpeace.com...). The organizational arm of the campaign, the U.S. Out of African Network (USOAN) (https://www.blackallianceforpeace.com...), calls on Africans throughout the continent and the diaspora as well as anti-imperialists everywhere to mark June 16, Soweto Day, with actions in the spirit of the African youth who rose up against the white supremacist South African government on June 16, 1976. We call for all to “Rise Up to Shut Down AFRICOM.” This multimedia event featured activists based in Africa: -Margaret Kimberley, Black Alliance for Peace and United National Antiwar Coalition -Affiong L Affiong, Moyo Wa Taifa Pan Afrikan Women's Solidarity Network (Nigeria) -Martin Bunziga Azaboyi, Coordinator, Telema Youth Movement (DRCongo) -Aziz Fall, Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa (GRILA) (Senegal/Egypt) -Elias Amare, from only African country with no AFRICOM (Eritrea) #RiseUpToShutDownAFRICOM The militarization of African by the U.S. colonial state is the flip side of the militarization and violence imposed on the African/Black communities and working class in the U.S. To oppose both, we must forge a powerful Pan-African resistance with support from anti-imperialists everywhere. Learn more about BAP: https://www.blackallianceforpeace.com #NoCompromiseNoRetreat