New Orleans remains one of the most unique places in the world - there is simply no place like it in that it’s arguably the only place in the world that is an expression of the daily collisions of celebration/joy, creation, and culture with melancholy/tragedy, destruction, and barbarism associated with cultural appropriation and deracination. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which we know was less about the storm itself and more about the series of machinations after the storm that metamorphosed New Orleans, potentially forever. 

New Orleans remains one of the most unique places in the world - there is simply no place like it in that it’s arguably the only place in the world that is an expression of the daily collisions of celebration/joy, creation, and culture with melancholy/tragedy, destruction, and barbarism associated with cultural appropriation and deracination. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which we know was less about the storm itself and more about the series of machinations after the storm that metamorphosed New Orleans, potentially forever. 

The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) meeting in Executive Committee last evening mandated that the Party issue a statement unequivocally condemning the US military buildup in the southern Caribbean, which is targeted at the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We totally reject the so-called pretext for this unprecedented assembly of naval and other military assets and personnel as being one to “deal with narco-trafficking”.

The following statement from ELAPRE (a Haiti-based sibling organization to Black Alliance for Peace member organization, MOLEGHAF) makes clear that the crisis in Haiti continues to be one of U.S.-led imperialism. With unflinching clarity, ELAPRE explains how the current crisis is causing deep insecurity among the people of Haiti and exposes the hypocrisy of claims of “revolution” by those who are, in fact, terrorizing the masses. ELAPRE calls for the revolutionary left to unite and seize power from the criminal ruling class, placing it in the hands of the masses. We fully support this vision and the struggle for a self-determining Haitian people, free from the scourge of imperialism - capitalism's highest stage. We salute our Haitian comrades for their unyielding commitment to build a free and democratic society.