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The MSJ Unequivocally Condemns the US Military Buildup in the Southern Caribbean.

The MSJ Unequivocally Condemns the US Military Buildup in the Southern Caribbean.

The MSJ unequivocally condemns the US military buildup in the Southern Caribbean.

The Caribbean must remain a Zone of Peace!

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 US Coast Guard - in conjunction with Caribbean and European countries (UK, France, Holland) that have colonies in the region - has for years been involved in the interdiction of narco-traffickers in the Caribbean. Indeed, there have recently been  major drug seizures in the Caribbean as a result of this collaboration. These have been widely reported in the media, most recently in June of this year. The US Coast Guard while part of the US military is not an offensive component of the military. US Navy destroyers, a guided missile cruiser, helicopter carriers, amphibious vessels and other assets, US marines, nuclear submarines are all offensive – to attack another country or target. Significantly a US spokesperson did not deny that these assets may be used against another country.

The US operates with a policy of imperial hegemony – that it and it alone – must be in charge. This is expressly articulated in the 200+ year old Monroe Doctrine which essentially says that it can intervene anywhere and in any country in this hemisphere if it is in the “US national interest”. And only the US defines what is in its national interest. So the Trump regime now says that stopping narcotics entering the US is in its “national security interests” and so it can deploy huge military assets to the southern Caribbean. Yet in the 1980’s the US military and State department was importing narcotics into the US to finance the right wing fighters (the Contras) in El Salvador and Nicaragua who were seeking to defeat the progressive movement in El Salvador and the government of Nicaragua, respectively. That use of drug money was then in the US national interest. When the FBI engaged in illegal activities against US citizens in the 50’s and 60’s (documented in the COINTELPRO) and also introduced and promoted drugs in mostly African American inner cities in the late 1960’s to combat the rise of popular civil rights and black power movements that was also in the US national security interest. US hypocrisy knows no limits.

This is military buildup is no different. It’s all a lie. The real intent is to effect regime change in Venezuela. This is evident by the new “bounty” of US$ 50 million to capture the President of Venezuela. In this regard, Trump and the Republican neo-fascists are little different from the (Biden) Democrats as it was Biden that first put a “bounty” on President Maduro. And this again demonstrated US hypocrisy and duplicity. A bounty on the head of President Maduro but the White House and the US Congress welcome with open arms Benjamin Netanyahu who is a fugitive from international justice with a warrant for his arrest to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide by the  International Criminal Court and the state of Israel which he leads also found guilty of such crimes by the International Court of Justice.

The MSJ calls out the US. We oppose its colonial and imperial agenda! We stand with the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its President Nicolas Maduro and with the PSUV – the party which is in government. And we call on all peace loving people in the Caribbean to speak out. Silence is not an option. Silence is a condonation of the US imperial agenda and the discredited 200 year old Monroe Doctrine.

The Caribbean as a Zone of Peace has been declared by three regional and/or hemispheric bodies in which Trinidad and Tobago is a member: CARICOM; the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) which has its headquarters in Port of Spain, Trinidad; and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Venezuela is a full member of both the ACS and CELAC. We therefore call on CARICOM as a regional group and individual CARICOM Member States to make statements on this issue so that the Trump regime understands that it is not going to be supported in any military intervention in Venezuela. We call, further, on CARICOM governments that have SOFA and other similar agreements with the US not to allow themselves to be used by the Trump regime as a military staging point or trojan horse against the sovereign state of Venezuela. We also do not wish to see any US military action against commercial vessels of countries like China that are trading with Venezuela. That will have far reaching consequences.

This is a crucial moment in our region. Trump claims that he has stopped six wars recently. He must not start one here in our region which we insist is, and must remain, a Zone of Peace.

Movement for Social Justice

David Abdulah

Political Leader

Statement from ELAPRE (Space for Revolutionary Struggle and Action)

Statement from ELAPRE (Space for Revolutionary Struggle and Action)

Statement from ELAPRE (Space for Revolutionary Struggle and Action)

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. 

No Compromise No Retreat!

THERE IS NO REVOLUTION WITHOUT REVOLUTIONARY CONSCIOUSNESS

Gangs and thugs cannot make mass revolutions.

A wind of despair blows relentlessly across the world. This wind of panic is the result of poverty and social inequalities.This has given rise to widespread wars that take various forms depending on the reality. Faced with the ravages of this phenomenon, Haiti is not spared (in fact, it is one of the biggest victims).

Haiti is plunged into insecurity in all its forms: poverty, arms trafficking and trade, organ and drugs trafficking and a lack of transportation, all of which have plunged the country into total financial insecurity. For many, Haiti has never experienced such a chaotic situation in history.

This critical situation is not without consequences for society. It forces the population to adopt a different understanding of life; many essential sectors in the society including the universities, the media, organizations and political parties,etc have suffered an unprecedented state of discouragement. These sectors have lost their true mission which is to support the people by sharing a set of emancipatory values. The proper transmission of these customs and principles can help build hope in this total despair. Without these preventive works, any category has a free field to approach the people and give them bad directions.

This disengagement prompts anyone, including those in the most reactionary group in the country, to chant a series of words that carry a series of emancipatory values; but very often, the practices and activities of these people are not in line with these values. Let us take some examples: a criminal gang leader who claims they are "doing social work" or "fighting for the people," while others even say they are doing it. "Revolution." These practices create great confusion in the context, because this word has lost its meaning.

In this confusion, the first clarification that ELAPRE can provide: "Revolutions cannot happen without the voice of the people; they cannot happen by causing terror among the people." Furthermore, isn't the purpose of this phenomenon to pervert and discredit this political discourse? Doesn't the perversion of the mother of word “ REVOLUTION” set us back in our struggle for change in the lives of the masses? Doesn't the appropriation and bad adaptation of this concept not scare many credible people away from getting involved in the struggle for social change? How can this concept be reappropriated and reclaim its lost face in relation to reality and the interests of the masses?

Faced with the reality of the exploited masses around the world, and in Haiti in particular, there is no need to go through many steps to define what a revolution is. In the tradition of the struggle for the liberation of the exploited masses,The word revolution would mean breaking this model of lower class society to establish a new society that is based on equality and the well-being of all. This also explains that it is not the capitalist system or its agents who can bring about this radical change; it must be a popular, militant and organizational initiative. Only then we could say that the story takes place on the path of revolution.

If we dig deep into past history, we might be able to trace the line of a true revolution, one that leads to Freedom and well-being for all. If the word revolution does not translate this reality in its use, it is far from being in the interest of the Haitian people. What is the point of trivializing such an important word like Revolution?

The ruling class has long made it its mission to demoralize those who are struggling and trivialize a series of political words that carry a set of values. It has practiced this in different moments in history: it pitted slaves against each other to weaken their struggle against slavery; furthermore, during the white American occupation, they labeled the Kako with all sorts of bad words to maintain the occupation forces in the country; under the Duvalier dictatorship, they were called communist militants "Kamoken" in order to eliminate them and prevent them from disrupting this harsh regime.

Today, things are even worse because they are not only attacking revolutionary activists but the very idea of revolution itself, putting this word into the mouths of many reactionary and destabilizing groups in the country. All this is done in order to distract the people from the true objective of their struggle.

For the sake of history and truth, the country needs a revolution that brings together the projects of the exploited and dominated classes (whether they are workers, peasants, unemployed, employees of the public or private administration). The objective is to establish a society without power, in the interest of the masses. The objective of this revolutionary movement does not aim to bring mourning and destabilization to the popular masses, but to make them truly live the project of life of freedom and well-being.

A revolution is a sudden change that overthrows a system of domination and exploitation to establish a new system. This change is brought by the exploited.

Revolution is not a vague and meaningless concept; it takes its meaning in the exploration of social realities. Tell me what your society is based on, and I will tell you what revolution means. If society is based on slavery, on the basis of race and skin color, the revolution will be anti-slavery or anti-racist; if capitalism transforms human labor into a cheap commodity to facilitate it exploitation, and makes an accumulation of capital through the generate colossal profits, the revolution will be anti-capitalist. For this, it is necessary a vanguard must accompany the people on the path of struggle, helping them to maintain the ideological line and develop their tactics. This requires in-depth reflection on revolutionary principles and their possible applications. This is the role of the organizations in front of the struggle for this transformation.

We cannot allow the crisis to destroy the left like this. Neither we cannot renounce our left identity, without us making the slightest effort to recover it, rebuild it and strengthen our alternatives. We must not let the left become too small or too big for us, by entering into collusion with the team that is taking power against the masses. We must take responsibility and assume our identity as revolutionary left-wing activists.

In this sense , ELAPRE calls on all progressive organizations to form a united front to work together to thwart the plans of destruction carried out at the highest level of the country. Response against the current chaotic situation must be concrete, it must not remain just words; therefore it is necessary to adopt good strategies and creative tactics to establish parties and mass organizations, and seek to take control of power in order to achieve the objectives of the people, in the construction of another society, and another state .

June 2025

ELAPRE Communication Commission

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Declaración de ELAPRE (Espacio para la Lucha y Acción Revolucionaria)

La siguiente declaración de ELAPRE (organización haitiana hermana de MOLEGHAF, miembro de la Alianza Negra por la Paz) aclara que la crisis en Haití sigue siendo una del imperialismo estadounidense. Con claridad inquebrantable, ELAPRE explica cómo la crisis actual está causando profunda inseguridad entre el pueblo haitiano y expone la hipocresía de los que proclaman "revolución" mientras, de hecho, aterrorizan a las masas. ELAPRE llama a la izquierda revolucionaria a unirse y arrebatar el poder de la clase gobernante criminal, colocándolo en manos de las masas. Apoyamos plenamente esta visión y la lucha por un pueblo haitiano autodeterminado, libre del flagelo del imperialismo - fase superior del capitalismo. Saludamos a lxs camaradas haitianes por su compromiso inquebrantable de construir una sociedad libre y democrática. 


¡Sin Compromisos! ¡Sin Retroceso!


NO HAY REVOLUCIÓN SIN CONCIENCIA REVOLUCIONARIA

Las pandillas y los delincuentes no pueden hacer revoluciones masivas.

Un viento de desesperación sopla implacablemente en el mundo. Este viento de pánico es el resultado de la pobreza y las desigualdades sociales, lo que ha dado lugar a guerras generalizadas que toman diversas formas según la realidad. Ante los estragos de este fenómeno, Haití no se salva (de hecho, es una de sus mayores víctimas).

Haití está sumido en la inseguridad en todas sus formas: pobreza, tráfico y comercio de armas, tráfico de órganos y drogas, y falta de transporte, todo lo cual ha hundido al país en una total inseguridad financiera. Para muchos, Haití nunca había vivido una situación tan caótica en su historia.

Esta situación crítica no está exenta de consecuencias para la sociedad. Obliga a la población a adoptar una comprensión diferente de la vida; muchos sectores esenciales, como las universidades, los medios de comunicación, las organizaciones y los partidos políticos, han sufrido un estado de desánimo sin precedentes. Estos sectores han perdido su verdadera misión, que es apoyar al pueblo compartiendo un conjunto de valores emancipadores. La transmisión adecuada de estas costumbres y principios puede ayudar a construir esperanza en medio de esta desesperación total. Sin este trabajo preventivo, cualquier grupo tiene vía libre para acercarse al pueblo y darle malas direcciones.

Este desentendimiento lleva a cualquiera, incluso a los sectores más reaccionarios del país, a repetir palabras que portan valores emancipadores; pero muy a menudo, las prácticas y actividades de estas personas no se alinean con dichos valores. Pongamos algunos ejemplos: un líder de una banda criminal que afirma estar "haciendo trabajo social" o "luchando por el pueblo", mientras que otros incluso dicen estar haciendo la "Revolución". Estas prácticas generan gran confusión en el contexto, porque esta palabra ha perdido su significado.

En medio de esta confusión, la primera aclaración que ELAPRE puede ofrecer es: "Las revoluciones no pueden ocurrir sin la voz del pueblo; no pueden lograrse sembrando terror entre la gente." Además, ¿acaso el propósito de este fenómeno no es pervertir y desacreditar este discurso político? ¿Acaso la perversión de la palabra madre "REVOLUCIÓN" no nos retrasa en nuestra lucha por cambiar la vida de las masas? ¿Acaso la apropiación y mala adaptación de este concepto no aleja a muchas personas creíbles de involucrarse en la lucha por el cambio social? ¿Cómo podemos reapropiarnos de este concepto y recuperar su verdadero rostro en relación con la realidad y los intereses de las masas?

Frente a la realidad de las masas explotadas en el mundo, y en Haití en particular, no hace falta dar muchas vueltas para definir qué es una revolución. En la tradición de la lucha por la liberación de las masas explotadas, la palabra revolución significaría romper este modelo de sociedad de clases bajas para establecer una nueva sociedad basada en la igualdad y el bienestar de todos. Esto también explica que no es el sistema capitalista ni sus agentes quienes pueden traer este cambio radical; debe ser una iniciativa popular, militante y organizativa. Solo entonces podríamos decir que la historia avanza por el camino de la revolución.

Si profundizamos en la historia pasada, podríamos rastrear la línea de una verdadera revolución, una que conduzca a la libertad y el bienestar para todos. Si la palabra revolución no traduce esta realidad en su uso, está lejos de servir a los intereses del pueblo haitiano. ¿De qué sirve trivializar una palabra tan importante como Revolución?

La clase dominante ha hecho durante mucho tiempo de su misión desmoralizar a quienes luchan y trivializar una serie de palabras políticas que portan valores. Lo ha practicado en distintos momentos históricos: enfrentó a los esclavos entre sí para debilitar su lucha contra la esclavitud; durante la ocupación estadounidense, etiquetó a los Kako con todo tipo de calumnias para mantener a las fuerzas ocupantes en el país; bajo la dictadura de Duvalier, llamaron a los militantes comunistas "Kamoken" para eliminarlos y evitar que desestabilizaran ese régimen opresivo.

Hoy, las cosas son aún peores, porque no solo atacan a los activistas revolucionarios, sino a la propia idea de revolución, poniendo esta palabra en boca de muchos grupos reaccionarios y desestabilizadores del país. Todo esto se hace para distraer al pueblo del verdadero objetivo de su lucha.

Por el bien de la historia y la verdad, el país necesita una revolución que una los proyectos de las clases explotadas y dominadas (ya sean trabajadores, campesinos, desempleados o empleados de la administración pública o privada). El objetivo es establecer una sociedad sin poder opresor, en interés de las masas. Este movimiento revolucionario no busca llevar luto y desestabilización a las masas populares, sino hacerlas vivir verdaderamente el proyecto de libertad y bienestar.

Una revolución es un cambio abrupto que derroca un sistema de dominación y explotación para establecer uno nuevo. Este cambio lo llevan a cabo los explotados.

La revolución no es un concepto vago y sin sentido; adquiere su significado en la exploración de las realidades sociales. Dime en qué se basa tu sociedad, y te diré qué significa la revolución. Si la sociedad se basa en la esclavitud, en la raza y el color de piel, la revolución será antiesclavista o antirracista; si el capitalismo transforma el trabajo humano en una mercancía barata para facilitar su explotación y acumula capital generando ganancias colosales, la revolución será anticapitalista. Para ello, es necesario que una vanguardia acompañe al pueblo en el camino de la lucha, ayudándole a mantener la línea ideológica y desarrollar sus tácticas. Esto requiere una reflexión profunda sobre los principios revolucionarios y sus posibles aplicaciones. Este es el papel de las organizaciones al frente de la lucha por esta transformación.

No podemos permitir que la crisis destruya así a la izquierda. Tampoco podemos renunciar a nuestra identidad de izquierda sin hacer el menor esfuerzo por recuperarla, reconstruirla y fortalecer nuestras alternativas. No debemos dejar que la izquierda se vuelva demasiado pequeña o demasiado grande para nosotros, coludíendonos con el equipo que toma el poder contra las masas. Debemos asumir la responsabilidad y reivindicar nuestra identidad como activistas revolucionarios de izquierda.

En este sentido, ELAPRE llama a todas las organizaciones progresistas a formar un frente unido para trabajar juntas y frustrar los planes de destrucción ejecutados en los más altos niveles del país. La respuesta ante la actual situación caótica debe ser concreta, no puede quedarse en palabras; por lo tanto, es necesario adoptar buenas estrategias y tácticas creativas para establecer partidos y organizaciones de masas, y buscar tomar el control del poder para alcanzar los objetivos del pueblo: la construcción de otra sociedad y otro Estado.

Junio 2025

Comisión de Comunicación de ELAPRE

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Deklarasyon ELAPRE (Espas Lit ak Aksyon Revolisyonè) 


ELAPRE (Espas Lit ak Aksyon Revolisyonè) ekri deklarasyon sa. ELAPRE se yon lòt òganizasyon popilè ki travay ak MOLEGHAF ki se manm kowalisyon Black Alliance for Peace. Yo montre ki kriz la ann Ayiti se fòt enperyalis ameriken an. ELAPRE eksplike kijan kriz aktyèl la ap lakòz yon gwo ensekirite nan mitan pèp Ayisyen an epi li ekspoze ipokrizi reklamasyon "revolisyon" gang k ap teyorize mas yo an reyalite. ELAPRE mande pou bò gòch revolisyonè a ini epi pran pouvwa nan men klas dirijan kriminèl la, mete l nan men mas yo. Nou sipòte vizyon sa a nèt ale ak lit la pou yon pèp Ayisyen ki gen otodetèminasyon ( Granmoun Tèt li ) e ki lib enperyalis yo - ki se pi wo etap kapitalis la. Nou salye kamarad Ayisyen nou yo pou angajman djougan yo pou konstwi yon sosyete lib ak demokratik. 

Pa gen konpwomi, pa gen retrè, pa gen bak!

PA GEN REVOLISYON SAN KONSYANS REVOLISYONÈ 

Gang ak abolotcho paka fè revolisyon mas yo.

Yon van dezespwa ap soufle san rete nan mond lan. Van panik sa se konsekans lamizè ak inegalite nan sosyete yo. Sa gen pou konsekans, lagè toupatou ki pran divès fòm selon reyalite peyi yo. Fas ak deplòtonnay fenomèn sa a, Ayiti pa epanye (sinon li se youn nan pi gwo viktim).

Ayiti plonje nan yon ensekirite sou tout fòm : lamizè, trafik ak mache zam, trafik ògàn ak dwóg, pa gen sikilasyon ; sa ki fè peyi a tonbe nan yon ensekirite total kapital. Pou anpil moun, Ayiti poko janm konnen yon sitiyasyon malouk konsa nan listwa.

Sitiyasyon kritik sa pa san konsekans sou sosyete a. Li fè popilasyon an gen lòt konpreyansyon lavi ; anpil sektè kle nan soysete a ( inivèsite, medya, òganizasyon ak pati politik, elt.) plonje nan dekourajman san parèy. Sektè sa yo pèdi vrè misyon yo te genyen pou akonpanye pèp la nan pataje yon ansanm valè emansipasyon. Sikilasyon bon jan koutim ak prensip sa yo ta ka penmèt yon konstriksyon lespwa nan dezespwa total sa. Absans travay avangadis yo bay teren lib pou nenpòt kalte kategori apwoche popilasyon an, epi, ba li move oryantasyon.

Dezangajman sa fè nenpòt ki moun, menm nan kan pi reyaksyonè nan peyi a, rive ap kleyonnen yon seri mo ki charye tout yon seri valè emansipatris ; men anpil fwa, pratik ak aktivite moun sa yo pa bobo ak valè sa yo. Nou ka pran kèk egzanp : yon chèf gang kriminèl ki di l ap fè sosyal osinon l ap batay pou pèp, gen lòt ki menm di yo nan pwosesis pou fè Revolisyon. Pratik sa yo kreye gwo konfizyon nan konjonkti a paske mo sa a pèdi sans li.

Nan konfizyon sa a, premye presizyon ELAPRE ka pote : Revolisyon pa konn fèt san Pèp alevwa pou l ta fèt nan simen latèrè nan mitan Pèp. Epitou, èske fenomèn sa pa gen pou objektif pèvèti ak dekredibilize mo politik sa a? èske pèvèsyon manman mo REVOLISYON an pa fè n fè bak nan pwosesis batay pou chanjman lavi mas yo? Mete sou sa, èske apwopriyasyon ak move adaptasyon konsèp sa pa fè yon pakèt moun kredib pè angaje yo nan batay pou chamjman sosyete a? Kijan konsèp sa ka reyapwopriye, rekanpe eskanp figi l pa rapò ak reyalite epi enterè mas yo ?

Pa rapò ak reyalite mas eksplwate nan tout mond lan, Ayiti an patikilye, nou pa gen pou n pase pil chimen pou nou di sa revolisyon ye. Nan tradisyon batay pou libere mas eksplwate yo, mo revolisyon an ta vle di kraze modèl sosyete miwo miba sa a pou tabli yon soyete nouvo ki chita sou egalite ak byennèt pou tout moun. Sa eksplike tou, se pa sistèm kapitalis la oubyen ajan li yo ki ka fè chanjman total sa; se yon inisyativ popilè, militant ak òganizasyonèl li dwe ye. Se lè sa nou ta ka di listwa ap dewoule sou chimen revolisyon.

Si nou ta fon kout pye nan listwa pase nou ka rive trase liy yon vrè revolisyon, ki se wout libète ak byennèt pou tout moun. Si mo revolisyon an pa tradwi reyalite sa nan itilizasyon y ap fè ak li yo, li lwen pou l ta nan enterè pèp Ayisyen. Ki objektif banalize yon manman mo tankou revolisyon an genyen?

Depi lontan klas k ap dirije a te toujou bay tèt li misyon pou demoralize moun k ap goumen epi banalize yon seri mo politik ki charye yon ansanm valè. klas sa gen pratik sa nan divès moman nan listwa : monte eksklav yo youn kont lòt pou afebli batay yo t ap mennen kont lesklavaj ; mete sou sa, pandan lokipasyon blan meriken, yo te kalifye kako de tout move mo pou kenbe fòs lokipasyon nan peyi a ; sou rejim diktati divalyeris la, yo te konn rele militan kominis yo kamoken pou te ka elimine yo epi anpeche yo kwape rejim bout di sa.

Jounen jodia a, bagay la pi malouk paske yo pa atake sèlman militan revolisyonè yo, yo atake tout lide revolisyon an nan mete mo sa nan bouch anpil kategori reyaksyonè, destabilizatè nan peyi a. Tout sa yo fèt nan sousi pou detounen pèp la nan vrè objektif batay li.

Pou listwa ak laverite, Peyi a bezwen yon revolisyon ki ranmase pwojè klas eksplwate ak domine yo (kit se ouvriye, peyizan , chomè, travayè nan administrasyon piblik kou prive), nan objektif pou mete chita yon sosyete san fòs kote, ki ap nan enterè mas yo. Objektif mouvman revolisyon sa, se pa pote dèy ak destabilizasyon nan kan mas popilè a, men se fè yo viv reyèlman pwojè lavi libète ak byennèt la.

Revolisyon se yon chanjman britsoukou ki ranvèse yon sistèm dominasyon ak eksplwatasyon pou tabli yon nouvo sistèm. Chanjman sa se reyalizasyon gwoup moun ki eksplwate yo.

Revolisyon pa yon konsèp vag san nannan, li pran sans nan deplòtonnay reyalite sosyal yo. Di m sou kisa sosyete w baze, ma va di w kisa revolisyon vle di ladan l. Si sosyete a baze sou esklavaj, sou baz ras ak koulè po, revolisyon an ap anti-esklavajis oubyen anti-rasis ; si kapitalis la fè fòs kouray moun tounen machandiz ba pri pou byen chita eksplwatasyon li, epi fè akimilasyon kapital nan jere gwo pwofi, revolisyon an ap antikapitalis. Pou sa rive fèt dwe gen bon jan avangadis ki pou akonpanye pèp la sou wout batay la, ede li kenbe liy ideyolojik ak devlopman taktik mouvman li.Pou sa, dwe genyen bon jan refleksyon sou prensip revolisyonè yo ak aplikasyon posib yo. Sa se wòl òganizasyon ki nan linye batay transfòmasyon sa.

Nou paka kite Kriz la ap pati ak zèl lagòch la konsa. Ni tou nou paka kite idantite nou kòm lagòch ap pran kou konsa, san nou pa tanmen jefò pou rekanpe l, rekonstwi l epi ranfòse altènativ nou. Nou pa dwe kite lagòch la vin twò piti oubyen twò gwo pou nou, nan antre nan konivans ak ekip moun k ap pran pouvwa kont mas yo. Nou dwe pran responsabilite nou epi asime idantite nou kòm militan lagòch revolisyonè.

Nan sans sa a, ELAPRE mande tout òganizasyon avangadis yo pou fòme yon sèl fwon atak nan travay ansanm pou devye plan destriksyon k ap fèt nan tèt peyi a. Repons kont sitiyasyon malouk ki la jodi a dwe konkrè, li pa dwe rete sèlman nan pawòl ; poutèt sa dwe gen bon jan estrateji ak taktik kreyatif pou kanpe pati ak òganizasyon mas yo, epi bouske pran kontwòl pouvwa a pou ka reyalize objektif popilasyon an, nan konstriksyon yon lòt sosyete, yon lòt Leta.

Jen 2025

Komisyon kominikasyon ELAPRE 

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Declaração da ELAPRE (Espaço de Luta e Ação Revolucionária)

 A seguinte declaração da ELAPRE (uma organização irmã sediada no Haiti da organização membro da Black Alliance for Peace, MOLEGHAF) deixa claro que a crise no Haiti continua sendo uma crise do imperialismo estadunidense. Com clareza implacável, a ELAPRE explica como a crise atual está causando profunda insegurança entre o povo haitiano e expõe a hipocrisia dos que alegam fazer 'revolução' enquanto, na verdade, aterrorizam as massas. A ELAPRE convoca a esquerda revolucionária a se unir e arrancar o poder da classe dominante criminosa, colocando-o nas mãos das massas. Apoiamos integralmente esta visão e a luta por um povo haitiano autodeterminado, livre do flagelo do imperialismo — o fase superior do capitalismo. Saudamos nossos camaradas haitianos por seu compromisso inabalável em construir uma sociedade livre e democrática. 


Sem Concessões! Sem Recuar!

NÃO HÁ REVOLUÇÃO SEM CONSCIÊNCIA REVOLUCIONÁRIA

Gangues e bandidos não podem fazer revoluções de massas.

Um vento de desespero sopra incessantemente pelo mundo. Este vento de pânico é consequência da miséria e das desigualdades sociais. Isso resultou em guerras generalizadas que assumem diversas formas de acordo com a realidade de cada país. Diante dos estragos desse fenômeno, o Haiti não é poupado (na verdade, é uma das maiores vítimas).

O Haiti está mergulhado em insegurança de todas as formas: miséria, tráfico e comércio de armas, tráfico de órgãos e drogas, falta de circulação; o que mergulhou o país em uma insegurança total do capital. Para muitos, o Haiti nunca conheceu uma situação tão caótica em sua história.

Esta situação crítica não é sem consequências para a sociedade. Faz com que a população tenha outra compreensão da vida; muitos setores-chave da sociedade (universidades, mídia, organizações e partidos políticos, etc.) estão mergulhados em um desânimo sem precedentes. Esses setores perderam sua verdadeira missão, que era acompanhar o povo na partilha de um conjunto de valores emancipatórios. A circulação adequada desses costumes e princípios poderia permitir a construção de esperança nesse desespero total. A ausência de um trabalho vanguardista deixa o campo livre para qualquer categoria se aproximar da população e dar-lhe más orientações.

Este desengajamento faz com que qualquer pessoa, mesmo no campo mais reacionário do país, acabe proclamando uma série de palavras que carregam valores emancipatórios; mas muitas vezes, as práticas e atividades dessas pessoas não condizem com esses valores. Podemos citar alguns exemplos: um líder de gangue criminosa que diz estar "fazendo trabalho social" ou "lutando pelo povo", há até os que afirmam estar fazendo a "Revolução". Essas práticas criam grande confusão no contexto atual, porque essa palavra perdeu seu significado.

Nesta confusão, a primeira precisão que a ELAPRE pode oferecer: "Revoluções não acontecem sem o Povo erguido, não acontecem semeando terror entre o Povo." Além disso, esse fenômeno não tem por objetivo perverter e desacreditar essa palavra política? A perversão da palavra-mãe REVOLUÇÃO não nos faz retroceder na luta pela mudança na vida das massas? A apropriação e má adaptação desse conceito não afasta muitas pessoas credíveis do engajamento na luta pela mudança social? Como esse conceito pode ser reapropriado, recuperando seu verdadeiro rosto em relação à realidade e aos interesses das massas?

Em relação à realidade das massas exploradas em todo o mundo, especialmente no Haiti, não precisamos percorrer longos caminhos para definir o que é uma revolução. Na tradição da luta pela libertação das massas exploradas, a palavra revolução significaria quebrar esse modelo de sociedade miserável para estabelecer uma nova sociedade baseada na igualdade e no bem-estar de todos. Isso também explica que não é o sistema capitalista ou seus agentes que podem trazer essa mudança radical; deve ser uma iniciativa popular, militante e organizada. Só então poderíamos dizer que a história está seguindo o caminho da revolução.

Se aprofundarmos na história passada, poderemos traçar a linha de uma verdadeira revolução, que é o caminho para a liberdade e o bem-estar de todos. Se a palavra revolução não traduz essa realidade em seu uso, está longe de servir aos interesses do povo haitiano. Qual o objetivo de banalizar uma palavra-mãe como Revolução?

Há muito tempo, a classe dominante tem como missão desmoralizar os que lutam e banalizar uma série de palavras políticas que carregam valores. Ela praticou isso em diversos momentos da história: colocou escravos uns contra os outros para enfraquecer sua luta contra a escravidão; durante a ocupação dos brancos americanos, rotulou os Kako com todos os tipos de insultos para manter as forças de ocupação no país; sob a ditadura duvalierista, chamavam os militantes comunistas de "Kamoken" para eliminá-los e impedi-los de perturbar aquele regime duro.

Hoje, a situação é ainda pior, porque não estão apenas atacando militantes revolucionários, mas a própria ideia de revolução, colocando essa palavra na boca de muitos setores reacionários e desestabilizadores no país. Tudo isso é feito para desviar o povo do verdadeiro objetivo de sua luta.

Pela história e pela verdade, o país precisa de uma revolução que una os projetos das classes exploradas e dominadas (sejam operários, camponeses, desempregados ou trabalhadores da administração pública ou privada). O objetivo é estabelecer uma sociedade sem forças opressoras, em benefício das massas. O objetivo deste movimento revolucionário não é trazer luto e desestabilização para as massas populares, mas fazê-las viver verdadeiramente o projeto de vida em liberdade e bem-estar.

Uma revolução é uma mudança brusca que derruba um sistema de dominação e exploração para estabelecer um novo sistema. Essa mudança é realizada pelos explorados.

Revolução não é um conceito vago e sem sentido; ela adquire significado na análise das realidades sociais. Diga-me em que sua sociedade se baseia, e eu direi o que revolução significa. Se a sociedade se baseia na escravidão, na raça e na cor da pele, a revolução será antiescravista ou antirracista; se o capitalismo transforma a força de trabalho humano em mercadoria barata para facilitar sua exploração e acumula capital gerando lucros colossais, a revolução será anticapitalista. Para isso, é necessária uma vanguarda que acompanhe o povo no caminho da luta, ajudando-o a manter a linha ideológica e desenvolver suas táticas. Isso requer reflexão profunda sobre os princípios revolucionários e suas possíveis aplicações. Esse é o papel das organizações na linha de frente da luta por essa transformação.

Não podemos deixar a crise destruir a esquerda assim. Também não podemos abandonar nossa identidade de esquerda sem fazer o menor esforço para recuperá-la, reconstruí-la e fortalecer nossas alternativas. Não devemos permitir que a esquerda se torne pequena demais ou grande demais para nós, entrando em conivência com aqueles que tomam o poder contra as massas. Devemos assumir nossa responsabilidade e reivindicar nossa identidade como militantes revolucionários de esquerda.

Nesse sentido, a ELAPRE convoca todas as organizações progressistas a formar uma frente unida para trabalhar juntas e frustrar os planos de destruição executados no topo do país. A resposta à atual situação caótica deve ser concreta, não pode ficar apenas em palavras; portanto, é necessário adotar boas estratégias e táticas criativas para estabelecer partidos e organizações de massas, e buscar tomar o controle do poder para alcançar os objetivos do povo: a construção de outra sociedade, de outro Estado.

Junho 2025
Comissão de Comunicação da ELAPRE
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Friends Of The Hague Group Launches To Support Anti-Imperialist Models Of Multilateralism

Friends Of The Hague Group Launches To Support Anti-Imperialist Models Of Multilateralism

Friends Of The Hague Group Launches To Support Anti-Imperialist Models Of Multilateralism

The ongoing Israeli Genocide of Palestinians demonstrates that current international mechanisms are failing humanity.

Bogota, Colombia – Representatives of major international organizations will convene to launch the Friends of The Hague Group (FOTHG) in Bogota as The Hague Group (THG) holds an emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 15 and 16. The Hague Group was established in January of this year in The Hague, Netherlands by the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Republic of Colombia (current co-chair), the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Honduras, Malaysia, the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of Senegal and the Republic of South Africa (current co-chair) so that states could work collaboratively using diplomatic and legal measures to enforce international law, specifically regarding Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians and the failure of current international institutions to hold those countries and leaders who are committing war crimes accountable.

FoTHG recognizes the role the United States and its EU/NATO partners have played in facilitating and supporting Israel’s genocide against Palestine and its related attacks on Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran that have created an atmosphere of global repression against opponents of genocide and adherents to people(s) centered-human rights. As such, it holds that supporting international efforts to uphold human dignity and end Israel’s unchecked reign of terror, no matter the potential repercussions, are of the utmost importance to humanity, peace, and justice.

FoTHG was convened by the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL) Commission on War Crimes, Justice, Reparations, and Return, Al Haq, and Palestinian Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD). Major international organizations that have joined the FOTHG so far include ALBA Movements, Black Alliance for Peace, CETIM, FIAN International, Friends of the Earth International, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICSGP), Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine, the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, La Via Campesina, the World March of Women (MMM), the Transnational Institute, World Beyond War, World Forum of Fisherpeople, and the World Social Forum Assembly of Struggles and Resistance.

The Friends of The Hague Group (FoTHG) is firmly committed to pursuing the following objectives:

  • Work to support, defend, and expand the work, mission and resilience of THG;

  • Ensure meaningful Palestinian participation and input in the efforts of THG;

  • Encourage more countries to support Palestine by joining THG;

  • Mobilize similar organizations worldwide in support of THG’s demands and future initiatives;

  • Support THG in research to guide its work and facilitate the implementation of commitments at the state level;

  • Expand support for THG through our own diplomatic networks;

  • Support THG member states in monitoring compliance with the measures to which they explicitly commit.

In Bogotá, representatives of the convening Palestinian and founding international groups will hold their FoTHG first working meeting parallel to the meetings of The Hague Group, and will hold a formal press conference to announce their launch on Thursday, July 17 at 10am Bogotá time. The press conference will be held on Zoom with interpretation for listeners in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish, and will be livestreamed in Spanish by ALBA Movimientos on its YouTube channel @ALBAMovimientos.

PNGO is a Palestinian NGO umbrella organization comprising 150 member organizations working in different developmental and humanitarian fields, with a mission of “[e]mpowering and protecting the autonomy of the Palestinian civil society, consolidating its role in the national struggle and democratization process based on the principles of democracy, social justice, rule of law, tolerance, and respect of human rights.” Amjat Shawa, PNGO General Director based in Gaza, states: “PNGO welcomes the founding of the Friends of the Hague Group as a necessary complement to important work of The Hague Group and other multilateral state efforts to put a stop to the ongoing genocide. As a major international social movement effort committed to taking leadership from Palestinian civil society, FoTHG promises to play a key role in ensuring that multilateral initiatives directly respond to the needs and demands of Palestinians, and that such efforts can succeed despite threats from Israel and its powerful allies that include war, economic sanctions, and coups d’état.”

La Via Campesina (LVC) is a global peasant-led movement comprising 180 local and national organizations in 81 countries and represents about 200 million small-scale food producers. Morgan Ody, LVC General Coordinator states: “We, as La Via Campesina, assert that the Hague Group represents a pivotal moment in the global struggle for justice and accountability. We therefore call on all governments and civil society organisations (CSOs) to immediately join The Hague Group and actively participate in its mission to uphold international law and protect the Palestinian people from continued war crimes and ethnic cleansing.”

Laura Capote of the operational secretariat of ALBA Movements—an anticapitalist, antiimperialist platform bringing together over 400 organizations across 25 countries—states: “For ALBA Movimientos, solidarity with the Palestinian people is one of our priorities. Our organization was founded on the premise of Fidel Castro’s assertion that ‘being internationalists is paying off our own debt to humanity.’ We are proud to be a founding member of the Friends of the Hague Group as part of our obligation to repay our enormous debt to the Palestinian people in particular, whose dignity and fight for self-determination in the face of the violent settler colonial project of Zionism has made them leaders in the global fight against fascism. Their struggle is our struggle.”

Jacqueline Luqman, Chairperson, Coordinating Committee, The Black Alliance for Peace, states: “The Black Alliance for Peace is a people(s)-centered human rights project against war, repression and imperialism that seeks to recapture and redevelop the historic anti-war, anti-imperialist, and pro-peace positions of the radical Black movement. Through our work to oppose both militarized domestic state repression, and the policies of de-stabilization, subversion and the permanent war agenda of the U.S. state globally, we recognize that Israel’s immunity granted by Western colonial nations is a reflection of the moral gulf between these states and the vast majority of humankind that subscribes to values that uphold People(s)-Centered Human Rights, self-determination, and dignity. The combination of Israel’s continued genocidal assaults and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people, and its bombings and occupations of portions of the sovereign nations of Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon, and its most recent unprovoked attack on Iran, prove that Israel and the U.S. are the most dangerous nations in the world. Their power must be dismantled. History will remember this moment and Israel’s barbaric acts as an indelible and ignominious stain on international ‘law’ and cooperation. BAP believes that FOTHG and others who join us in this important coalition will be remembered as those who defended humanity against them.”  

 

Black Alliance for Peace Launches Petition Drive Calling on the U.S. and Israel to be Excluded from All International Sporting Events for Crimes Against Humanity and Domestic Repression

Black Alliance for Peace Launches Petition Drive Calling on the U.S. and Israel to be Excluded from All International Sporting Events for Crimes Against Humanity and Domestic Repression

Black Alliance for Peace Launches Petition Drive Calling on the U.S. and Israel to be Excluded from All International Sporting Events for Crimes Against Humanity and Domestic Repression

[en español abajo]

June 30, 2025 - The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) calls for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to withdraw the invitations for the United States to host the World Cup in 2026 and the International Olympics in 2028. Ajamu Baraka, the director of BAP’s North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights, states:

“There are two factors that make this call imperative. The environment of fear and political repression in the United States directed toward individual travelers to the U.S. and even those in transit to other nations has resulted in a number of nations issuing travel advisories against travel to the U.S. The other factor that is even more egregious is the lawlessness of the U.S. and Israel, who are engaged in an ongoing genocide against the occupied Palestinian population of Gaza.”  

With tens of thousands of people from around the world who would like to attend the World Cup and the Olympic Games, the U.S. has become a dangerous place to visit, especially for people of color. But as the petition points out, “anyone suspected of residing in and/or visiting the United States with or without “proper” documentation, including U.S. citizens, are being harassed, questioned about their political beliefs and even detained without due process.”

But the fact that the U.S. and Israel continue to operate as rogue states completely rejecting all of the normal constraints on lawless international behavior by engaging in unprovoked attacks on sovereign nations such as Lebanon and Iran and a barbaric slaughter of occupied Palestinians in Gaza and the murder of thousands in the West Bank by settlers and the Israeli Army, disqualifies both nations of hosting and participating in events involving the community of civilized nations.

Both FIFA and the IOC have previously denied hosting of, and participation in, international events for nations and governments that have acted in ways they deemed antithetical to their stated core values of human rights and anti-discrimination.  

There is no more horrific example of the violation of FIFA, IOC, and civilized values than what the world is witnessing today in Gaza.

FIFA and the IOC must be consistent. There must be accountability with one human rights standard for all!  Ban the U.S. and Israel, withdraw the invitations to host these events in the U.S.


Alianza Negra por la Paz lanza campaña de petición para excluir a EE.UU. e Israel de todos los eventos deportivos internacionales por crímenes contra la humanidad y represión doméstica

30 de junio, 2025 - La Alianza Negra por la Paz (BAP, por sus siglas en inglés) exige que la Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) y el Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) retiren las invitaciones a Estados Unidos para albergar la Copa Mundial en 2026 y los Juegos Olímpicos en 2028. Ajamu Baraka, director del Proyecto Norte-Sur de la BAP por los Derechos Humanos Centrados en los Pueblos, declara:

“Hay dos factores que hacen imperativo este llamado. Primero, el ambiente de miedo y represión política en Estados Unidos dirigido hacia viajeros que ingresan al país, e incluso hacia quienes están en tránsito hacia otras naciones, lo que ha llevado a varios países a emitir advertencias de viaje contra los EE.UU. El otro factor, aún más grave, es la impunidad de Estados Unidos e Israel, que están cometiendo un genocidio continuo contra la población palestina ocupada en Gaza.”

Con decenas de miles de personas de todo el mundo que desean asistir al Mundial y a los Juegos Olímpicos, Estados Unidos se ha convertido en un lugar peligroso para visitar, especialmente para las personas de color. Pero, como señala la petición, "cualquier persona sospechosa de residir y/o visitar Estados Unidos, con o sin documentación 'apropiada', incluidos ciudadanos estadounidenses, está siendo hostigada, interrogada sobre sus creencias políticas e incluso detenida sin debido proceso".

Pero el hecho de que Estados Unidos e Israel sigan actuando como estados fuera de la ley —rechazando por completo las restricciones normales contra comportamientos internacionales ilegítimos al llevar a cabo ataques no provocados contra naciones soberanas como Líbano e Irán, además de la masacre bárbara contra palestinos ocupados en Gaza y el asesinato de miles en Cisjordania por parte de colonos y el ejército israelí— descalifica a ambas naciones tanto para albergar como para participar en eventos que involucren a la comunidad de naciones civilizadas.  

Tanto la FIFA como el COI han negado anteriormente la sede y la participación en eventos internacionales a naciones y gobiernos cuyas acciones consideraron contrarias a sus valores fundamentales declarados de derechos humanos y no discriminación.

No existe ejemplo más horroroso de la violación a los valores de la FIFA, el COI y la civilización que lo que el mundo está presenciando hoy en Gaza.

¡La FIFA y el COI deben ser coherentes! Debe haber rendición de cuentas con un mismo estándar de derechos humanos para todos.

¡Prohíban a Estados Unidos e Israel, retiren las invitaciones para albergar estos eventos en EE.UU.!

We Stand With Iran - Statement by the All-African People's Revolutionary Party

We Stand With Iran - Statement by the All-African People's Revolutionary Party

We Stand With Iran

19 June 2025 By A-APRP

The illegal zionist state of Israel started bombing Iran on Friday, June 13th, 2025. The aerial bombing coincided with the assassination of a number of scientists, generals and civilians. This unprovoked, criminal assault was accompanied by sabotage of government facilities, drone attacks on civilian infrastructure and the unleashing of internal cells loyal to the west, determined to dismantle the Iranian state. Taken as a whole the military assault is eerily reminiscent of the 2011 attack on Libya that killed Muammar Gaddafi and devastated Africa’s most progressive nation state.

This is all done to insure US dominance in the region under the pretext of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The capitalist mainstream media, the US Government, and Israel are claiming Israel is protecting itself from a powerful nuclear neighbor. But a careful analysis reveals a quite different reality. Firstly, Israel is the state that possesses nuclear weapons. They are aggressors claiming to be victims. Secondly Israel is nothing more than a proxy of US led imperialism, which wants to economically and militarily dominate the region. This is part of the imperialist plan to dominate the world.

The zionist state of Israel was created to serve the interests of imperialism by establishing an imperialist fortress in Western Asia. The US provides its zionist outpost with diplomatic cover, military aid, finances and intelligence, and in exchange Israel serves as the front line of Western aggression in the region. Iran is sanctioned and labeled a state sponsor of terrorism, while Israel operates as a living terrorist state, with impunity.

Israel’s strikes on Iran pursues broader imperialist interests by destroying its nuclear program, sabotaging civilian infrastructure (churches, schools, roads, and power grids) and reducing its ability to provide support for legitimate liberation organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas.

Since the 1979 revolution that overthrew the illegally installed puppet Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, imperialism has targeted Iran for destruction. Through the use of sanctions, proxy conflicts, and the promotion of alliances between Israel and Gulf states, the US limits Iran’s power and weakens their regional influence. Whether the US rhetorically calls for “de-escalation” or wages a proxy war through Israel, the goal is the same; controlled conflict and prevention of genuine peace. This is a pattern consistent with decades of US policy in the region. Saving Israel is not the end goal; saving imperialist dominance is.

Imperialism’s Strategic Objective is Full Spectrum Dominance

The US, European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (US/EU/NATO) make up a gang of three called the Axis of Evil. Together they are engaged in a coordinated, continuous, long term, geo-strategic plan to dominate the planet. Imperialism targeted Russia, by embroiling her in military hostilities with Ukraine that limits its capacity to support its allies militarily. This has been followed by a strategic assault on Western Asia that includes the genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza. Once the genocide was well underway the west, through its Israeli partner, attacked Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen to destroy the “Axis of Resistance,” an alliance that grew around the Palestinian resistance with the support of Iran. All of these actions are enforced through a ring of US military bases in Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria, that surround Iran and provide rapid response capabilities. All of Israel’s military actions against Iran must be understood and viewed within this broader geopolitical context.

Since the first imperialist World War, the west has maintained an increasingly significant military, geopolitical, and economic presence in Western Asia (commonly, but incorrectly referred to as the Middle East). This presence is driven by “vital interests,” mainly securing oil and natural gas supplies. Located at the crossroads of Africa, Asia and Europe, imperialism dominates trade routes, and is strategically placed to militarily counter any challenge to its domination. The vast oil, natural gas, and other resources along with its position as a global transit hub have made this region a focal point of US led imperialist foreign policy. And make no mistake, nothing that we’re witnessing is new or spontaneous.

Western Dominance

We rarely hear about the extent to which the US-led imperialist system is seeking to shape a future global economic order that keeps Western dominance firmly at the helm. This is accomplished through control of energy markets, labor, financial systems, and military/technological supremacy. In short, they safeguard the profits of monopoly capital, using all available means.

One of the primary resources employed to safeguard Western interest is the terrorist state of zionist Israel. Israel’s economy is based on war and plunder. It is number seven in the world in military arms production and number four worldwide in arms sales. The plunder and theft of the world’s natural resources is most clearly demonstrated by their near total control of the world’s diamond industry. In spite of the fact that there are no diamond mines in occupied Palestine, Israel exports 70% of the world’s processed diamonds that are largely mined in Africa and makes up 12% of the settler state’s GDP. The arms manufactured in Israel and supplied by the U.S. assure them military supremacy over all the other states in the region. Through these and other nefarious arrangements Israel is sustained and their assault on humanity continues unabated.

Petro Dollars

In addition to military domination of the region and, ultimately, the world, imperialists also seek to maintain financial hegemony and safeguard the US Dollar as the global financial instrument. They will do anything to ensure that global oil trade remains dominated by the dollar, a key requirement to sustaining US financial hegemony. Imperialism tolerates no threats to this domination. They enforce dollar hegemony through diplomatic pressure, financial coercion, sanctions, and military interventions. Any nation attempting to bypass the dollar faces economic warfare, psychological warfare and military regime-change. Imperialism resorts to the complete destruction of” states that refuse to bow down and surrender their sovereignty. We have witnessed this in both Iraq and Libya.

The rise of BRICS, digital currencies, and de-dollarization trends, have led to even more aggressive financial tactics. This is what Iran is facing, but we have seen these tactics before. Iraq’s announcement that they would sell oil in euros instead of dollars, Libya’s announcement that they would introduce a Pan-African currency, and Yugoslavia’s move away from the dollar in trading in Europe, resulted in all being subjected to US invasions and overthrow of their governments.

When Iran tried to bypass dollar-based trade (e.g., selling oil in euros, yuan, or cryptocurrencies). The US responded with severe sanctions, partially cutting Iran off from SWIFT, (the global dollar-based messaging system) and pressuring other countries to avoid non-dollar transactions with Iran. When Venezuela launched the oil-backed “Petro” cryptocurrency in 2018 to evade US sanctions, the US banned their citizens from trading it and pressured other countries to reject it.

After the formation of BRICS and the 2014 US sanctions against Russia over Crimea, Russia developed its own alternative payment system, System for Financial Messaging, (SPFS) and promoted de-dollarization. The U.S. has since escalated sanctions, frozen Russian reserves, and pressured allies to limit Russian access to alternative currencies.

Additionally, the US has suppressed digital and cryptocurrency development that could challenge US dominance in Africa and Asia, stopping China’s Digital Yuan expansion and pressuring its allies to reject China’s digital yuan in cross-border trade. The US understands that a Chinese digital Yuan would weaken dollar dominance in Africa and Asia. And while the U.S. has pressured allies to reject rival currencies, it has weaponized SWIFT (imperialism’s global dollar-based messaging system) by restricting Iran and Russia, and punishing foreign banks that facilitate non-dollar trade with sanctioned states.

Understanding Dollarism and Resistance Against it

So why is Iran a target? Iran is labeled a threat to the US and Israel. But the real threat is economic, and understanding the concept of dollarism helps to make this clear. The US dollars’ dominance in the global financial system (often called “dollarism”) is a cornerstone of the United State’s economic and geopolitical power. Maintaining this system provides enormous benefits but also comes with risks if it were to weaken.

Here’s a breakdown of why this is crucial for the US, the economic advantages, and what’s at stake.The US enforces a worldwide system where certain commodities, such as oil, can only be traded using the dollar, thus forcing other countries to maintain vast reserves of US dollars. The US literally “prints money” that the world relies on, earning vast profits from currency circulation outside the US. The dollar system and the Central Banking System provides a massive financial and geopolitical advantage to the US economy, including lowering borrowing costs, enabling sanctions, and sustaining US economic supremacy. If this system erodes, the US would face higher debt costs, inflation, and weakened global influence and coercive power.

Iranian attempts to bypass dollar sanctions through a variety of means, including the China-Iran 25-Year Cooperation Agreement (2021) undermine dollar dominance. Israel’s current attacks on Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure disrupts these alternative economic networks, reinforcing US leverage.

But perhaps of greatest significance are major geopolitical acts of resistance to imperialism. These include, the BRICS Initiative, Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution, Iran’s Gas Pipelines, and Increasing challenges to Neo-Colonialism in Africa.

The BRICS Initiative represents a real challenge to Western economic dominance. BRICS is a block of countries which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, representing 45% of the world’s population and 36% of global GDP. An additional thirty nations have either formally or informally expressed an interest to join.

The establishment of alternative payment systems and mechanisms capable of eliminating reliance on Western-dominated financial networks, pose a serious challenge to the present economic order.

The US continually threatens countries against joining any BRICS initiatives that promote non-dollar trade. Iran’s pipeline Initiatives represent attempts to funnel its natural gas to the world market outside the ambit of imperialist control. Initially the Iran-Iraq-Syria Pipeline (IIP) was designed to supply those nations plus Europe. The US imperialist war against Iraq, along with sanctions against Iran halted the project. The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) “Peace Pipeline” was again stopped because of US sanctions on Iran. These pipelines would have brought 60 billion dollars into Iran’s economy annually, and up to 100 billion without the sanctions. This is the reason the US has attacked Syria and overthrew the government—to block pipeline construction. This is the real reason that Iran is portrayed as a pariah, as dangerous, as an enemy of humanity; not because of anything they’ve done to harm the US or Israel, but because of the threat of unseating imperialism’s global economic dominance.

Venezuela is a key player in this equation, possessing the largest oil reserves in the world. Following the victory of the Bolivarian Revolution, US imperialism imposed stifling economic embargoes and sanctions, severely damaging the economy and all social networks. As a result, 90% of the oil engineers fled Venezuela due to the economic crisis created by the US actions, further damaging the oil industry and causing enormous hardships to the Venezuelan people and the entire region that shared Venezuelan oil resources through the ALBA agreements instituted by Hugo Chavez and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).

Last Gasp Of A Dying Monster (The Imperialist Military Assault)

Imperialism (through the zionist entity in Israel) instituted regime change in Syria, and executed genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. Iran supports the Palestinians with arms, money, training and material. Iran is now being targeted for regime change.

We must also take note that these Imperialist/zionist forces are not confining their military activity to one country or region. While a new war rages in Iran, imperialism creates ongoing conflicts of various types in the Western Sahara, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, DRC, Sudan, Guinea Bissau, the Alliance For Sahelian States (which includes Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso), Venezuela, Nicaraqua, Cuba, North Korea, Haiti, Russia, China and other places throughout the world. This is in fact an imperialist policy of Full Spectrum Domination.

The U.S. has at least 45 military bases surrounding Iran and the US has already threatened Iran declaring,“If Iran attacks any U.S. military bases we will bomb Iran with the likes they have never seen”. After lying about their involvement in the attacks on Iran by Israelis the US president went on to say, “We gave them a chance to negotiate a peace agreement and they wouldn’t agree to our terms.” So, now they will have to come to the negotiation table and agree to our terms.”

This is how the dying capitalists/imperialists act in their last stage of existence. They engage in multiple wars, terrorism and genocide as they are declining. They try to kill, terrorize as many people and nations as possible. But, they have been losing militarily, economically and politically everywhere. Including losing the propaganda war around the world.

An increasing number of the people are seeing the contradictions more clearly as the U.S./E.U./NATO/zionist axis attacks, kills and destroys more people. The underpinning of colonialism, settler colonialism and neo-colonialism is violence They are losing everywhere on many different fronts all over the world including Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and especially Palestine.

We know the masses of the people will win and destroy capitalism and imperialism. Because we know nothing can stop the will of the people especially when they are organized into a fighting force on a global scale.

The Significance of Pan-Africanism

A new wave of anti-neo colonial resistance that is sweeping Africa is reshaping oil and gas politics, challenging imperialist dominance, and aligning with the BRICS led push to “de-dollarize” the world’s economy. This movement is driven by youth uprisings, military coups, formation of alliances, and rising ideological awareness that imperialism is the enemy of humanity. As a result, Western oil companies which have long exploited Africa, are losing their grip while Russia, China, and Iran are viewed as more trusted partners. As this momentum spreads, African resources are increasingly being used for Africa and African people. Additionally, China, Russia and Iran could be granted greater access to Africa’s resources locking out the US and Western Europe. And every time Africa trades in a currency other than dollars, the grip of the dollar weakens. So Africa is the real battleground for control of oil, gas, and critical minerals such as cobalt and lithium. We know that when imperialism thinks it has weakened Africa’s allies, they will not hesitate to militarily attack Africa. We must resist the trap of neo-colonialism and fight to maintain the gains that we’ve made. We must ensure that imperialism and capitalism will find their graves in Africa!

We Stand With Iran

The flagrant violation of human rights, the trampling over the sovereignty of nations that resist, the blatant racist domestic policies, police brutality, and military threats, are all examples of the lengths to which imperialism will go to survive. Capitalism cannot be reformed or humanely applied. The only solution to the problem is the total destruction of the US-led capitalist system and its twin, global imperialism.

Imperialist wars will only increase, but people in general and Africans in particular, must not be misled into fighting for, or sending our sons and daughters to fight in any imperialist or neo-colonialist militaries. We must reject the racist, capitalist narrative that always frames the US and the Global North as the “good” while framing those who resist oppression as “evil”. Liberation requires a clear mind. We cannot afford to be deceived. Iran is not our enemy, the US and EU imperialism and zionism are our enemies. The institutions such as NATO, AFRICOM, the IMF, the World Bank, etc. are our enemies; designed to exploit our labor, maintain our oppression, steal our resources and land, and dominate our economies. Whether we live inside or outside of Africa, we must unite, across borders, to fight against capitalism, neocolonialism, zionism, imperialism and all forms of injustice. We must study, and understand the world so that we can clearly distinguish our friends from our enemies.

We encourage Africans everywhere to join organizations that are wedded to our people’s collective interests. As individuals we are weak and easily defeated, but history has demonstrated that the people united can never be defeated.

The AAPRP calls for the permanent coordination of our fighting forces, in the framework of an All African Committee for Political Coordination (AACPC). Given the global nature of African domination we must merge all the revolutionary Pan-African political parties in Africa, and its diaspora under an international strategy to defeat imperialism.

Africans must unite under the banner of Pan-Africanism–the total liberation and unification of Africa under scientific socialism.

The All-African People’s Revolutionary Party condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s unprovoked, indiscriminate, illegal, terrorist attacks against the peoples of Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen. We condemn zionism’s inhumane, genocidal slaughter being waged against the Palestinian people, and the deplorable silence or complicity of much of the world. We condemn the forced displacement of peoples that result from immoral and illegal sanctions and blockades, and theft of resources, which drive people from their homelands. We stand in unity with the people of Iran, the people of Palestine and all peoples who are fighting for their liberation and sovereignty against US led imperialism.

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