WHAT IS THE SOLIDARITY NETWORK?

Joining the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) Solidarity Network helps non-Africans materially support anti-imperialist African/Black people, whose analysis as an oppressed nation is crucial to building a stronger anti-imperialist movement throughout the United States and the world.

The African/Black anti-colonial and anti-capitalist movement has always strived to build effective coalitions with all colonized people and all who identify with the struggle for global transformation. While BAP’s membership is centered in African/Black people and organizations, we recognize that anti-colonial struggle supported by all oppressed and working-class peoples is an absolute necessity. In that tradition, the Solidarity Network was launched in August 2020 as a way for non-Africans to contribute to BAP’s work. As of summer 2023, the network includes about 200 individuals and 19 organizations in Canada, Europe, Mexico and the United States.

 

Membership Benefits and Responsibilities

Solidarity Network members:

BAP Solidarity Network members participate in BAP events, like this Haiti solidarity rally on March 15, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

  • Join BAP protests, 

  • Hold in-person events,

  • Publish monthly newsletters on the U.S. war on Afghanistan, 

  • Organize webinars (see video below),

  • Hold political-education sessions to support prisoners

  • Build events like the International Day of Action on Afghanistan

  • Help fundraise for BAP,

  • Develop public-facing materials (like this webpage), 

  • Bring BAP’s analysis to their organizations and to the public,

  • Attend bi-monthly meetings that bring together members from across time zones, and build with members regionally in the United States.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

The requirements for being a Solidarity Network member are simple: If you agree with the Principles of Unity, you or your organization belong in BAP. Non-Africans are asked to demonstrate solidarity by contributing an annual amount with their online application. After the application is accepted, you will be added to a private listserv for Solidarity Network members. Plus, the network’s coordinators will reach out to you for a conversation to find out how best you can plug in. You also will be looped into regional organizing. Every other month, we hold a virtual meeting for members to learn about BAP’s work and connect with each other. Members can choose to join committees that specialize in Afghanistan, Fundraising, Prisoner Support and Propaganda. Individuals and organizations have relayed they have developed ideological and political connections from being in conversation and contributing to the work.

 
 

Clockwise from top left: BAP Solidarity Network Northeast Regional Co-Coordinator Patterson Deppen (third from right) with BAP-Philly members Gassoh (left) and Asantewaa Mawusi Nkrumah-Ture in December 2022; BAP Solidarity Network members and Solidarity Network member organization G-REBLS on September 17, 2022, tabling in Irving Square Park in Brooklyn, New York; BAP Solidarity Network Co-Coordinator Julie Varughese (far left) with BAP members and friends at the African Peoples’ Forum in December 2022 in Washington, D.C.; and BAP Solidarity Network member Danny Shaw and family with Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations Chairperson Omali Yeshitela.

 

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Questions about the solidarity Network? send a message.

 
 
 

Banner photo: BAP members and Solidarity Network members gathered after a Haiti solidarity rally on March 15, 2021, in Chicago.