Black Alliance For Peace Revives Black Anti-War Tradition
by TRNN
(Pt 1/2)
April 18, 2019
The U.S. has been at war in the Middle East for 28 years, starting with Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, then into Afghanistan, Syria, and now we’re learning of military bases, operations, and troops in African nations. As we who call ourselves progressives or leftists grapple with a growing military industrial complex, where in this fight for peace does the black radical tradition of antiwar resistance fit?
The U.S. has been at war in the Middle East for 28 years, starting with Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, then into Afghanistan, Syria, and now we’re learning of military bases, operations, and troops in African nations. As we who call ourselves progressives or leftists grapple with a growing military industrial complex, where in this fight for peace does the black radical tradition of antiwar resistance fit?
Netfa Freeman of the Coordinating Committee for the Black Alliance for Peace, he is also an organizer for Pan-African Community Action (PACA), and Vanessa Beck of the Black Alliance for Peace Research Committee and is on the Steering Committee for Health Over Profit for Everyone (HOPE).
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