Being in Cuba shifted everything I thought I knew. I saw the cruelty of the U.S. blockade firsthand: trash piling up, days without power, people who can’t flush toilet paper because of our government. But I also saw something I didn’t expect: Cuban people who don’t hate Americans. They know who their enemy is, and it’s not us. Now I carry the responsibility to tell the truth about Cuba. . . .
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What Correctly Defines Pan-Africanism in 2025 and Beyond
For those of us who identify Pan-Africanism not as an ideology, but as an objective, we define Pan-Africanism as the total liberation and unification of Africa under a continental wide scientific socialist government. This is the framework for revolutionary Pan-Africanists who endorse the concepts of Pan-Africanism laid out by the ideas of Kwame Nkrumah, Sekou Ture, Amilcar Cabral, and others. . . .
Pan-African Revolution is the Solution to End the ‘Gender Wars’
Until African men and women stop using Eurocentric standards of manhood and womanhood to define ourselves and each other, we will continue to engage as enemies. To become comrades, we must recognize that whiteness has gender specific attacks that target us at points of insecurity in ways that completely destroy our ability to love each other. Nowhere does this play out most evidently than in the never-ending, online “gender wars.” This divide and conquer tactic is not new, but social media has made it increasingly profitable to pit Black women and men against each other publicly for the world to . . .
Nigeria Will Become A Liberated Zone
The bus driver, the shop keeper, as well as the farmer are all aware of the many ways the Nigerian government is depriving its citizens of the means of realizing their potential in terms of development, and self-actualization. Nigeria as an institution is not working in favor of the people within its apparent territory. The proletariat of the country is well aware of the government’s failings but do not always make the connection to the larger problem of neocolonial capitalism. The average person experiences these issues through inflation, and while that is a magical economic term for many including myself, . . .
Closing Remarks at African Liberation Day 2023: We Must Win
The Central Committee of the All African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) and the Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), would like to thank you for joining us on the occasion of African Liberation Day 2023. . . .
We Need a Revolutionary Ummah
We need an ummah that does not align with the oppressive characteristics and practices that prevail in U.S. culture and society. In fact, we need an ummah that stands in radical opposition to these things. . . .
Winning Beyond the Gender Binary for Pan-Africanism
The experience and work of the Anti-Patriarchy Task Force shows unequivocally the power of ideology, organization, and principled collective struggle. . . .
Witnessing Afro Cubans and Social Change
“For those who have not had the chance to break through the propaganda machine on this side of the Caribbean, it’s important to understand the possibilities that emerge within a revolutionary process developing people-centered values.” . . .