The world is in significantly greater danger than it was before Thursday when Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a prominent Iranian General and political figure. This violation of international law is a declaration by US imperialism that it’s not accountable to the global democracy or human rights. Trump has been spoiling for this fight from day one of his presidency, but it is clear that this act is a diversion from the impeachment trial he faces.
The shootings and killings at the Mother Bethel AME Church in Charleston, SC, at the Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA and the recent shootings in Texas and Ohio among others, are terrorist acts by racist white nationalists. We must be concerned and prepared for this repressive political climate.
Black, Latinx and Indigenous peoples should be very concerned about white nationalist terrorism because we are targeted as non-white communities and populations, blaming us for the economic and social crisis facing the millions of people across the US.
Racist white nationalism has continued following the Civil War and has been looking for opportunities to emerge as a national movement to unite the various racist tendencies and groups. They are hoping to influence the direction of the white working-class. This included intimidating them to silence any support for demands of Black and other oppressed sections of US society.
The police killings of Black and Brown people and the mass incarceration has been a major factor in criminalizing Black people, turning us into the crime source and describing immigration of Latinx and African descendants as an invasion into the US.
The Obama administration inherited and continued the economic and international policies of previous administrations without major changes. However, as a Black man in the highest office of the land his presence provided an opportunity for the emerging racist white nationalism.
The Tea Party and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) began implementing a corporate financed and driven strategy to take over state governments. and formed a Tea Party Caucus in the Republican Party to further consolidate the most reactionary sections of the US ruling-class influence and control of US imperialist state power. These state governments used gerrymandering, forms of voter suppression, cut vital social programs and passed laws that reduced legal options for challenging corporations that violate workplace health and safety and community environmental justice conditions. The Trump Labor Board is establishing policies that not only place restrictions on unions, it is attacking the very right of workers to use concerted actions to engage in repeated strikes against employer injustices.
Trump took the political changes made by the Tea Party and previous administrations and added the racist rhetoric targeting any semblance of Black political power and Black resistance to the capitalist crises. His birther campaign claiming that Obama was not American born was an opening shot of his racist white nationalist campaign.
When Trump became president, he provided a platform for the emergence of racist white nationalism as his social and political base and a fascist social movement. Some of Trumps initial cabinet appointments and aides, were fascist who helped to shape his presidential campaign and first term in office.
Over the years since the Civil War various white supremacists groups have formed. Most were armed and they had some divisions among themselves on how to establish white political, economic and cultural power. White nationalism became a framework for uniting the various white supremacist tendencies under the Trump slogan of Make America Great Again (MAGA) and his continuing racist attacks on Black and Brown people.
Trump’s presence in the white house helps to further promote this racist and fascist white nationalism. Demanding the impeachment of Trump before the 2020 presidential elections is critical for the Black and other oppressed peoples. Impeach Trump Now! should be our political mantra to put pressure on the Democratic Party. Defeating the fascist demagogues in the white house that give legitimacy to the rising and consolidation of white nationalism should be viewed as part of the struggle against rising US fascism.
This will not only have national significance it will have international significance. It will help to build national confidence among the Black masses, organize pressure on Black Congressional representatives and expose those not speaking out in favor of impeachment.
All major periods of struggle against the forces of oppression, must consider the state of the Black liberation movement and what they mean for unifying the various organizations toward resolving the fragmentation that stops us from becoming an organized and powerful force with strong bases in working-class areas to challenge critical aspects of capitalism and state power.
Racist white nationalist terrorism appears to be targeting social, religious and movement institutions. In the case of Walmart this is a location where the majority of working-class and poor people of color shop.
Community security is a must, including knowing who is entering our communities, religious and social institutions and political programs.
Every Black family should have a legal firearm they can use in their homes. There should be security at community meetings and at our social and religious institutions. Above all we need a united and strong Black liberation movement that aligns with other movements of the oppressed, including white working-class and poor people ready to oppose white nationalism.
We Need a Black United Front and Broad Peoples Front Against White Nationalism!
May 16, 2018 represents North Carolina educators’ entry into the nationwide teacher rebellion against the attacks on public schools. Following the courageous efforts of teachers in West Virginia, Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, and Oklahoma, North Carolina educators are part of the growing resistance to the failures of state legislators to provide children with a sound basic education. That education includes adequate and safe facilities, up to date learning materials and highly qualified and well-paid teachers and education support personnel which includes teacher assistants, social workers, psychologists and bus drivers.
In this moment education workers are on the cutting edge of the struggle of public employees and the people of this country to keep our institutions in the public domain and not be offered up to greedy profit seeking corporations who care nothing about our well being and quality of life. Their only concern is the bottom line. This means that bus drivers, sanitation workers, fire fighters, caseworkers and so many more have a common fight.
This fight requires many tactics. Taking to the streets is key to making the others, like voting and lobbying, effective. We cannot outspend the 1%. At the end of the day, withholding our labor is the key device in our toolbox. The teachers realize this and at the same time have been clear on making sure that our children are safe and fed because this fight fundamentally is for our children and our families.
We support these demands (in addition to others) regardless of what political party has control of the legislature:
As the parents and grandparents of Black children we call on education workers and unions to join us in the fight to end the “school to prison pipeline”, eliminate the achievement gap, create a historically accurate and anti-racist curriculum and implement restorative justice instead of punitive discipline and remove School Resource Officers (SRO’s).
Education is a Human Right!
All out for May 16th!
All out for the Poor Peoples Campaign!
(Black Workers for Justice*bwfj.org)
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Again, we see the US government trying to start another war as a diversion from the capitalist crisis that is causing great suffering among masses of working-class and poor 
people. The U.S. wars violates international laws and U.S. Constitution , while attacking basic democratic and human rights to challenge the suffering and brutality carried out by the capitalist economy and the “State” (government).
Trump got elected president on the racist promise of making America great again ! Trump is intensifying the War on Black America – killing, maiming and jailing Black and Brown people, criminalizing immigrants and Muslims and fostering regime change throughout the Americas.
This attack on Syria is part of a US led global war that incudes the War on Black America. Black people must oppose this war on Syria, all wars abroad and in the US. This war contributes to the economic and social crises . As our tax money is spent by the ruling 1 % for war , there is more cuts to public services, schools, vocational education, jobs, healthcare, affordable housing, clearing up the environment, repairing the infrastructure, supporting veterans that are disabled and mentally broken from fighting in these imperialist wars.
The struggle for Black liberation must also be a struggle against imperialist wars. The European heads of the global capitalist system – US, France and the UK are again deciding what part of the world they want to dominate and control for increasing their wealth and positioning their militaries to dominate the world.
We Say No to US Led Racist and Imperialist Wars!
On April 8, 2017 the Black Workers for Justice will hold its 34th annual banquet commemorating Dr. King’s contributions to the Civil Rights and Black Freedom struggles. In light of the new administration of right wing populist and white nationalist, Dr. King’s life and views on workers rights and imperialist war are as important as ever. As we have done over the last 35 years, we honor Dr. King in the context of his fight for the Memphis Sanitation workers and his assassination by the forces of capitalism.
“Today’s Challenge:Organizing Our Struggle on the Front Lines in the South for Peoples Power” is our theme this year. It means continuing the fight against HB2, voter suppression, Islamophobia, anti-immigrant policies and the rise of white supremacist groups like the KKK and similar groups.
Now more than ever, our work to build People’s Assemblies and the Southern Workers Assembly (SWA) is necessary and urgent.
The keynote speaker will be Fred Mason. Mason is a veteran Labor and Black Liberation 
Movement activist. Mason is the President of the Maryland/DC AFL-CIO. He will speak on the task of labor, the Black movement and allies in fighting for power on the front lines of today’s struggle.
You can buy tickets here on this website. For further information on tickets, etc. call (240) 882-2102. If you or your organization would like to take out a digital ad you can write us a bwfj@earthlink.net for information. Your financial support is needed.
