The Black Alliance for Peace
The Black Alliance for Peace’s International Month of Action Against AFRICOM aims to raise the public’s awareness about the US military’s existence in Africa, and how the presence of US forces exacerbates violence and instability throughout the continent.
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) has taken up the task of educating the public on AFRICOM and the extensive basing networks in Africa and throughout the world. Our campaign Against AFRICOM is an integral element of our general opposition to US global militarization, with its offensive command structures, approximately 800 to 1,000 overseas bases, and the United States’ status as the number one arms merchant on the planet.
We are calling on our friends and allies around the world to join us in calling for the United States to respect the wishes of African people to de-militarize the African continent, so Africa can begin to be a “zone of peace.”
End the War on Africa and African People in the US and Abroad!
Oppose War and Militarism in Every Part of the World!
Stand with the People – Close All US and NATO Bases!
Endorse the Demands of the International Month of Action Against AFRICOM
We Demand:
• The complete withdrawal of US forces from Africa,
• The demilitarization of the African continent,
• The closure of US bases throughout the world, and
• The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) oppose US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and conduct hearings on AFRICOM’s impact on the African continent, with the full participation of members of US and African civil society.
October 1, 2021 is the 13th anniversary of the launch of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), a command structure with bases that are now in dozens of African nations. Yet, the existence of AFRICOM has escaped the awareness of not only the general public in the United States, but also of the world. When four US soldiers were killed in the small African nation of Niger, even members of the US Congress were unaware of the US military’s presence in the country and the extent of the US military presence throughout Africa.
The International Month of Action Against AFRICOM, launching October 1, 2021 aims to raise the public’s awareness about the US military’s existence in Africa, and how the presence of US forces exacerbates violence and instability throughout the continent.
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) has taken up the task of educating the public on AFRICOM and the extensive basing networks in Africa and throughout the world. Our campaign on AFRICOM is an integral element of our general opposition to US global militarization, with its offensive command structures, approximately 800 to 1,000 overseas bases, and the United States’ status as the number one arms merchant on the planet.
We are calling on our friends and allies around the world to join us in calling for the United States to respect the wishes of African people to de-militarize the African continent, so Africa can begin to be a “zone of peace.”
We say the brutality, violence and systematic degradation of Black life in the colonized zones of the United States against Black people by the domestic police is replicated in Africa by the US global police represented by the Pentagon and US intelligence agencies.
Over $150 billion of the people’s resources are being spent on US bases in Africa and around the world to police people on behalf of the US corporate and financial elite.
The African peoples who find themselves on the receiving end of the violence — because of corrupted African leadership in alignment with the US — are saying to the people in the United States to demand US troops and US money are withdrawn. It is clear the introduction of AFRICOM has resulted in less security, less democracy and diminished human rights for African peoples who are in conflict with their own neo-colonial governments.
BAP supports that call and adds the people’s resources that are being squandered to support imperialist adventures must be seized by the people and used to address the human rights needs of African/Black people and other oppressed and exploited peoples for housing, healthcare, education, food and clean water, instead of on war on behalf of the capitalist dictatorship.
We are calling our friends to endorse this month as an individual or organization. Beyond that, we are calling on you to organize an educational event that day, for which we have provided materials on our webpage: https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africom2021
The Black Alliance for Peace Announces
International Month of Action Against AFRICOM
Schedule of Events
Detailed below you will find a schedule of events tailored specifically to the call to understand the history and implications of AFRICOM’s presence on the continent of Africa.
October 1: AFRICOM at 13: Building the Popular Movement for Demilitarization and Anti-Imperialism in Africa.
Watch the recording at bit.ly/africom13webinar
October 7: AAPRP New Mexico Weekly Pan-African News: Shut Down AFRICOM.
Watch the recording at bit.ly/aaprpafricom2021
October 12: Black Agenda Report Presents: The Left Lens will discuss AFRICOM with Abiyomi Azikiwe.
Live on YouTube – bit.ly/barafricom2021
October 17: BAP-ATL and Friends of the Congo-ATL AFRICOM Teach-In at 6PM during Congo Week.
Register at bit.ly/africomatl
October 18: Socialist Workers League-Nigeria online teach-in at 7PM WAT
Live on Facebook – bit.ly/swlafricom2021
October 21: Arise Black Child and Mutapa anti-AFRICOM presentation on Zoom and Facebook at 6PM South African Time.
Zoom Meeting ID: 821 4940 3318, Passcode: 136932
October 22: AFRICOM Teach-In hosted by BAP NC and the Greensboro People’s Freedom Assembly at 7pm EST
Register at bit.ly/africomnc
October 23: Movement for African Emancipation is organizing an in-person AFRICOM teach in at 3PM WAT.
Zoom Meeting ID: 810 8752 9655
October 24: Ebukhosini Solutions is organizing an online workshop on AFRICOM on Zoom at 1PM South Africa Time.
Message +27746904012 on WhatsApp to register.
October 24: BAP-Chicago AFRICOM Teach-In at 1pm CST
Register at bit.ly/africomchi
*October 26: BAP-LA Political Education on AFRICOM at 7pm PT [link coming soon]
Copyright © 2021 Black Alliance for Peace, All rights reserved.
Black Alliance for Peace, PO Box 1756, Bronx, NY 10451-9998
A Guide to US Empire in Africa: Neocolonial Order & AFRICOM
Abby Martin / Empire Report
