Message From Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Greetings Everyone, I want to express my appreciation on behalf of the Africanist Movement and our African brothers and sisters in West Africa to all of you for the support you expressed during the tour towards the work we are doing for the liberation and unification of Africa and African people worldwide. It has been quite wonderful and interesting to have met you and have the opportunity of sharing with you the many contradictions forced upon us by imperialism and their neo-colonial agents in Sierra Leone and West Africa. I am equally sure that this has enabled you to have undiluted access to first hand information about the struggle and efforts being made by the oppressed masses of African people to overturn a foul social system that has its basis on our oppression and exploitation. This is important because we have been able to discuss Africa and African people from a perspective that sharply contrasts the distorted information often trumpeted by the imperialist media. This shows that we are in a new period in history. African people around the world are rising with the full determination to take back our land and decide for ourselves how our resources are to be used. We have a right to be self-determining people! That is why your support is tremendously significant. A Support Committee will shortly be formed to carryout activities that will enable us to implement various projects in Sierra Leone and West Africa. A Newsletter that will give regular updates of the progress that is being made on the ground and the political situation in Sierra Leone and West Africa is equally in development. We therefore ask you to remain tuned as information about how you can participate in the Support Committee will be made available to you shortly. Once again, we appreciate your support and look forward to your continued support for the work to unite and liberate Africa. Uhuru! Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Director Africanist Movement 2. SUMMATION OF THE FREEDOM TOUR 2006 The 2006 Freedom Tour built by the African People’s Socialist Party was a momentous success. The tour exceeded its goals to end the isolation of the Africanist Movement, and build material and political solidarity for the work on the ground in West Africa. As a result of this tour, the Africanist Movement is no longer confined to the borders in West Africa, but rather recognized and supported by the African World at large. This accomplishment is an extremely significant leap forward in the realization of a united Africa. Furthermore, Chernoh’s presence and powerful testimony enkindled a fire inside people throughout the US and UK to struggle to bring an end to the suffering that has been imposed on Africans by a small group of imperialist nations. This was reflected in the large number of people who attended the events and stepped forward to join the organization, serve as volunteers, make financial donations, and support the work in West Africa. This tour effectively raised the questions that expose the viciousness of imperialism and its parasitic plot to loot the resources of Africa. In fact, many people who did not know or understand anything about the Diamond Wars in Africa were made aware of the reality of the situation and the true culprit who is behind it. It was as a result of this tour exposing that ALL diamonds are blood diamonds, that a significant number of North Americans (White People) contributed diamonds in the call to return the diamonds that belong to Africans. The analysis provided by the African People’s Socialist Party influenced hundreds of people to volunteer their political and material support for the work being done in Sierra Leone & West Africa. Consequently, we now have forces who have stepped forward to volunteer their skills to build electrification, water purification, and prosthetics projects in order to transform the conditions created by the crisis. Now we are calling on all of you who signed up to support the work in Sierra Leone & West Africa to step forward and join the Sierra Leone Support Committee. UHURU! UHURU! 3. Join the Sierra Leone Support Committee Today in Sierra Leone, Africans live in the most miserable conditions. Where the life expectancy of an African man is less than 37 years of age and the infant mortality rate is one of the highest in the world. In Freetown, Sierra Leone, the capital city, there are no such amenities as electricity or running water. In the mines of Kono, Sierra Leone miners are paid 30 cents a day to excavate some of the richest diamonds in the world. conditions that Chernoh Alpha M. Bah and the Freedom Tour has exposed. If you were moved by the testimony of Chernoh Alpha M. Bah and want to be a part of a process that will bring an end to the suffering in Sierra Leone, then the Sierra Leone Support Committee is the place for you. This committee works in solidarity with the Africanist Movement to provide material and political support for the work that the movement is doing. This committee will primarily function as a fundraising apparatus, organizing resources, skills, and projects needed to transform the living conditions in Sierra Leone. We are currently developing electrification, water purification, and prosthetics projects to function on the ground in Sierra Leone. We have also initiated a process to contribute to the development of the University of Business and Technology that was built by the Africanist Movement. These are just a few of the projects being initiated by the African People’s Socialist Party to transform the lives of the people in Sierra Leone. It is important to understand that this project is a part of a strategy to liberate African people. In addition, this Support Committee will not be limited to Sierra Leone but will grow as an institution designed to equip and empower African people world-wide. Joining this support committee is an opportunity of a lifetime, and we need you to take a stand in support of a Movement dedicated to bringing an end to the misery and suffering of African people. TOUCH ONE, TOUCH ALL!! JOIN the Sierra Leone Support Committee TODAY!!! Call (727) 895-4016 Or email us at SLSC_UHURU@YAHOO.COM Purchase the exclusive DVD Touch One Touch All!!! The Sierra Leone Struggle at BurningSpear Market Mail to Burning Spear Uhuru Publications P.O. Box 3757 St. Petersburg, Fl 33731 Make checks out to: BSUP 4. Omali Yeshitela Speaks Since the publication last summer of his new book Omali Yeshitela Speaks, Chairman Omali Yeshitela has traveled the globe almost nonstop speaking to audiences at universities and bookstores as well as organizational and community events. As leader of the Uhuru Movement and Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party, Omali Yeshitela speaks passionately about his lifelong work of uniting and liberating Africa as the birthright of African people in Africa as well as those of use dispersed around the world. Chairman Omali has been greeted by enthusiastic audiences in Holland, England and Belgium in Europe, as well as in several cities in Azania and Namibia in Southern Africa. He is scheduled to speak in Accra and other cities in Ghana in May. U.S. stops on his tour have included universities, bookstores and events throughout California, Florida, New York, Philadelphia, Maryland and Atlanta. As the founder of the movement to build the African Socialist International, a worldwide organization uniting African people everywhere, Chairman Omali and the African People's Socialist Party have real solutions for the conditions facing African people everywhere. Currently Omali Yeshitela is heading up the work to build the International Tribunal on Reparations for African people, scheduled to take place in Berlin, Germany in June 2007 with testimony from African people around the world. Order Chairman Omali Yeshitela's new book now! Africa Rising Up: The liberation and unification of Africa and African people in Africa and dispersed around the world, is scheduled for a mid-July, 2006 publication date. Chairman Omali's new book is a historic collection of presentations explaining why Africa and all its resources must be liberated and in the hands of African workers and peasants in Africa and everywhere. This book documents the process of building the African Socialist International which is rapidly growing in countries throughout Africa, and in the U.S., the Caribbean and elsewhere around the world. Order now for only $20 (price may be higher on publication) and receive a first edition copy signed by Omali Yeshitela shortly after book comes out. Africa Rising Up by Omali Yeshitela $20 plus $3 shipping inside the U.S. Order from BurningSpearUHURU.com Or Mail to Burning Spear Uhuru Publications P.O. Box 3757 St. Petersburg, Fl 33731 Make checks out to: BSUP Find your place in the movement Join the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement www.inpdum.org. 6. UHURU on the Move Participate in these historic upcoming events of the Uhuru Movement! Mark these dates on your calendar! InPDUM Convention (InPDUM.org) Saturday & Sunday, July 1 & 2 International convention of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, St. Petersburg. FL Bringing together members and supporters of the Uhuru Movement to lay out its strategy and campaigns for the upcoming year. For more information call 727-821-6620 or visit InPDUM African People’s Socialist Party Plenary (APSPUhuru.org) Monday & Tuesday, July 3 & 4 International Plenary of the African People's Socialist Party, St. Petersburg, Fl The annual conference that brings together members and supporters of the African People's Socialist Party from around the world. For more information call 727-821-6620 or visit APSPUhuru.org Omali Yeshitela Speaks at Harlem Book Fair www.burningspearuhuru.com Saturday, July 22 Chairman Omali Yeshitela speaks at the Harlem Book Fair on 135th Street between 5th Ave and Adam Clayton Powell. Blvd in Harlem, NY, noon to 6 pm. The book fair will launch the Chairman's new book, Africa Rising Up: The real struggle for the liberation and unification of Africa and African people in Africa and dispersed around the world. Chairman Omali will be available to sign his new book. Look for the Burning Spear Uhuru Publications booth on 135th Street. For more information call 727-894-6997 or visit Burning Spear UHURU Conference to Build the African Socialist International October 6-14 The African Socialist International (ASI) is a single international organization of African Revolutionaries, from all over the world, whose mission is to fight for the liberation and unification of all African people. The 2006 international conference to build the ASI will be held in London, UK. For more information call 727-821-6620 in the U.S. or +44(0)20-8265-1731 in UK. Visit ASIUhuru.org African People’s Solidarity Day (APSD) November 4 & 5, Oakland, CA November 11 & 12, Philadelphia, PA Sponsored by the African People's Solidarity Committee, the organization of white people who work under the direct leadership of the African People's Socialist Party. African People's Solidarity Day is a chance for North Americans, Europeans and white people everyday to learn more about how to stand in solidarity with the struggle by African people for the liberation and unification of Africa. Speakers will include Chairman Omali Yeshitela and many others giving presentations on the past, present and future of African people in the U.S. and around the world and white people's relationship to it. For more information call 727-894-6997 or visit APSC UHURU.