Black activists back NBIPP
1984Zakiya Somburu 1984-12Read it in the scan (PDF at ETOL), page 1 →
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Forum: Where is China going? see pp.7-10 BALTIMORE— "Unity" was the theme echoed by 170 members of the National Black Independent Political Party (NBIPP) who met here on Nov. 8. Black activists from New York to California and Texas to Michigan came to the conference, which was hosted by the Baltimore chapter of NBIPP and the student association at Morgan State University. None of the national leaders of NBIPP bothered to come.
The participants agreed that NBIPP must recruit new people and rebuild itself "from the bottom up" in accord with the grassroots approach of its founding charter. Speakers accused the present national leadership of flagrant violations of the charter and of limiting NBIPP activities to "a series of inactions."
It was pointed out in one panel discussion, for example, that NBIPP was virtually silent during the 1984 election campaigns—whereas the founding charter takes a clear stand for political action in dependent of two capitalist parties.
Some members urged local NBIPP chapters to run their own candidates in future elections. Others said that NBIPP chapters should work more closely within ongoing struggles against police brutality and on other community issues. The need for an exchange of information between chapters and for a national newspaper was stressed.
An important panel discussion was held to express international solidarity with struggles "from Grenada to South Africa."
Participants pointed out that NBIPP's founding charter clearly mandates chapters to "inform and educate the broad masses of Black people on international affairs for the purpose of developing a progressive world outlook based on our national, racial, and class interests."
The conference took up the call for NBIPP to continue its opposition to the U.S. occupation of Grenada and it endorsed the right of self-determination for the people of Central America. Members resolved that NBIPP should play a leading role in mobilizing Black people in antiwar activity and that NBIPP should increase its work within existing antiwar and solidarity coalitions.
The conference passed a resolution that asked members to place a priority on educating people in their communities about the struggle in South Africa. The resolution states that NBIPP chapters should work together with other organizations that are in solidarity with the Azanian (South African) people.
Right-wing landslide? see page 2 MR. PRESIDENT, I AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET/
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Fight back! does not apply in America today. Evidently the capitalist class can fool them all the time and does.
A turn to the right?