 The
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is an organized expression of New Afrikans
who are fighting for self-determination of the oppressed Black nation within
the USA. The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement serves to heighten the
national consciousness of New Afrikans through political action and programmatic
political education. The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement involves itself
in day to day struggles of the New Afrikan masses linking issues of human
rights with the question of self-determination. Moreover, the Malcolm
X Grassroots Movement is building a national network of patriotic freedom
fighters, particularly in the New Afrikan national territory; SC, GA, AL,
MS, LA.
Principles of Unity
1. Human Rights Respected
The United Nations has determined that all people have
a right to decent housing, jobs and health care. Any government that
does not make them available is in violation of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Afrikan people in this country have been historically
denied access to jobs, decent health care and housing. In fact we
have the worst housing, the lowest paying jobs and the highest rates of
cancer, heart disease and AIDS. The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
calls for the full recognition of the Human Rights of Afrikans in the United
States.
2. Reparations for Blacks
Over 100 million Afrikan people were murdered during the
so-called "Atlantic Slave Trade", our Holocaust/Maafa. Hundreds of
thousands of Afrikans were murdered by the Klan, local police departments,
national guard, FBI and CIA. We were worked on the plantations for
350 years without pay and our land has been stolen from us. When
nations commit atrocities against other nations, Reparations must be paid.
The U.S. government is guilty of some of the most savage crimes ever committed
in history and we will not rest until it pays it's debt to the Black nation.
3. Self-Determination Exercised
All people and nations have the right to determine their
own destinies. The Black nation must have the democratic right to
make a choice about our future. We believe that our nation has a
right to Independence and Self-Government. With our own schools we
can properly educate our children, with our own army we can defend our
nation, with our own government, we can create a society free of the suffering
we've endured since we were ripped from the bosom of our motherland, Afrika.
2. End to Genocide
We call for an end to genocidal practices. The Criminal
drug trade being run by the white power structure, a global system of white,
largely male, supremacy and domination is an example of a deliberate plan
by the U.S. government to exterminate our people. Lynchings, police
killings, AIDS, inadequate education and health care and other destructive
measures are all conditions calculated to bring about the destruction of
our population, in whole and in part.
3. Freedom for Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners
There are over one hundred people in U.S. jails who are
incarcerated for their political beliefs and actions. Dr. King was
a political prisoner. Huey Newton was also imprisoned for his political
beliefs. Former Black Panther Party leader geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt)
was jailed for over 21 years for his political beliefs. Sister Assata
Shakur (Joanne Cheisnard) was formerly held for 6 years and exiled in Cuba
for more than 15 years; we thank the Cuban people for their support.
Resistance to oppression is a human right. We support those who struggle
against injustice and oppression. We call and work for the unconditional
release of all New Afrikan political prisoners and prisoners of war.
6. End to Sexist Oppression
We actively struggle to End Sexist Oppression. We oppose
any form of oppression that limits women from reaching their fullest potential,
as manifested in our cultural, economic, political and social institutions,
practices and beliefs. We actively oppose those beliefs, ideas, terms,
etc. that limit the human worth of women and contribute to violations against
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