1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:10,580 The US is birthed from savagery Europeans committed genocide 2 00:00:10,580 --> 00:00:15,700 against native peoples and stole their land all while 3 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:21,780 kidnapping and enslaving native and African people to turn a 4 00:00:21,780 --> 00:00:27,940 profit now over 400 years later, the United States is a 5 00:00:27,940 --> 00:00:34,080 massive empire. It has 800 military bases and at least a. 6 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:39,440 Colonies scattered across the globe ever since it's founding 7 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:44,960 the US has always been at war and it's the only country in 8 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:51,540 history to use nuclear weapons against people. At this, very 9 00:00:51,540 --> 00:00:57,860 moment, the US is engaged in at least seven wars of occupation 10 00:00:57,860 --> 00:01:08,460 and regime change. To ensure US businesses have access to land 11 00:01:08,460 --> 00:01:16,220 resources and cheap or slave labor, But the 1% also wages 12 00:01:16,220 --> 00:01:21,580 war against black and colonized people in the US. just as 13 00:01:21,580 --> 00:01:26,860 they've done from the start, Police continue to murder 14 00:01:26,860 --> 00:01:32,640 brutalized and surveil black people our community. Are 15 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:37,840 impoverished starved of resources and thrown in jail. 16 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,720 All the while. police departments become more and 17 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:46,800 more like occupying armies and the military budget. Well, it 18 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:53,580 just keeps getting bigger. The Black Alliance for Peace was 19 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:57,900 launched in 2017. The Black Alliance for Peace as an 20 00:01:57,900 --> 00:02:02,380 organization are committed to revitalizing the traditional 21 00:02:02,380 --> 00:02:07,500 anti-war positions of the black community. The United States is 22 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:11,180 the worst abuser of human rights in the world. If you 23 00:02:11,180 --> 00:02:15,580 look at the invasions, the proxy wars, the sanctions, the 24 00:02:15,580 --> 00:02:19,180 powers that be are seeing a threat to the status quo. It 25 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:23,820 does not matter whether the United. Government agrees with 26 00:02:23,820 --> 00:02:28,140 Maduro and his policies because 6000000 Venezuelans wanting him 27 00:02:28,140 --> 00:02:32,940 to lead them as a sovereign people. They have a right to 28 00:02:32,940 --> 00:02:36,940 determine their own direction and future. Everyone has a 29 00:02:36,940 --> 00:02:41,180 place in this movement. We must be organized and we want peace. 30 00:02:41,180 --> 00:02:45,980 We have to be willing to fight for it. Our campaign is no 31 00:02:45,980 --> 00:02:50,940 compromise no retreat defeat the war on African black people 32 00:02:50,940 --> 00:02:56,740 in the US and abroad. The campaign includes. Demands to 33 00:02:56,740 --> 00:03:01,780 end police militarization stop their training by the Israeli 34 00:03:01,780 --> 00:03:08,180 defense forces shut down Africa. Remove all US military 35 00:03:08,180 --> 00:03:15,380 presence from Africa, defund the military and close the 800 36 00:03:15,380 --> 00:03:21,900 military bases around the world. Black people have always 37 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:27,340 been the consciousness and change agents within this 38 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:33,180 brutal regime now can be no different. We are in the heart 39 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:37,900 of the empire and we must remember our fight for 40 00:03:37,900 --> 00:03:43,980 liberation is connected to the liberation of black Brown and 41 00:03:43,980 --> 00:03:49,100 working class people everywhere. it is time for us 42 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:58,260 to stand up. To oppose US war and murder and defeat the USEU 43 00:03:58,260 --> 00:04:04,340 NATO, a of domination that is why the Black Alliance for 44 00:04:04,340 --> 00:04:11,500 Peace was founded and that is why we need you.