General Defense Committee

Day 3 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2024 series Day 3 brings us to what is now called Guyana on February 27th 1763, when those enslaved at Plantation Magdalenenberg rose up and killed their white plantation overseer. The rebellion spread throughout the Berbice river basin where Coffy, an…

Day 2 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2024 series African unity was only possible with national liberation. The battle of Cuito Cuanavale was a critical turning point in the struggle for African liberation and against apartheid. From November 1987 to March 1988, the racist white South African armed…

Day 1 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2024 series It is appropriate that our first day of “28 Days of Black liberation” highlights the Haitian Revolution. Mumia Abu Jamal wrote of Haiti: It was a sweaty, steaming night in August, when a group of African captives gathered in…

Day 28 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series The Republic of New Afrika was founded in 1968 in Detroit by black nationalist and revolutionary organizations. The RNA embodied both a concept and an organization. RNA members and the idea of New Afrika have shaped a variety of…

Day 27 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series uMkhonto we Sizwe, or “MK”, was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC) which fought against the apartheid government of South Africa. It was launched on 16th December 1961. uMkhonto we Sizwe translates to “Spear of the…

Day 26 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 Ruth Ellis was once the oldest openly Black gay woman in the world dying at 101. Ellis moved to Detroit in 1937 during the Great Depression to take advantage of the job opportunities in the city as well as to…

Day 25 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 The Universal Association of Ethiopian Women (UAEW) was a grassroots Black nationalist and Pan-Africanist organization active in Louisiana from 1957 to 1963. While Audley Moore is often given credit for starting the organization, the UAEW was founded and supported by…

Day 24 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series The story of the Mau Mau Rebellion is one of anti-colonial struggle and resistance. At the start of the twentieth century, the East African country of Kenya was colonized by European settlers. The settlers focused primarily on the fertile…

Day 23 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Dr Mutulu Shakur is a world renowned Doctor of acupuncture who dedicated his life to improving healthcare in the Black community. He has been part of the New Afrikan Independence Movement since the age of 16. Dr. Shakur was a member…

Day 22 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series The New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation, or New JEWEL Movement (NJM), was a Marxist-Leninst movement that successfully overthrew the neocolonial government in the Caribbean nation of Grenada in 1979.  Led by lawyer Maurice Bishop, the NJM…