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systematic attacks against Zimbabwe, Libya and human rights abuses against blacks.
According to the organisers of the march, the “heinous bombing of Libya by the US and NATO, illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe by the West, and the Bloomberg administration’s destruction of housing, jobs, education, healthcare and police abuse, are all a systematic assault on African communities”.

Reports from New York indicate that the Millions March in Harlem buzz is in the streets around the country.
“Posters and flyers are everywhere and people are excitedly talking about the need for unified action and change.”
The Millions March in Harlem will be held on Saturday, August 13, assembling on Malcolm X Blvd at 110th Street.

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“It will focus on the attack on African people on the Continent and in the United States.”
Special guest speakers expected at the march include Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam; Father Miguel d’Escoto, former President of the UN General Assembly and former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua; Dr Molefi Asante of Afrocentricity International; Viola Plummer of the December 12th Movement; NOI Minister Akbar Muhammad, and many others.

Reports also said Minister Farrakhan last month stated, “NATO and America are trying to re-colonise Africa through Africom.
“My question to African leaders is, will you allow it? Out of fear of the so-called power of the West. Will you bow down and act against the interest of African people world wide?”
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been a principal advocate and organiser for a United States of Africa which threatens the international power structure.

Addressing journalists during another meeting, the organisers reportedly confirmed Minister Farrakhan’s participation.
“The Nation of Islam is fully behind this march, it is extremely important, and we will do all that we can to make this happen.”
Viola Plummer stated, “There comes a time when people have no alternative but resistance. This march will revitalise the Pan African movement.

“It will broaden our peoples’ world view and demonstrate the need for Africans to unite in our own political and economic interests internationally.
“We must expose the United Nations Security Council machinations, Western imperialism, the attack on Black people in the US, and all collaborators at every turn.”
The march has garnered international attention with the participation of Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockman, who flew in from Nicaragua and attended the Harlem press conference.

Father d’Escoto spoke against the “war of aggression on Libya”.
“There is no people in the whole planet who know less about what the United States does abroad than Americans. They are systematically deceived.

“This is the very foundation of what they call democracy in this country.”
He further outlined the need for reform in the United Nations, emphasising the domination of the voting members of the UN Security Council over all other countries.

Organising teams have also saturated the streets with bright green posters.
“We never underestimate our people’s ability to analyse a situation. The vast majority of folk are clear about the attack on African people and want to do something to fight back.

“Mainstream media propaganda about strong African leaders like Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and President Robert Mugabe is just like what they say about Black people here who do not bow down to the status quo,” said Gregory Perry of Queens.

Bronx Co-ordinator Kamau Brown stated, “Colonel Gaddafi and the people of Libya have built their country from the poorest to the richest country in Africa. He is the key person in the organising effort to build a United States of Africa.
“President Mugabe has dared to take back the land stolen by European settlers and give it back to the people of Zimbabwe.
“The attack on us here is insidious. Police brutality and harassment, gentrification of our communities, housing foreclosures, destruction of public education, closing hospitals, the prison industry, the list goes on and on. They all destroy lives.

“The NATO bombs in Libya and the illegal sanctions in Zimbabwe kill people. Black people understand that it’s time for Pan African Unity.”