5:00 PM Registration opens

6:00 PM CULTURAL PERFORMANCE & OPENING

6:30 PM RALLY TO UNITE TO FIGHT TRUMP’S RACIST AGENDA BEGINS

Saturday, November 15th

8:00 AM Registration & BREAKFAST

9:30 AM MUSICAL PERFORMANCE & OPENING

10:00 AM PLENARY: THE FIGHT FOR COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE IN THE ERA OF TRUMP

A plenary focused on the many advances that NAARPR branches and affiliates have made in the fight for community control and police accountability. We will hear from representatives from branches all over the country on the challenges and accomplishments they have made in the fight for community control

11:15 AM BREAK

11:30 AM PLENARY: BUILDING A UNITED MOVEMENT AGAINST TRUMP

Join NAARPR for a discussion on the work to build a united front against Trump's racist and reactionary attacks on our mass movements fighting for justice and liberation. Each panelist will discuss their work fighting back against Trump's attacks and the organizations they have been able to unite behind their cause.

12:45 PM LUNCH

1:45 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS #1

#1A: LEGALIZATION FOR ALL

This workshop will be a panel where organizers in the fight for Legalization 4 All will discuss campaigns and approaches with respect to immigrant rights work and the broader fight against ICE and deportations in our communities.

#1B: THE FIGHT FOR A FREE PALESTINE

This workshop will be centered on discussing movement strategies, campaigns and best practices on organizing for a Free Palestine, with those involved in the movement sharing their experiences along with teaching current campaigns happening in the movement.

#1C: ANTHONY GAY TASK FORCE ON PRISON CONDITIONS

This workshop will be focused on struggles against inhumane conditions in prisons throughout the country, and how we fight to end them. The Anthony Gay Task Force, named to honor freedom fighter Anthony Gay who passed away in 2024, is a new body of NAARPR that all are encouraged to get involved in.

2:45 PM BREAK

3:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS #2

#2A: STOPPING THE ATTACKS ON WOMEN’S & LGBTQ RIGHTS

The movement for reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights has an uphill battle against repressive and reactionary legislation on a legal and a federal level. Despite these attacks, organizers involved in these movements have been making gains and organizing campaigns that are leading hundreds of people to be conscious about the system affecting them.

#2B: THE FIGHT TO FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS & THE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED

This workshop will focus on the history of the struggle surrounding the movement to free political prisoners and the broader movement for black liberation from within prisons, and steps you can take to fight against prisons and support those who are incarcerated

4:00 PM BREAK

4:15 PM PLENARY: FAMILIES OF THE MOVEMENT

Families are the bloodline of our movement for liberation. This plenary will

focus on the stories of victims, their families and mothers of the movement most affected by police terror and mass incarceration and how we fight together alongside the families for liberation.

6:00 PM DINNER

7:30 PM SOCIAL HOUR

9:00 PM DEPART

Sunday, November 16th

8:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:30 AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT

10:00 AM BY LAWS AMENDMENTS & RESOLUTIONS

11:15 AM BREAK

11:30 AM REPORT BACKS FROM BRANCHES, AFFILIATES, & NEW ORGANIZATIONS

1:30 PM BREAKDOWN

Logistical Information

For Parents & Families

• The conference will feature a children’s area with activities for all ages to allow parents to focus on participating in the conference, as well as a lactation area for any nursing parents who may need a space for lactation.

Transportation Information

• Public Transport: The Chicago Teachers Union Hall is accessible by bus and train, with the closest train stop being the Damen Green Line stop and the closet bus being the #50 Damen bus. We encourage those using CTA while in Chicago to download the Ventra App on your phone, where you can pay for bus and train fare as well as check arrival times for trains and buses.
• Driving: Limited parking is available in the Chicago Teachers Union lot and along Carroll Ave to the left of the building.

Wheelchair Accessibility

• The CTU Hall entrance features a ramp for wheelchair users and the entire conference will take place on the first floor of the hall. There is also an elevator in the building.

Food

• Conference food will include vegetarian and vegan options. Please reach out to contact@caarpr.org if you have any other dietary restrictions and we can let you know if they can be accommodated
• All participants will receive a list of nearby restaurants

Safety

• ICE, Border Patrol, and the Department of Homeland Security have been carrying out operations in different neighborhoods throughout Chicago and in the nearby suburbs, kidnapping neighbors and terrorizing communities. There have been several reports of their presence at airports, particularly in rideshare pickup areas. We encourage all conference participants to ensure that someone is aware of your travel plans who you can inform when you make it to Chicago/the conference safely, and to save the number for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Family Support Line in your phone. The phone number is 855-435-7693. If you see ICE, DHS, or Border Patrol at the airport or in the community on your way to the conference, please call this number immediately and report what you see, focusing on the Size (number of agents), Activity (what are they doing), Location, Uniform, Time, and Equipment (are they carrying any equipment with them that you can see).
• Face masks will be available at the conference
• Trained medics will be available on site for any urgent medical needs that arise during the conference

Organizational Tables

• Organizations interested in having a literature table at the conference can contact Kayla Nguyen at nghgkayla@gmail.com to sign up. It is free to table at the conference

On June 12th, FBI agents arrested Alejandro Orellana, a member of Centro CSO, a branch of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression based in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, for providing aid to the community being tear-gassed. Orellana’s arrest comes the same day Senator Alex Padilla was violently assaulted at a Homeland Security press conference. We condemn Orellana’s arrest as a clear example of racist and political repression. After immense community pressure led by the Centro CSO, Orellana was released the following day! The power of the people are driving ICE back and freeing people like Orellano, and it will be the power of the people that get the Orellano’s charges dropped!

From its role in the killing and imprisonment of Black Panthers to its current role targeting activists organizing against racist ICE raids and deportations in predominantly Chicano and Latino neighborhoods, the FBI remains a vicious weapon of repression deployed against the movements of oppressed peoples.

The struggle is sharp in Los Angeles. The repression is intensifying, and the Trump administration is making it clear they have no plans to loosen up. Now is the time to stand in unconditional solidarity with Orellana, the people of Los Angeles, and with all immigrant communities under attack. Anything less than solidarity with Orellana and immigrant and Chicano communities would be a victory for the enemy, the same enemy responsible for the racist policing that kills record numbers every year.

We are entering another major wave of struggle. The only way to not be washed away by it is to take it to the streets and continue working with the broader masses opposing these racist raids and deportations and the Trump agenda. The struggle continues, and NAARPR will do all it can to defend Orellana and those being targeted by the Trump agenda.

Call U.S. Attorney Bilal Essayli at 213-894-2400 and tell him to drop the charges! We also encourage all our chapters and affiliates to participate in the Legalization For All’s Week of Action from June 14-21, calling for ICE and the National Guard to get out of our communities and for Orellana’s charges to be dropped!

Drop the charges!
ICE out of everywhere!
Community Control of the Police now!

On April 28th, 2025, Donald Trump signed the so-called “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens” Executive Order (EO) into law, signifying a continued push towards the expansion of the police and prison state. This EO is the Trump administration’s attempt to undo any and all restraints put on police departments after the George Floyd rebellion. It is the Anti-George Floyd Policing Act. The EO gives police carte blanche to double down on their crimes against the people, along with expanding prisons. We knew Trump’s return to office would embolden racist and repressive policing. This EO makes it plain.

George Floyd was murdered by racist killer cop Derek Chauvin on May 25th, 2020. Following his murder, the Minneapolis community, including our National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) branch, the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice, quickly mobilized and sparked a fire that led to millions hitting the streets worldwide to fight for justice for George Floyd and all victims of police terror. NAARPR played a conscious role in all cities where we have branches and affiliate organizations present in advancing the struggle on the streets. Five years later, we have experienced the failures of the previous presidential administration in passing any substantial police accountability measures. Now under Trump and his new EO, we see the forces of police terror seeking to advance their agenda at the expense of the voice of the people.

We call on all NAARPR branches, affiliate organizations to take action and unite with as many forces as possible on the 5-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder to fight back against Trump’s anti-George Floyd executive order. We call on all strains of the people’s movement to unite and fight against Trump’s police and prison state agenda, along with the local struggles with the families of police crime victims. Only through uniting with all who can be united, can we build a united front to win community control of the police and make advancements towards ending police terror.

All out for May 25th!

Justice for George Floyd and all victims of police terror!
Rescind Trump’s police and prison state Executive Order!
Pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act!
Community Control of the police now!

We issue this call for our fourth National Conference since our refounding in 2019. The National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (NAARPR) was founded as a black-led, mass defense organization dedicated to defending the people’s movements. Today, we see the need to build an even stronger unity against the racist and reactionary agenda of Donald Trump and everything he represents. We call on all branches of NAARPR, our affiliate organizations and all sections of the people’s movement to join us in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Teachers Union Hall on November 14th-16th for our fourth National Conference.

Every day, we see the attacks launched by the Trump administration on basic democratic rights. From the administration targeting immigrants, federal workers, continued assaults on indigenous rights, healthcare and welfare funding, diversity, inclusion and equity programs, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights along with continuing the genocide abroad in Palestine, we see a deliberate attempt to disarm our movements for human dignity and rollback gains so many have fought for. We see the rise of white supremacist vigilantism and an ever-increasing police and prison state that seeks to curtail our efforts.

However, as NAARPR, we have been on the front lines through it all, demanding community control of the police, uniting with families to win justice along with fighting to free political prisoners and the unjustly incarcerated. We have stood with our immigrant comrades to fight back against the unlawful and illegal deportations from ICE along with continuing to stand with the movement to stop the genocide in Gaza. We have and shall continue to fight back against the police and prison state. We have grown to well over thirty branches and affiliate organizations across the U.S., with new branches forming daily.

We organize on the basis of the slogan Unity + Organization + Struggle = Victory, and our movement has had several significant victories in the two years since our last conference. The Tampa 5, activists targeted by the University of South Florida with felony charges for standing up to Ron DeSantis's attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, had those charges dropped as a result of a successful mass defense campaign. Leonard Peltier, the longest serving political prisoner in U.S. history, whose defense campaign the National Alliance has been involved in since the 1970s, was finally brought home by executive pardon this year. In Chicago, over 200 wrongfully convicted people were freed by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office under Kim Foxx due to our movement's continuous organizing efforts, and Kevin Jackson had his sentence reversed by the appellate court, the first of the survivors of crooked sergeant Brian P. Forberg to be freed. These victories remind us that organizing works, and we have the tools to build the movement needed in this moment of heightened repression.

It is obvious Trump represents a clear and present danger to our communities. His movement is rooted in white supremacy and at its core rides the backlash of the Floyd rebellion in 2020, a rebellion that we took a clear part in advancing. There have even been conversations within the administration to pardon killer cop Derek Chauvin. Police killings continue with impunity, while so many of our communities remain under occupation. We understand that through fighting side by side with the families who are victims of police terror, we are able to organize against the cutting edge of racist national oppression, building stronger ties in our communities and advancing the people’s agenda.

It is clear that solidarity and organization remain our biggest weapon to defend our movements and communities and to defeat Trump's agenda.

This conference will be a space to organize, strategize, and mobilize. Together, we will continue to grow, learn from each other and build a movement for black liberation and the liberation of all oppressed peoples. Join us this November.

Freedom is a Constant Struggle! La Lucha Continúa!
All out to build the 2025 NAARPR National Conference!
Build a movement to defeat Trump’s agenda!
Free all political prisoners!
Community Control of the Police Now!

Lodging Information

We’ve compiled the below information in an effort to assist those who are looking for lodging during the course of the conference. We also discourage attendees from using websites to book their lodging that are targets of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Movement.

Please DO NOT use these companies

These are targets of the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) Movement:

• AirBNB
• Expedia
• Booking.com

Acceptable Alternatives

Short term rentals (à la Airbnb)

• VRBO

Hotels:

• Priceline
• Hotels.com
• TripAdvisor

Hostels:

• hiusa.org for finding hostels

Nearby Hotels

• Hotel Chicago West Loop
  Distance from Conference Site:
  – 6 minutes driving
  – 15 minutes on public transportation
  – 21 minutes walking
• Hyatt Place Chicago - Medical/University District
  Distance from Conference Site:
  – 6 minutes driving
  – 11 minutes on public transportation
  – 23 minutes walking
• Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago Medical District UIC
  Distance from Conference Site:
  – 7 minutes driving
  – 10 minutes on public transportation
  – 25 minutes walking
• Hyatt House Chicago West Loop
  Distance from Conference Site:
  – 6 minutes driving
  – 16 minutes on public transportation
  – 25 minutes walking
• The Hoxton Chicago
  Distance from Conference Site:
  – 9 minutes driving
  – 12 minutes on public transportation
  – 29 minutes walking
• Homewood Suites by Hilton Chicago West Loop
  Distance from Conference Site:
  – 10 minutes driving
  – 15 minutes on public transportation
  – 36 minutes walking
• Crowne Plaza Chicago West Loop
  Distance from Conference Site:
  ­– 10 minutes driving
  – 21 minutes on public transportation
  – 36 minutes walking

Leonard Peltier, renowned Spirit-Warrior of the Dakota people, symbolizes the courageous centuries long resistance of the Indigenous peoples against racism, genocide and national oppression. In the spirit of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, Leonard has maintained his innocence and fought for his freedom for five decades.‌‌

The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression has stood in unconditional solidarity with Leonard Peltier, the oldest and one of the longest held political prisoners in U.S. history.‌‌

The reason the federal government held Leonard in captivity and behind bars for half a century is not because he was guilty of any crime but because the FBI agents who were killed were white men. Leonard himself said “When a white is killed, even if he brought it on himself, all Indians are guilty. Isn’t that the way it’s always been?”‌‌

Yes, that is the way it’s always been. However, with Leonard the situation is even more aggravated by the fact that he is a freedom fighter for his oppressed people.‌‌

Decades ago, Leonard’s lawyer, Ramsey Clark (former Attorney General of the United States) said, “I think I can explain beyond serious doubt that Leonard Peltier committed no crime whatsoever.”‌‌

We now know that the government knew what Ramsey Clark knew, yet they refused to release Leonard.‌‌

Leonard was accused of murder in 1975 and in 1985 the government prosecution admitted, “We did not know who shot the agents...” he was accused of killing. Forty-nine years later a government prosecutor repeated this admitted truth to President Biden. Apparently, Biden listened, and in response to the demands of the people, at the age of 80 and after 50 years of torturous imprisonment, Leonard is coming home.‌‌

It’s definitely a people’s victory and we celebrate it as such. It is not “Justice at Last.”‌‌

We acknowledge and salute the Indigenous people’s movement, Leonard Peltier’s family, and his decades long standing Defense Committee. It was the mass movement of the people demanding justice that moved President Biden to issue an order of Executive Clemency.‌‌

Based on the evidence, Leonard deserved an apology and a pardon of innocence. The sober reality is that the U.S. government continues its genocidal policies against the Dakota people and all the Indigenous people of America.‌‌

We stand in unconditional solidarity with the first nations in demanding their sovereign rights and their struggles for freedom.

The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and all its branches is proud to send our warmest and celebratory congratulations to the success of the Uhuru 3, Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel. The Uhuru 3 face no Jail time and no fines after being targeted, groundlessly charged, bogusly convicted by the FBI for their organizing for black liberation. The FBI tried to set a legal precedent for criminalizing international solidarity and criminalizing free speech   — and they LOST! When we fight we win!

The Uhuru 3 waged a bold defense campaign, in the streets and in the courthouse to fight back against FBI and state repression. On July 29th, 2022 they had their homes, offices, and lives turned upside down for over 2 years. They never strayed from their views and spoke out against this unjust attack.

On December 12th, 2024, three leaders of the African Peoples’ Socialist Party (APSP) and the Uhuru movement were faced with 5 years in prison and 250K fines each for a bogus conviction of conspiracy. The Judge ruled no jail time and no fines. The Uhuru 3 pledged to continue to fight to overturn their previous  conviction on bogus charges.

This win is a testament to the strength of the community, particularly the community of St. Pete and Tampa who consistently came out in support of the Uhuru 3 every step of the way. As a mass defense organization, NAARPR is proud to have stood in solidarity with the Uhuru 3 at their rallies, with the Tampa Alliance offering messages of solidarity and defense, regularly updating our members and networks of their case, attending the court proceedings, and even having Jainabah Lumumba, APSP member and daughter of APSP Chairman Omali Yeshetila, speaking on behalf of the Uhuru 3 at the NAARPR Southern Regional Conference. We will continue to stand in solidarity as they wage a battle to reverse the wrongful conviction.

Victory to the UHURU 3!‌‌Solidarity is not a crime!‌‌Free speech is not a crime!

HandsOffUhuru

This December 6th-8th, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (NAARPR) is convening our inaugural Southern Regional Organizing Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. This conference will bring together progressive forces in the South fighting for Black liberation, Indigenous rights and land sovereignty. We are fighting back against police crimes and political repression to free all those unjustly incarcerated as well as defending all progressive movements fighting for a just society. NAARPR, which arose out of the movement to Free Angela Davis, was refounded in 2019 with well over two dozen branches and affiliate organizations nationwide. Since the 2020 George Floyd uprisings, NAARPR has seen a growth in new organizing struggles in cities across the country; specifically, in the Black Belt Region of the Deep South, the historic homelands of Africans trafficked to North America, where the majority of their descendants still live today.

This conference will be taking place in Jacksonville, Florida. As we have seen the past few years, Florida has been home to some of the harshest forms of political repression happening today. This includes the passage of anti-protest laws such as HB1, attempted repression of the Tampa 5 and others fighting against racism, right wing government attempts seeking to ban the teaching of Black history in education, bigoted laws targeting reproductive rights, immigrants, the LGBTQIA+ community. In spite of all this, NAARPR branches and affiliate organizations, notably those in Jacksonville, Tampa, Tallahassee, New Orleans, Atlanta, the District of Columbia, Dallas, and Charleston have made great gains in fighting back and building the people’s struggle. These branches join in the struggle and fight for the movement’s right to demand: community control of the police, land sovereignty, labor rights, universal housing, reproductive freedom, quality health care and education; reparations; and environmental justice.

Our work across the South today is a continuation of a longstanding liberation struggle being waged by Black and Indigenous people. Since the first Africans were trafficked here to provide free slave labor on stolen Indigenous land, we have struggled for our freedom. As a national mass defense organization, we fight for self-determination and political power, a right that has been denied to Black people in the South since Reconstruction. NAARPR branches nationwide understand the significance of international solidarity with oppressed people across the globe. We have extended our unequivocal support to the Palestinian people’s struggle and the liberation of all oppressed nations. We acknowledge that our liberation is inextricably connected.

The NAARPR Southern Regional Organizing Conference is a chance to hear about and learn from the work of organizers from across the South against the backdrop of this history. We call on all those nationwide to converge and join us. We know the South is ground zero for the repressive forces that are sure to touch the rest of the country. By uniting our movements, we become invincible. Join us this December because—THE SOUTH GOT SOMETHING TO SAY!

The National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (NAARPR) stands in full solidarity with the student movement in the U.S. and condemns the repression waged by university administrators against students for their admirable support for Palestine.

The student movement is carrying forward solidarity efforts with Palestine in a rapid and inspiring fashion. Each day, new encampments are established across university and college campuses. Students are exercising their First Amendment rights and demanding universities and their administrators divest from and cut all ties to Israel. Where universities have failed to take action, students have taken matters into their own hands and are demanding for an end to the genocide in Palestine. A new world where Palestine is free is being born, and these brave students are making sure that it arrives within their lifetimes!

However, as campuses are turned into encampment zones, university administrators have given the green light to the repressive arms of the state to violently assault anyone standing with Palestine. Whether they are calling on university police, local law enforcement agencies or the National Guard, these cowardly administrators are seeking to repress the student movement. We are witnessing hundreds of police officers descending on campuses and making mass arrests of students and faculty. Riot police are being deployed to violently attack community members and the press who surround the encampment zones.

University administrators are operating in conjunction with the Biden administration, Congress, and law enforcement to attack students’ First Amendment rights and hold steadfast in their support of genocide. If it wasn’t previously clear, these attacks should signify to all that we are in the middle of a vicious wave of political repression in this country. The chickens have come home to roost, and the ugly face of repression has zeroed in on the students.

In order to successfully defeat this repression, we must continue to operate in unity with the student movement. Since October, we have called for and participated in numerous national calls to action with the student organizations leading these efforts - Students for Democratic Society (SDS), Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), and Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM). Our solidarity with the student movement only grows stronger in the face of this repression.

As such, the NAARPR and all our branches and affiliate organizations call for national solidarity with the student movement and the broader movement for Palestinian liberation. We join National SDS in their following demands:

1. Universities fully divest from Israel
2. Universities carry out an academic boycott in Israel
3. Universities condemn Israel for its genocide in Gaza
4. The protection of first amendment rights to free speech, protest, and academic freedom
5. President Biden and Congress end all U.S. aid to Israel.

The National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (NAARPR) condemns attacks by Governor Ron DeSantis and the right wing dominated legislature in Florida. During this current legislative session, the Florida Legislature is poised to pass legislation targeting the movements for police accountability, the labor movement, the movement to end white supremacy and remove confederate monuments, attacks on the right to organize for a free Palestine, as well as continued attacks on LGBTQ students, and a continued onslaught on the immigrant community and all oppressed peoples.

NAARPR and all our branches and affiliate organizations call for national solidarity with all the progressive forces in Florida fighting back in this political climate, including the numerous NAARPR branches and affiliate organizations who are fighting on the frontlines against these repressive forces.

One especially dangerous bill for the national movement against police crimes is Senate Bill 576/ House Bill 601. This bill, the first of its kind nationally, seeks to ban all methods of civilian oversight from local cities and counties, concentrating even more power into the hands of police chiefs, sheriffs and police unions. We understand that what racist and bigoted forces are seeking to do in Florida seeks to serve as a model for their efforts nationally.

As a national mass defense organization, we pledge to stand with those in Florida fighting against these attacks on our movements and our right to organize. We call for every section of the people’s movement to do the same.

Dump DeSantis!
Stop the attacks on the people’s movements!
Kill the bill! Defeat SB 576/HB 601!
Community Oversight & Community Control of the Police Now!!

Feb 5-11th Week of Action: Endorse and Attend Local Actions for Palestine in Cities Across the Country!

Feb 5th – 11th USPCN, NAARPR, SDS Week of Action The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR), and National Students for a Democratic […]

US Palestinian Community Network

U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR), and National Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) call for a week of action against the U.S./Israeli genocide in Gaza from February 5th to 11th.

The people of Palestine are fighting for their liberation and the people of Yemen are standing with them.  The U.S. government is sending billions in military aid to Israel and by bombing Yemen. We will never be silent.  All of us who stand with Palestine and believe in liberation need to act.  The genocide must be stopped!

See actions across the country on the USPCN website: https://uspcn.org/2024/02/04/feb-5-11-week-of-action-feb-4-la-protest-feb-10-boycott-sadaf-feb-5-cleveland4palestine/

Organizations can endorse this call by filling out this form:

Endorse Week of Action Feb. 5-11: Stop U.S./Israeli Genocide in Gaza!

National Week of Action February 5-11: Stop the U.S. / Israeli genocide in Gaza! Hands off Yemen! Stand with Palestine! End U.S. aid to Israel! U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR), and National Students for a Democratic…

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The National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression calls on all of our branches and affiliates to stand with Anthony Gay against the brutal repression he’s currently facing. Anthony is presently being denied access to communication with his family and supporters and needs our urgent action to demand that access be restored.

Anthony Gay is a political prisoner and freedom fighter. He spent 22 years in solitary confinement in Illinois prisons, fought to free himself and won, and went on to become an advocate of ending the unfettered use of solitary confinement in Illinois prisons, a tool of racist and political repression against the incarcerated. In response to his advocacy, he was targeted by the police in Rock Island, Illinois, and reincarcerated on a false gun charge. Due to the claim that the weapon Anthony was falsely charged with possessing crossed state lines, the charges he faced were federal. Despite achieving a hung jury in his first federal trial while representing himself, Anthony faced an all-white jury at his second trial and was convicted of these false charges and sentenced to 7 years in the federal prison system (Bureau of Prisons).

Anthony’s family and supporters have not heard from him since October 2023, and recently learned that he had been transferred from Terre Haute federal prison in Indiana to the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (MCFP) without their knowledge. Due to Anthony’s past experience with extended isolation, denying him access to communication with the outside world is particularly detrimental to his health. But more than that, it is a violation of his rights, and we must stand with Anthony in demanding his access to communication be restored.

At our 2023 National Conference, the National Alliance agreed to take this case up as a national priority, fighting for Anthony’s freedom and to end the conditions he struggles against within the racist criminal legal system. We call on all our branches and affiliate organizations, and all those who care about justice, to mobilize pressure against the Bureau of Prisons by contacting the Warden of U.S. MCFP, Eric Williams, and the office of the North Central Region of BOP, to demand Anthony’s communication be restored immediately. Let’s make our message known that we will not stand by while Anthony is subjected to the continuous torture of isolation! All out for Anthony Gay! All Power to the People!

Frank Chapman
Executive Director, National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression

WHEREAS, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression is an organization that fights racism and national oppression both in the United States and abroad, such as the fight against apartheid South Africa;

WHEREAS, Israel and its Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have colonized and illegally occupied Palestinian and Arab land since zionist militias (with support from British imperialism) invaded historical Palestine and displaced 750,000 Palestinians, killing thousands, in 1947-1948 in a disaster known as Al Nakba;

WHEREAS, since 1948 Israel in war after war has seized more Palestinian land, including East Jerusalem, as well as other Arab country’s land such as the Golan Heights in Syria,

WHEREAS, the Israeli government has settled tens of thousands of Jews in Palestinian lands in the West Bank,

WHEREAS, Israel had already forced a siege onto Gaza for the past 16 years, making it the world’s largest open-air prison, restricting 2.2 million people from access to the outside world;

WHEREAS, there are currently almost 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails and prisons including more than a thousand on “administrative detention” without charges or trial, including hundreds of children;

WHEREAS, the U.S. supports Israel with almost 4 billion of our tax dollars every year, and just passed another bill to send an additional 14 billion dollars to Israel; money that could be used to fund education, health care, and affordable housing in communities of color and other working-class communities here in the United States;

WHEREAS, the Unified Palestinian Resistance initiated a morally and legally justified self-defense campaign on October 7th, 2023, and ever since, the IOF has been on a racist, vengeful rampage, killing more than 25,000 Palestinians, in Gaza, including almost 10,000 children; injuring tens of thousands more; forcing the internal displacement of almost two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip;

WHEREAS, armed Jewish settlers and the IOF are attacking Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem as well, killing hundreds;

WHEREAS, Israel and the IOF is preparing to invade Lebanon;

WHEREAS, the U.S. government as a whole, Democrats and Republicans; leading zionist organizations; and all levels of law enforcement have been politically attacking Palestinian students, activists, organizers, and workers who are fighting in the U.S. to support the Palestine Liberation Movement;

WHEREAS, the Israeli government has, in a desperate attempt to repress any resistance to its occupation and colonization, recently designated six progressive and leftist Palestinian human rights groups as “terrorist organizations”;

WHEREAS, police departments in the U.S. exchange resources, tactics, and trainings with the IOF and Israeli police on a regular basis;

WHEREAS, the Black Liberation movement in the U.S. and the anti-colonial struggles have had a long history of global unity and solidarity with the Palestine Liberation Movement.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression

1. Supports the Unified Palestinian Resistance and its self-defense campaign against over 100 years of Zionist settlement and occupation, 75 years of Israeli military occupation, and decades of Jewish settler violence;
2. Demands that Israel immediately stop its campaign of bombing raids, ground invasion, war crimes, and genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza;
3. Demands that Israel also end its rampage against Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, respectively;
4. Demands that Israel also end its apartheid policies and political repression against Palestinians in the 1948 Palestinian territories, including listing Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorists”;
5. Demands the end of Israeli Zionist occupation and colonization of all Arab and Palestinian lands;
6. Demands a complete end to all U.S. financial, military, diplomatic, political, cultural, and social aid to Israel’s racist, apartheid regime;
7. Demands that the U.S. immediately brings its aircraft carriers, warships, aircraft, and special operations forces back from the Mediterranean Sea and other bases in the Middle East;
8. Expresses unity and solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom and self-determination;
9. Upholds the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants to the homes and lands that were stolen from them in 1947-48 and 1967;
10. Upholds the determination, which was included in a United Nations general assembly resolution for almost 20 years, that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination”;
11. Supports the worldwide Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which is modeled after components of the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa;
12. Demands freedom for all Palestinian and Arab political prisoners in Israeli jails, especially those on hunger strikes and administrative detention; for example Walid Daqqa, imprisoned since 1986 and now diagnosed with a rare form of cancer;
13. Pledges to (politically and physically, if necessary) defend the democratic rights of all Palestinians and supporters who are coming under government, zionist, and law enforcement attack in the U.S. and everywhere else;
14. Supports the Palestine national liberation organizing and campaigns of NAARPR’s affiliate organization, the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN);

The three-day NAARPR 50ᵗʰ Anniversary Conference concluded on Sunday, November 5, 2023. Below are the resolutions which passed during the event.

NAARPR 2023 Conference Resolutions

Resolution to Fight the Current Wave of Political Repression

Whereas the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) exists to defend the movements for freedom, justice, and equality from repression by the local, state, and Federal governments of the United States, and

Whereas in the aftermath of the George Floyd rebellion of 2020, the country is experiencing a backlash led by reactionary politicians around the country such as Ron Desantis and Greg Abott, as well as a reactionary Supreme Court majority that has overturned the right to an abortion, and

Whereas protesters and protest movements such as the Tampa 5 in Florida, Stop Cop City in Georgia, the Uhuru Movement, and Students for Justice in Palestine or SJP on campuses around the country are currently facing legal repression and protest bans in violation of their right to free speech

Whereas all movements for the rights of working and oppressed people will be more vulnerable to political repression if the current reactionary attacks are successful

Therefore be it resolved that the NAARPR will

1. Unite with the demands to drop the charges against the Tampa 5 and the African
   People's Socialist Party
2. Unite with the demands to drop the RICO charges against Stop Cop City activists
3. Oppose attempts to suppress the SJP or other Palestine solidarity activists
4. Mobilize our members to attend court dates and rallies to defend activists from
   political repression

Building Class Struggle Unionism Through the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression

Submitted by David Gilbert-Pederson on behalf of MN Workers United and AFSCME 3800.

WHEREAS, the George Floyd rebellion was Black and working class led.

WHEREAS, the fight for Black liberation and the fight for working class liberation are inextricably tied together

WHEREAS, the labor movement has historically led to gains in the economic and political position of Black people and other oppressed people

WHEREAS, Organized Labor fights to protect our members at work; and we recognize many of our members go home to their communities where their lives are in danger, especially by those supposedly paid to protect them.

WHEREAS, just as Organized Labor fights for the working class to have a democratic voice in the workplace, community control of the police fights for communities to have a democratic voice in defining our safety.

WHEREAS, the labor movement is experiencing a resurgence in militancy as seen in the strikes and labor actions of CTU, SEIU Local 73, UAW, the Teamsters and others, and the formation of new unions such as Starbucks Workers United and the Amazon Labor Union

WHEREAS, Organized Labor, especially Black led unions (SEIU HCII, SEIU Local 73, CTU, ATU, and others) played a key role in securing a victory for ECPS in Chicago, bringing to the movement political experience, lobbying support, and the involvement of tens of thousands of members.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression stands with unions building fights on the shop floor and class struggle union proposals.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, in the radical labor tradition of Asa Philip Randolph, Hosea Hudson, Karen Lewis, and countless others of building a class struggle oriented labor movement that works not only for the betterment of work conditions, but for the betterment of the working class as a whole, NAARPR invites labor unions into the fight for community control of the police, to build a mass organization against racist and political repression.

Resolution to Stop Cop City

Submitted by Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

WHEREAS: The City of Atlanta and the racist Atlanta Police Foundation want to spend over $90 million taxpayer dollars to bulldoze an urban forest in a Black neighborhood and build a fake city for police to practice urban warfare against Black and brown communities and protestors, otherwise known as Cop City, and

WHEREAS: Other municipalities throughout the U.S. are looking at Cop City as a model for racist repression and state violence in reaction to the largest Black-led rebellion in this country, and

WHEREAS: Municipal police forces and state and federal armed forces from across the U.S. and international armed forces, such as the genocidal Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), would come to train at this site, and

WHEREAS: The U.S. and Israel rely on extreme state violence to maintain their domination of oppressed communities in concentrated urban areas, and

WHEREAS: The NAARPR has always stood for Black and brown communities against all national and political repression, and

WHEREAS: The NAARPR recognizes the bravery and commitment of the organizers in Atlanta who have been fighting against Cop City, and

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the NAARPR:

1. Condemns 43 domestic terrorism charges, 61 RICO charges, and various lesser
   charges that have been brought against these organizers;
2. Opposes all attempts to escalate urban warfare against Black and brown communities;
3. Supports the struggle to stop Cop City in Atlanta;
4. Recognizes that Cop City is a blueprint for heightening the level of racist and political repression in the U.S. and internationally.

Resolution on Solidarity with the United Palestinian Resistance & the Struggle for National Liberation

Also published here: https://naarpr.org/updates/resolution-on-solidarity-with-the-united-palestinian-resistance-the-struggle-for-national-liberation/

WHEREAS, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression is an organization that fights racism and national oppression both in the United States and abroad, such as the fight against apartheid South Africa;

WHEREAS, Israel and its Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have colonized and illegally occupied Palestinian and Arab land since zionist militias (with support from British imperialism) invaded historical Palestine and displaced 750,000 Palestinians, killing thousands, in 1947-1948 in a disaster known as Al Nakba;

WHEREAS, since 1948 Israel in war after war has seized more Palestinian land, including East Jerusalem, as well as other Arab country’s land such as the Golan Heights in Syria,

WHEREAS, the Israeli government has settled tens of thousands of Jews in Palestinian lands in the West Bank,

WHEREAS, Israel had already forced a siege onto Gaza for the past 16 years, making it the world’s largest open-air prison, restricting 2.2 million people from access to the outside world;

WHEREAS, there are currently almost 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails and prisons including more than a thousand on “administrative detention” without charges or trial, including hundreds of children;

WHEREAS, the U.S. supports Israel with almost 4 billion of our tax dollars every year, and just passed another bill to send an additional 14 billion dollars to Israel; money that could be used to fund education, health care, and affordable housing in communities of color and other working-class communities here in the United States;

WHEREAS, the Unified Palestinian Resistance initiated a morally and legally justified self-defense campaign on October 7th, 2023, and ever since, the IOF has been on a racist, vengeful rampage, killing more than 25,000 Palestinians, in Gaza, including almost 10,000 children; injuring tens of thousands more; forcing the internal displacement of almost two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip;

WHEREAS, armed Jewish settlers and the IOF are attacking Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem as well, killing hundreds;

WHEREAS, Israel and the IOF is preparing to invade Lebanon;

WHEREAS, the U.S. government as a whole, Democrats and Republicans; leading zionist organizations; and all levels of law enforcement have been politically attacking Palestinian students, activists, organizers, and workers who are fighting in the U.S. to support the Palestine Liberation Movement;

WHEREAS, the Israeli government has, in a desperate attempt to repress any resistance to its occupation and colonization, recently designated six progressive and leftist Palestinian human rights groups as “terrorist organizations”;

WHEREAS, police departments in the U.S. exchange resources, tactics, and trainings with the IOF and Israeli police on a regular basis;

WHEREAS, the Black Liberation movement in the U.S. and the anti-colonial struggles have had a long history of global unity and solidarity with the Palestine Liberation Movement.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression

1. Supports the Unified Palestinian Resistance and its self-defense campaign against over 100 years of Zionist settlement and occupation, 75 years of Israeli military occupation, and decades of Jewish settler violence;
2. Demands that Israel immediately stop its campaign of bombing raids, ground invasion, war crimes, and genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza;
3. Demands that Israel also end its rampage against Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, respectively;
4. Demands that Israel also end its apartheid policies and political repression against Palestinians in the 1948 Palestinian territories, including listing Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorists”;
5. Demands the end of Israeli Zionist occupation and colonization of all Arab and Palestinian lands;
6. Demands a complete end to all U.S. financial, military, diplomatic, political, cultural, and social aid to Israel’s racist, apartheid regime;
7. Demands that the U.S. immediately brings its aircraft carriers, warships, aircraft, and special operations forces back from the Mediterranean Sea and other bases in the Middle East;
8. Expresses unity and solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom and self-determination;
9. Upholds the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants to the homes and lands that were stolen from them in 1947-48 and 1967;
10. Upholds the determination, which was included in a United Nations general assembly resolution for almost 20 years, that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination”;
11. Supports the worldwide Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which is modeled after components of the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa;
12. Demands freedom for all Palestinian and Arab political prisoners in Israeli jails, especially those on hunger strikes and administrative detention; for example Walid Daqqa, imprisoned since 1986 and now diagnosed with a rare form of cancer;
13. Pledges to (politically and physically, if necessary) defend the democratic rights of all Palestinians and supporters who are coming under government, zionist, and law enforcement attack in the U.S. and everywhere else;
14. Supports the Palestine national liberation organizing and campaigns of NAARPR’s affiliate organization, the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN);

Resolution to Defend the Tampa 5

Submitted by National Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

Whereas: Republican Governor of Florida, Ron Desantis, asked state universities to release information on students who sought gender affirming treatment. President of University of South Florida, Rhea Law, complied, releasing the information and additionally, paused the search for a vice-president of the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) board on campus in the face of House Bill 999, which seeked to limit all DEI programs on public universities in Florida. Black enrollment at USF has also been decreasing for multiple years now, with supposed attempts by the administration to increase it failing.

Whereas: On March 6th of 2023, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society was protesting to defend DEI alongside multicultural groups at USF, and to demand that President Rhea Law take a stand against these attacks and meet with her student body.

Whereas: Tampa Bay SDS was met with violence and brutalization from the USF Police Department, and even sexual assault from USFPD Chief Chris Daniel. Four protesters were arrested on March 6th, and had bogus charges placed on them.

Whereas: A month later, USF administration charged a fifth student activist with similar charges. Later on, one of the now-called Tampa 5, Chrisley Carpio, was fired from their job at USF, violating their union rights as an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees member.

Whereas: Ron Desantis-appointed State Attorney Susan Lopez and State Prosecutor Justin Diaz are trying to place felony charges on the Tampa 5 and to imprison them for up to 10 years just for protesting, in clear violation of their rights. The Tampa 5 are student activists, a community member, and a campus worker who are facing trial for defending their community against reactionary attacks on their education.

Therefore, be it resolved that the NAARPR

1. Unites with the following demands put forward by Students for a Democratic Society:
   a. Demands all charges against the Tampa 5 to be dropped.
   b. Demands USF Chief of Police, Chris Daniel, be fired, alongside the rest of the police officers who were present on March 6th.
   c. USF President Rhea Law apologize to SDS and the Tampa 5, for siding with the police and Ron Desantis.
   d. USF administration take action to defend DEI programs at USF, and further attacks from Florida legislators.
   e. USF reinstate Chrisley Carpio’s job and end the attack on her union rights.
2. Will support the SDS national day of action on the 12th of December, when the Tampa 5 trial starts, and will call for people in Florida to mobilize to Tampa to support the Tampa 5 in their legal battle.
3. Will mobilize solidarity actions in other cities in support of the Tampa 5 until the charges are dropped and all other demands are met.

A Resolution Urging that Cuba Be Removed from U.S. List of State Sponsors of Terrorism and the 60+ Year Economic Blockade Against Cuba Be Lifted

WHEREAS: Joe Biden has the authority to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list by executive order, and to recommit to the normalization of relations with Cuba begun by the Obama-Biden administration; which significantly boosted the Cuban economy and

WHEREAS: For the past 63 years, the United States has imposed an economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba which prevents most engagement and trade with the United States, and punishes other
countries that engage with Cuba; as well as punishing U.S. citizens who could benefit from Cuba’s lung cancer vaccine, diabetic ulcer treatment, which prevents amputations, and access to its educational
systems.

WHEREAS: The U.S. economic blockade against Cuba has imposed “the most cruel and long-lasting unilateral coercive measures that have ever been applied against any country” and that it constitutes “a
crime of slow genocide” and an “act of economic warfare during times of peace.”

WHEREAS: The U.S. imperial regime has targeted May Day brigadistas who were subject to detainment and threats, hostile interrogation, and the seizure of personal property by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol after medical, educational, cultural exchange, and overall solidarity with the Cuban people.

WHEREAS: The consequences of the economic blockade continues to inflict daily hardships and deprivations on the Cuban people, and are especially compounded for Afro-Cuban communities, creating shortages of basic necessities like food, vital medicine, and surgical supplies, and severely restricting international financial and trade opportunities. It even impedes humanitarian aid responses to catastrophic events like Hurricane Ian which devastated both Florida and Cuba, and the Matanzas oil storage facility explosion, thus harming the Cuban people who President Biden’s administration claims to
support; and

WHEREAS: The United Nations in 2017 estimated that this embargo had cost the Cuban economy $130 billion, averaging more than $2 billion each year; and

WHEREAS: The Trump administration imposed 243 new sanctions on Cuba, including restrictions on Cuban Americans who send remittances to families and businesses in Cuba.

WHEREAS: The United Nations General Assembly voted to condemn the U.S. embargo against Cuba, for the 31st time, on Nov. 2, 2023, with 187 of 193 nations and countries decisively voting in favor, and only the United States and Israel opposed with Ukraine abstaining

WHEREAS: Former President Trump arbitrarily reinstated Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism less than a week after the January 6th attempted coup, reversed the Obama-Biden administration’s 2015 decision to remove this status after an exhaustive review by the U.S. State Department. Cuba does not satisfy any criteria for inclusion on this list; and

WHEREAS: Cuba’s arbitrary designation has subjected them to further sanctions and international financial restrictions that limit the nation’s ability to carry out critical financial transactions, including those needed to advance efforts to combat the COVID pandemic and improve its economy; and

WHEREAS: In 2021, 117 members of the U.S. Congress called for the removal of Cuba from this list noting in a letter; “a policy of engagement with Cuba serves U.S. interests and those of the Cuban
people,”

Therefore:

Be it RESOLVED that the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression strongly urges the federal government and President Joe Biden to remove Cuba from the United States list of state sponsors
of terrorism; and

Be It Further RESOLVED that the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression urges members to amplify this campaign and urges Congress to pass legislation that will eliminate aspects of the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba that have been codified into law; and remove all sanctions against Cuba by the United States. Allow the peoples of the United States and Cuba to travel and trade freely between the countries.

Be it Further RESOLVED that the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression supports actions called by the Cuban solidarity network in support of a truly free Cuba, and that it urges all member
organizations, associate labor unions, partner organizations and affiliates to continue in their efforts to mobilize and organize against the tactics of capitalism and imperialism, but especially as it relates to
genocidal measures imposed by the United States on working class people in the United States and worldwide.

Resolution on Immigrant Rights.

Submitted by Legalization for All (L4A) Network

WHEREAS, 12 million people in the U.S. are undocumented, living in the shadows and in fear of deportation, raising families, contributing to society, and the economy,

WHEREAS, over 6 million U.S. citizen children and 580,000 DACA recipients have undocumented family members,

WHEREAS, tens of millions of people in Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean are facing climate disasters, political repression by US backed governments, and economic problems due to US sanctions, fueling immigration to the United States

WHEREAS, thousands are trekking river waters filled with razor-equipped buoys and concertina wire seeking refuge,

WHEREAS, thousands of children have been separated by their parents and loved ones at the US/Mexico border and been subjected to inhumane and unjust detention conditions,

WHEREAS, The Biden Administration is spending millions on a Border Wall and has expanded deportations at the border,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression will demand an immediate moratorium on all deportations,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression will commit to support aid for refugees in the United States,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression will support legalization process for DACA eligible and TPS recipients that does not increase repression at the border or in the workplace,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression will demand that families separated at the border be reunited immediately,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression will commit to a broad education program to recognize the ongoing US policies of exploitation, colonialism, and repression in Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Resolution on Reproductive Rights

Submitted by Reproductive Justice Action - Milwaukee

WHEREAS: Reproductive rights encompass access to abortion services, birth control, menstrual products, contraceptives, sex education, adequate and affordable health care and childcare, paid parental leave, and other services associated with the raising of children in a healthy environment, and

WHEREAS: Reproductive rights are under attack in the United States, and

WHEREAS: The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization removed a protected federal right to abortion, effectively outlawing or severely restricting access to abortion services in over twenty states, and

WHEREAS: The criminalization of performing and receiving an abortion exemplifies a heightened level of political repression in the United States, and

WHEREAS: The fight for reproductive rights is intertwined with the fight for women’s liberation, LGBTQ liberation, Black, Chicano, and indigenous liberation, and the struggles of the working class, and

WHEREAS: The maternal mortality rate for Black mothers is 2.6 times the rate of white mothers, and

WHEREAS: the United States ranks 65th in the world for our maternal mortality rate, which is more than three times as high as in the European Union and five times as high as Japan, and

WHEREAS: the US maternal mortality rate has almost tripled since 1987 and can only worsen with the Dobbs decision allowing for states to restrict abortion, and

WHEREAS: Undesired pregnancies often place economic burdens on parents, including medical debt, loss of employment opportunities, childcare costs, and other costs associated with childbirth and parenting, and

WHEREAS: Grassroots organizations have been and remain the driving force behind securing reproductive rights

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (NAARPR)

1. Supports the demands for on-demand access to abortion services, free access to birth control and menstrual products, public access to all contraceptives and sex education, and universal access to adequate health care and child care;
2. Opposes any attempt to criminalize the acts of performing or receiving an abortion;
3. Upholds the right to bodily autonomy;

FREE ALEX SAAB! Venezuela‘s Hero, Prisoner of the U.S. Empire

Whereas: The U.S. government imposed punishing sanctions on Venezuela beginning under the Obama Administration and continuing under Trump and now Biden. The U.S. is attempting to choke the Venezuelan economy with sanctions by cutting off international finance and preventing trade in oil and other commodities, and

Whereas: Alex Saab is a diplomat for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela who successfully defeated U.S. sanctions imposed on Venezuela. Saab is a skilled negotiator who benefitted Venezuela’s people and economy--bringing food, medicines, and much needed machine parts to retool their oil industry, and

Whereas: With Alex Saab’s good works, the Bolivarian Revolution victories include 4.1 million new apartments and homes with all the utilities being built to replace shanty towns, and a food program that feeds the entire people, ending hunger, and will begin exporting food this year, and health care and education available for all, and

Whereas: In response, the U.S. targeted Alex Saab using the Drug Enforcement Agency and other intelligence agencies, trying to make him turn against the Bolivarian Revolution. Failing this, the U.S. attempted to criminalize Alex Saab and the Venezuelan government, and

Whereas: The U.S. government illegally detained and then kidnapped Alex Saab, first in Cape Verde and a second time unlawfully extraditing Saab on October 16, 2021. Saab has spent 1242 days imprisoned, 751of those days in the Federal Detention Center in Miami, Florida, and

Whereas: The U.S. government dropped seven money laundering charges, leaving only a conspiracy charge in Federal Court in Miami, Florida. Saab found no justice, only delays in the Miami Federal Court at his last appearance in December 2022, and

Whereas: The U.S. is punishing Alex Saab by delaying a trial, while the rest of the world recognizes Saab’s diplomatic status and many countries oppose this highly unusual punishment of a diplomat conducting trade deals between governments, and

Whereas: The Biden administration and U.S. State Department continue to economically sanction, military threaten, and conduct a low-level dirty war – including failed assassinations and coup attempts against President Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The U.S. sanctions are driving immigration to the United States, harming the Venezuela’s economy and society,

Therefore, Be It Resolved: The National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression,

1. We call upon the Biden Administration to “Free Alex Saab” immediately.
2. We stand in solidarity with Alex Saab and the Bolivarian Revolution, inspiring victorious people’s movements for democracy and independence across Latin America and here in
   the U.S.
3. We demand an end to the U.S. sanctions and acts of aggression, saying “Hands off Venezuela!” We call for the normalization of U.S. relations with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
4. We denounce this sham trial as an outrageous act of aggression against Venezuela and Saab himself. We dedicate the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression to campaign to “Free Alex Saab!” and mobilize for his next court appearance in Miami or
   elsewhere.

Resolution to unite the fight for disability justice & safe community practices in the age of covid

Whereas; The National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (NAARPR) stands to organize against injustices done to oppressed people by the local, state, and federal government level in the US.

where as; Up to 50% of deaths by police are of disabled people, with mentally ill people being 16 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement. The justification of cases like LaQuan Mcdonald, a Black teen police claim was acting ‘erratically’, welding a knife moments before his murder during a mental health crisis. The state’s use of sanism and abelism is also a weapon being used to spill black blood onto our streets & homes.

where as; The use of chemical urban warfare is used to purposely disabled,maim and kill our movements - The use of tools of the state such as tear gas (which can lead to mental, and physical complications including lung damage and cancer ), lead in school pipes, environmental pollution, has long established long term disabling health complications, even years down the road, and our political prisoners being forced to have no health protections against covid with the exposure of prison guards constantly reinfecting inmates, to have no health care justice while slowly getting poisoned by the state day in and day out. These are issues that stand to only get more intense as the
state further adapts.

where as; the cause for disability justice will need a serious united front in order that we not only continue to adapt to ensure all working class oppressed people are included in our struggles to win, but we will have to work to keep our organizers; newcomers and veterans alike,stay safe and protected in these struggles for the long haul.

Therefore let it be resolved that NAARPR

1. push towards a collective effort to organize around interconnecting police brutality & misconduct to disability justice causes
2. to ensure our spaces engage in strongly practiced covid protocols, that include the use of air purifiers when necessary in small crowded spaces and mask encouragement
3. organize to push back on state repression in the form of chemical urban warfare against predominantly Black & Brown communities
4. Outreach to our disabled community in what material conditions are in need of being met by the movement that would ensure a more solid united front within these interconnected struggles

Resolution to Stand in Solidarity with All African People Against Imperialism, Genocide, and Occupation

WHEREAS, ever since colonizers made contact with the land the Democratic republic of Congo has been made to suffer going back to the days of Leopold, where the Congolese were made to work under conditions so brutal that their captors took to removing their hands for not meeting rubber quotas.

WHEREAS history has a tendency to be cyclical and like the days of Leopold the people of the Congo have been made to work or more specifically, mine again for western consumption. This not only affects the adults in the region, but the children as many are also made to quit school to mine precious minerals and metals that the west uses for technological advancement.

WHEREAS, the west has employed black people to carry out their imperialism for them, something many would to call black face imperialism or neocolonialism, giving Rwandan and Ugandan rebel groups military and financial aid in exchange for the invasions of the Congo leading to over half a million displaced and thousands killed.The west is also doing the same thing a little closer to home by requesting Kenyan military and police forces in Haiti to silence the people.

WHEREAS, there has been a continuance of oppression of the people of Haiti by denying them their right self determination, and through military occupation and intervention when the people specifically asked for that not to happen or continue.

WHEREAS we as an organization must remember that the Congo, Haiti, Sudan and the struggle we are engaging in right here are not disparate causes but all a part of the war being waged against imperialism, occupation, white supremacy, repression and genocide on all fronts.

Therefore be it resolved: That NAARPR branches and affiliates Denounce Africom, and the core group in Haiti demand the cancellation of Haitian public debt and repatriation to Haiti from the US for the gold stolen from their land denouncing neo colonialism and standing in solidarity with all Africans and members of the diaspora in their fights for independence against tyranny, imperialism and occupation.

Resolution to Defend LGBTQ Rights Against Repression

Whereas, Nearly six hundred anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ laws have been introduced across the country in 2023 alone, with eighty five having passed so far. This year is the fourth record breaking year in a row in the number of anti-LGBTQ+ laws introduced.

Whereas, The assault on womens’ and LGBTQ+ rights is a nationally coordinated attack funded by the most right-wing elements of the billionaire class who have taken more control within the Republican Party.

Whereas, The Democratic Party has failed to mount a national opposition to these grave attacks on the freedom of women and LGBTQ+ communities at any level.

Whereas, The Democratic Party has failed to provide any political support at state-level to defend the rights and dignity of LGBTQ+ people in the states where they have been systematically and
increasingly stripped of their freedom.

Whereas, The movements and desires of the people to defend and expand women’s and LGBTQ+ rights have grown in size and militancy, with confrontational and direct action tactics taking center stage across the country.

Whereas, The right wing in power has resorted to the most undemocratic and repressive means to stifle the energy of the peoples’ movements to defend women’s and LGBTQ+ rights.

Whereas, The reproductive justice and LGBTQ+ rights movements have historically followed the lead and taken direct inspiration from the movements of oppressed peoples in America for civil and democratic rights.

Whereas, The United States today is increasingly polarized and developing into a society with two separate legal frameworks existing within one country, with the far-right wing on the offensive.

The state of reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ rights is emblematic of this societal decay.

Whereas, The attacks on LGBTQ+ rights have also taken the form of attacks on education, with students as young as elementary school and teachers being targeted with increased censorship and political repression. Gender studies programs, in addition to DEI, African American, and ethnic studies in universities are also under assault in states such as Florida.

Whereas, Individuals face increased instances of political prosecution both for acts of resistance and for their day to day practices of existence as LGBTQ+ people.

Whereas, These political attacks have corresponded and fueled an increase in the number of hate crimes on LGBTQ+ people and women across the county.

Therefore let it be resolved,

• That the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression stands in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ siblings in their righteous struggle for the right to exist in public and to pursue their healthcare independent of the state.
• That Alliance members and affiliates will fight in our unions, universities, and communities alongside our LGBTQ+ siblings for their rights.
• That Alliance members and affiliates will defend the right of LGBTQ+ people to resist these attacks. We will fight against any effort to censor or jail the movement of LGBTQ+ rights.
• That Alliance members and affiliates will promote the rights and acceptance of LGBTQ+ people as they face political repression in their states and increasingly at a national level.

Newsletter Resolution

Whereas the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression has seen 50 years of national coalition building.

Whereas As the alliance continues to grow, yearly conferences serve as a way to give advice and share our work around the country. A newsletter serves as a conduit for uniting on a national scale and strengthening the movement across the country.

Whereas It will serve to spread awareness of local and national calls to action on a larger scale to further elevate the movement and strengthen our ties to analogous struggles.

Whereas The newsletter will help expand the mass movement as respective organizations will be able to share it with their members which will provide support for organizations that do not have the current infrastructure for newsletters.

Therefore be it resolved that The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression will establish a national committee that will be responsible for maintaining the newsletter.

Therefore be it resolved that Each organization in the alliance will delegate 1-2 members to share reports to be compiled by the committee into the newsletter. The newsletter will be sent out on a quarterly basis to serve as a touch point between yearly conferences.

On August 29th, 61 individuals were indicted on RICO charges by the Attorney General’s Office in Atlanta,GA. These charges rely solely on support of the Stop Cop City movement, a grassroots effort to save the Weelaunee Forest and resist efforts to build a $90 million police training facility from being built. These bogus, trumped up charges attack bail fund organizers, legal observers, protestors, and community members listing May 25th 2020, the date that George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, in all the indictments. This marks that these indictments are a clear attack on the movement for justice that had as many as 26 million  in the streets demanding real change for their communities and growing organizations in cities across the country as the people have continued fighting for what they deserve.

This is the latest in a string of repression facing activists in Atlanta. With the murder of forest defender Tortuguita by Atlanta police in January, mass arrests and false domestic terrorism charges of 23 community members attending a solidarity festival in March, and the arrest of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund 3 in May, the state’s attacks on the movement continue to come. However, despite the attack, the movement comes back fiercer and more determined to shut down the Cop City project.

Founded from the struggle to free Angela Davis from a racist frame-up, the National Alliance Against Racist and Political has been a defense organization fighting to maintain the wins that the movement has earned by struggling against political repression in all forms. In this moment, we’re seeing growing repression from Tampa, FL, where 5 student activists are facing a decade in prison for defending diversity programs in education. As an organization, we find it necessary to stand with the fighters in our movement and demand that their charges be dropped immediately. Moreso, it is the duty of the masses of people to stand up and fight to crush this repression in any way we see it.

The National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression stands firmly with those fighting charges and the demands that not only the RICO charges but all charges against them be dropped immediately. We stand in solidarity with the 61 and show our unwavering commitment to defending all who stand for peace, justice, and with the people!

Stop Cop City!
Drop the Charges on the 61!

The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression condemns the recent white supremacist terror attack by a 21-year-old white supremacist shooter that took place on Saturday, August 26th in the predominantly black New Town area of Jacksonville, Fl. The shooter’s attack on the Dollar General led to the murders of three African American individuals, Angela Michelle Carr, 52, an Uber driver who was killed in the parking lot; Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr., known as A.J., 29, who worked at the store; and Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion, 19, who was murdered by the shooter while walking inside the store with his girlfriend. The white supremacist shooter killed himself before police arrived at the Dollar General. The shooter left a racist manifesto and carved swastikas on the rifle he used to carry out the attack.

The National Alliance extends our deepest condolences to the victims' families.

This act of racist white supremacist terror in Jacksonville comes on the anniversary, 63 years and one day of Axe Handle Saturday, a day where young NAACP youth activists and other black folks rallied to desegregate downtown Jacksonville restaurants and were met with attacks by over a 200 klansmen and white racist vigilantes, drawing national controversy. The racists attacks were repealed when the local black street gang “the Boomerangs” fought back the attacks. Later reports showed that police aided the white supremacists.

Acts of white supremacist terror are far from new in this country, particularly in the black belt south where Jacksonville resides. Black people in Jacksonville have long been victims of racist policies, racist policing, political disenfranchisement along with facing attacks by white supremacists and racist vigilantes. More recently, black people in Jacksonville along with black folks across Florida have had to endure the political mandate of racist Governor Ron DeSantis who has launched unprecedented attacks against the BLM movement, banning certain black history in schools, taking away a black congressional seat via racist gerrymandering along with other racist policies in his so-called, “war on woke”. When he spoke at a vigil the following day after the attack, he was booed by black residents. A day later on August 28th,, NAARPR affiliate, the Jacksonville Community Action Committee, along with other community organizations led a march of over 1,000 people to demand an end to white supremacy and racist terror.

The National Alliance unites with local demands for an end to white supremacy, along with calls for the creation of a Public Safety Committee as a means of civilian oversight, along with uniting with demands of taking down all remaining confederate monuments in the city. Local demands also include the demands for economic empowerment in the black community, along with improvements in neighborhood infrastructure.

The National Alliance is calling for branches and affiliate organizations to remember the victims while continuing the fight against racist terror.

Justice for Angela Michelle Carr, Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr and Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion!

Justice for all victims of white supremacist terror and down with white supremacy!