The U.S. is waging war on African communities inside the U.S. and around the world.
From police containment, torture and murder to massive imprisonment, these "other" wars are comparable to commonly recognized wars such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This slideshow was produced by Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee and based on the understandings of Chairman Omali Yeshitela, leader of the Uhuru Movement.
For more information and to join the struggle to stop the war on the African community, visit the African People's Solidarity Committee (http://www.apscuhuru.org) and Uhuru News (http://www.uhurunews.com)
8. Obama’s war budget greater than any previous president • 150,000 active duty troops • 600% increase in military operations
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10. Obama is also intensifying the U.S. war on the African community right here
11. U.S. military budget: $700 billion U.S. spending on War on African Community: $200 billion U.S. military aid to Egypt: $1.3 billion Police budget, Philadelphia alone: $1.1 billion
44. Police murder of civilians in African community (the murder of Oscar Grant, Oakland)
45. Nearly 10,000 U.S. citizens murdered by police since 1980! That’s about 1 person a day! That’s more than civilians killed in Afghanistan war! (2500)
2010 was the bloodiest year so far in the US war of Afghanistan. Obama has increased the operations of special forces’ death squads by 600 percent in the past year!
Let’s make a comparison
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006 latest data available for “police, prisons and courts”
6x1 windowless cells, cattle prods, fatal beatings, burnings by toxic chemicals, stun guns, inmates stripped naked and forced to crawl on the ground, rapes, years in sensory deprivation cells 24 hours a day, exposed in BBC documentary. This happens every day!!! Abu Graib torturers were US prison guards.
According to FBI data found on line. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/law_enforcement_personnel/index.html Bureau of Justice Statistics 2006, police, prison and court employees.
St. Louis has a population of 2.5 million—you’ve got all of St Louis in prison.
Black Voices: Dr. Boyce: How Companies Make Money off Prisoners, July 28, 2009 Vicky Pelaez March 10, 2008, The prison industry in the US: new form of slavery, Global Research
Every American falls within the top 13 percent of global income (MSH)