Analysis of root causes of today's economic crisis and the way forward. This presentation was developed by Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee (APSC), white people organizing solidarity with the African liberation movement. APSC works under the leadership of the Uhuru Movement, led by the African People's Socialist Party. For more information, visit http://www.apscuhuru.org or http://www.uhurunews.com.

1. The Crisis of Imperialism and the future of humanity

2. Omali Yeshitela African Internationalism: Key to understanding imperialism’s crisis

3. We believe that a united world without oppressors and the oppressed is possible and necessary

4. To get there we have to begin by acknowledging the truth

5. Yeshitela: Capitalism is parasitic, built on slavery, colonialism, genocide, conquest…

6. Creating a pedestal of prosperity and democracy for white people.

7. Oppressor nations live at the expense of Oppressed nations

8. Struggles around the world: Gaza, India/Pakistan, Somalia U.S. war, terror, counterinsurgency: Response to resistance by oppressed

9. U.S. backed Israeli slaughter in Palestine Obama’s response: “No comment”

10. Republicans, Democrats: same parasitic capitalist ruling class

11. Imperialist imposed poverty, starvation, displacement worldwide

12. Colonialism, poverty, oppression inside the U.S.

13. Struggle for self-determination: Oppressed peoples taking back stolen resources, land, power

14. Struggles for self-determination inside U.S.: African, Indigenous anti-colonial movements

15. Struggles for self-determination strike the critical blow to imperialism/parasitic capitalism

16. This is the basis for the current economic crisis

17. Economic crisis marks end of U.S. hegemony as “sole superpower”

18. Parasitic capitalism sinking in uncharted waters Stock market lost nearly half its value in 2008

19. 2 million “prime” mortgages in default currently, almost a million more than last year. Miami homeless Africans moving into foreclosed houses.

20. Food stamps: $23/week 573,300 jobs lost in November 1.2 million jobs lost in last 3 months, already unemployed, no longer looking or “underemployed” Not to mention prison population

22. But nobody talking about this. Obama always talks about “Middle class”

23. Detroit, Cleveland other U.S. African cities: >a third in deep poverty

24. U.S. manufacturing at lowest level in 60 years

26. $8.5 trillion spent in desperate US bailouts

27. Bailouts only save lifestyles of these guys

28. Bailouts have no effect on economy as a whole

33. China, Japan and others finance U.S. debt

34. But U.S. power is shrinking

35. China tired of financing $$ Unrest because of unemployment in China as U.S. consumer economy tanks

36. Parasitic capitalism based on endless resources stolen from enslaved colonized people

37. Now capitalism outsources factories, jobs because they need cheap labor too

38. The capitalists will sell you the rope to hang them with-Lenin

39. Oppressed peoples are becoming clear: capitalism is dependent on colonial labor and resources!

41. When Africa is reunited and liberated, it will have the most powerful economy on the planet!

42. This is why the U.S. is setting up AFRICOM with military bases all over Africa

43. Bailouts, stimulus packages will deepen economic crisis

45. Building roads and capitalist “green economy” won’t cut it

47. UN, IMF, others predict 2009 collapse of US dollar

48. Predictions with dollar collapse:

49. U.S. economy in ruins? “Never,” say most North Americans. But without a host the parasite must die.

50. Why not? For 500 years white power has destroyed colonized economies, lives, resources !

51. Asked by London Times to a Southern newspaper editor in 1860s

53. “ Without slavery grass would grow on Wall Street…”

54. Impoverished European workers poured into the US for jobs, democracy, opportunity in 18-1900s

55. Access to pedestal of white power required one thing: Complicity in slavery, genocide The foundation of the capitalist economy

56. Fears of white people: They will do to us what we did to them!

57. Such as…

58. And…

60. And…

83. So, for millions of people food shortages & currency deflation are ordinary

84. Imperialism needs imperialist peace to continue its exploitation

85. 500 years of resistance has rocked imperialist power

88. 1712 and 1741--enslaved Africans waged major organized uprisings in New York city--were well organized. Twenty percent of New York’s residents were enslaved Africans. The white people called them “conspiracies” meaning they were well organized.

89. 1521 Aztecs resist Cortes and Spanish invasion. Bernal Diaz and Cortes--found Tenochtitlan (at the site of today’s Mexico City) to be the most splendid and beautiful site they had ever seen. Markets, cleanliness, birds and flowers, artists, poets, street theater, prosperity. Then slaughtered the people and destroyed the city within a few years.

91. Anti-colonial movements of 1960s

92. 1960s U.S. Black Power Movement: Urban African workers in U.S. • Anti-colonial movement

93. Black Power Movement of the 1960s shook the U.S. to its very foundations. Was an anti-colonial movement inside this country, struggle for political power after voting and civil rights were won. Defined African people as a colonial people, part of the overall African liberation struggle. Black Power Movement of the 60s

94. U.S. counterinsurgency against national liberation

95. COINTELPRO U.S. counterinsurgency against Black Power Movement

96. As part of counterinsurgency US set up Neocolonialism

97. Mandela & owner of DeBeers diamonds: Neocolonialism facilitates the ongoing looting of Africa’s resources

98. Neocolonialism: last stage of imperialism

99. Real problems in white society sitting on pedestal We want to see world without any oppression

100. GLBT and Women’s oppression

101. Workers

102. Environmental destruction

103. Disability rights

104. Domestic violence

105. Substance abuse, alienation

106. But we have fought for our rights at the expense of the African and oppressed communities

107. Our goal cannot be to become an equal opportunity oppressor… Sitting comfortably on the pedestal of the oppression of African and colonized peoples!

108. Women’s, Gay Liberation sparked by Black Liberation

109. Women’s Liberation?

111. The colonizer Cecil Rhodes was gay!

112. Our goal is to end the system of oppressor and oppressed!

113. Our oppressive ruling class is the same parasitic capitalist class responsible for war destruction, suffering and oppression around the world

114. The ruling class does not care about gays, women or working people

115. White people on the pedestal gives them a base of support for their imperialist plunder

116. When they no longer need us we are dispensable

117. A system built on the backs of the enslaved will be overturned by the leadership of the slave

118. In this time of crisis it’s every capitalist ruler for him/her self. They take the money and run

119. Do we fight for dying white power?

120. Or join the rest of humanity?

121. Life at the expense of African, oppressed peoples is no life at all!

122. Those who created the problems can’t solve them

123. Parasitic capitalism has got to go!

124. The African Revolution: liberating Africa and the world!

125. Africans are one people around the world

126. Africa’s resources for African people !

127. African Socialist International African workers lead the struggle to liberate Africa and African people

129. Uhuru Red, Black and Green: Sustainability and dual power for the African working class

130. African People’s Solidarity Committee A place where white people can be part of changing the world!

131. Uhuru means freedom!