NATIONAL MOBILIZATION AGAINST GENOCIDES - JULY 4TH, 2026 - ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Today's reading of the United States Declaration of Independence leaves little to celebrate. The forefathers of the USA called to dissolve the political bonds that connected their new colonies to the British empire. However, the masses of people living here, created equal in the eyes of God/Allah/the Great Spirit, were in no way treated equally or free by those who proclaimed this land to be the “United States." The truth is this country had replaced the British empire with another even more genocidal one.
Although many "Americans" on July 4th, 2026, will wave flags and celebrate “bombs bursting in air” for the 250th anniversary of the USA’s Declaration of Independence, for many others, the relevance of the Declaration will be centered on a critique of tyrannical leaders and a government celebrating 250 years of genocidal policies and practices.
The Spirit of Mandela coalition, continuing the work of the 2021 International Tribunal that found the US government GUILTY OF GENOCIDE against Black, Brown, and Indigenous Peoples, (spiritofmandela.org), will commemorate 250+ years of consistent resistance. We will celebrate the building of new people’s movements, united fronts, international alliances, and local initiatives fiercely combatting modern genocide, imperialism, white supremacist oppression, and injustice.
The 19th Century Abolitionist, Frederick Douglass asked, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (MassHumanities.org). In the legacy of Crazy Horse, Rev. Nat Turner, Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, Harriet Tubman, Lolita Lebron, and all the freedom fighters throughout history, we respond by taking this moment to redouble our efforts to build and connect mass and popular movements that are truly of the people, by the people, and for the people. The Spirit of Mandela's work to build a Peoples’ Senate is a continuum, an integral part of this historic process of resisting the USA’s genocidal policies against Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples, and oppressive actions
worldwide. We invite you to help us build the Peoples’ Senate.
In light of the courageous and continuous history of resistance and freedom struggles, the Spirit of Mandela coalition, in pursuit of building the Peoples’ Senate, is calling for a 4th of July 2026 National Mobilization Against Genocides.
On July 4, 2026, we will convene, along with many allies and friends, a grand national convergence in Atlanta, Georgia. We will have culture and conversation, dancing and debate, building unity across ideological lines and beyond geographic and other boundaries. Centered under the leadership of, but not exclusive to, our Black Panther/Black liberation legacy, we will convene to proclaim: No to Genocide Anywhere! Yes to People’s Movements and Liberation Everywhere!!!
In the Spirit of all of our many Mandelas, let us once again raise the rallying cry: "Amandla! Awethu!" In English, that has always meant "Power to the People!"
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To learn more about the Spirit of Mandela coalition and the Peoples’ Senate, go to: spiritofmandela.org
For more information, contact us at: spiritofmandela1@gmail.com