Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor, to Speak at Public Meeting on the African American Struggle

Event: The Black Liberation Struggle & the Fight for Socialism
Date: Sat. Jan. 24, 2015, 5:00-8:00pm
Location: 5920 Second Ave. at Antoinettee, Near WSU Campus Midtown
Speaker: Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of the Pan-African News Wire and Contributing Editor of Workers World Newspaper
Sponsor: Workers World Party Detroit Branch
URL: workersworlddetroit.org
Contact: 313-671-3715

A tremendous series of mass demonstrations across the United States, Canada and the world since last summer against racist violence and police brutality has shaken the corridors of the ruling class. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets from Missouri and California to Boston, Toronto, London and New York City.

What does the brutal police repression of African American and Latinos communities have to do with the economic devastation caused by the banks in the city of Detroit?

Why is the corporate-oriented city administration and governor ordering the shut-offs of tens of thousands of household water services and forcing hundreds of thousands more out of their homes due to unnecessary tax foreclosures?

How can the ruling class backed up by the courts justify the attacks on retirees and the wholesale theft of public assets, while the public sector is being privatized with billions of dollars being turned over to banks and corporations under the guise of an illegal bankruptcy that has further institutionalized national oppression and economic inequality in majority African American cities in Michigan?

To participate in this discussion and answer these burning questions please attend this important meeting this Sat., Jan. 24 from 5:00-8:00pm.