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<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="buofh1pr"><div class="j83agx80 ew0dbk1b cbu4d94t irj2b8pg"><div class="knvmm38d qzhwtbm6"><span class="d2edcug0 qv66sw1b mau55g9w aigsh9s9 iv3no6db fe6kdd0r nxhoafnm hpfvmrgz c8b282yb hzawbc8m jq4qci2q ht8s03o8 ik7dh3pa a8c37x1j d3f4x2em keod5gw0 m9osqain oi732d6d a3bd9o3v knj5qynh c1et5uql" dir="auto"><h4 id="jsc_c_210" class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl hzawbc8m aahdfvyu" dir="auto"><span class="nc684nl6"><a class="esr5mh6w nhd2j8a9 kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 rz4wbd8a lrazzd5p qt6c0cv9 p7hjln8o r7d6kgcz rq0escxv f1sip0of e9989ue4 oygrvhab qu0x051f i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gpro0wi8 a8nywdso lzcic4wl nc684nl6 jb3vyjys hcukyx3x oajrlxb2 oo9gr5id g5ia77u1" href="https://www.facebook.com/AjamuBarakaVP?__cft__[0]=AZV6spRHv6ghQYLv8-IE9O4a0y0n6VH19vrBqcJ64ocEaaAQUD7QKFLmQgUvmHjL88uRlA73Uqf6nZQLPNfMTKlZxp1dVSIy6FRBIbDYUuI1P5K3PsGcuAxFnVNvCRUO8ZVe2HlbPh8A9jgWM5TY_adPFSTiDE4CzA2t7HErpGIBIkvzK9bQVhWC6XIai68A7FbiFsiVqJyAsk1e7y3vJ-F7&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><strong class="">Ajamu Baraka</strong></a></span><span class="l9j0dhe7 h3qc4492"> <span class="pq6dq46d hrs1iv20"><i data-visualcompletion="css-img" aria-label="Verified Account" role="img" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v3/yH/r/zarCRvsDwAY.png"); 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background-position: 0px -666px; background-size: auto; width: 12px; height: 12px; background-repeat: no-repeat; display: inline-block;"></i></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="dati1w0a ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message"><div class="j83agx80 ew0dbk1b cbu4d94t irj2b8pg"><div class="knvmm38d qzhwtbm6"><span class="oo9gr5id c1et5uql qv66sw1b mau55g9w aigsh9s9 iv3no6db fe6kdd0r nxhoafnm hpfvmrgz c8b282yb hzawbc8m jq4qci2q ht8s03o8 ik7dh3pa a8c37x1j d3f4x2em keod5gw0 oi732d6d a3bd9o3v d2edcug0 knj5qynh" dir="auto"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab c1et5uql ii04i59q kvgmc6g5 hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">“Given the catastrophic effects of the U.S.-NATO intervention in Libya, the Black Alliance for Peace’s U.S. Out of Africa Network and BAP member organization Horn of Africa Pan-Africans for Liberation & Solidarity (HOA PALS), condemn, under no uncertain terms, any and all forms of intervention and meddling in the conflict in Ethiopia. As it did against Libya, U.S. imperialism is weaponizing disinformation and misinformation to exploit and distort the complexity, historical context and political realities in the Horn of Africa to create the pretext for more direct intervention.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">“Should those responsible for undermining a resolution of the crisis in Tigray fail to reverse course, they should anticipate further actions from the United States and the international community. We call on other governments to join us in taking these actions.”</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">—U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, May 23, 2021 press statement</div><div dir="auto" class="">The attack on the federal base by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that started the conflict is now being used as a de-facto instrument of U.S. policy in Ethiopia to justify “humanitarian intervention.” In this way, the primary contradiction in the Tigray region reflects broader dynamics in the Horn of Africa as a whole and can be boiled down to the common denominators of global capitalist hegemony and Western imperialism by way of its proxy actor, the TPLF. Western powers only curtail the right of self-determination for the Horn of Africa and Global South states.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">We condemn all military violence, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, displacement, theft, discrimination, harassment and intimidation perpetrated on innocent Tigrayans, as well as any and all unnecessary violence perpetrated on other Ethiopians and Eritreans in the ongoing conflict as a result of their ethnic, religious, or national identity, refugee status or political affiliation. We unequivocally support and uplift mutual cooperation, solidarity, and peace among all parties and people in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the broader Horn of Africa region.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">We support African-led, localized conflict resolution that is not tied to advancing imperialism, neo-colonialism or any other nefarious Western agendas. We believe in the inherent agency and ability of Africans on the continent to reach a resolution to the conflict peacefully and independently of Western aggression, destabilization, and extractive and exploitative economic interests.”</div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>