[Peace] Fwd: Message from Ajamu Baraka

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> Subject: Message from Ajamu Baraka
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> Ajamu Baraka <https://www.facebook.com/AjamuBarakaVP?__cft__[0]=AZV6spRHv6ghQYLv8-IE9O4a0y0n6VH19vrBqcJ64ocEaaAQUD7QKFLmQgUvmHjL88uRlA73Uqf6nZQLPNfMTKlZxp1dVSIy6FRBIbDYUuI1P5K3PsGcuAxFnVNvCRUO8ZVe2HlbPh8A9jgWM5TY_adPFSTiDE4CzA2t7HErpGIBIkvzK9bQVhWC6XIai68A7FbiFsiVqJyAsk1e7y3vJ-F7&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R> 
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> 3h <https://www.facebook.com/#>  · 
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> 3h <https://www.facebook.com/#>  · 
> “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.
> “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.”
> —U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, May 23, 2021 press statement
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.”

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