“The 4th of the Lie” a Conversation about Independence

Fredrick Douglass once asked “to what to the slave is the 4th of July?” This question is more relevant now than ever. With the rise of white supremacist terrorist attacks on New Afrikan people it is clear that the u.s. government is unwilling to defend the most basic Human Rights of it’s so called “citizens”. Black and Brown people’s can no longer be governed by a system designed to exploit and exterminate us, it’s time we governed our selves.

This will be a discussion about the importance of Independence and Self-Determination for colonized peoples and the contradiction of the so called Independence of the united snakkkes on the 4th of july aka “the 4th of the lie.”

Guest Speakers:
–Russell Shoatz III, son of Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz.

–Shaka At-thinnin, Founder of Black August Organizing Commitee B.A.O.C.

The discussion will be followed by dinner and a political Hip Hop performance by local artists.