people to vote, fight against voter suppression, build political alliances and establish the basis for dual power in local areas, while establishing a national network for Black political interests. Solidarity economies and cooperative economics We will educate the people and organize the people for economic democracy by building 8 institutions for a solidarity economy, and people’s cooperatives for production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Through these, we want to establish alternatives to exploitative capitalism, employ the people and create streams of income as much as possible. And through these cooperative economic projects, we hope to ground the people and prepare the people to make demands for socialist alternatives to vulgar neoliberal capitalism.
Youth development and New Afrikan Scout/Panther programs We will continue to establish a base for long term struggle and ultimate victory for our people by organizing and supporting existing youth training and development programs and educational institutions. These have already been modeled through our New Afrikan Scout and New Afrikan 9 Panther programs as well as through the establishment of educational schooling programs in Atlanta and New York. These youth training and development programs go hand in hand with organizing and supporting young people and parents in struggles for local community control of public schools and educational institutions and promoting the demand for free and African centered education as a part of our demand for reparations.
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