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<font size=3>Malcolm X Grassroots Movement<br>
Grassroots Movement Mobilization and Demand Statement<br>
<div align="center"><b>Tuesday, September 13, 2005<br>
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The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), a national New Afrikan (Black)
human rights organization, calls on every sector of the Black community,
including civil rights organizations, human rights activists, workers
organizations, religious communities and civic and cultural groups to
UNITE in solidarity with Our Sisters and Brothers who have survived
Hurricane Katrina. <br>
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Poor Black people didn't "choose to stay behind,” they were
intentionally left behind. They were left behind way before
Hurricane Katrina hit the shores of the Gulf Coast. The same Black
people suffering today as a result of Hurricane Katrina, are the same
Black people who were disproportionately suffering from poverty, police
terrorism, inadequate healthcare, insufferable housing, hunger and a
pathetic education system long before the Hurricane occurred.
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This is a critical time in the history of New Afrikan (Black)
people. We have been presented with an opportunity to rebuild a
self-determining community, out of what has been a broken existence since
our arrival at the shores of this land. The Malcolm X Grassroots
Movement is committed to rebuilding a self-determining Black nation, one
community at a time. We must prepare ourselves, and our communities
for the “natural” disasters, infrastructure breakdowns, and acts of
“terrorism” as well as war that are occurring with more frequency because
of the insatiable drive of United States imperialism. <br>
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We seek your solidarity and request your support to meet the immediate
needs of our people - to help save, protect and preserve life, while
strategically planning for long term self determination. We must connect
and organize businesses, organizations and institutions into an economic
and social network to create the social fabric that supports
self-sustaining communities. <br>
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To meet the immediate needs of our people devastated by Hurricane Katrina
we are making the following demands upon the United States Government and
the Governments of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and all states
upon which Survivors have been relocated. We are asking everyone who
supports these demands to add your name to the petition and spread it far
and wide to other organizations in and out of our communities to
strengthen the mobilization of our people and hold the United States
government accountable. <br>
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The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement also stands in solidarity with other
oppressed peoples affected by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region,
including the undocumented, the Mexican and Latino communities, the
Vietnamese and Asian communities, and the Native American communities. We
maintain that the demands articulated herein also be unequivocally be
applied to all of these oppressed peoples. <br>
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<b><u>Immediate Demands</u></b>:<br>
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<li>That the martial law applied to New Orleans and various regions of
the Gulf Coast be lifted immediately.
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<li>That the curfews in New Orleans, Biloxi and other cities and regions
in the Gulf Coast be suspended immediately.
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<li>The immediate removal of all foreign and domestic mercenary and white
vigilante forces currently terrorizing Black and other oppressed
communities in the Gulf Coast states, including Texas.
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<li>The suspension of all of the relief and reconstruction contracts
unfairly awarded to the cronies of the Bush government like Halliburton
and its various subsidiaries.
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<li>Immunity for all survivors charged and/or convicted for crimes of
theft, property destruction, and assault.
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<li>Information on the whereabouts and status of all of survivors
including incarcerated persons, immigrants, persons relocated and
deceased persons.
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<li>Community Control over the relief process, including direct oversight
over the relief operations of FEMA and the Red Cross.
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<li>The honoring of all insurance claims resulting from Hurricane Katrina
and its aftermath.
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<b><u>Fundamental Demands</u></b>:<br>
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<li><b>The Right of Return. </b>
</ol>q The Black survivors from the
Gulf Coast regions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama possess the
fundamental human right to their homelands, as well as the right to
reestablish their lives and rebuild their communities as they see fit.
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<li><b>The Right to Organize. </b>
</ol>q The Black survivors in the
Gulf Coast region possess the inalienable right to organize themselves
and to control the decision-making processes that effect their welfare
and livelihoods. <br>
q The Black survivors have the right
to form governing councils, labor unions, commercial and community
cooperatives, and other institutions that serve the political material
interests of New Afrikan (Black) people. <br>
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<li><b>The Right to an Income. </b>
</ol>q The Black survivors have a
right to an income provided by Federal and State governments to ensure
their overall well being and that of their families and
communities. <br>
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<li><b>The Right to Living Wages.</b>
</ol>q Black survivors have the right
to be compensated at living scale wages for their labor in the relief and
reconstruction processes in the Gulf Coast States. <br>
q Black survivors have the right to
be provided a living wage in the states upon which they have been
relocated. <br>
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<li><b>The Right of Access. </b>
</ol>q Black survivors have the right
to control the reconstruction funds and contracting processes of the
Federal and state governments. <br>
q Black survivors have the permanent
right to access all of the lands of the affected Gulf Coast region.<br>
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<li><b>The Right to Education and Health Care. </b>
</ol>q Black survivors have the
inalienable right to free quality education and health care including
counseling and psychological therapy. <br>
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<li><b>The Right of Self-Determination. </b>
</ol>q Black survivors have the
fundamental right to determine the long-term redevelopment of the Gulf
Coast region. <br><br>
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