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Colorado meeting celebrates Malcolm X

Published May 26, 2005 5:08 PM

Thirty people came out to commemorate the life of Malcolm X on May 17 in the heart of Five Points, one of the historically Black communities in Denver.

The main speaker at the meeting was Monica Moorehead, Workers World managing editor. She stated early in her talk that, if Malcolm X were alive today, he would most likely be on the front lines of opposing the war in Iraq and all wars for empire. Malcolm would be defending the right to sovereignty and self-determination of not only Iraq, she said, but also Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran, Zimbabwe and other countries that the United States is attempting to bully with its military and economic aggression.


Monica Moorehead

Moorehead quoted Malcolm X to illustrate his political development, to show how he had become an internationalist: “It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negroes simply as a racial conflict of Black against white, or a purely American problem. Rather we are today seeing a global rebellion of the oppressed against the oppressor, the exploited against the exploiter.”

Peggy Burress from the Pastors for Peace/Caravan to Cuba spoke about this year’s trip to Cuba. The caravan will take material aid to the island—material that is not readily available, partly because of the racist blockade of the island by the United States—and challenge the travel restrictions to Cuba.

Paul Lopez from the Service Employees union talked of the battle to win justice for janitors at AFL Maintenance Group. The Justice for Janitors campaign is being extended to organize workers at AFL to win improved wages, health care and better working conditions. The AFL has retaliated against workers for trying to organize, but the union campaign is gathering momentum.

FIST activist Melissa Kleinman, who chaired the meeting, noted that the event was the first of its kind in Denver. Larry Hales of FIST—Fight Imperialism Stand Together, a revolutionary youth organization—brought up the struggle of embattled anti-racist activist Shareef Aleem and called for solidarity with Aleem. He explained why Aleem’s defense must be political and linked it to the struggle against police brutality and racism.