EMPIRE: NATION STATE, CAPITALIST ECONOMY AND WHITE SUPREMACY 
 
WAR in Iraq is the prelude to war that will be people should continue 
to challenge this war. People of African descent should be among the 
most vocal opponents to this war because it is only a continuation of 
the war waged against them that continues today in the form of the 
prison industrial complex, the structural adjustment programs (SAPs) 
in the form of cutbacks in equity programs, and the refusal of the US 
government to pay reparations.  In response this series examines US 
foreign policy to help us connect the African American struggles to the 
antiwar and Global Justice Movement struggles, and develop alliances to 
stop this continuing war against humanity.
 
We are organizing this series of video discussion to critically assesses 
US foreign policy and  puts the occupation of Iraq in the context of 
capitalist conquest of the planet.  We will connect this war to the war 
that was and continues to be waged against humanity.  In addition, we 
will create dialogue and working relationships between the African 
American community, the antiwar and Global Justice communities and other 
communities working to create a globally just world. All of us need to 
connect understand that we are all victims of the global war against 
humanity.  This series is organized in the context of Global War: The 
Nation State/Capitalist Civilization and White Supremacy. The series will 
focus on four themes: 
 
§         Empire
§         Global War: 
§         the Nation State/Capitalist Economy 
§         and White Supremacy
§         Search for a New World: The Role of People of African Descent 
          in Creating a New World.
 
Through intense, disciplined study and dialogue, we hope that his course 
will bring people together from the African American community, the peace 
and anti-war movement community and the Global Justice community to not 
only oppose he war, but to help in creating a just world for all people.
 
Video Discussion Series
United Neighborhoods
1092 Main Street (btwn North & Summer Streets)
Buffalo, NY 
(716) 882-7814
Contact: lnieves@buffalo.edu
(716) 645-2082, ext 1134