Afrika Global Network (AGN) is an international and independent network of revolutionary Pan-Afrikanist organizations, institutions, groups and individual activists working both separately and collectively, and both locally and internationally for “The Future of Afrika and the Black World” based on revolutionary Pan-Afrikanism and global revolutionary ecosocialism. The immediate objective is the total transformation of the African Union into a strong, united, democratic, independent, incorruptible, self-reliant, revolutionary Pan-Afrikanist and prosperous ecosocialist state in which the revolutionary Diaspora will be an integral part. In such an ecosocialist system, the revolutionized working class and its allies will play the leading role.
The destruction of world capitalism is long overdue. Like feudalism which was replaced by capitalism, ecosocialism will replace capitalism. Capitalism, in all its variations, cannot be the end of the development of the history of human society or the final system of organization of the socio-economic order of the human race. Human progress as a continuous liberation struggle will always go on and on. It is a permanent process. No human force can permanently stop such a historical process as long as human society remains in existence.
The continued existence of capitalism and the level of environmental ruination which it has now reached, urgently calls for the total unity of and action by the oppressed and exploited peoples of the world. The aim would be to destroy the capitalist system. It is high time that revolutionary Pan-Afrikanists stood up and be counted on this issue and at this historic moment. They need to play their part by ideologically re-educating, re-motivating, re-inspiring, re-energizing, re-equipping and thus revolutionizing the minds of their people so that they can effectively make a decisive contribution to the destruction of world capitalism through the Second Liberation Struggle of Afrika and the Black World, and for global revolutionary ecosocialism.
During the past five years, this urgent call for unity and action has led to a heated debate and extensive consultations among the revolutionary Pan-Afrikanists world-wide on how Afrika and the Black World can successfully get out of the debilitating clutches of world capitalism. Eventually one of the results of this extensive consultation process was the establishment of the Afrika Global Network in Harare in August, 2009 as one of the organs of revolutionary Pan-Afrikanism, the Second Liberation Struggle of Afrika and the Black World, and global revolutionary ecosocialism.
AGN believes that the current task for revolutionaries in Afrika and the rest of the Black World is to effectively work for the speedy revival of revolutionary Pan-Afrikanism and the re-intensification of the international black liberation struggle. This should lead to the total transformation of that struggle into a sophisticated, higher and decisive stage or level which is the Second Liberation Struggle of Afrika and the Black World. If this Second Liberation Struggle is to remain genuine, realistic, practical and effectual, it must also operate as an integral part of the world-wide movement of varied and independent revolutionary movements for the total destruction of world capitalism and its complete replacement by global revolutionary ecosocialism. Revolutionary Pan-Afrikanists realize and accept the fact that capitalism is a world system and as such, it can only be truly replaced by another world system which is global revolutionary ecosocialism. Therefore the struggle against it must also be waged as a global process by this world-wide movement of movements.
AGN came into being as a resuscitation of many Pan-Afrikanist organizations which are now defunct or semi-defunct. The Network was established as a new concept with a different organizational approach which gives it a greater possibility of being a long-lasting structure with a higher potential for making a remarkably effective and dynamic contribution to the struggle.
Aims and Objectives of AGN
AGN, as one of the most committed promoters of the revolutionary Pan-Afrikanism, the Second Liberation Struggle of Afrika and the Black World and global revolutionary ecosocialism, has the following aims and objectives:-
to actively support, publicize, defend, campaign and network for the speedy revival of Afrikan unity and the struggle in the form of revolutionary Pan-Afrikanism, the international black liberation movement and its total transformation into the Second Liberation Struggle of Afrika and the Black World;
to articulate, defend and champion the cause of revolutionary Pan-Afrikanism, the Second Liberation Struggle of Afrika and the Black World, and the world-wide movement of varied and independent revolutionary movements against capitalism and for global revolutionary ecosocialism;
to actively support the survival and growth of revolutionary Pan-Afrikanist organizations operating at the international level like the Afrikan Socialist International(ASI) and the All-Afrikan People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP);
to make a major contribution to the creation and development of a revolutionary Pan-Afrikanist and ecosocialist mass communications system at the local, national, continental and the global levels;
to work for the speedy establishment and development of highly effective regional and international research and information centres which support revolutionary Pan-Afrikanism, the Second Liberation Struggle and global revolutionary ecosocialsim;
to disseminate in Afrika and internationally, information, ideas and analyses originating from AGN or any other sources, and these are all chosen and used on the basis of their possible impact and level of support for the aims and objectives of AGN;
to counteract, in both the local and the international media of mass communications, any racist, capitalist and imperialist propaganda and misrepresentation of facts on Afrika and the Black World, the Second Liberation Struggle and global revolutionary ecosocialism;
to effectively contribute to the re-education and re-orietation of the black people world-wide with the aim of wiping out colonial and slave mentality and pro-white puppetry especially among the working class and the intelligentsia who are the main targets of imperialist propaganda;
to effectively contribute to the re-education and re-orientation of the people of Afrika and its Diaspora so that they could get fully involved in the struggles and processes leading to the transformation and development of the African Union into an ecosocialist people’s republic of Afrika;
to carry out research and mass communications work as part of AGN’s support for the Afrikan struggle against slavery, racism and oppression which are still going on today in the Afrikan-Arab borderlands;
to defend, give solidarity and champion the rights of media practitioners, writers and intellectuals in different parts of the world who are committed to revolutionary Pan-Afrikanism, anti-racism, anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism and to ecosocialism;
to continuously expose and act in any possible way against the current and unjust system of international relations, its institutions and its trading regime- to fight for its total re-structuring and democratization-and to campaign for massive reparations for slavery, racism, colonialism and neo-colonialism;
to make an effective contribution to the speedy ideological transformation and growth of the international environmentalist movement so that it can fully become an integral part of the world-wide movement of varied and independent revolutionary movements against world capitalism and for global revolutionary ecosocialism;
to contribute effectively to the Second Liberation Struggle and in such a way that it may be better able to give strong and active support to, and also to seek effective and maximum solidarity from other anti-racist, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist and ecosocialist forces all over the world; and,
to carry out extensive research and mass communications work on both theoretical and practical lessons which should be learnt from the set-backs and other negative experiences of the international socialist movement up to the end of the 20th century.
How AGN Operates
As a contribution to the realization of this vision of revolutionary Pan-Afrkanism, the total destruction of world capitalism, and its complete replacement by global revolutionary ecosocialism, AGN operates at the international level carrying out various projects, tasks, programmes and activities which emanate from its principles, aims and objectives. They include research, mass dissemination of information, networking, campaigning, mass mobilization, development and solidarity work. In carrying out these tasks, AGN also encourages and facilitates revolutionary Pan-Afrikanists to exchange information, ideas and experiences; to network and help co-ordinate their efforts; and, to give each other solidarity in their revolutionary projects, programmes and activities.
The Network actively supports any social action internationally which promotes any aspect of its aims and objectives. AGN operates all over the world through its own members and also in conjunction with any other interested revolutionary forces. All the work and activities of the AGN are carried out as services for and contributions to the Second Liberation Struggle of Afrika and the Black World and to the movement of movements for the destruction of world capitalism and for the achievement of global revolutionary ecosocialism.
The Network is in the process of recruiting Associate Members. Any revolutionary Pan-Afrikanist individual or group or organization or institution anywhere in the world is welcome to join AGN as an Associate Member. The application form for the Associate Membership is available on this AGN website. AGN also works under a Current Programme of Action which is drawn up once every five years. This programme is drawn from and aimed at the implementation of the aims, objectives and principles of AGN.
AGN runs this website which is on “The Future of Afrika and the Black World.The aim of the website is to give encouragement and support to all revolutionaries internationally by providing information, analyses, ideas, answers and suggestions promoting the world-wide revolutionary struggle. The website serves as an international information centre and forum primarily for revolutionary Pan-Afrikanists and secondly for all other revolutionaries internationally. It is available to them to make their own contributions to the debate on how the world revolution can best be made to move forward more swiftly and successfully.
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