Black Alliance for Peace

Archives: Statements

  • Statement on the U.S. Military Buildup in the Asia-Pacific

    The Black Alliance for Peace opposes the escalating U.S. military buildup in the Asia-Pacific region. The manufactured confrontation with China serves the interests of the military-industrial complex, not the interests of working and poor people — in the United States or across Asia.

    The AUKUS pact, the expansion of U.S. bases in the Philippines, and the militarization of the Taiwan Strait all represent a reckless drive toward great-power conflict that could devastate hundreds of millions of people. We call on peace-loving people everywhere to oppose this dangerous escalation.

    We stand with all peoples of the Asia-Pacific region in demanding: No new U.S. military bases; no AUKUS; no sanctions against China; and diplomacy, not military confrontation, as the path forward.

  • BAP Statement on the U.S.-Backed Assault on Gaza

    The Black Alliance for Peace unequivocally condemns the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli military assault on the Palestinian people in Gaza. What is being carried out is not a war — it is a genocide, enabled by billions in U.S. weapons, diplomatic cover at the United Nations, and the bipartisan silence of elected officials who claim to represent the interests of Black and oppressed people in the United States.

    We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and all movements resisting colonialism and apartheid. We call on all progressive and anti-war forces to build the pressure necessary to end U.S. complicity in this atrocity.

    We demand: an immediate, permanent ceasefire; an end to all U.S. military aid to Israel; the lifting of the blockade on Gaza; and accountability for war crimes committed against the Palestinian people.