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[[File:Rassie.jpg|thumb|160px|Ras Baraka]]
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'''[[Ras Baraka]] '''is the Mayor of [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]]. He is seeking re-election in May 2018. He is the son of [[Amiri Baraka]], late revolutionary poet and leader of the Maoist [[League of Revolutionary Struggle]] and poetress [[Amina Baraka]], a former member of the [[Black Radical Congress]] and the [[Communist Party USA]].
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'''[[Cindy Domingo]]''' is a Filipino-American community activist in the [[Seattle]] area. She  currently serves as the Legislative Aide to King County Councilmember [[Larry Gossett]], a former member of the Seattle [[Black Panther Party]].
  
[[Ras Baraka]] was active in student government at [[Howard University]] in the early 1990s and took part in a conference, [[Malcolm X: Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle]], held in New York City on November 14, 1990.
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In the 1980s [[Cindy Domingo]] was an active member of [[Line of March]], a pro-China, morphing pro-Soviet communist organization.
  
Baraka spoke on a panel ''Campus Racism and the Rebirth of Militant Black Student Activism'' alongside [[Ray Davis]], of the Maoist [[Student Coalition Against Racism]], and [[Chris Nisan]], [[African Student Cultural Center]] [[University of Minnesota]], and the pro-Cuba [[Socialist Workers Party]].
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[[Cindy Domingo]], played a key role in the Asian American and Filipino youth movements of the 1970s, and has been a community leader in the [[Seattle]] area since then. In the 1970s, she helped lead solidarity campaigns on the University of Washington campus against the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines. She was active in the [[Union of Democratic Filipinos]], a support group for the then raging communist insurrection in the Philippines, for which she did organizing in [[Seattle]] and [[Oakland]].
  
In 2017, Mayor Baraka announced that he "would lead a delegation of elected officials, medical personnel, educators, activists and social scientists to Cuba. The purpose of the trip was to establish trade relations between [[Cuba]] and [[Newark]]."
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The 2016 book "Women Against Marcos: Stories of Filipino and Filipino American Women Who Fought a Dictator" By [[Mila de Guzman]] documents the lives of eight women (including [[Cindy Domingo]]), in the Philippines and in the U.S., who "put aside concerns for their well-being in order to fight injustice".
  
Baraka made the announcement after the far left [[National Conference for the Full Normalization of U.S.-Cuban Relations]] was held in the [[Fordham University School of Law]]. It was initiated and hosted by the [[New York-New Jersey Cuba Si! Coalition]] to mobilize an end to all U.S. economic, financial and travel sanctions against Cuba; to get the U.S. out of illegally occupied territory in Guantanamo; and to stop all regime-change programs against Cuba."
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[[Cindy Domingo]] was an active member of the Washington State chapter of [[Jesse Jackson]]'s [[Rainbow Coalition]] in the 1980s, and served on the boards of the [[Church Council of Greater Seattle]], and has been Board President of the [[Center for Social Justice]].  
  
As reported at [[Workers World]]:
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Domingo is  currently  co-chair of [[U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration]], and has visited Cuba 14 times, primarily as a leader of  women's delegations.
  
:''All U.S. systems have not worked for Black and Brown people, Baraka added. Hospital emergency rooms are being utilized because of the high cost of and limited access to health care. And hospitals are closing, replaced by unaffordable housing in Black and Brown communities.  Gentrification is not just about buildings, but about displacement and the lives of people in  existing communities. U.S. cities are overrun with homelessness and racialized poverty, said Baraka''.
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In March 2015, a crowd of New Yorkers lined up at the security desk in order to make their way up to the third floor to Melba's Restaurant and the annual "We're Not Going Back" celebration of African American culture and struggle.
 
 
[[File:Jarvie.PNG|thumb|center||320px|[[Communist Party USA]] leader [[Jarvis Tyner]] introduces [[Ras Baraka]]]]
 
 
 
The occasion was held downtown at the [[Communist Party USA]]'s [[Henry Winston Unity Hall]]. The featured speaker was the newly elected mayor of Newark, the Honorable [[Ras Baraka]].
 
 
 
The meeting's theme was: "Support City Officials Who Fight for Equality, a Living Wage and Against Racism."
 
 
 
[[Estevan Nembhard|Estevan Bassett-Nembhard]], the New York organizer of the [[Communist Party USA]], opened the program, greeting the over 200 participants and emphasizing the need for unity in the vital struggle to end racism. "We stand on the shoulders of those who defeated slavery and Jim Crow. Our history tells us that united we stand and divided we fall." He continued, "We're not going back! Our pledge is  to stick together."
 
 
 
Mayor Baraka "electrified the crowd with a stirring speech that highlighted both the transformative impact of the fight against racism and where the struggle for greater democracy is heading."
 
 
 
"We [African Americans] are American history," he argued. "There is no history in America without us."
 
 
 
After hearing the mayor's speech, [[Joe Sims]], [[Communist Party USA]] social media and party coordinator said, "That was one of the best speeches I have ever heard on political tactics and strategy."
 
 
 
A large and politically diverse host committee was formed to welcome Mayor Baraka, including representatives from labor, fast-food workers, police reform, immigrant rights, LGBTQ, religious and peace and justice movements. Among them were elected officials including State Senator [[Bill Perkins]] and State Assemblyman [[Keith Wright]], along with a representative for City Council member [[Ydanis Rodriguez]]. Baraka received proclamations from Perkins, Wright and Rodriguez. He also received a letter of welcome from Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]].
 
 
 
[[File:Baraa.PNG|thumb|320px|center|[[Estevan Nembhard]],ca,paignig for Baraka]]
 
 
 
The left worked hard to elect Mayor Baraka. New York [[Communist Party USA]] leader [[Estevan Nembhard]] was a prominent member of the campaigner for [[Ras Baraka]].
 
 
 
Signers of New York City Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]]'s May 12, 2015 launch of the [[The Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality]] included [[Ras Baraka]] - Mayor of [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]].
 
 
 
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Cindy Domingo

Cindy Domingo is a Filipino-American community activist in the Seattle area. She currently serves as the Legislative Aide to King County Councilmember Larry Gossett, a former member of the Seattle Black Panther Party.

In the 1980s Cindy Domingo was an active member of Line of March, a pro-China, morphing pro-Soviet communist organization.

Cindy Domingo, played a key role in the Asian American and Filipino youth movements of the 1970s, and has been a community leader in the Seattle area since then. In the 1970s, she helped lead solidarity campaigns on the University of Washington campus against the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos, a support group for the then raging communist insurrection in the Philippines, for which she did organizing in Seattle and Oakland.

The 2016 book "Women Against Marcos: Stories of Filipino and Filipino American Women Who Fought a Dictator" By Mila de Guzman documents the lives of eight women (including Cindy Domingo), in the Philippines and in the U.S., who "put aside concerns for their well-being in order to fight injustice".

Cindy Domingo was an active member of the Washington State chapter of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition in the 1980s, and served on the boards of the Church Council of Greater Seattle, and has been Board President of the Center for Social Justice.

Domingo is currently co-chair of U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration, and has visited Cuba 14 times, primarily as a leader of women's delegations.

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